| Tuesday, April 29 | |
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| 6:00 pm | Informal Gathering (unhosted)
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| Wednesday, April 30 | |
| 8:15 am | Shuttle departs Hotel
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| 8:30 am | Breakfast at SFI
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| 9:00 am | Welcome Session, introductions and introductory framing talk (Melanie & Mary)
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| Session 1: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | |
| 10:00 am | Talk + discussion: The fitness value of information as a unifying framework. Ryan McGee, Joey Bernhardt, Mary O'Connor, Cynthia Downs
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| 10:45 am | Break
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| 11:15 am | Talk + discussion: Natural selection & adaptive genetic [heritable] information. Ryan McGee (+ discussion with Carl Bergstrom)
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch
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| Session 2: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | |
| 1:30 pm | Talk + discussion: Framework for linking energy, matter, and information. Joey Bernhardt, Cynthia Downs, Melanie Moses, Mary O’Connor
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| 2:15 pm | Talk + discussion: Firefly ecosystems encode individual identity, species, sex, fitness, etc. in Morse-code-like flash patterns. Orit Peleg
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| 3:00 pm | Break
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| 3:30 pm | Discussion and Outline Plans for Special Issue
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| Collaborative | Work on Journal Contributions
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| 5:00 pm | Shuttle pick up at SFI, return to Hotel
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| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner
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| Thursday, May 1, 2025 | |
| 8:15 am | Shuttle departs Hotel
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| 8:30 am | Breakfast at SFI
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| 9:00 am | Collaborative Work on Journal Contributions
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| 10:30 am | Coffee break
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| 11:00 am | Talk + discussion: Davorka Gulisija, Topic: Inheritance and the Microbiome
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch
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| Session 4: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | |
| 1:30 pm | Talk + discussion: Brandon Ogbunu, Topic TBD
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| 2:15 pm | Talk + discussion: Chris Kempes, Topic TBD
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| 3:00 pm | Break
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| 3:30 pm | Talk + discussion: Variable timescales for heritable information in Immunity. Cynthia Downs & Melanie Moses
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| 4:15 pm | Talk + discussion: Major evolutionary transitions through the lens of biological information. Maria Olive, Ryan McGee, Joey Bernhardt, Samantha Worthy
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| 5:00 pm | Shuttle pick up at SFI, return to Hotel
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| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner
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| Friday, May 2, 2025 | |
| 8:15 am | Shuttle departs Hotel
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| 8:30 am | Breakfast
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| Session 5: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | |
| 9:00 am | Collaborative Work on Journal Contributions
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| 10:30 am | Break
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| 11:00 am | Discussion, Recap & Next steps
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch
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| 1:30 pm(optional)Collaborative | Work on Journal Contributions
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| 3:00 pm | Break
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| 3:30 pm(optional)Collaborative | Work on Journal Contributions
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| 5:00 pm | Shuttle pick up at SFI, return to Hotel
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