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Almaden Institute

  Almaden Institute

    April 11-12, 2007
    Navigating Complexity: Doing more with less


Agenda

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
1:00 - 5:00

Tutorial - Complexity science's terminology and concepts

Dave Snowden
Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd.
   
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
7:30 - 8:00
Continental Breakfast Auditorium servery
8:00 - 8:30
Welcome Dr. Mark Dean
IBM Fellow,Vice President, Almaden Research Center,Senior Location Executive-Silicon Valley
8:30 - 9:30

Are Cells Dynamically Critical? A Possible Law

Presentation

Dr. Stuart Kauffman
University of Calgary
9:30 -10:00
Networking and refreshments Auditorium servery
10:00-11:00

Architecture of Complexity View Abstract

Presentation

Dr. John Doyle
Caltech
11:00-12:30

Industry Problems Panel


Harrick Vin - Tata and University of Texas at Austin - Presentation

Nicola Muscettola - Lockheed Martin - Presentation

Peter Neumann -SRI International - Presentation

Alfred Z Spector - Technology Consultant - Presentation

Franz Dill - Procter and Gamble

Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Vice President, Technical Strategy and Innovation
IBM Corporation
Moderator
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch J2-109
1:30 - 2:30

The Complementary Nature

Presentation

Dr. Scott Kelso
Founder Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
2:30 - 3:30

Dynamic Network Analysis for Organizational Management

Presentation

Dr. Kathleen M. Carley
CMU, Institute for Software Research International
3:30 - 4:00
Networking and refreshments Auditorium servery
4:00 - 5:00

Perspectives on Complexity: report on a NSF Initiative

Presentation

Dr. William B.Rouse
The Tennenbaum Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
5:00 - 6:00
Reception - Wine Tasting - Scenic Guided Tour of Almaden Environs  
6:00 - 8:00
Dinner talk - The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations Rod Beckström, CEO/Author/Catalyst
   
Thursday, April 12, 2007
8:00 - 8:30
Continental Breakfast Auditorium servery
8:30 - 9:30

Complexity in the Economy and Business

Presentation

Dr. W. Brian Arthur
Santa Fe Institute
9:30 -10:00
Networking and refreshments Auditorium servery
10:00-11:00

Creating Safety by Engineering Resilience

Presentation

Dr. David Woods
Ohio State
11:00-12:00

Dynamic Complexity in System of Systems View Abstract

Presentation

Ronald E. Johnson
Vice President, Engineering & Technology Advanced Systems, Integrated Defense Systems, The Boeing Company
12:00-1:30
Lunch J2-109
1:30 - 2:30

Contextual Complexity: understanding the dynamics of human systems

Presentation

Dave Snowden
Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd.
2:30 - 3:30

From brain to neurons to molecules and back again: circular causality in the organization of embodied cognition View AbstractPresentation Part 1

Presentation Part 2

Walter Freeman
Professor of the Graduate School - Neurobiology - Berkeley
3:30 - 4:00
Networking and refreshments Auditorium servery
4:00 - 5:30
Summarization Panel (All speakers) Dr. Jim Spohrer
IBM Research, Director, Almaden Services Research)
Moderator



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