To: Jeffrey Epsteinljeevacation@gmail.com]
From: Al seckel
Sent: Thur 11/18/2010 10:42:50 PM
Subject: Mindshift conference

Jeff.

In terms of the conference, it is a collection of very bright, out-of-the box thinkers, and achievers. They are also all fun. Some of them are very fun. I hope you will enjoy those you haven't met.

Two days of talks (one more formalized) and one unformalized.

One day, but the talks/discussions are open to all inside the group, and all, more or less, will be able to make contributions in all of the areas below.

The specific topics:

Day One
Artificial Intelligence
Complexity Theory
New Trends in Theoretical Physics
Evolutionary Biology
Cognitive Neuroscience

Day Two
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Encryption and Decryption
New Financial Systems and Methods
Emerging Technologies

Now, interspersed with this, everyone gets to lead a discussion on a topic of their own choosing, which they think will be interesting for all. This includes you. This is intermixed throughout the serious more formatted talks, as a break.

Of course, we would like time for breaks, sightseeing, haing fun, etc and this is pretty mentally intensive, but basically what I had in mind. Your thoughts?

Remember, I tried not just to assemble a set of isolated ivory tower academics, but some really cool and fun people I know well, and who, I hope you would enjoy spending time with.