Program

Download Program Brochure (last update: 04/july/2016, 9am).

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General information

Cancun center floor plan
Registration and information desk time will be from 8:00 to 18:30
Lunch time at 13:00, free buffet lunch will be offered at Cozumel room for all conference attendees.
Extra tickets for lunch and social events can be purchase at the information desk.
Speakers are expected to be present in the room before the beginning of their session to
test their presentation.
Talks last 25 minutes plus 5 minute questions.
For the ALife & Society session talks will last 15 minutes plus 5 minute questions.

From Monday to Friday

Isla Mujeres 1 & 2
9:00-18:30 Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit

Isla Mujeres 3
9:00-18:30 Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit

From Monday to Tuesday

Main hall

9:00-18:30 Mario García-Valdez Art Exhibit

Isla Mujeres 4

9:00-18:30 Tatsuo Unemi

From Tuesday to Thursday

Main hall

9:00-18:30 Ken Rinaldo Video art Exhibit
9:00-18:30 Amy M. Young Video art Exhibit
9:00-18:30 TradeMark Gunderson Video art Exhibit

Wednesday & Friday

Isla Mujeres 4
9:00-18:30 Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit

Thursday

Cozumel
18:30-19:30 Antonio Isaac Gómez Performance

	Cobá	Isla Mujeres 1 & 2	Isla Mujeres 3&4	Main Hall	Xcaret 1	Xcaret 2	Tulum 1	Tulum 2	Tulum 3	Tulum 4
8:00	Registration
9:00	Workshop OEE	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Marío García-Valdez Art Exhibit	Tutorial AVIDA-Ed	Workshop MEW		Workshop EGT	Workshop BFE	Tutorial NetLogo
10:45	Coffee break
11:15	Workshop OEE	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Marío García-Valdez Art Exhibit	Tutorial AVIDA-Ed	Workshop MEW		Workshop EGT	Workshop BFE	Tutorial NetLogo
13:00	Lunch break
14:30	Workshop OEE	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Marío García-Valdez Art Exhibit	Tutorial AEVOL	Workshop SLCS	Tutorial ISA	Workshop SLACE	Workshop BFE	Tutorial MABE
16:15	Coffee break
16:45	Workshop OEE	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Marío García-Valdez Art Exhibit	Tutorial AEVOL	Workshop SLCS	Tutorial ISA	Workshop SLACE	Workshop BFE	Tutorial MABE
18:30	Opening speeches, keynote presentation by Ken Rinaldo, and welcome cocktail

	Cobá	Isla Mujeres 1 & 2	Isla Mujeres 3&4	Main Hall	Xcaret 3 & 4	Contoy
8:00	Registration
9:00	Keynote Ezequiel Di Paolo	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Mario García-Valdez Art Exhibit
10:00	Video posters
10:30	Coffee break and poster session
11:10	Computational Biology	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Mario García-Valdez Art Exhibit	Workshop GSO	ISAL Board meeting
13:00	Lunch break and poster session
14:30	Keynote Alexandra Penn	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Mario García-Valdez Art Exhibit
15:30	Coffee break and poster session
16:00	ISAL Special Session: Alife & Society (ends at 19:00)	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Mario García-Valdez Art Exhibit	Workshop GSO	Workshop SCBCS
18:30	Performance Art by Eduardo Makoszay http://vimeo.com/161073651by

	Cobá	Isla Mujeres 1 & 2	Isla Mujeres 3	Isla Mujeres 4	Xcaret 1	Xcaret 3 & 4	Main Hall
8:00	Registration
9:00	Keynote Jorge Pacheco	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit			Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video Art Exhibit
10:00	Coffee break and poster session
10:30	Morphology	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit	Human-Computer interaction	ISAL Summer School	Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video Art Exhibit
13:00	Lunch break and poster session
14:30	Keynote Mark Bickhard	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit			Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video Art Exhibit
15:30	Coffee break and poster session
16:00	Computational Biology	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit	Collective behavior, Artificial Societies and Culture	ISAL Summer School	Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video Art Exhibit
18:30	Conference banquet during the evening at Porfirio’s restaurant

	Cobá	Isla Mujeres 1 & 2	Isla Mujeres 3	Isla Mujeres 4	Xcaret 1 & 2	Xcaret 3 & 4	Main Hall
8:00	Registration
9:00	Keynote Randall R. Beer	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit			Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video art Exhibit
10:00	Coffee break and poster session
10:30	Development	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit	Theory and measures	Open-ended evolution and Evolvavility	Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video art Exhibit
13:00	Lunch break and poster session
14:30	Keynote Francisco Santos	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit			Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video art Exhibit
15:30	Coffee break and poster session
16:00	Origins of Life, Protocells, and Genetics	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit	Collective behavior, Artificial Societies and Culture	Living technology and Human-Computer interaction	Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video art Exhibit
18:30	Oraculum, Oscillations of Earth by Antonio Issac Gómez (Performance Art) Farewell dinner

	Cobá	Isla Mujeres 1 & 2	Isla Mujeres 3	Isla Mujeres 4	Xcaret 1 & 2	Main Hall
8:00	Registration
9:00	Keynote Linda Smith	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit		Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video art Exhibit
10:00	Coffee break
10:30	Self-optimization, automation, learning and memory	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit	Artificial Chemistries	Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video art Exhibit
13:00	Lunch break
14:30	Keynote Katie Bentley	Ken Rinaldo Art Exhibit	Tatsuo Unemi and Daniel Bisig Art Exhibit	Eduardo Makoszay Mayén Art Exhibit		Ken Rinaldo; Amy M. Young; TradeMark Gunderson Video art Exhibit
15:30	Cobá Conference final session Plans for Future Conferences Society Updates Results of ALife and Society Brainstorming Discussion about ALife Community Growth Conference Awards ISAL Society Awards