November 2025
Livestream the November Meeting
Thursday, November 13 - Day 1
Friday, November 14 - Day 2
Morning Session
Afternoon Session and Concert
Saturday, November 15 - Day 3
Meetings of the American Philosophical Society are held each April and November for elected Members, their families, and distinguished guests.
This schedule is tentative and subject to change.
November 2025 General Meeting Schedule
Thursday, November 13 – Saturday, November 15, 2025
Program Draft (All Listed Times in PST)
Thursday, November 13
1:00 p.m. PST (4:00pm EST)
Opening Remarks, Inductions
Jacqueline K. Barton
Vice President, in the Chair
A CONVERSATION WITH IRWIN JACOBS
ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FUTURE
Irwin Jacobs
Founding Chairman, CEO Emeritus, Qualcomm Inc.
Chairman Emeritus, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
INVISIBLE CURRENTS:
HOW POLLUTED RIVERS AND OCEANS CHANGE OUR AIR QUALITY
Kim Prather
Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry
Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Department of Chemistry
University of California, San Diego
Intermission
GROUNDING IN PLACE:
KUMEYAAY AND NEIGHBORING NATIONS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF RESPONSIBILITY
Joely Proudfit
Director of California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center
Department Chair and Professor of American Indian Studies
California State University San Marcos
SUPER AGERS: AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO LONGEVITY
Eric Topol
Director & Founder
The Gary & Mary West Chair of Innovative Medicine
Scripps Research Translational Institute
Members Business Meeting
Cocktail Reception and Light Supper
Friday, November 14 (All Listed Times in PST)
9:00 a.m.
Inductions
Nina G. Jablonski
Vice President, in the Chair
Report on State of the Society
DELIBERATIVE PATHWAYS IN JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING
Goodwin Liu
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
NEURAL CODES OF SPACE
Edvard I. Moser
Founding Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
Co-Director of Center for Neural Algorithms in the Cortex
Co-Director of Center for Neural Computation
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Intermission
STRANGER IN THE SHOGUN’S CITY: FROM THE ARCHIVE TO THE PAGE
Amy Stanley
Orrington Lunt Professor of History
Director of Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies
Northwestern University
Lunch
Shuttle Bus to Scripps Research
2:00 p.m.
Scripps Research
Jacqueline K. Barton
Vice President, in the Chair
APS Award Ceremony
PATRICK SUPPES PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY
Alyssa Ney
LMU Munich
BUILDING A NEW MODEL FOR NONPROFIT RESEARCH
Peter Schultz
Professor of Chemistry, President and CEO
Scripps Research
RESPONDING TO NEW REALITIES FOR U.S. UNIVERSITIES AND SCIENCE
Robert W. Conn
Walter Zable Professor and Dean, Emeritus, Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California San Diego
President and CEO, Emeritus
The Kavli Foundation
A CONVERSATION ON SCIENCE FUNDING
Robert W. Conn and Peter Schultz, led by Jacqueline K. Barton
REFLECTIONS ON HIGHER EDUCATION TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE
Alan Garber
President of Harvard University
Michael Crow
President of Arizona State University
Gabrielle Starr
President of Pomona College
A PANEL CONVERSATION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Nina G. Jablonski - Panel Moderator
COCKTAIL HOUR
Unique Potential for Learning Offered by Creative Listening in the 21st Century
Lei Liang
Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Music
University of California, San Diego
Lamento della ninfa
By Claudio Monteverdi
Arranged by Lei Liang
Six Seasons
By Lei Liang
Cory Smythe - Piano
Gobi Gloria
By Lei Liang
The Left Coast Ensemble Quartet
Anna Presler - Violin
Charles Spruill, IV - Violin
Phyllis Kamrin - Viola
Leighton Fong - Cello
Shuttle Bus to Estancia Hotel
Dinner
Saturday, November 15 (All Listed Times in PST)
9:00 a.m.
Inductions
Nina G. Jablonski
Vice President, in the Chair
UNCERTAINTY: THE KRYPTONITE OF NONDETERMINISTIC A.I.
Missy Cummings
Director of Autonomy and Robotics Center
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Computer Science
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellow
George Mason University
NAVIGATING THE AI HORIZON: PROMISES, PERILS, AND
THE POWER OF COLLABORATION
Ece Kamar
Corporate Vice President, Managing Director of AI Frontiers Lab
Microsoft Research
Intermission
WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CONQUER CANCER
Tony Hunter
American Cancer Society Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory Renato Dulbecco Chair
Salk Institute
Mohammad F. Obeid
Mirza Endowed Chair in Global Learning and Associate Professor
Director of the Virtual Reality Design Program
Co-Director of the Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning
Shenandoah University
Warren R. Hofstra
Stewart Bell Professor of History
Shenandoah University
PLAYLIST FOR THE APOCALYPSE: POEMS FOR OUR TIMES
Rita F. Dove
Chair of Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing
University of Virginia
Live Demo Experience of Virtual Reality
Lunch
November 2025 APS Meeting Current Program as of 10/28/2025.