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Gala & Events
HES70 Poster Reception – Friday evening, March 18th at 5:30pm.
HES70 Gala Dinner – Saturday evening, March 19th at 7:15pm. Dinner will be promptly served at 8:00pm.
HES70 Gala Dinner – Saturday evening, March 19th at 7:15pm. Dinner will be promptly served at 8:00pm.
- We
are delighted to announce the New England String Quartet will perform
during the HES70 Dinner Gala. The NESQ is truly elevating this evening
into a spectacular celebration of discovery.
Symposia Schedule
Friday, March 18th
Noon - 1pm: Registration open
1pm - 5pm: Afternoon Sessions
Friday Evening, March 18th
5:30pm - 8pm: HES70 Poster Session & Reception
Saturday, March 19th
8:30am: light breakfast served
9am - noon: Morning Sessions
noon - 1:30pm: lunch on your own
1:30pm - 5:30pm: Afternoon Sessions
Saturday Evening, March 19th
7:15pm: HES70 Gala Reception & Dinner.
Noon - 1pm: Registration open
1pm - 5pm: Afternoon Sessions
Friday Evening, March 18th
5:30pm - 8pm: HES70 Poster Session & Reception
Saturday, March 19th
8:30am: light breakfast served
9am - noon: Morning Sessions
noon - 1:30pm: lunch on your own
1:30pm - 5:30pm: Afternoon Sessions
- Simon Capelin, Editorial Director for the Physical Sciences at Cambridge University Press, will be present at the meeting with a small display of relevant books. These will include the two books already published and co-authored by Gene, Fractal Concepts in Surface Growth, written with Albert-László Barabási and published in 1995, and Introduction to Econophysics, written with Rosario Mantegna and published in 1999. On display Simon will also have bound proofs of The Physics of Foraging, co-authored by Gene with Gandhimohan Viswanathan, Marcos da Luz and Ernesto Raposo, and scheduled for publication in June.
Saturday Evening, March 19th
7:15pm: HES70 Gala Reception & Dinner.
Confirmed Speakers
Symposium welcome given by Boston University President Robert S. Brown.
Speakers
C. Austen Angell, Arizona State University Antonio Coniglio, Università di Napoli "Federico II" Pablo G. Debenedetti, Princeton University Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology J. Doyne Farmer, Santa Fe Institute Michael E. Fisher, University of Maryland Shlomo Havlin, Bar-Ilan University Hans Jürgen Herrmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich Joel L. Lebowitz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Dr. Johanna M. H. Levelt Sengers, National Institute of Standards and Technology Albert J. Libchaber, The Rockefeller University Francesco Mallamace, University of Messina Luciano Pietronero, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Alessandro Vespignani, University of Indiana, Bloomington Benjamin Widom, Cornell University |
Session Chairs
Thomas A. Kaplan, Michigan State University Márcia C. Barbosa, Federal University of Rio Grande Michael F. Shlesinger, US Naval Academy Limei Xu, Tohoku University Sow-Hsin Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Peter Poole, St. Francis Xavier University Fereydoon Family, Emory University Greg Huber, University of Connecticut Health Center Guido Caldarelli, National Research Council of Italy Sidney Redner, Boston University Jan V. Sengers, University of Maryland Rama Bansil, Boston University |
With additional contributions from special and distinguished guests.
Venue -- Metcalf Trustee Center, Boston University
One Silber Way, Ninth Floor, Boston, MA 02215
• Building #39 on the west side of SMG. Enter from Silber Way, take the Elevator to the 9th Floor. Taxi drop-off is on the corner of Silber Way and Commonwealth Avenue.
MBTA Directions: from Holiday Inn Hotel to BU Metcalf Trustee Center
· Walk 3 minutes to St. Paul Station
· Take Greenline “C” to Kenmore Station
· Take Greenline “B” to Blandford Street Station
· Walk for 2 minutes to 1 Silber Way.
Poster Reception
Boston University
Metcalf Science Center
Department of Physics
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
*Building #41 on the corner of Blandford & Commonwealth
PLEASE NOTE:
- The
Metcalf Trustee Center and the Metcalf Science Center are in separate
buildings sitting opposite of each other on opposite sides of
Commonwealth Ave.
- One
Silber Way of the Metcalf Trustee Center is located at the School of
Management (SMG) which is on the corner of Silber Way and Commonwealth
Avenue.
- The
Metcalf Science Center is on the corner of Blandford and Commonwealth
(the opposite side of the street of the SMG building).