Agenda/Schedule
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| Monday, October 29, 2018 | |
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| 8:15 am | Hotel Shuttle departs hotel to Santa Fe Institute
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| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Arrival and Breakfast
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| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Welcome to SFI and RCN Introduction - Chris Kempes (SFI), Amy P Chen (SFI), David Krakauer (SFI)
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| 9:25 am - 10:05 am | The Multiple origins of life in complex time - David Krakauer (SFI)
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| 10:05 am - 10:45 am | Abstract models of life as applied to origins and transitions - Sara Walker (Arizona State University)
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| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Break
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| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Mini review: RNA World - Mark Ditzler (NASA), Niles Lehman (Portland State Univ.)
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| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Mini review: Macromolecules - Kate Adamala (Univ. Minnesota), Mark Ditzler (NASA), Niles Lehman (Portland State Univ.), Sarah Maurer (Central CT State Univ.), Christopher Butch (Earth Life Sci. Inst.)
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| 11:40 am - 12:20 am | The Origins and Essential Nature of Biopolymers - Loren Williams (Georgia Tech)
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| 12:20 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch
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| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Mini review: Evolutionary Theory - Michael Lachmann (SFI), Michael Travisano (Univ. Minnesota), Kate Adamala (Univ. Minnesota), David Baum (Univ. Wisconsin), Betul Kacar (Univ. Arizona)
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| 1:50 pm - 2:30 pm | Replaying the tape: would the major transitions happen again? - Lynn Rothschild (NASA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Breakout 1
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| 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm | Large Group Discussion
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| Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | |
| 8:15 am | Hotel shuttle departs
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| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Arrival and Breakfast Day 2
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| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Title TBD - Nicolle Zellner (Albion College)
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| 9:40 am - 10:20 am | E pluribus unum: Out of many different transitions, an origin of life - Eric Smith (Earth-Life Science Institute/SFI)
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| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | Break Day 2
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| 10:40 am - 11:20 am | Life in serpentinites: modern, primordial, ? - Alexis Templeton (UC Boulder)
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| 11:20 am - 12:00 pm | Extrapolating from general theories of modern life to the origins of life - Chris Kempes (SFI)
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| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch Day 2
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| 1:30 pm - 2:10 pm | Origins of Life Community Coordination
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| 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm | RCN Efforts – MOOC, Proceedings Volume, InterPlanetary Festival
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| 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Breakout 2
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| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Large Group Discussion 2
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