Program Summary 

General sessions will be held in Stafford II Room 525

Thursday October 5, 2006

07:30am-08:00am         Pick up security badges (at Stafford I)

08:00am-08:30am         Refreshments

OPENING SESSION

08:30am-08:35am        Welcoming Remarks: Raima Larter

08:35am-08:45am        Welcoming Remarks: James Kitts

SESSION 1:  Theoretical Modeling of Social Dynamics

08:45am-09:15am        Plenary Speaker:    Yaneer Bar-Yam

09:15am-10:00am        Breakout Sessions

10:00am-10:15am        Coffee Break

10:15am-10:45am        Plenary Speaker:    Peyton Young

10:45am-11:00am        Participant Introduction

11:00am-12:00pm        Plenary Discussion

12:00-1:15 Lunch

SESSION 2: Validating Models of Social Dynamics

1:15pm-1:30pm            Presider:                 Robert Axtell

1:30pm-2:00pm            Plenary Speaker:    Bernardo Huberman

2:00pm-2:30pm            Plenary Speaker:    Peter Turchin

2:30pm-3:15pm            Breakout sessions

3:15pm-3:45pm            Plenary Discussion

3:45pm-4:00pm            Coffee Break

WRAP-UP :  Recommendations for Promoting and Enhancing Modeling of Social Dynamics

4:00pm-4:10pm            Individual Brainstorming & Feedback

4:10pm-4:30pm            Small Group Brainstorming

4:30pm-5:00pm            Plenary Discussion

6:00-7:30 NSF Hosted “Networking Dinner” at Hotel

Friday October 6, 2006

08:00am-08:20am        Refreshments

08:20am-08:30am        Welcoming Remarks: Tanzeem Choudhury

SESSION 3:  Applications: Modeling Dynamics in Networks

Plenary Panel             Moderator:    Péter Érdi

08:30am -08:50am       Speaker:        Noshir Contractor

08:50am -09:10am       Speaker:        Gyorgy Korniss

09:10am -09:30am       Speaker:        John Padgett

09:30am -09:45am       Panel Discussion

09:45am -10:00am       Coffee Break

10:00am -10:45am       Breakout sessions

10:45am -11:00am       Report on breakout sessions

SESSION 4:  Applications: Modeling Disasters

Plenary Panel             Moderator:    Carter Butts

11:00am -11:20am       Speaker:        Kathleen Carley

11:20am -11:40am       Speaker:        Louise Comfort

11:40am -12:00pm       Speaker:        Madhav Marathe

12:00pm -12:15pm       Panel Discussion

12:15-1:15 Lunch

WRAP-UP:  Workshop Synthesis and Conclusion

2:15pm-2:30pm Small Group Discussion

2:30pm-2:45pm Plenary Discussion

2:45pm-3:00pm Workshop Evaluations

3:00 Workshop Adjourned