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ASU ORIGINS PROJECT EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING THE PHOENICIAN RESORT SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA FEBRUARY 10-12, 2012 Friday, February 10, 2012 Arrivals 6:00 pm Meet in hotel lobby for transport to Najafi residence If driving, please see Cynthia or Michelle for directions. 6:30 pm Cocktail reception • Overview ofthe last 3years and current planning 7:30 pm Dinner Saturday, February 11, 2012 Breakfast on your own 9:00 am Morning Session 1 • Introductions • Election of Chair • Review of organizational mission • Overview ofmission statement • Origins Activities handout 10:30 am Break 11:00 am Morning Session 2 • Physical Sciences discussion: Exciting new opportunities, existing initiatives, suggestions for workshops, faculty • Previous workshops - Origins Symposium (2009); Unsolved Problems ofGravity (2010); Coming Opportunities in Physical Cosmology (2011); Somethingfrom Nothing (2011) • Innovative research areas to explore andfuture workshop suggestions • Planned workshops - Protein Folding, Origins ofExtinction, Exoplanets & Planetary Science • Current affiliated externalfaculty (Frank Wilczek) • Suggestionsforfuturefaculty • Current initiatives & partnerships - Science Friday, Cosmology Initiative, Beyond Center 12:00 noon Lunch EFTA01084467 1:30 pm Afternoon Session 1 • Biological Sciences discussion: Exciting new opportunities, existing initiatives, suggestions for workshops, faculty, Origins of Life Prize • Previous workshops - Origins Symposium (2009); Origins ofHuman Uniqueness and Behavioral Modernity (2010); Origins ofMorality (2010); Origins ofLife (2011); Science and Culture Festival (2011); ); Origins ofXenophobia (2011) • Origins ofLife Prize • Innovative research areas to explore andfuture workshop suggestions • Planned workshops - Protein Folding, Origins ofCancer, Origins ofCreativity, Origins ofDogs, Origins ofExtinction, Origins ofSex, Astrobiology • Current affiliated externalfaculty (Sidney Altman, John Sutherland, Craig Venter) • Suggestionsforfuturefaculty • Current initiatives & partnerships - Science Friday, Centerfor Social Dynamics and Complexity, School ofHuman Evolution and Social Change, Richard Dawkins Foundation 2:30pm Afternoon Session 2 • Social Science and Humanities discussion: Exciting new opportunities, existing initiatives, suggestions for workshops, faculty, etc. • Previous workshops - Origins Symposium (2009); Origins ofHuman Uniqueness and Behavioral Modernity (2010); Origins ofMorality (2010); Rightful Place ofScience (2010); Origins ofLife (2011); Science and Culture Festival (2011); Origins: Causation & Boundaries (2011); Origins ofXenophobia (2011) • Innovative research areas to explore andfuture workshop suggestions • Planned workshops - Lying: The Making ofthe World, Origins ofCreativity, Origins of Sex • Current affiliated externalfaculty (Lucy Hawking, Writer-in-Residence 2010-2011) • Current initiatives & partnerships - Science Friday, Centerfor Social Dynamics and Complexity, School ofHuman Evolution and Social Change, Richard Dawkins Foundation, College ofLaw, Institutefor Human Origins, Institutefor Humanities Research, Piper Centerfor Creative Writing 3:15pm Break 3:45pm Afternoon Session 3 • Origins of the Future discussion: Technology, innovation, future opportunities with industry • Innovative research areas to explore andfuture workshop suggestions • Climate change, extinctions • Social implication ofemerging technologies: Biotechnology, nanotechnology, and quantum technology • Potential industry partnerships and affiliations 4:15pm Afternoon Session 4 • Curriculum Development • ReSets program, filmed Origins conversations, course developmentfor certificate/minor • Plans for Origins Post-doc and graduate students 2 EFTA01084468 5:00pm Wrap Up 6:30pm Cocktails at J & G - Phoenician Resort 7:00pm Dinner at J & G - Phoenician Resort Sunday, February 12, 2012 Breakfast on your own 9:00 am Morning Session • Financial review, new opportunities, and fundraising discussion • Organizational structure and activities • Proposed changes and opportunitiesfor development • Strategic planning initiative • Outreach possibilities • Documentaries, online courses, partnerships, events around the country • Future directions 10:45 am Concluding Remarks 11:00 am Brunch and Departure 3 EFTA01084469