LoChaMo1-2024 (1st World Congress on Logic, Chance, and Money) is the first of a new series of international events linking the notions of logic, chance and money, understood in a broad sense.

Conference Schedule

Saturday, Nov. 16

Location: Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL), Room 101

• 5 - 6:30 p.m. – "Challenges in Formal Analysis of Resilience: Capturing the Trade Off between the Chance of Failure and the Cost of Success," presented by Carolyn Talcott (SRI International, Menlo Park)

Sunday, Nov. 17

Location: Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL), Room 101

• 10 - 11:30 a.m. – “Investing and Risk Taking with Better Logic," presented by Chris Fronda and Chelsea Toler (Logictry and KFG Foundation)
• 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – “Can Formal Logic Make Pure Chance Intelligible? A Philosophical Inquiry into Logic, Chance, and Money through Jean Ladrière’s Notion of Hope," presented by Hugolin Bergier (Anderson College of Business and Computing, Regis University)
• 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. –  “The Notions of Logic, Chance, and Money through the Prism of Aristotle’s Triangle of Reference,” presented by Margaretha Hendrickx (Independent Researcher)
• 3 - 4:30 p.m. - "The Logic of the Social World," presented by Rohit Parikh (Department of Computer and Information Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY)
• 4:40 - 5:25 p.m. - "Conquering Randomness," presented by Houman Mehrabian and Sasan Mehrabian (University Canada West and Northeastern University)
• 5:30 - 7 p.m. – "Poor Gambling: Leveraging the Lottery as a Gateway to Financial Inclusion," presented by Travis Lybbert (Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis)

Monday, Nov. 18

Location: Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium

• 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. (noon) – “Humanistic Demands and the Role of Chance in Business: A Plea for Mercy” presented by Maíra de Cinque, (University Canada West)
• 12:15 - 1 p.m. – “Chance and Trade-Offs in Logical Diagrams: Inference Rules Balancing Expressiveness and Visual Clarity,” presented by Reetu Bhattacharjee (Institute of Philosophy, University of Műnster)
• 2:30 - 3:15 p.m. – “Philosophical Reflections on Determinism, Indeterminism, or Chance: A Personal Explanation of Why Certain Events Happen or Not," presented by Luis Mazas Niznik (Independent Researcher)
• 3:30-5 p.m. – “Crazy Dice, Chance, and Counting Causes,” presented by Roy T. Cook (Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

Tuesday, Nov. 19

Location: Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Auditorium

• 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. – “The Gambler’s Fallacy and Its Impact on Business,” presented by Akbar Qorbani (Islamic Teachings Department, Islamic Azad University, Ardestan Branch)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - "Zurich Axioms: The Luck of Golden Rationality,” Jean-Yves Beziau (Department of Philosophy, PPGF, Federal  University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brazil)