Programme Conference 1 October 2014

Cooperation as a pillar of biological evolution

9:30	Welcome with coffee
10:00	Introduction
	Sylviane Muller - IBMC, CNRS, USIAS Chair of Therapeutic Immunology, University of Strasbourg
10:10	The concept of cooperation in evolutionary theory: a historical overview
	Johan Hoebeke - CNRS Research Director (em.), IBMC, Strasbourg
10:50	Cooperation among RNA molecules promotes group replication
	Niles Lehman - Professor of Chemistry, Portland State University
11:40	Endosymbiosis: cooperation generating novel taxa at the highest level
	William Martin - Professor of Botany, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Modelling the evolution of social complexity and order
	Dirk Helbing - Professor in Sociology, in particular modeling and simulation, ETH, Zürich
14:20	Uniquely prosocial human other-regarding concerns
	Keith Jensen - Professor of Psychology, University of Manchester
15:10	Coffee break
15:30	Discussion: what is the role of cooperation in evolution, and vice versa?
16:30	Towards adaptive chemistry
	Jean-Marie Lehn- ISIS, USIAS Chair of Chemistry of Complex Systems, University of Strasbourg
17:00	Drinks