Program

The schedule below may change slightly, but the conference dates will remain the same. Turing 2012 seeks to gather researchers who recognize Turing's contributions in today's society by providing them a venue for academic discussion at De La Salle University-Manila, considered by many as a pioneering research institution in the region. To attend the conference, kindly register online. Link

Conference agenda

DAY ONE

March 27, 2012 • Tuesday • 07:00 to 17:30

07:00 - 09:00           Registration

09:00 - 09:15          Welcome Remarks
                         Dante Luis Leoncini, De La Salle University-Manila

09:15 - 09:30            Ambassador's Address
                         Stephen Lillie, British Embassy Manila

09:30 - 10:15 Keynote Lecture – The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis
David Chalmers, Australian National University

10:15 - 11:00 Open Forum

11:00 - 11:40 Plenary Lecture – The Computational Mind and Its Computer Simulation
Napoleon Mabaquiao, Jr., De La Salle University-Manila

11:40 - 12:00 Open Forum

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:40 Plenary Lecture – Interacting with Virtual Characters
Catherine Pelachaud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

13:40 - 14:00 Open Forum

14:00 - 14:30 Conference Break

14:30 - 17:30 Breakout Sessions

DAY TWO
March 28, 2012 • Wednesday • 07:00 to 17:30

07:00 - 08:00 Registration and Certificate Distribution

08:00 - 08:05 Opening Remarks

08:05 - 08:40 Keynote Lecture – In Alan Turing's Mind, were "Computers" meant to be Persons or Machines?
Arnulfo Azcarraga, De La Salle University-Manila

08:40 - 09:00 Open Forum