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*** Please note, schedule is subject to change ***

TIME ACTIVITY

Thursday, May 3 - Santa Fe Institute
4:00 p.m. Prize for Scientific Excellence and Reception

(while not formally part of the meeting agenda we invite participants to join SFI in congratulating local high school seniors for their outstanding performance as junior scientists)

7:00 Buffet Supper and Keynote Address, Lisa Curran, SFI External Faculty, Yale School of Forestry and 2006 MacArthur Fellow

Friday, May 4 - Hotel Santa Fe
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 Welcome and Meeting Overview, Geoffrey B. West, President and Distinguished Professor, SFI and 2006 Time 100 Awardee
Historical Overview, SFI and Sustainability, Murray Gell-Mann, Distinguished Professor, SFI
9:00 Robustness of Financial Markets

Discussant: Michael Mouboussin, Legg Mason Capital Management

  • Philip Rosedale, Linden Labs, Founder, Second Life
  • Alph Bingham, Founder InnoCentive, “How Predictive Models Create the Future”
  • D. Eric Smith, Professor, SFI
  • Peter Schwartz, Chairman, Global Business Network
11:15 Evolvability of Medicine
  • David Krakauer, SFI
  • Jon Krakauer, Columbia University Medical School
12:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch
1:30 Complexity of Energy and Sustainability

Discussant: Dan Schrag, Harvard University and SFI

  • Simon Levin, Princeton University and SFI, 2005 Kyoto Prize Awardee
  • Geoffrey West, “Innovation and the Pace of Life, Will Technology Save Us?”
  • Governor Bill Richardson, (To Be Confirmed)
3:45 Complexity and the Robustness of Networks, Raissa D’Souza, SFI External Faculty, University of California, Davis
4:30 Wrap-up Discussion led by Bill Miller, Legg Mason Capital Management, and David Campbell, Provost, Boston University and SFI
5:00 Adjourn
5:30 Executive Shuttles Leav for SFI
6:00 Cocktails and Dinner at the Santa Fe Institute featuring SFI in the Public Eye, a multimedia exhibit

Saturday, May 5 - Santa Fe Institute
8:00 a.m. Annual Science Board Meeting - Closed Event
5:00 Adjourn