Workshop schedule

Friday, 5 September 2008

Venue: University Scholars Programme Conference Room, ADM Block, Level 7 [map]

9:00-9:45	Registration Procedure and Coffee/Refreshments
9:45-10:00	Opening Remarks
10-11:00	Models, Paradigms and Scientific Realism	Mohd Hazim Shah
11-12:00	How to Approach Model-Based Scientific Practice	Tarja Knuuttila
12-13:00	Lunch
13-14:00	The Metaphysics of Modality and the Coherence of Scientific Model	Wang Yen Lee
14-15:00	Abstraction in Scientific Modelling: The Process of Representation	Demetris Portides
15-15:30	Tea/Coffee, Refreshments
15:30-16:30	Computer Modeling as Organizational Enactment	Catelijne Coopmans
16:30-17:30	Pictures and parallels: How ethics and epistemology mix in pain science	Chuan Fei Chin
18:00	Dinner

Saturday, 6 September 2008

Venue: Research Clusters Meeting Room A, The Shaw Foundation Building, AS7, Level 6 [map]

9:00-10:00	Coffee and Refreshments
10-11:00	A Model of Modelling	Jeremy Chong
11-12:00	Denotation, Representation, and the Minimality Constraint	Axel Gelfert
12-13:00	Lunch
13-14:00	Applying Models: The Historical Case of Fluid Dynamics	Michael Heidelberger
14-15:00	Tradeoffs in Model Building: a More Target-Oriented Approach	John Matthewson
15-15:30	Tea/Coffee, Refreshments
15:30-16:30	Open Discussion	(All speakers)
17:00	Close of Workshop