The topics and confirmed speakers for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chairs are developing a detailed program, and the current version of it is at this link.
The evolution of biological complexity
- Daniel McShea (Duke University)
- Ricard Solé (UPF Barcelona)
Mechanisms driving evolutionary innovations
- Joanna Masel (University of Arizona)
- Betül Kacar (University of Arizona)
Social evolution across scales
- Martin Nowak (Harvard University)
- Jeff Gore (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Evolutionary transitions
- Benjamin Kerr (University of Washington)
- Ozan Bozdağ (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Dynamics and evolution of Earth-systems
- Andrew Knoll (Harvard University)
- Jenny McGuire (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Principles of social evolution
- Anna Dornhaus (University of Arizona)
- Sam Díaz‐Muñoz (University of California – Davis)
Origins and nature of life
- Irene A. Chen (University of California – Santa Barbara)
- Sarah Keller (University of Washington)
Information dynamics in evolution
- Sara I. Walker (Arizona State University)
- Carlos Gershenson (UNAM México City)