Bounded Rationality conference, program

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MONDAY April 8^th Afternoon
Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 

5.30 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Natalia Quintavalle (Consul General)
Riccardo Viale (Director Italian Cultural Institute) and Massimo Egidi (Herbert Simon Society),

5.45 pm
Introduction
Katherine Simon Frank

1^st Herbert Simon Honorary Lecture
Gerd Gigerenzer
(Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin)
Homo Heuristicus: Why biased minds make better inferences

Chair: Richard Nelson

TUESDAY April 9^th Morning (Rational Expectations)
Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065

9.00-9.30 am
Introductory Key Speech. Chair: Alan Kirman

Roy Radner
(Leonard N. Stern School Professor of Business at New York University)
Bounded rationality: In search of a definition

9.30-9.45 am
Discussion

10.00-11.00
Parallel section
Rational Expectations, bounded rationality, markets and investments 1/2

11.00-11.20 am
coffee break

11.20-12.20 am 
Parallel section
Rational Expectations, bounded rationality, markets and investments 2/2

12.30 am-1.00 pm
Conclusive Key Speech. Chair Giovanni Dosi 

Alan Kirman
(Professeur émerite  de Sciences Economiques à l’Université d’Aix-Marseille III and Directeur d’Etudes à l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)
Is it rational to have rational expectations?

1.00-1.15 pm
Discussion

TUESDAY April 9^th Afternoon (Slow and fast thinking)
Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065

2.30-3.00 pm
Introductory Key Speech. Chair James J. Staszewsky

Ron Sun
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy)
On implicit vs. explicit and fast vs. slow processes

3.00-3.15 pm
Discussion

3.30-4.30 pm
Parallel section
Slow and fast thinking 1/2

4.30-4.50 pm
Coffee break

 4.50-6.20 pm
Parallel section
Slow and fast thinking 2/2

6.30-7.00 pm
Conclusive Key Speech. Chair Roy Radner 

David Over
(Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychology, Durham University)
New paradigm psychology of reasoning and rationality

7.00-7.15 pm
Discussion

WEDNESDAY  April 10^th Morning (Creativity)
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027

9.00-9.30 am
Introductory Key Speech. Chair: David Over

Laura Macchi
(Professore di Psicologia, Università di Milano Bicocca)
The interpretative function of thinking in insight problem solving

Discussion on
Keith Frankish’s
Getting to the heart of the dual-systems distinctions
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9.30-11.00 am 
Parallel section
Creativity and other stuffs 1/2

11.00-11.20 am
coffee break

 11.20-12.20  am
Parallel section
Creativity and other stuffs 2/2

12.30 am-1.00 pm
Conclusive Key Speech. Chair  Riccardo Viale

Jonathan W. Schooler
(Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara)
Keeping the mind open for inspiration

1.00-1.15 pm
Discussion

WEDNESDAY April 10^th Afternoon
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027

5.30-6.30 pm
Round Table: Bounded rationality updated
Chair Riccardo Viale
Introduction by Marco Novarese
with Massimo Egidi, Laura Macchi, David Over, Roy Radner,
Jonathan W. Schooler, Ron Sun

6.30 pm
2^nd Herbert Simon Honorary Lecture
Joseph Stiglitz
(Columbia University)
Rethinking macroeconomics: What went wrong and how to fix it
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Chair Massimo Egidi