PAPS FORUM XVI (2016)
Program
September 22, 2016
| 12:00pm | Lunch with President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
September 24, 2016
| 8:00am | Registration |
| 9:00am | Opening Silvia Curado, Ph.D. – PAPS President Augusto Santos Silva, Ph.D. – His Excellency the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 9:45am | Session 1 – The Power of Networks I – Manuel Lima, M.F.A. – Founder of VisualComplexity.com, Design Lead at Google and Professor of Data Visualization at Parsons School of Design – David Simas, J.D. – Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Political Strategy and Outreach – Manuela Veloso, Ph.D. – Herbert A. Simon Professor in Computer Science and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University Round Table Discussion |
| 11:15am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45am | Session 2 – The Power of Networks II Natália Luis, B.S. – Chairman and COO at M Luis Products & M Luis Construction George Perry, Ph.D. – Dean of the College of Sciences and Professor of Biology at the University of Texas, San Antonio Pedro Conceição, Ph.D. – Director of Strategic Policy, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations New York/ Secretary of the First PAPS Executive Committee Round Table Discussion |
| 1:15pm | Lunch |
| 2:30pm | Session 3 – Carapaus de Corrida Ricardo Vasconcelos, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Portuguese at San Diego State University “On Losers, Leaders, and Racing Horse Mackerels” Artist Presentations |
| 3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:45pm | Session 4 – Connecting Networks with the Future & Brainstorming Vasco Rato, Ph.D. – President of Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento Isabel Mota – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Trustee David Marçal, Ph.D. – Project Coordinator at Ciência Viva ROUNDTABLE/BRAINSTORMING |
| 7:00pm | Closing Remarks Domingos Fezas Vital – His Excellency the Ambassador of Portugal to the United States |
| 8:00pm | Dinner |
September 25, 2016
| 9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:30am | PAPS General Assembly |
Details
Date
September 22, 24-25, 2016
Title
From 66 to 0 degrees of separation: the power of networks
City
New York City, NY, USA
Venue
Zuckerman Research Center Auditorium, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC
Website
n/a
Editions
Sponsors
– Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
– TAP Portugal
– Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros da República Portuguesa – Direção-Geral dos
Assuntos Consulares e das Comunidades Portuguesas
– Azores Airlines
– FCT, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
– EDP Renewables
– NOPA, The National Organization of Portuguese-Americans
– Banco Português de Investimento
– Naved, Credit Union
– Luis Construction Co., Inc.
– FLAD, Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento
– WEDO Technologies