Re: [Swarmfest2006] SwarmFest speakers, etc.

[Greg Madey]

All,

Steve Bankes is ALREADY committed as a keynote speaker ... since he  
is also a prior SwarmFest attendee, we can schedule him for Friday!?

Greg

On May 4, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Rick Riolo wrote:

> hi steve,
>
> steve bankes was as swarmfest 1999 i think,
> so you probably met him there.
>
> he gives a very good talk, so if you
> could get him, i suggest you do so.
>
> - r
>
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> On Thu, 4 May 2006, Steve Railsback wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 09:17:49 -0700
> > From: Steve Railsback <address@hidden>
> > Reply-To: SwarmFest 2006 Organizers list <address@hidden>
> > To: SwarmFest 2006 Organizers list <address@hidden>
> > 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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