Please note that the program is subject to change, and will be updated continuously up to the conference.
| Day 1. Sunday 22nd of September | ||
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| 07:30-08:30 | Breakfast at Dave Hotel in Tel Aviv | |
| 08:30-10:00 | Bus leaves Dave Hotel in Tel Aviv | |
| 10:00-11:30 | Short break on the way | |
| 11:30-11:40 | Bus arrives at Vila Galilee in Safed. | |
| 11:40-12:00 | Gathering, Coffee break | |
| Theme 1: Similarities and Differences between Major Transitions. | ||
| 12:00-12:20 | Greetings and Opening words | Video; Slides |
| 12:20-13:00 | Edwin Francisco herrera Paz - Transition of humanity toward a superorganism in the context of evolution to complexity | Video; Slides |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:40 | Paul Rainey - Characteristics of the transition to multi-cellularity | Video |
| 14:40-15:20 | Elizabeth Tibbets - Individuality, cooperation, and cognition in paper wasps | Video; Slides |
| 15:20-16:20 | Coffee break + Check in to hotel rooms | |
| 16:20-17:00 | Tamar Keasar - Plasticity of eusocial behaviour | Video; Slides |
| 17:00-17:40 | Eors Szathmary- Major transitions 2.0 and ith relevance to human origins and evolution | Video; Slides |
| 17:40-18:10 | Dan McShea - Four Reasons for Skepticism about a Human Transition in Individuality | Video |
| 18:30 | Dinner | |
| 20:00 | Getting acquainted. Short activity, beer and peanuts provided | |
| Day 2, Monday 23th of September | ||
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| 07:30-08:30 | Breakfast at the hotel | |
| Theme 2: Humans in the Context of Evolutionary Transitions. | ||
| 08:30-09:10 | Selin Kesebir - Psychological and sociological pre-adaptations of humans to the transition to superorganisms | Video; Slides |
| 09:10-09:50 | Ayelet Shavit - Ecological measures of social human evolution | Video; Slides |
| 09:50-10:20 | Coffee break | |
| 10:20-11:00 | Ehud Lamm - Social Norms and the Psychology of Commitment | Video |
| 11:00-11:40 | Arnon Lotem - Social learning and cognitive evolution | Video; Slides |
| 11:40-12:10 | Coffee break | |
| 12:10-12:50 | Eva Jablonka - Teleological Transitions: Life, Consciousness, Rationality | Video; Slides |
| 12:50-13:15 | Discussion | |
| 13:15-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-17:30 | Study tour in the Hula Valley area | |
| 17:30-18:30 | Return to the hotel, free evening | |
| 19:00 | Dinner at the hotel | |
| Day 3, Tuesday 24th of September | ||
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| 07:30-08:30 | Breakfast at the hotel | |
| Theme 3: Mathematical models of major transitions and of human evolution | ||
| 08:30-09:10 | Yoav Ram - Evolution of non-vertical cultural transmission. | Video; Slides |
| 09:10-09:50 | Oren Kolodny - Characteristics of cultural evolution: insights from mathematical models. | Video; Slides |
| 09:50-10:20 | Coffee break | |
| 10:20-11:00 | Sergey Gavriletz - Modeling the evolutionary origins and dynamics of social complexity | Video; Slides |
| 11:00-11:30 | 30-min discussion | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee break | |
| Connecting the dots: general syntheses | ||
| 12:00-12:40 | Yohay Carmel - Comparing between major transitions. | Video; Slides |
| 12:40-13:20 | Ofer Feinerman - The ant colony: a post transition society | Video; Slides |
| 13:20-14:50 | Lunch | |
| 14:50-15:30 | Marcus Feldman - Four perspectives on transitions and evolution | Video; Slides |
| Subgroup work: discussion and writing | Video | |
| 15:30-15:50 | Instructions for subgroup sessions. Formation of subgroups. Allocation of subgroups to meeting rooms | |
| 15:50-17:30 | Subgroup work | |
| 17:30-18:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 18:00-18:40 | Peter Corning - Some thoughts about the major transitions and our future as a species | Video |
| 18:45-20:00 | Dinner in a nearby restaurant | |
| 20:00 | A guided tour of the old city of Safed | |
| Day 4, Wednesday 25th of September | |
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| 07:30-08:30 | Breakfast at the hotel |
| 08:30-10:00 | Subgroup work |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Subgroup work |
| 12:00-12:30 | Coffee Break |
| 12:30-13:30 | Subgroup work |
| 13:30-15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00-15:30 | Interim summary of progress, identifying cross-themes questions |
| 15:30-17:00 | Subgroup work. |
| 17:00 | Bus leaves to public event at Kiryat Shmona |
| 18:00 -20:30 | Open public event, details at the end of this document . organized as a part of this seminar. Includes four short talks in a community pub in Kiryat Shmona, and a light dinner. |
| 19:00 | Dinner at the hotel (for those who do not attend the public event) |
| Day 5, Thursday 26th of September | ||
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| 07:30-08:30 | Breakfast in the hotel | |
| 08:30-08:45 | Checkout | |
| 08:45-09:00 | Meeting in Gallery | |
| 09:00-10:30 | Preparation of subgroup-presentations and draft papers | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Preparation of subgroup-presentations and draft papers | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Presentations of subgroups Discussion of post-workshop logistics and timetable for publications. | Video |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Group picture, farewell, bus to Tel Aviv. | |
| 17:30 | Estimated arrival to Tel Aviv | |
[1] Field trip details:
Tour to the Museum of Prehistory, Einan site and a view on the valley. [2] A 3-hr open public event, organized as a part of this seminar. Includes three short talks in a community pub in Kyryat Shemona, and a light dinner.