In 2009, SFI's Murray Gell-Mann attended the Aspen Ideas Festival. His conversation there with oncologist David Agus on cancer as a complex system proved pivotal in Agus’ understanding of the disease, and ultimately changed the course of his research, according to Agus.

The Aspen Ideas Festival brings together great minds to discuss critical issues. The atmosphere is one of conversation and interaction similar to SFI, encouraging the cross pollination of ideas that lead to solutions to complex issues.

Read the article in Aspen Peak magazine (May 22, 2014)

Read the collaborative piece by Gell-Mann and Agus in Nature (November 22, 2012)