Tuesday, April 29
6:00 pm Informal Gathering (unhosted)
 
Wednesday, April 30
8:15 am Shuttle departs Hotel
 
8:30 am Breakfast at SFI
 
9:00 am Welcome Session, introductions and introductory framing talk (Melanie & Mary)
 
Session 1:  10:00 am - 12:00 pm
10:00 am Talk + discussion: The fitness value of information as a unifying framework. Ryan McGee, Joey Bernhardt, Mary O'Connor, Cynthia Downs
 
10:45 am Break
 
11:15 am Talk + discussion: Natural selection & adaptive genetic [heritable] information. Ryan McGee (+ discussion with Carl Bergstrom)
 
12:00 pm Lunch
 
Session 2: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
1:30 pm Talk + discussion: Framework for linking energy, matter, and information. Joey Bernhardt, Cynthia Downs, Melanie Moses, Mary O’Connor
 
2:15 pm Talk + discussion: Firefly ecosystems encode individual identity, species, sex, fitness, etc. in Morse-code-like flash patterns. Orit Peleg
 
3:00 pm Break
 
3:30 pm Discussion and Outline Plans for Special Issue
 
Collaborative Work on Journal Contributions
 
5:00 pm Shuttle pick up at SFI, return to Hotel
 
6:00 pm Group Dinner
 
Thursday, May 1, 2025
8:15 am Shuttle departs Hotel
 
8:30 am Breakfast at SFI
 
9:00 am Collaborative Work on Journal Contributions
 
10:30 am Coffee break
 
11:00 am Talk + discussion: Davorka Gulisija, Topic: Inheritance and the Microbiome
 
12:00 pm Lunch
 
Session 4: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
1:30 pm Talk + discussion: Brandon Ogbunu, Topic TBD
 
2:15 pm Talk + discussion: Chris Kempes, Topic TBD
 
3:00 pm Break
 
3:30 pm Talk + discussion: Variable timescales for heritable information in Immunity. Cynthia Downs & Melanie Moses
 
4:15 pm Talk + discussion: Major evolutionary transitions through the lens of biological information. Maria Olive, Ryan McGee, Joey Bernhardt, Samantha Worthy
 
5:00 pm Shuttle pick up at SFI, return to Hotel
 
6:00 pm Group Dinner
 
Friday, May 2, 2025
8:15 am Shuttle departs Hotel
 
8:30 am Breakfast
 
Session 5:  9:00 am - 12:00 pm
9:00 am Collaborative Work on Journal Contributions
 
10:30 am Break
 
11:00 am Discussion, Recap & Next steps
 
12:00 pm Lunch
 
1:30 pm(optional)Collaborative Work on Journal Contributions
 
3:00 pm Break
 
3:30 pm(optional)Collaborative Work on Journal Contributions
 
5:00 pm Shuttle pick up at SFI, return to Hotel