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Saturday, April 10th (2010), 10 am – 5 pm
Northwest Science Building, Lecture Hall B103
On Saturday, April 10, a dozen “big thinkers” will share their thoughts on the hardest problems in social science. The daylong symposium kicks off an effort to identify – and ultimately tackle – the world’s thorniest unsolved problems in the social sciences. The inspiration for this event… (more)
MORNING SESSIONS
10:00 – 11:15 AM: Introduction (Stephen Kosslyn) & first session (Peter Bearman, Nicholas Christakis, Ann Swidler, Nassim Taleb)
11:15 – 11:45 AM: Break (coffee, tea, and water available in lobby outside lecture hall)
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM: Second session (Nick Bostrom, Gary King, Emily Oster, Claudia Goldin)
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
2:15 – 3:15 PM: Third session (Susan Carey, James Fowler, Roland Fryer, Richard Zeckhauser)
3:15 – 3:45 PM: Break (coffee, etc., available in lobby)
3:45 – 5:00 PM: Final session (Dean Kosslyn moderates a discussion between the speakers and audience.)