Institute of Ecotechnics 1988
The Revolution: Information, Genes and Artificial Intelligence Conference
Les Marroniers, Aix-en-Provence
October 14 - 17, 1988

 

Friday, October 14

Dr. Stephen O'Brien
Director, Human Virology Laboratory , National Cancer Institute
"The Evolution of the Human Genome"

Saturday, October 15

Dr. Jean-Marc Lalouel
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah Medical School
"Mapping the Human Genome"

Dr. John Einset
Senior Scientist, Enichem Americas
"Designing Plants with Rares Genes"

Robert Palmer
Author and Music Historian
Carnegie Mellon Institute; University of Mississippi
"Encoding and Transmission of Information in Traditional and Popular Music"

William Snyder
Joint Managing Director, Pergamon Press
"Publishing and Accessing Information"

Professor S.K. Runcorn, FRS
Head, School of Physics, University of Newcasde upon Tyne
"Information and Creativity"

Professor Edward Fredkin
Boston University; Director, Capital Technologies
"Artificial Intelligence"

Sunday, October 16

Professor Jerre Levy
School of Behavioral Sciences, University of Chicago
"Information in the Brain"

Dr. James Hester
President, New York Botanical Gardens
"Institutions as Artificial Intelligence"

Dr. Oscar Janiger
Clinical Associate Professor, California College of Medicine
University of California, Irvine
"The Role of Emotions in Artificial Intelligence"

Professor Thubten Jigme Norbu
University of Indiana
"Tradition as Information Storage and Retrieval System"

Martin Sands, FRGS, FLS
Principle Scientist and Herbarium Coordinator
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
"Exploration as a Source of New Information"

Dr. Michael Robinson
Director, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution
"Bioparks as a Source of Unified Information"

Monday, October 17

Dr. Gregory Raiport
Sports Motivational Psychologist
President, The Russian Success Method, New York
"The Algorithm of Inspiration"