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FQXi Conference on Setting Time Aright
Please note that this is not a final schedule, changes will be made as needed to the events and times. For more detail on the panels, please DOWNLOAD THE AGENDA:
August 26
Ongoing – Early arrivals in Bergen; no events planned
August 27 – Day One
10:30 am – Charter bus will pick up attendees staying at various hotels and transport to Skolten South dock to board the National Geographic Explorer.
NOTE: Please make sure to get a cruise luggage tag from Kavita or Brendan prior to putting your luggage on the bus. You must have this tag before leaving the bus and boarding the cruise since the luggage will be put on the cruise by porters who need the tag to ID your luggage.
12:00 pm – Board National Geographic Explorer ship
12:30 pm – Welcome Lunch
1:30 pm – Introductory 1 minute talks with a break to watch the cruise set sail at 2:15 pm
3:30 pm – Opening Panel (Sean Carroll, Richard Lenski, Steven Savitt, Philip C. E. Stamp, Kathleen McDermott)
6:00 pm – Welcome Reception
7:00 pm – Group Dinner
August 28 – Day Two
7:00 am – Breakfast served until 8:30am
8:30 am – Life Panel (Paul Davies, Michael Lassig, Richard Lenski, Michael Russell)
11:00 am – Existence Panel (Julian Barbour, George Ellis, Tim Maudlin)
1:00 pm – Lunch
2:00 pm – Zodiac Excursion (small group meeting)
7:00 pm – Group Dinner
August 29 – Day Three
7:00 am – Breakfast served until 8:30am; Collect baggage and check out of cabins
9:00 am – Memory Panel (David Albert, Kathleen McDermott, Henry Roediger)
11:30 am – Disembark ship and head via charter bus to IDA Meeting Center
12:30 pm – Lunch at IDA Center
1:30 pm – Universe Panel (Andreas Albrecht, Craig Callender, Huw Price)
5:00 pm – Meetings over for the day – walk to hotels to check in
August 30 – Day Four
TBD – Breakfast on your own at hotel
9:00 am – Choice Panel (David Eagleman, Malcolm MacIver, Simon Saunders, David Wallace)
12:30 pm – Lunch at IDA Center
1:30 pm – Multiverse Panel (Anthony Aguirre, Raphael Bousso, Paul Davies, Max Tegmark)
5:15 pm – Shuttle to Tycho Brahe Planetarium
5:30 pm – Cocktail Reception at Planetarium
7:00 pm – Public Panel on Setting Time Aright: Understanding How Time Works, From Cosmology to Cognition (Paul Davies, Raissa D’Souza, David Eagleman, Tim Maudlin)
NOTE: This event is free and open to the public.
August 31 – Day Five
TBD – Breakfast on your own at hotel
9:00 am – Quantization Panel (Scott Aaronson, Claus Kiefer, Fotini Markopoulou, Jeff Tollaksen)
12:30 pm – Lunch at IDA Center
1:30 pm – Complexity Panel (Gavin Crooks, Raissa D’Souza, Philip C. E. Stamp, Geoffrey West)
5:00 pm – Meetings over for the day
September 1 – Day Six
TBD – Breakfast on your own at hotel
9:00 am – Truth Panel (George Musser, Peter Byrne, Victoria Stodden)\
11:30 Pm – Closing Talk (Fred Adams)
12:30 pm – Lunch at IDA Center
1:30 pm – End of conference
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