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Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Hotel Welcome Reception at 5:30 pm

Thursday, May 22, 2025
8:15 am Shuttles Depart Hotel -> Gurley Forum
 
8:30 am Breakfast at SFI
 
9:00 am Introductions & Housekeeping: David Krakauer, Caitlin McShea
 
SESSION 1: Minimal vs. Maximal Mechanisms
9:15 am Introduction by David Krakauer
 
9:30 - 10:30 am Presentations: James Holehouse, Lynne Kiesling, and David Strobar
 
10:30 am Coffee and Tea Break
 
11:00 am General Discussion (5 min. wrap up - Last Word by David Krakauer)
 
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
 
SESSION 2: Veils of Ignorance and Veils of Complexity
1:30 pm Introduction by Cris Moore
 
1:45 - 2:45 pm Presentations: Kristin McIntyre, Jan Eissfeldt, and Joseph Eagan
 
2:45 pm Coffee and Tea Break
 
3:15 pm General discussion (5 min. wrap up - Last Word by Cris Moore)
 
4:30 pm Tom McCarthy - “Adventures of the Black Box”
 
5:00 pm End Day One Meeting
 
5:00 pm Walk to Melville for Appetizers and Cocktails
 
7:00 pm Shuttles Depart for Hotel
 
Friday, May 23, 2025
8:15 am Shuttles Depart Hotel -> Gurley Forum
 
8:30 am Breakfast at SFI
 
9:00 am Introductions & Housekeeping: David Krakauer and Caitlin McShea
 
SESSION 3: Scales of Emergent Mechanism
9:15 am Introduction by Chris Kempes
 
9:30 am Presentations: Karen Wilcox and Nicholas de Monchaux
 
10:10 am Coffee and Tea Break
 
10:50 am General Discussion (5 min. wrap up - Last Word by Geoffrey West)
 
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
 
SESSION 4: Adaptive vs. Non-Adaptive Technologies
1:30 pm Introduction by Stephanie Forrest
 
1:45 - 2:45 pm Presentations: Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Matthew Thrasher, Jake Harper
 
2:45 pm Coffee and Tea Break
 
3:15 - 4:30 pm General discussion (5 min. wrap up)
 
4:45 pm Shuttles Depart for Hotel