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Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, May 7
| 5:00 pm |
Registration, reception, tour of Des Moines Art Center available at 5:30 pm and 6:00 pm |
| 6:45 pm |
Welcome: Dr. Robert W. Shumaker, Great Ape Trust of Iowa |
| 7:00 pm |
Keynote Address: Consciousness and the Brain, Dr. Giulio Tononi, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| 8:00 pm |
Dessert and coffee |
| 9:00 pm |
Shuttles depart for symposium hotels |
Thursday, May 8 – (Dress casually and wear comfortable shoes)
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Decade of the Mind: The Spirit of Vannevar Bush, Dr. James L. Olds, Director, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study of George Mason University |
| 10:00 am |
"A Natural History of the Mind", Dr. Roger K. R. Thompson, the Dr. E. Paul & Frances H. Reiff Professor, Franklin & Marshall College and Dr. Anthony Chermero, Associate Professor, Franklin & Marshall College |
| 11:00 am |
How Hard is the Science of Animal Minds?, Dr. Colin Allen, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch at Des Moines Art Center |
| 1:30 pm |
The Human Mind Evolving, Dr. Kathy Schick and Dr. Nicholas Toth, Co-Directors, Stone Age Institute |
| 2:30 pm |
The Evolution of Thought: Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence,
Dr. Anne Russon, Professor, Psychology Department, Glendon College of York University |
| 3:30 pm |
Announcements: William M. Fields, Great Ape Trust of Iowa |
| 3:45 pm |
Shuttles depart for Great Ape Trust of Iowa |
| 4:30 pm |
Tour research facilities at Great Ape Trust of Iowa, reception, casual dinner |
| 7:00-7:30 pm |
Shuttles depart for symposium hotels |
Friday, May 9
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Chimpanzee Mind: A Combining Effort of Fieldwork and Laboratory Work,
Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Professor, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University |
| 10:00 am |
Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind, Dr. Robert Seyfarth, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:00 am |
The Consciousness Club, Dr. Merlin Donald, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Queen's University at Kingston |
| 12:00 pm |
Closing Remarks: Dr. Karyl Swartz, Great Ape Trust of Iowa |
| 12:15 pm |
Shuttles depart for symposium hotels |
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