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New UPCOMING WORKSHOP

DATE: October, 20-21, 2008
TITLE: Electronic Chemical Cell (ECCell) kick-off
Abstract

As a result of the groundwork laid by the PACE project, the construction of one kind of artificial programmable cell is now an achievable objective in the coming three years. A project ECCell in FET-open has been approved starting September 2008.

The aim of the project is to establish a novel basis for future adaptive embedded information technology at the molecular level by constructing the first electronically programmable chemical cells (ECCell). These ECCells will function through an interplay of chemical microprocessors and information molecule chemistry. Chemical microprocessors act as coprocessors coupled to chemical information systems through a digital electronically programmable microelectrode MEMS interface, taking advantage of integrated electronics and microfluidics. Information processing in molecular systems is not in direct competition with silicon technology, but the long-term goal is to integrate information processing with self-contained molecular construction of information processing materials and components. ECCells will pro-vide a paradigmatic proof of principle that such technology is possible and already useful in nano- and microscale embedded system applications. The novel chemical microprocessor technology required to do this will also provide a programmable real-time interface to control other complex chemical information systems. This is naturally a high-risk, embryonic research project, but based on solid interdisciplinary research and aimed at a breakthrough which will lay the foundation of a new embedded IT for immersed micro- and nanoscale molecular information processing, with a paradigm shift to digitally programmable chemical systems.

ORGANIZERS: John McCaskill, Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB)
LOCATION: Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: March, 13-14, 2008
TITLE: Ethics
ORGANIZERS: Mark Bedau, Uwe Tangen, Emily Parke and Brigitte Hantsche-Tangen
LOCATION: Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: March, 10-12, 2008
TITLE: Protocell Modelling
ORGANIZERS: Roberto Serra, Kristian Lindgren and Timoteo Carletti
LOCATION: Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: March, 5-7, 2008
TITLE: MITSOCS - Mathematics In The Science Of Complex Systems
ORGANIZER: Jeffrey Johnson, The Open University
LOCATION: Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: October, 24-26, 2007
TITLE: PATRES -- PATtern RESilience project 2nd group meeting
ORGANIZER: Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey, Guildford - UK
LOCATION: Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: June, 30 - July, 1, 2007
TITLE: Dynamic Modelling and Kinetic Data Fitting Using SimFit - A practical approach
ORGANIZERS: Günter von Kiedrowski, Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Germany
LOCATION: Isle of San Servolo, Venice - Italy
DATE: June 15-16, 2007
TITLE: Optimization and Design of ExperimentS (ODES)
ORGANIZERS: I. Poli and M. Forlin, University Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy
LOCATION: ECLT, Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: May 25-26, 2007
TITLE: Conference on Living Technology
ORGANIZERS: K. Lindgren, S. Nolfi, N. Packard and I. Poli
LOCATION: Aula Magna, Ca' Dolfin, Venice - Italy
DATE: May 24, 2007 - 6.00 pm
TITLE: Public Lecture: L'evoluzione dei robot tra biologia e ingegneria
PRESENTED BY: Dario Floreano
LOCATION: Aula Magna, Ca' Dolfin, Venice - Italy
DATE: May 22-24, 2007
TITLE: PACE Review and ECAgents review
LOCATION: ECLT, Palazzo Franchetti (sala giardino), Venice - Italy
DATE: May 15-16, 2007
TITLE: Embodied Evolution of Complex Experimental Systems (EmboEvo)
ORGANIZERS: M. Bedau, ProtoLife srl
N. Krasnogor, University of Nottingham
LOCATION: ECLT, Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: March 15-17, 2007
TITLE: PACE-PA Coordination Workshop
ORGANIZERS: S. Rasmussen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM - USA
J. McCaskill, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (BioMIP) - Germany
LOCATION: ECLT, Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: March 18-19, 2007
TITLE: Modelling Populations of Protocells
ORGANIZERS: R. Serra, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - Italy
S. Rasmussen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM - USA
LOCATION: ECLT, Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: March 21-22, 2007
TITLE: Chemical Evolution and Self-Assembly
ORGANIZER: K. Lindgren and O. Görnerup, Chalmers University of Technology - Sweden
LOCATION: ECLT, Ca' Minich, Venice - Italy
DATE: July 20-22, 2006
TITLE: The Bi-Annual Critical Assessment of Artificial Chemical Cells (CRAACC)
ORGANIZERS: N. Krasnogor, University of Nottingham - UK, L. Cronin, Glasgow University - UK,
B. Davis, Oxford University - UK and M. Bedau, Protolife Srl. - Italy
LOCATION: Isle of san Servolo, Venice - Italy
DATE: March 16-18, 2006
TITLE: Evolution and Self-Assembly
ORGANIZERS: Kristian Lindgren and Martin Jacobi, Chalmers Technical University - Sweden
Norman Packard, ProtoLife, Venice - Italy
LOCATION: Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice - Italy
DATE: March 16-17, 2006
TITLE: Social and Ethical Issues Regarding Protocells: Questions and Answers
ORGANIZERS: Mark Bedau, Reed College and Emily Parke, ProtoLife Srl, Venice
LOCATION: Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice - Italy
DATE: March 13-14, 2006
TITLE: Programmable Microenvironments for Artificial Cells
ORGANIZER: Patrick Wagler and John McCaskill, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, BioMIP - Germany
LOCATION: ProtoLife Srl's laboratories, Parco Vega, Venice - Italy
DATE: October 2, 2005
TITLE: Social and Ethical Issues in Protocell Research: Risk and Responsabilities in an Uncertain World
ORGANIZERS: Mark Bedau, Reed College
Emily Parke, ProtoLife srl, Venice - Italy
LOCATION: Venice International University, Venice - Italy
DATE: October 3-4, 2005
TITLE: Systems Chemistry
ORGANIZER: Günter von Kiedrowski, Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Germany
LOCATION: Isle of san Servolo (VIU), Venice - Italy
DATE: September 28 - October 1, 2005
TITLE: Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Evolution
ORGANIZER: Günter von Kiedrowski, Ruhr-Universität Bochum - Germany
LOCATION: Isle of San Servolo (VIU), Venice - Italy
DATE: July 19-23, 2005
TITLE: PACE-PAs Science Coordination - Protocell components interactions
ORGANIZER: Steen Rasmussen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM - USA
LOCATION: National Laboratory of Los Alamos, NM - USA
DATE: May 23 - May 26, 2005
TITLE: Evolution, Information and Computation: From Living to Non-Living Matter
ORGANIZER: Ricard Solé, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Spain
LOCATION: ECLT, Palazzo Giovannelli, Venice - Italy
DATE: February 21 - March 5, 2005
TITLE: Protocells: Experiments, Ethics, and Technological Potential
ORGANIZER: John McCaskill, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (BioMIP) - Germany
LOCATIONS: RUB-BioMIP, Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin - Germany (February 21-22)
ECLT, Palazzo Giovannelli, Venice - Italy (February 22-March 5)
DATE: November 22 - December 5, 2004
TITLE: PACE-ECLT Integrated Twin Workshop
Multiscale Molecular Simulations and Stochastic Feedback
ORGANIZERS: Steen Rasmussen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM - USA
Norman Packard, ProtoLife s.r.l., Venice - Italy
LOCATION: Palazzo Giovannelli, Venice - Italy
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DATE: February 21 - March 5, 2005
TITLE: Protocells: Experiments, Ethics, and Technological Potential
ORGANIZER: John McCaskill, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (BioMIP) - Germany
LOCATIONS: RUB-BioMIP, Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin - Germany (February 21-22)
ECLT, Palazzo Giovannelli, Venice - Italy (February 22-March 5)
DATE: November 22 - December 5, 2004
TITLE: PACE-ECLT Integrated Twin Workshop
Multiscale Molecular Simulations and Stochastic Feedback
ORGANIZERS: Steen Rasmussen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM - USA
Norman Packard, ProtoLife s.r.l., Venice - Italy
LOCATION: Palazzo Giovannelli, Venice - Italy