“Individuality and immortality : lessons from organisms with complex life cycles” - Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur mer, 7th and 8th September 2015

The workshop aims to promote discussion to explore the concepts around the themes of individuality and immortality. It will include presentations from international specialists from the worlds of Philosophy and Biology, mixed with presentations from INDIBIO project participants and their collaborators.

Monday 7th September

9:00 Introductory remarks Evelyn Houliston, University Pierre & Marie Curie – Villefranche-sur-mer
9:10 Keynote speaker: Peter Godfrey Smith, City University of New York “Complex Life Cycles and the Evolutionary Process”
10:00 Keynote speaker: Bernie Degnan, University of Queensland “Waiting for a Title”
10:30 Coffee break
10:50 Clémence Thocquenne, University Paris I Sorbonne
11:20 Lucas Leclère, Université Pierre & Marie Curie - Villefranche-sur-mer
11:50 Discussion around ideas from the first morning
12:30 Buffet lunch for all workshop attendees
14:00 Keynote speaker: Stefano Piraino, University of Lecce “Waiting for a Title”
14:50 Philippe Huneman, University Paris I Sorbonne
15:20 Coffee break
15:40 Michael Manuel, University Pierre & Marie Curie – Paris
16:10 Nicolas Pastor, University Paris Sorbonne
16:40 Daniel Andler, Université Paris-Sorbonne
17:10 Discussion around ideas from the first afternoon

Evening meal (for speakers and project participants)

Tuesday 8th September

9:00 Keynote speaker: Scott Lidgard - Field Museum of Natural History – Chicago USA ”Alternation of Generations - Challenges to Individuality and the Developmental Cycle of Life in the 19th Century”
9:50 Stefano Tiozzo, Université Pierre & Marie Curie – Villefranche-sur-mer
10:20 Coffee break
10:40 Francesca Merlin, Université Paris I Sorbonne
11:10 Sandie Degnan, University of Queensland "The consequences for organismal biologists of recognizing the individual as a holobiont"
11:40 Discussion around ideas from the second morning
12:30 Buffet lunch for all workshop attendees
14:00 Keynote speaker Alessandro Minelli, Univerisity of Padova “The evolution of individuality: a farewell to immortality?”
14:50 Thomas Pradeu, Univerisity of Bordeaux
15:20 Discussion around ideas from the two afternoon presentations
15:50 Coffee break
16:20 General Discussion: emerging ideas and future perspectives