Conference schedule

1 June, Wednesday

9.00-10.00 Registration of participants, coffee.

10.00-12.00 Official opening. Keynote report “The Blank Slate”, Steven Pinker, Harvard University

12.00-12.30 Coffee Break

12.30-14.30 Plenary Session. Robert Trivers, Rutgers University, "Selfish Genetic Elements and Social Behavior"

14.30-16.00 Lunch time

16.00-18.00 Plenary Session (Continued). Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University, "Thirty Years After Sociobiology: Some Thoughts"

18.30-21.30 Official Reception for the participants of the Conference

2 June, Thursday

9.00-10.00 Registration of participants, coffee.

10.00-12.00 Session. Margo Wilson and Martin Daly, McMaster University, "Gambling on the Future"

12.00-13.00 Coffee break

13.00-14.30 Session. Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, University of California at Santa Barbara, “The Functional Architecture of Human Motivation”

14.30-16.00 Lunch time

16.00-18.00 Excursion to downtown

3 June, Friday

9.00-10.00 Registration of participants, coffee.

10.00-12.00 Session. Douglas Mock, University of Oklahoma, "Children Left Behind: Contrarian Views of the Nuclear Family"

12.00-12.30 Coffee Break

13.00-14.30 Poster session

14.30-16.00 Lunch time

16.00 Individual Activity

4 June, Saturday

9.00-10.00 Registration of participants, coffee

10.00-12.00 Session. Napoleon Chagnon, University of California at Santa Barbara, "Warre and Striving for Security Among the Yanomamo and Paleolithic Peoples"

12.00-12.30 Coffee Break

13.00-14.30 Special Topic Sessions. Discussion

14.30-16.00 Lunch time

16.00 Individual Activity

5 June, Sunday

9.00-10.00 Registration of participants, coffee

10.00-13.00 Final session. Host reports

13.00-13.30 Coffee Break

13.30-15.00 Concluding remarks. Official closing

15.00-18.00 Individual Activity

18.00 Closing party for the Conference participants.