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[SFBay] [swissnex events] Emotions (4/6-7), SNA (4/18), Earthquake (4/19)

From: Christian Simm <click for textversion of email address >
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:14:51 -0800
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Dear Swiss-List Members,
Please be welcome to the next swissnex events :

- THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 6-7, 2006 (4 separate events)
"Affective Sciences Emerging : the interdisciplinary study of emotions"

- TUESDAY APRIL 18, 2006, 6.30-9.30 pm
"Next Generation Business Consulting based on Social Network Analysis"

- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2006, 6.00-10.00 pm
"Getting Ready for the Big One - Today's 1906 Earthquake"

SAVE THE DATES :
- April 13, "The European American Angels Club" (SACC Business
Stammtisch)
- May 3, "Meet the Swiss Silicon Valley Association"

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 6-7, 2006 (timing below)
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«« Affective Sciences Emerging : the interdisciplinary study of
emotions »»

Half a century of research has shown that exclusively cognitive or
rational models of man fail to explain human behaviour. The
realization that the important role of emotion in individual
behaviour and social interaction requires intensive interdisciplinary
research has led to the emergence of a new field : Affective
Sciences. The Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (http://
affect.unige.ch) and the Collegium Helveticum (www.collegium.ethz.ch)
will meet with U.S. institutions and companies at swissnex on April 6
& 7 2006 to debate this fascinating topic, present their research and
discuss applications and implications with the industry.

DAY 1 : Virtual Emotions in Human-Computer Interfaces – April 6, 9:00
am - 5:30 pm
How can Affective Sciences and the neurosciences inform engineering,
computer sciences, communication and art when dealing with virtual
emotions and avatars ?
Free event, but registration required at : http://www.swissnex.org/
our-actions/events/emotionday1

EVENING 1 : Emotion & Theater Art - April 6, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Interactive art & science program on emotion, bodily and facial
expression. Cocktail reception
Free event, but registration required at : http://www.swissnex.org/
our-actions/events/emotioneve1

DAY 2 : The Neural Architecture of Emotion, Emotional Disturbance &
Pain – April 7, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
How does recent affective neuroscience research impact on the
understanding and treatment of emotional disturbance ? What are the
emotional responses to pain ? What are the links between emotional
processes in the brain and psychopathology ?
Free event, but registration required at : http://www.swissnex.org/
our-actions/events/emotionday2

EVENING 2 : Emotions in Music - April 7, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Interactive art & science program : explorations in classical & jazz
forms. Performance pieces & cocktail reception
Free event, but registration required at : http://www.swissnex.org/
our-actions/events/emotioneve2

General page : http://www.swissnex.org/our-actions/events/emotion
Location & parking : http://www.swissnex.org/swissnex/contact
Sponsors : Swiss Re, University of Geneva
Partners : NCCR Affective Sciences, Collegium Helveticum

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TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006, 6.30-9.30 pm
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«« Next Generation Business Consulting based on Social Network
Analysis »»

Social Network Analysis has been here for more than 70 years. Now it
has grown into turnkey consulting tools applicable to Sales,
Marketing Intelligence and Business Development. We invite you to
learn how you can solve your mission critical problems, increase
revenues and cut costs by means of Social Network Analysis Tools.
Enjoy an Exhibition where we visualize Californian Fortune 100
Companies, its Interlocking Directors, Executives, and Case Studies
of Fortune 500 Companies which successfully worked with FAS.research
Solutions and Maps.

6:30 pm
Networking (fingerfood and drinks provided), and welcome
7:30 pm
"Revolutions happen: Business Consulting based on Social Network
Analysis",
with Don Steiny, Institute for Social Network Analysis of the Economy
(ISNAE)
8:15 pm
"Increase revenues using Social Network Analysis",
with Harald Katzmair, FAS.research
9.30 pm
Doors close

Details & Registration : http://www.swissnex.org/our-actions/events/sna
A $35 contribution to the event's costs will be collected at the door
(cash or check only)
Location & parking : http://www.swissnex.org/swissnex/contact
Partners : ISNAE, FAS.Research

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2006, 6.00-10.00 pm
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«« Getting Ready for the Big One - Today's 1906 Earthquake »»

Within the next 25 years, scientists estimate a 62% probability of at
least one magnitude 6.7 or greater quake striking the San Francisco
Bay region. Combined losses from the 1906 and 1989 quakes totaled 6000
+ and 63 human lives, and property damage of $400M and $6B,
respectively - ’89 reconstruction is expected to last 20+ years. What
can science tell us about the next one?
• Will monitoring methods and technologies buy us time?
• Are major earthquake-prone countries -- US, Switzerland and Japan -
prepared to the same degree?
• How do major insurers assess the personal risks and economic losses?
Join in a discussion with earthquake luminaries from Switzerland, the
U.S. and Japan on the inevitable big one. Where it will hit, how we
can prepare, what to expect ...

6:30 pm
Doors open, networking cocktail and welcome

7:00 pm
- "Are Earthquakes Predictable ?"
with Tom Jordan, Professor of Earth Sciences USC; Director of
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
- "Readiness around the Globe"
with Domenico Giardini, Professor of Seismology and Geodynamics ETH
Zürich; Director of the Swiss Seismological Service
- “Insurance for the Inevitable”
with Andy Castaldi, Swiss Re Americas Division, Head, Catastrophe and
Perils
- "The 1906 Earthquake - lessons learned, lessons forgotten and
future directions"
with Mary-Lou Zoback, Senior Research Scientist, USGS Earthquake
Hazards Team
- Moderated panel discussion and Q&A, to include also Ishida Mizuho,
Research Scientist, Japan National Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Prevention (NEID), and Mark Zoback, Professor of
Geophysics & Benjamin M. Page Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford
University

10.00 pm
Doors close

Details & Registration for this free event : http://www.swissnex.org/
our-actions/events/earthquake
Location & parking : http://www.swissnex.org/swissnex/contact
Partners : ETH Zurich, Swiss Re
Received on Wed Mar 29 2006 - 10:22:39 PST

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