Complexity Futures: New Paradigms 2026
Speakers & Organizers
Organizers
David KrakauerPresident & William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems, Santa Fe Institute
Eric BeinhockerProfessor, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; External Professor and Chair of the Science Board, Santa Fe InstituteCoordinator
Renée TursiManager, Office of the President, Santa Fe InstituteSpeakers
Anima AnandkumarBren Professor of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, CaltechEric BeinhockerProfessor, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; External Professor and Chair of the Science Board, Santa Fe Institute
M.J. CrockettProfessor, Department of Psychology and University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Ev FedorenkoAssociate Professor, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, and Member, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT
Thomas Friedman“Foreign Affairs” columnist, The New York Times
Jenann IsmaelWilliam H. Miller III Professor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University; Science Board Member, Santa Fe Institute
Melinda MillsProfessor, Demography & Population Health and Director, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford & Nuffield College, UK
D. Eric SmithPrincipal Investigator (Specially Appointed Professor), Earth-Life Science Institute; External Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Ricard SoléHead, Complex Systems Lab, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; External Professor, Santa Fe InstituteDiscussants
Andrea LiuProfessor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania; External Professor + Science Board Member, Santa Fe Institute
Brice MénardProfessor, Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University; External Professor & Science Board Member, Santa Fe Institute
Venki RamakrishnanGroup Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, UK; Fractal Faculty & Science Board Member, Santa Fe Institute
Karen WillcoxProfessor, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas, Austin; External Professor & Science Board Member, Santa Fe Institute