Keynote Speakers

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• Rob Dunn

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North Carolina State University

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Monday 18. July, 5-6 PM CEST

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"The Past and Future of the Evolution of Intelligence in Nature" 

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• Masatoshi Funabashi

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Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

 

Tuesday 19. July, 9-10 AM CEST

 

"Life as it will be -The Coevolution of Artificial and Biological life in Anthropocene"​​

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• Melanie E. Moses

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The University of New Mexico

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Tuesday 19. July, 5-6 PM CEST

 

"Learning from COVID-19: The extraordinary success of the questionably alive"

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• Job Boekhoven

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Technical University Munich

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Wednesday 20. July, 9-10 AM CEST 

 

"Chemically fueled droplets; towards the synthesis of life"

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• David O. Obura

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Coastal Oceans Research and Development – Indian Ocean

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Thursday 20. July, 5-6 PM CEST

 

"Coral reefs, climate change and pathways into the future - a case study for future realities"

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• Dora Tang

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

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Thursday 21. July, 9-10 AM CEST

 

"Building life from scratch? Exploiting synthetic cellularity"

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• Susanne Still

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University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Wednesday 21. July, 5-6 PM CEST

 

"Inference, prediction and thermodynamic efficiency"

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• Stuart J. Bartlett

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California Institute of Technology

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Friday 22. July, 9-10 AM CEST

 

"Searching for Lyfe, Genesity, Complexity and Emergent Learning"

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