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Computer Predictions for Nature and Society: Should they be Trusted? - Conference and Academic Meeting
Conference and Academic Meeting
Computer Predictions for Nature and Society: Should they be Trusted?
Thursday 11 September 2008 at The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 - 26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ
Full rate (including subsequent academic meeting): £120
Full rate for conference only: £50
Concession rate for conference only: £30
SUPA Student: Free (funded by SUPA)
To register or to receive further information
contact the RSE Events Department:
Telephone: 0131 240 2780, Fax: 0131 240 5024, Email: events@royalsoced.org.uk
Conference Programme
0900: Registration / Tea & Coffee
0930: RSE Welcome
RSE President
0935: Chairman’s Welcome (Chairman TBC)
0945: Two’s Company - Three is Complexity: Traffic jams, Stock Market Crashes and War
Professor Neil Johnson, University of Miami, Florida
1030: Q&A
1045: Tea & Coffee
1115: How should Politicians react when an Epidemic Breaks Out?
Professor Christl Donnelly, Imperial College London
1200: Q&A
1215: Panel Discussion
1245: Lunch
1345: The Human Consequences of Climate Change
Professor Leonard Smith, London School of Economics & Oxford University
1430: Q&A
1445: Tea & Coffee
1500: How can we Predict the Climate when we can’t Predict the Weather?
Professor Peter Cox, University of Exeter
1545: Q&A
1600: Panel Discussion
1630: Chairman’s summary
1645: Close
Event flyer: http://www.supa.ac.uk/news/resources/Computer_Complexity_NANIA_Registration_Flyer.pdf
