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INVITED SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES

bulletSociety of Zoologists Symposium on "The Interface of Quantitative Genetics, Life-History Evolution, and Whole-Organism Ontogeny".  December 27-30, 1981.
bulletSymposium on "Novel Approaches to Interactive Systems".  August 11-13, 1982, Flagstaff, AZ.
bulletConference on "Neural Populations:  Selectional Theories of Development".   February 7-10, 1984.  Neuroscience Institute, New York, New York.
bulletSummer Atelier on Theoretical Neurobiology. July 9-25, 1984. Neuroscience Institute, New York, New York.
bulletConference on Population Thinking in Neurobiology, Annual Meeting of Neuroscience Research Program Associates, October 28-30, 1984. Neuroscience Institute, New York, New York.
bulletConference in "Evolution Theory" February 16, 1985. Part of the series "Realism, Truth and the Physical Sciences" sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium.
bulletConference on "Historical and Philosophical Issues in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology."  February 27 - March 2, 1985. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
bulletSummer Atelier on Theoretical Neurobiology. June 17-30, 1985. Neuroscience Institute, New York, New York.
bulletGordon Conference on "The Population Biology and Evolution of Microbes and their Accessory Elements". August 26 - 30, 1985.
European Sociobiology Conference, January 17-19, 1986, Gottingen, W.G.
bulletSummer Atelier on Theoretical Neurobiology. July 28-August 8, 1986. Neuroscience Institute, New York, New York.
bulletInternational Symposium on Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution. June 29-July 3, 1987. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
bulletTowards a New Synthesis in Evolutionary Biology. July 5-11, 1987. Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Prague, Czechoslovakia.
bulletFirst Luigi Galvani Workshop on "Neural Darwinism: Interdisciplinary Dimensions of Contemporary Neuroscience" International School of Neuroscience. Padua, Italy. May 14, 1988.
bulletInterdisciplinary Conference on Foundations of Evolutionary Biology. July 11-15, 1988. Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio.
bulletDiscussant on evolutionary bases of value determination, Conference on towards a scientific analysis of values. Feb. 1-4, 1989, Tucson, AZ.
bulletUCLA Symposium on Molecular Evolution, February 27-March 6 1989. Lake Tahoe, CA.
bulletRound table discussion on concepts of Darwinian selection and brain function. Georgetown University Bicentennial Lecture Series. April 17, 1989. Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
bulletSymposium on "The Significance of Inbreeding in the Evolution of Mating and Social Systems," June 13-18, 1989. Louisville, Kentucky.
Symposium on The Evolution of Sex, Univ of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. August 17, 1989.
bulletLectures on the evolution of sex, Complex Systems Workshop, Santa Fe Institute, June 4-8, 1990
bulletSymposium on "Pattern Versus Process: Causal Explanation in Evolutionary Biology," International Congress on Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, College Park, Maryland, July 1-7, 1990.
bulletSymposium on "Molecular Genetics of Parasites and Vectors," Feb. 4-7, 1991, Montpellier, France
bulletSeminaire-reflexion autour de Rick Michod: Lectures on Sex and Evolution, Feb. 20-26 1991, Univ Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
bulletXXIIème Rencontre de Meribel. March 17-23 1991. Les Arcs, France
Conference on Evolutionary and Behaviour Ecology. April 12-18, 1992. Aussois, France.
bulletAmerican Genetics Society Conference on "Evolution of Sex." July 9-11, 1992.
bulletEvolution Society Conference on "Evolution of Haploid and Diploid Life Cycles." June 19-23, 1993. Snowbird, Utah.
bulletEvolution93. European Society for Evolution Conference Montpellier, France. Aug 22-28, 1993.
bulletIIASA Workshop on Evolution of Mutualism. May 1995. Vienna, Austria.
Conference on "Conceptual Foundations of Modern Biology" Simon Bolivar University, Caracus, Venezuala. May 29-31 1995.
bulletConference on "Philosophy of Biology," Central University, Caracus, Venezuala. June 1-2 1995.
bulletGuelph Game Theory Meetings, August 1995. Guelph, Canada.
Am. Society Naturalists Symposium on multi-level selection. August 10-14, 1996. Providence, Rhode Island.
bulletICSEB Symposium "Why species exist" August 17-24, 1996. Budapest, Hungary
bulletICSEB Symposium "Philosophical aspects of individuality and development" August 17-24, 1996. Budapest, Hungarys
Meiosis Conference in The Netherlands April, 1997.
bulletEuropean Society for Evolutionary Biology, 24 - 28 August 1997, Wageningen The Netherlands.
bulletInternational Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Biology, October 21-25, 1997 University of Aizu
bulletCNRS Workshop on "Units of selection and the major transitions in evolution" Paris, France. Jan. 29-30, 1998.
bulletOrganized Workshop at Jussieu on "Fitness in Evolutionary Biology" Paris, France. April, 1998.
bulletJacques Monod Conference of the C.N.R.S. Roscoff, France. Oct. 25-29, 1998.
bulletNASA Conference on Evolutionary Biology. American Museum. New York. March 3-5, 1999.
bulletOrganize symposium "Understanding Fitness" European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 24 - 29 August 1999, Barcelona, Spain. 
bulletSymposium on "Modularity in development and evolution." May 2000. Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Germany. 
bulletWorkshop on Artificial Life: Reed College. August, 2000. 
bulletSymposium on "Evolution: From Molecules to Ecosystems." Nov. 2-4, 2000. Valencia Spain. Invited plenary speaker.
bulletSymposium on "Why Sex" Oct. 2001. Barcelona. Invited plenary speaker. Museu de la Ciència de la Fundació "la Caixa."
bulletSymposium: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Anaheim, January 3-6, 2002. New Perspectives on the Origin of Metazoan Complexity
bulletDahlem Conference: Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation Berlin, June 23-28, 2002
bulletUK EPSRC interdisciplinary workshop on "Evolvability and Individuality" Hertfordshire. Sept. 2002 Plenary Speaker
bulletICSEB VI. Sept. 2002. Patras Greece. Invited Speaker.
bulletAmerican Association of Artificial Intelligence Conference on Computational Synthesis. March 2003. Plenary Speaker
bulletOdyssey Lecture. March 29, 2004. Ca. State Univ. Long Beach. (http://www.csulb.edu/projects/odyssey/)
bullet11th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications. Dec 18-21, 2004. Ventana Canyon, Member Organizing Committee.
bulletEPSRC Evolvability & Interaction Symposium. London. Oct. 2003. Plenary speaker.
bulletWorld Summit on Evolution June 9-12, 2005 San Cristobal, Galapagos. Invited speaker.
bulletInstitut des Haute Études Scientifiques, Invited speaker at Third "Entretierns de Bures" on "Innovation in biological systems" Dec. 7-10,2005. Bures-sur-Yvette.
bulletSocial Evolution: Cooperation and conflict from molecules to societies. UA College of Science Evolution Series Spring 2006.
bulletPhilosophy of Science Association, Vancouver, Nov. 2006. Invited Speaker.
bulletNational Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium "In the light of evolution: adaptation and complex design" Nov. 30-Dec. 2 2006 Irvine, CA. Invited speaker.
bulletSocial Evolution: Cooperation and conflict from molecules to societies. Arizona Science Center in Phoenix Jan. 31,2007.
bulletAltenberg Workshop "Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited" Invited Speaker. Vienna, Austria. 7/19-7/23/07
bulletInternational Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology symposium "Multi-level Selection and Major Transitions in Evolution" Invited Speaker. Exeter, England. 7/25-7/28/07.
bulletSymposium "New Approaches to the Evolution of Social Behavior". ESA August 3 and 8, at Milwaukee, WI.