science and religion: global perspectives | June 4 - June 8, 2005

Conference Agenda

NOTE: This agenda is a working draft and is subject to change.

Saturday, June 4, 2005 | Sunday, June 5, 2005
Monday, June 6, 2005 | Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Wednesday, June 8, 2005

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2005
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Conference registration and field trip information in Hall of Flags

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Housing registration in Hamilton College House

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Reception at the Bistro

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Buffet dinner in Hall of Flags

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Keynote address by Charles H. Townes, 2005 Templeton Prize Winners
Welcome: Eric Weislogel, William Grassie
Intro: Dr. John Templeton, Jr., president of the John Templeton Foundation

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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2005
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast in 1920 Commons

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Interfaith Readings and Reflections, Hall of Flags
Organized by the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia
Participants: Kathleen Duffy, Gloria Coleman, Gity Etemad, T.D. Singh, Abdul Majid, Andrew Rick-Miller, Harjeet Sembh, Abby Stamelman Hocky

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Coffee Break at the Bistro

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Science and Religion and the Physical Sciences
Moderator: Hyung Choi, Metanexus Institute and University of Cambridge
Speakers: George Ellis, Robert Mann, Varadaraja V. Raman

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch in the Bistro

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Developmental Systems Complexity and the New Biology of Nature
Moderator: Abdul Majid, Government Postgraduate College, Mansehra
Speakers: Pauline Rudd, Niels Gregersen

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Coffee Break at the Bistro

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Cognitive Neuroscience and Religion
Moderator: Solomon Katz, University of Pennsylvania
Speakers: Andrew Newberg, Mario Beauregard, Esther Sternberg

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Dinner in 1920 Commons

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Evening in honor of Teilhard de Chardin
Moderator: Peter Dodson, University of Pennsylvania
Preview: "Awakening the Dreamer," a film by Neal Rogin at http://www.pachamama.org (15 minutes), 2005
Speakers: John Haught, Kathleen Duffy

9:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Book Launch and Reception, Bistro
University of California-Santa Barbara and Templeton Research Lectures
Science, Religion, and the Human Experience, edited by James Proctor (Oxford University Press, 2005)

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MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2005
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast in 1920 Commons

9:00 am - 10:30 am

Transdisciplinarity and the Global University Part 1
Moderator: Eric Weislogel, Metanexus Institute
Panel: Lowry Burgess, Basarab Nicolescu, David Peat, Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Coffee Break at the Bistro

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Transdisciplinarity and the Global University Part 2
Moderator: Eric Weislogel, Metanexus Institute
Panel: Martin Rogers, Patricia Rife, Joanna Hill, John Snyder, Parker Rossman

12:30 pm - 12:45 pm

Group Photograph in Perelman Quad

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch in Houston Hall Marketplace

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

ETHICS OF GENETICS
Hall of Flags

  1. Cole-Turner
  2. Russo
  3. Bellamy

APPROACHES TO SCIENCE AND RELIGION I
Class of '49

  1. Alam
  2. Mahootian
  3. Weckwerth

SYMPOSIUM ON LOVE
Franklin

  1. Oord
  2. Romero-Baro
  3. Ventimiglia
  4. Meisinger

CONTEXT FOR THE DIALOGUE
Golkin

  1. Shapiro
  2. Kalyabin
  3. Gao
  4. T.D. Singh
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Coffee Break at the Bistro

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Hall of Flags

  1. Schroeder
  2. Procacci and Galleni
  3. Staune

APPROACHES TO SCIENCE AND RELIGION II
Class of '49

  1. Firmin
  2. Finoghentov
  3. Tsiopinis
  4. Leach

EVIL AND GRACE
Franklin

  1. Nielsen
  2. Goldberg
  3. McCartney

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Golkin

  1. Pugh
  2. Utke
  3. Salameh
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Dinner in 1920 Commons

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Where the Rubber Hits the Road: A Call for Thought and Action
Moderator: William Grassie, Metanexus Institute

9:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Reception, Bistro
Metanexus Institute

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TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast in 1920 Commons

9:00 am - 10:30 am

LOGIC, MATHEMATICS, & SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
Hall of Flags

  1. Allen
  2. Kindschi
  3. Crockett
  4. Reich

GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY
Class of '49

  1. Peat
  2. Hintz
  3. Carroll
  4. Brenton

CONCEPTS OF THE HUMAN
Franklin

  1. Kull
  2. di Mieri
  3. Statile

ASK THE CFO
Golkin

  1. Hackett
10:30 am - 11:00 am

Coffee Break at the Bistro

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

INTERPRETATION & SEMIOTICS
Hall of Flags

  1. Harding
  2. Austin
  3. George

ISLAM & SCIENCE
Class of '49

  1. Imam
  2. Mohd Safian
  3. Tabanli

BRAINS, CONSCIOUSNESS, & RELIGION
Franklin

  1. Teske
  2. Hamilton
  3. Yit

COSMOLOGY & TIME
Golkin

  1. Aichelburg
  2. Gonzalo
  3. Avtar Singh
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch in Houston Hall Marketplace

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

REALITY & PROCESS
Hall of Flags

  1. Losch
  2. Fowler
  3. Sweeney
  4. Nikkel

INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS & SCIENCE
Class of '49

  1. arap Chepkwony
  2. David
  3. Castillo and Villanueva
  4. Ogunade

HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Franklin

  1. Barth
  2. Malhotra

THE QUANTUM WORLD
Golkin

  1. Derry
  2. Agocs
  3. Tsekhmistro
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Coffee Break at the Bistro

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

TRANSDISCIPLINARITY AND THE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY PART 3
Class of '49

  1. Cassel and Wood
  2. Florio
  3. McDaniel
  4. Uelmen
  5. Metzler

TRANSFORMATIONS
Franklin

  1. Rossano
  2. Vieten
  3. Kunz

SCIENCE & RELIGION IN EDUCATION
Golkin

  1. Yahya
  2. Mund
  3. Guibert
  4. Kodacsy-Simon
  5. Pecherskaya and Chernyakov
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Free Time

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Reception at the Bistro

7:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Banquet and awards ceremony in Hall of Flags
with entertainment by Ranganiketan - Manipuri Cultural Arts Group
from Imphal, Manipur, India
(T.D. Singh, Wangheimayum Amarjit Singh, Mairembam Inaocha Singh, and Athokpam Rajen Singh)

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 2005
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast in 1920 Commons

7:00 am - 12:00 pm

Housing Checkout in Hamilton College House

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Field Trips

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