RE: [Swarmfest2006] SwarmFest speakers, etc.

[North, Michael]

As a note, Bill and I will be coordinating so the content flows between
our tutorials.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: North, Michael
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:39 AM
> To: 'SwarmFest 2006 Organizers list'
> Subject: RE: [Swarmfest2006] SwarmFest speakers, etc.
> 
> Steve:
> 
> Bill and I have developing the following tutorial schedule:
> 
> NAACSOS Tutorials (Wednesday, 6/21/2006):
>               2:00 PM to 5:00 PM NetLogo
>               5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Dinner Break
>               6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Repast
> 
> SwarmFest Tutorials (Sunday, 6/25/2006):
>               9:00 AM    to 12:00 Noon NetLogo
>               12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM    Lunch Break
>               1:30 PM    to 4:30 PM    Repast
>               4:30 PM    to 5:30 PM    Dinner Break
>               5:30 PM    to 8:30 PM    Swarm (If Arranged Separately)
> 
> Mike
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden [mailto:swarmfest2006-
> > address@hidden On Behalf Of Steve Railsback
> > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:18 AM
> > To: SwarmFest 2006 Organizers list
> > Subject: [Swarmfest2006] SwarmFest speakers, etc.
> >
> > OK, my email seems to work again now and Greg is pushing us to get
some
> > things settled.
> >
> > 1. Speakers: This is where we are farthest behind. Greg says that
> > NAACSOS has recruited two speakers, one of whom would be on the day
> > (Friday) that overlaps with us. They are Les Gasser (U. Illinois;
> > http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~gasser/) and Steve Banks (I have to
confess
> > I'm spacing on who he is).
> >
> > **
> > What do people think of asking 3-4 not-so-famous people in various
> > domains to give a longer talk about their work and the state of the
art
> > in their field?
> > *Gary An informally agreed to do it for biomedicine;
> > *I would like to do it for ecology (if that's not too self-serving);
> > *Perhaps Steve Lansing (anthropologist; partly because he's one of
the
> > few SFI faculty actively interested in ABM);
> > *Perhaps an economist like Leah Tesfatsion
> >
> > *Other suggestions please!
> > **
> >
> > 2. Registration and abstract submittal: We need to get people
> > registering, as the deadline is May 20. I will send out another
> > announcement, and I have updated the Swarm web site.
> >
> > The deadline for abstract submittal is later than the registration
> > deadline, but we can promise people to approve their submittal
before
> > May 20 if they request (if they need approval before registering and
> > making travel plans).
> >
> > 3. Classes: Which classes are when should be settled out soon. Mike
> > North and Bill Rand should be reporting in soon with the results of
> > their negotiation over when Repast and NetLogo classes are. Paul
Johnson
> > (who is now on the SwarmFest email list) offered to teach Swarm, and
I
> > think that should be on Sunday.
> >
> > 4. Overall schedule: Greg, are you making a schedule with everything
on
> > it, or should I start one? Maybe we should just put it on your
> > conference web site.
> >
> > Steve
> >
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