Symposium Honoring John T. Bruer

May 28-29, 2015


Knight Executive Conference Center
Washington University
Throop Drive & Snow Way
St. Louis, MO 63130

 

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Thursday, May 28, 2015
  Parking is available with the emailed parking pass at the Millbrook Garage (#85) across from the Knight Center (#54).
   
6:00 -7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception, Outdoor Space if Weather Permits or the Anheuser-Busch Dining Hall
   
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dinner, Anheuser-Bush Dining Hall
  Testimonals by:
  Vimla L. Patel, New York Academy of Medicine
  David Klahr, Carnegie Mellon University
  John F. McDonnell, James S. McDonnell Foundation
 
Friday, May 29, 2015
  Parking is available with the emailed parking pass at the Millbrook Garage (#85) across from the Knight Center (#54).
   
6:30 – 8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast Available, 2nd Floor Break Area Outside Classroom 200
   
  Symposium events will be held in Classroom 200
   
8:50 – 9:10 a.m. Opening Remarks: Susan M. Fitzpatrick, James S. McDonnell Foundation
   
9:15– 10:30 a.m. Session 1: Advancing the Cognitive Science of Education, Classroom 200
  9:15 - 9:25 Chair: David Klahr, Carnegie Mellon University
  9:25 - 9:50 Speakers: Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University
  10:00 - 10:25 Justin Halberda, Johns Hopkins University
   
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. Break
  Located outside Classroom 200 are four posters from
Places and Spaces: 100 Maps of Science exhibit courtesy Katy Börner.
   
11:00 – 12:15 p.m. Session 2: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention, Classroom 200
  11:00 - 11:10 Chair: Steven Petersen, Washington University in St. Louis
  11:10 - 11:35 Speakers: Steven Hillyard, UCSD
  11:40 - 12:10 Kia Nobre, University of Oxford
   
12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Session 3: Bringing Cognition & Complexity to International Health Problems, Classroom 200
  12:15 - 12:25 Chair: Frank C. Keil, Yale University
  12:25 - 12:50 Speakers: Robert J. Sternberg, Cornell University
  12:55 - 1:20 Lauren Ancel Meyers, University of Texas at Austin
   
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Lunch, Anheuser-Bush Dining Hall
   
2:15 – 3:30 p.m. Session 4: Mapping Our Scientific Knowledge, Classroom 200
  2:15 - 2:25 Chair: Luciano Floridi, University of Oxford
  2:25 - 2:50 Speakers: Katy Börner, Indiana University
  2:55 - 3:20 M. Ángeles Serrano, University of Barcelona
   
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks: John T. Bruer
   
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Reception at Whittemore House, 6440 Forsyth Boulevard
  Parking is available at the Danforth Garage (#82) across from the Whittemore House (#126).