Energy and Information in 21st-Century Biology

Dates: 
Tue, 2012-09-25 19:00

Two-Evening Event at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison:

September 25, 7 p.m.: Energy, Scaling and the Future of Life on Earth

  • Lecture by Geoffrey West, Distinguished Professor, Santa Fe Institute

September 26, 7 p.m.: The Power of Information in Transforming the 21st Century

  • Lecture by David Krakauer, Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Special Panel Discussion moderated by Steve Paulson of Wisconsin Public Radio and featuring Drs. West and Krakauer, and Dr. Jessica Flack, Co-Director, Center for Complexity and Collective ComputationJohn von Neumann Evening Public Lecture Series in Complexity and Computation: Sponsored by the Center for Complexity and Collective Computation 

Location:
H.F. DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
330 N. Orchard St. (
Map and Directions [Car, Transit, Bike, Walk]) Parking in Lot 20 (map) and Union South Parking Garage (map)

For more information, please visit the University of Wisconsin Energy Institute website.