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Suggested Citation:"Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. The Informed Brain in a Digital World: Interdisciplinary Research Team Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18268.
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Agenda

Thursday, November 15, 2012

8:00 a.m.

Bus Pickup: Attendees are asked to allow ample time for breakfast at the Beckman Center; no food or drinks are allowed in the auditorium, which is where the welcome and opening remarks take place at 9:30.

8:30 a.m.

Registration (not necessary for individuals who attended the Welcome Reception)

8:30—9:30 a.m.

Breakfast

9:30—9:45 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine

Michael S. Gazzaniga, Chair, NAKFI Steering Committee on the Informed Brain

9:45—10:45 a.m.

Keynote Address

Patrick Suppes (NAS), Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

10:45–11:00 a.m.

Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Team Challenge and Grant Program Overview
Michael S. Gazzaniga, Chair, NAKFI Steering Committee on the Informed Brain

Suggested Citation:"Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. The Informed Brain in a Digital World: Interdisciplinary Research Team Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18268.
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11:00—11:15 a.m.

Break

Poster Session A Setup

11:15 a.m.—12:45 pm

Poster Session A

11:15 a.m.

Graduate Students meet with Barbara Culliton

12:45—2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00—5:30 p.m.

IDR Team Challenge Session 1

3:00—3:30 p.m.

Break

Poster Session B Setup

5:30—7:00 p.m.

Reception/Poster Session B

7:00 p.m.

Bus Pickup: Attendees brought back to hotel

Friday, November 16, 2012

8:00 a.m.

Bus Pickup

8:15—9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00—11:00 a.m.

IDR Team Challenge Session 2

11:00—11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m.

IDR Team Challenge Preliminary Reports (5 to 6 minutes per group)

1:00—2:00 p.m.

Lunch

2:00—5:30 p.m.

IDR Team Challenge Session 3

3:00—3:30 p.m.

Break

5:30 p.m.

IDR Team Challenge Final Presentation Drop-Off: IDR Teams to drop off presentations at information/registration desk, or upload to FTP site prior to 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning

5:45 p.m.

Bus Pickup: Attendees brought back to hotel for a free night

Suggested Citation:"Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. The Informed Brain in a Digital World: Interdisciplinary Research Team Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18268.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

7:00 a.m.

Bus Pickup: Attendees who are departing for the airport directly from the Beckman Center are asked to bring their luggage to the Beckman Center. Storage space is available.

7:15—8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

7:15 a.m.

Taxi Reservations: Attendees are asked to stop by the information/registration desk to confirm their transportation to the airport or hotel.

8:00—9:30 a.m.

IDR Team Challenge Final Reports (8 to 10 minutes per group)

9:30—10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00—noon

IDR Team Challenge Final Reports (continued) (8 to 10 minutes per group)

11:00 a.m.—noon

Q&A Across All IDR Teams

Noon—1:30 p.m.

Lunch (optional)

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Digital media provide humans with more access to information than ever before—a computer, tablet, or smartphone can all be used to access data online and users frequently have more than one device. However, as humans continue to venture into the digital frontier, it remains to be known whether access to seemingly unlimited information is actually helping us learn and solve complex problems, or ultimately creating more difficulty and confusion for individuals and societies by offering content overload that is not always meaningful.

Throughout history, technology has changed the way humans interact with the world. Improvements in tools, language, industrial machines, and now digital information technology have shaped our minds and societies. There has always been access to more information than humans can handle, but the difference now lies in the ubiquity of the Internet and digital technology, and the incredible speed with which anyone with a computer can access and participate in seemingly infinite information exchange. Humans now live in a world where mobile digital technology is everywhere, from the classroom and the doctor's office to public transportation and even the dinner table. This paradigm shift in technology comes with tremendous benefits and risks. Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Teams at the 2012 National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference on The Informed Brain in the Digital World explored common rewards and dangers to Humans among various fields that are being greatly impacted by the Internet and the rapid evolution of digital technology.

Keynote speaker Clifford Nass of Stanford University opened the dialogue by offering insight into what we already know about how the "information overload" of the digital world may be affecting our brains. Nass presented the idea of the "media budget," which states that when a new media emerges, it takes time away from other media in a daily time budget. When additional media appear and there is no time left in a person's daily media budget, people begin to "double book" media time. Personal computers, tablets, and smartphones make it easy to use several media simultaneously, and according to Nass, this double-booking of media can result in chronic multitasking, which effects how people store and manage memory. Although current fast-paced work and learning environments often encourage multitasking, research shows that such multitasking is inefficient, decreases productivity, and may hinder cognitive function. National Academies Keck Future Initiative: The Informed Brain in a Digital World summarizes the happenings of this conference.

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