Intercontinental Academia Singapore March 19-27 2018 Orchid Room, NTU Campus Clubhouse, 50 Nanyang View, Singapore 639667 Sunday 18 March 18:30 Welcome Reception @ Cosmo Monday 19 March Morning Afternoon Evening Fellows All Fellows Mentors Professor Michal Feldman Professor David Gross Professor Patrick Geary Professor Gil Kalai Professor Michel Spiro Directors Professor Lars Brink Professor Kwek Leong Chuan Professor Michael J Hannon Professor Phua Kok Khoo Professor Eliezer Rabinovici Birmingham Organising Group Professor Damien Walmsley (University of Birmingham) Guests Professor Nargiza Amirova (IAR Nagoya University) Welcome 09:00-09:30 Phua Kok Khoo Michael J Hannon Eliezer Rabinovici Kwek Leong Chuan Sue Gilligan Briefing on: Mentor talks responses 1:1s with Mentors Thematic Panels Projects and outcomes Presentation to Brazil 09:30-12:00 Fellows introductions to each other Mind-mapping and planning Includes 10:30 Refreshments break 12:00 Morning wrap up Mentor talks and responses Chair - Eliezer Rabinovici 13:30-15:30 Michal Feldman Algorithmic Game Theory: the Crossroad of Computer Science, Game Theory, and Economics Response and discussion Michel Spiro + two fellows 15:30 Refreshments 15:45-17:45 Patrick Geary Laws of History and Laws in History Response and discussion David Gross + two fellows Dinner Catering @ Orchid Room 18:30 20:00-21:00 Evening discussion All fellows Michal Feldman Patrick Geary
Tuesday 20 March (cont.) Afternoon Evening Fellows All Fellows Mentors Professor Penny Andrews Professor Michal Feldman Professor Patrick Geary Professor David Gross Professor Gil Kalai Professor Atul Parikh Professor Michel Spiro Directors Professor Lars Brink Professor Kwek Leong Chuan Professor Michael J Hannon Professor Phua Kok Khoo Professor Eliezer Rabinovici Birmingham Organising Group Professor Damien Walmsley (University of Birmingham) Guests Professor Nargiza Amirova (IAR Nagoya University) Mentor talks and responses Chair - Nargiza Amirova 13:30-15:30 Penny Andrews The “Casserole Constitution”: The South African Constitution and International Laws Response and discussion Gil Kalai + two fellows 15:30 Refreshments Chair - Lars Brink 15:45-17:45 Gil Kalai The Laws of Physics vs. the Laws of Computation – Laws and Errors in the Case of Quantum Computers Response and discussion Atul Parikh + two fellows Dinner Catering @ Orchid Room 18:30 20:00-21:00 Evening discussion All fellows Penny Andrews Gil Kalai
Wednesday 21 March Morning Afternoon Evening Fellows All Fellows Mentors Professor Penny Andrews Professor Suzanne Blier Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta Professor Michal Feldman Professor Patrick Geary Professor David Gross Professor Gil Kalai Professor Atul Parikh Professor Michel Spiro Directors Professor Lars Brink Professor Kwek Leong Chuan Professor Michael J Hannon Professor Phua Kok Khoo Professor Eliezer Rabinovici Birmingham Organising Group Professor Damien Walmsley (University of Birmingham) Guests Professor Robin Mason (PVC International, University of Birmingham) Mentor talks and responses Chair - Robin Mason 09:00-11:00 Partha Dasgupta A Matter of Trust: Laws and Norms Response and discussion David Gross + two fellows 11:00-11:15 Refreshments Chair - KK Phua 11:15-13:15 David Gross The Nature of Laws and Principles in Physics Response and discussion Patrick Geary + two fellows Mentor talks and responses Chair - Mike Hannon 14:15-16:15 Michel Spiro CERN a Collective Machinery to Test Laws against Nature Response and discussion Michal Feldman + two fellows 16:15-16:30 Refreshments 16:30-18:30 Suzanne Blier From Fair Use to Zoning Ordinance: Challenging the Law for Public Benefit Response and discussion Partha Dasgupta + two fellows Dinner transport leaves at 19:00 Dinner 20:00 Tanglin Club Churchill Room 5 Stevens Rd, Singapore 257814
Friday 23 March Morning Afternoon Evening Fellows All Fellows Mentors Professor Penny Andrews Professor Suzanne Blier Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta Professor Patrick Geary Professor Wang Gungwu Professor Gil Kalai Professor Atul Parikh Professor Ernst Rank Professor Ada Yonath Directors Professor Lars Brink Professor Kwek Leong Chuan Professor Michael J Hannon Professor Phua Kok Khoo Professor Eliezer Rabinovici Birmingham Organising Group Professor Damien Walmsley (University of Birmingham) Mentor talks and responses Chair - Mike Hannon 09:00-11:00 Ernst Rank Laws and Beauty – a view from Computational Sciences Response and discussion Penny Andrews + two fellows 11:00-11:15 Refreshments Chair - KK Phua 11:15-13:15 Wang Gungwu Chinese Historiography, on History as a Mirror of Government Response and discussion Ada Yonath + two fellows Project and outcomes challenge 14:15-16:00 Fellows planning project outcomes 16:00 Refreshments 16:15-17:45 Presentation of projects Dinner 18:30 BBQ outside Orchid Room 20:00-21:00 Evening discussion All fellows Suzanne Blier Partha Dasgupta
Saturday 24 March Morning Afternoon Evening Fellows All Fellows Mentors Professor Suzanne Blier Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta Professor Patrick Geary Professor Atul Parikh Professor Ernst Rank Professor Ada Yonath Directors Professor Lars Brink Professor Kwek Leong Chuan Professor Michael J Hannon Professor Phua Kok Khoo Professor Eliezer Rabinovici Chair - Kwek Leong Chuan 09:00-11:00 Atul Parikh At the Limits of Laws of Thermodynamics: From Single Molecules to Living Matter Response and discussion Suzanne Blier + two fellows 11:00-11:15 Refreshments Chair - Eliezer Rabinovici 11:15-13:15 Ada Yonath Thoughts about Functional Flexibility and Origin of Life: The Creation of Multi Tasks Complex Systems Response and discussion Ernst Rank + two fellows Transport leaves at 14:30 15:30-17:30 ArtScience Museum 6 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018974 Gather at 17:30 for dinner transport Dinner 18:30 Buffet dinner Hotel Jen @ Orchardgateway 277 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238858 Return transport to NEC at 20:30 Sunday 25 March Morning Afternoon Evening Fellows All Fellows Mentors Directors Suzanne Blier Kwek L Chuan Patrick Geary Michael J Hannon Atul Parikh Phua Kok Khoo Ernst Rank Eliezer Rabinovici Ada Yonath Lars Brink 08:00 Depart from NEC Pulau Ubin and Chek Jawa Lunch at Pulau Ubin 14:30 Return to Singapore main island 15:00-15:45 Changi Museum 16:15-17:00 Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall Dinner 17:30 Satay by the Bay 18 Marina Gardens Drive #01-19 Singapore 018953 Return transport to NEC at 20:30