Monday, September 8

8:30-9:00	Late registration
9:00-10:00	Opening session	Chair: S. P. Ratti
9:00 - 9:05	Welcome	A. Albergati, Major of Pavia
9:05 - 9:15	University welcome	V. G. Goggi
9:15 - 10:00	Universality and scale invariance: organizing principles that trascend disciplines	H. E. Stanley
Coffe Break
10:30-12:20	Session on Basic Physics	Chair: W. Kittel
10:30 - 11:00	A universal approach to the study of nonlinear systems	R. Hwa
11:00 - 11:30	Mathematics of complexity in experimental high energy physics	H. Eggers
11:30 - 12:00	Probing complexity at the subnuclear level of matter	T. Meng
12:00 - 12:20	Towards a fractal approach to hadronization processes: evidence for stability, stationarity and scaling	Q. Liu
Lunch
14:15-16:25	Session on Complex Networks	Chair: A. Vespignani
14:15 - 14:45	Scale-free networks: structures and properties	A. L. Barabasi
14:45 - 15:15	Overview of the mechanisms controlling the formation of complex networks	L. A. N. Amaral
15:15 - 15:45	Avalanches in scale-free networks	B. Kahng
15:45 - 16:05	Efficiency of scale-free networks: error and attack tolerance	P. Crucitti
16:05 - 16:25	Generalized network growth with assortative mixing	M. Catanzaro
Coffe Break
16:45-17:45	Session on Econophysics	Chair: H. E. Stanley
16:45 - 17:15	Boltzmann and Pareto: statistical mechanics and economics	S. Solomon
17:15 - 17:45	New stylized facts in financial markets: Omori law and price impact of a single transaction in financial markets	R. N. Mantegna
18:00 - 19:00	Guided visit to the Museum for the History of the University of Pavia
19:00 - 20:00	Welcome party and city reception - Town Hall

Tuesday, September 9

8:45-10:45	Session on Life Sciences	Chair: L. A. N. Amaral
8:45 - 9:15	Epidemics spreading in complex networks	A. Vespignani
9:15 - 9:45	Sexual networks in contemporary western societies	F. Liljeros
9:45 - 10:15	Universal scaling relations in biological systems	G. Caldarelli
10:15 - 10:45	A lattice model for nucleic acids: a study of hairpin folding	M. Sales
Coffee Break
11:10-12:00	Session on Geophysics and Meteorology	Chair: D. Schertzer
11:10 - 11:40	Turbulence: a challenging problem of wind energy	J. Peinke
11:40- 12:00	Power-law time distribution of large earthquakes	L. Palatella
Lunch
13:00 - 17:00	Guided visit to Leonardo's Last Supper in Milano and to the Certosa of Pavia (40 participants per visit)
Coffee Break
17:20-18:20	Session on Complex Networks	Chair: A. L. Barabasi
17:20 - 17:50	Spectral analysis of complex networks	J. F. Mendes
17:50 - 18:20	Study of some weighted networks	A. Barrat
18:20-19:40	Session on Basic Physics	Chair: I. Procaccia
18:20 - 18:50	Anomalous and glassy dynamics in a non-extensive Hamiltonian system	A. Rapisarda
18:50 - 19:20	Aging at the edge of chaos	A. Robledo
19:20 - 19:40	Self-affine clusters growth by the moving average for the analysis of long-range correlation in random time series	A. Carbone

Wednesday, September 10

8:45-10:45	Session on Econophysics	Chair: S. Solomon
8:45 - 9:15	The very subtle nature of random price changes	J. P. Bouchaud
9:15 - 9:45	A theory of non-gaussian option prices	L. Borland
9:45 - 10:05	Option pricing for non-gaussian fluctuations	H. Kleinert
10:05 - 10:25	Pricing financial derivatives with neural networks	M. Morelli
10:25 - 10:45	Statistical models for operational risk management	P. Giudici
Coffee Break
11:00-12:00	Session on Life Sciences	Chair: H. Kleinert
11:00 - 11:30	Chaotic neuron dynamics, synchronization and quantum features in perception processes	F. T. Arecchi
11:30 - 12:00	Stoke detection based on the scaling behaviors of human EEG	R. Hwa
Lunch
13:00 - 17:00	Guided visit to Leonardo's Last Supper in Milano and to the Certosa of Pavia (40 participants per visit)
Coffee Break
17:20-18:30	Session on Basic Physics	Chair: H. Eggers
17:20 - 17:50	Correlations clustering and the problem of cosmic structures	F. Sylos-Labini
17:50 - 18:10	Automatic classification using self-organizing neural networks in astrophysical experiments	A. De Angelis
18:10 - 18:30	Data management and mining in astrophysical databases	M. Frailis
18:30-19:30	Session on Geophysics and Meteorology	Chair: A. Rapisarda
18:30 - 19:00	Multifractal approach to river runoff and drainage areas in poorly gaged basins	D. Schertzer
19:00 - 19:30	Non-homogeneity in rainfall: effects in the estimation of scaling exponents	C. De Michele

Thursday, September 11

9:00-10:30	Session on Econophysics	Chair: J. P. Bouchaud
9:00 - 9:30	Price return autocorrelation in mixed minority/majority game	D. Challet
9:30 - 9:50	Suggestion for exogenous and endogenous origins of financial crashes: shocks and bubbles	A. Johansen
9:50 - 10:10	Static and dynamic approach to the CIR model and an empirical evaluation of the market price of risk	L. Torosantucci
10:10 - 10:30	Structure and efficiency of the world-wide airport network	R. Guimera
Coffee Break
10:50-12:00	Session on Complex networks	Chair: L. Pietronero
10:50 - 11.20	Emergence of complexity in simple signalling networks	A. Diaz-Guilera
11:20 - 11:40	The scale-free topology of market investements	S. Battiston
11:40 - 12:00	Wealth dynamics on complex networks	D. Garlaschelli
12:00-13:00	Session on Life Sciences	Chair: F. T. Arecchi
12:00 - 12:20	The distribution of low-variability periods on human hearthbeat dynamics	M. Sakki
12:20 - 12:40	Poincare' recurrences and multifractal properties of genomic sequences	L. Rossi
12:40 - 13:00	Numerical simulation of tumor spheroid dynamics	E. Milotti
Lunch
14:30-16:00	Poster Session (see below for poster contributions)
Coffee Break
16:30-17:20	Session on Geophysics and Meteorology	Chair: A. Robledo
16:30 - 17:00	Small-scale limit of space-time multifractal rainfall fields, and its interpretation in terms of extreme events	J. Castro
17:00 - 17:20	A simple model of aeolian megaripples	H. Yizhaq
18:00	Public Lecture (in Italian) (and award cerimony of speakers prizes) "La complessita' nella natura e nella societa' " Aula Magna of the University, Strada Nuova, 65	L. Pietronero
20:00	Social Dinner at the Botanical Garden of the University

Friday, September 12

9:00-10:30	Session on Basic Physics	Chair: J. Peinke
9:00 - 9:30	Turbulence: a guided tour	L. Biferale
9:30 - 10:00	Drag reduction by polymers in wall bounded turbulence	I. Procaccia
10:00 - 10:30	Entanglement and quantum information	C. Macchiavello
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30	Closing session	Chair: R. Hwa
11:00 - 11:30	Complexity in high energy physics	W. Kittel
11:30 - 12:00	Scales, scaling and multifractals in geophysics: where we've been, where we're going?	D. Schertzer
12:00 - 12:30	Fractal growth and self-organized criticality	L. Pietronero
12:30	End of Conference