"The Information Universe" - 2nd conference announcement

[Edwin A. Valentijn]

Dear colleagues and friends,

this is the 2nd announcement for 'The Information Universe 
<http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl>' conference which will take 
place between October 7 - 9, 2015 in Groningen, The Netherlands. The 
conference will bring together internationally renowned experts and 
scientists from the fields of theoretical physics, astronomy, computer 
science, neuroscience and life sciences to discuss the role of 
information in our universe.

Feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues and friends at your 
institutions who may be interested to attend.


    Keynote speakers and talks

  * *Erik Verlinde, University of Amsterdam *
    /Emergent gravity from quantum information: Explaining the dark
    universe/ <http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#erik>
  * *Alex Szalay, The Johns Hopkins University*
    /How to Collect Less Data.../
    <http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#alex>
  * *Gregory Chaitin, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro*
    /Epistemology as algorithmic information theory: Building the world
    out of information and computation rather than matter and energy/
    <http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#gregory>
  * *Gerard 't Hooft, University of Utrecht*
    /Cogwheels, the cellular automaton interpretation, and conformal
    gravity/ <http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#gerard>
  * *Charley Lineweaver, Australian National University*
    /Infogenesis: the Low Entropy Origins and Evolution of Information:
    Selfish Genes and Selfish Memes/
    <http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#charley>
  * *Lude Franke, UMCG, University of Groningen*
    /The Biological Information Universe: Understanding disease by
    reusing genetic data/
    <http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#lude>


    Invited speakers

  * *Tamara Davis*, Prof. Cosmology & Astrophysics, Center of Excellence
    for All-sky Astrophysics <http://www.caastro.org>, Australia
  * *Alessandra Silvestri*, Fellow of the Delta Institute for
    Theoretical Physics <http://www.d-itp.nl/>, Lorentz Institute,
    Leiden University
  * *Barbara Terhal*, Prof. Theoretical Physics (condensed matter) at
    the Institute for Quantum Information
    <http://www.quantuminfo.physik.rwth-aachen.de/cms/Quantuminfo/%7Edqvq/Das-Institut/lidx/1/http://www.quantuminfo.physik.rwth-aachen.de/cms/Quantuminfo/%7Edqvq/Das-Institut/lidx/1/>,
    RWTH Aachen University
  * *Renate Loll*, Prof. Theoretical Physics (quantum gravity), IMAPP
    <http://www.ru.nl/imapp/>, Radboud University
  * *Henry Markram*, Brain Simulation Platform
    <https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/brain-simulation-platform1>, Human
    Brain Project <http://www.humanbrainproject.eu>, EPFL
  * *Karlheinz Meier*, Neuromorphic Computing Platform
    <https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/neuromorphic-computing-platform1>,
    Human Brain Project <http://www.humanbrainproject.eu>, University of
    Heidelberg


    Registration and Deadlines

Registeration is open on our website www.informationuniverse.rug.nl 
<http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl>. Keep in mind the following 
important dates:

  * Early bird registration deadline: 31 July, 2015
  * Abstracts will still be considered
  * Regular registration deadline: 30 September, 2015


    Unique Venue

The conference will be hosted by the 3D fulldome theater Infoversum 
<http://www.infoversum.nl> in Groningen. You will have a unique 
opportunity to present data, simulations or scientific animations in our 
immersive dome environment. Upon request, presenters will be put in 
contact with our dedicated productions team.

On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee,
Edwin Valentijn

www.informationuniverse.rug.nl <http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl>
informationuniverse at rug.nl <mailto:informationuniverse at rug.nl>
Tel: + 31 50 363 4036
Twitter: @Info_Universum
<http://www.twitter.com/Info_Universum>


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