BIOETHICS FORUM PRESENTATIONS - 2011 - Manifesting the Mind

Day 1 - April 28, 2011

  1. Intelligence in Nature - Jeremy Narby, Ph.D.
  2. Dream or Reality? Exploring the Edge of a Garden of Visions - Kathleen Harrison
  3. Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World - Wade Davis, Ph.D.
  4. Panel Discussion: How World Perspectives Inform Us About Who We Are -
    Wade Davis, Ph.D., Kathleen Harrison and Jeremy Narby, Ph.D., Steve Paulson (Moderator)
  5. Extraordinary People: The Savant Syndrome - Darold A. Treffert, M.D.
  6. The Sleeping Brain and the Enchanted Loom of Consciousness - Giulio Tononi, M.D., Ph.D.
  7. Mind, Brain and Consciousness in Cardiac Arrest: Emerging Lessons from the Front Line - Sam Parnia, M.D., Ph.D.

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Day 2 - April 29, 2011

  1. A Reductionist's Foundation for Understanding Brain Function - David E. Nichols, Ph.D.
  2. The Neurobiology of Psychedelic Drugs: Implications for the Treatment of Mood Disorders - Franz X. Vollenweider, M.D.
  3. The Action of Mind on Brain - Henry Stapp, Ph.D.
  4. Psilocybin, Mystical-type Experience, and Quantum Behavioral Change - Roland Griffiths, Ph.D.
  5. Easing the Transition at the End of Life with Psychedelics - Stephen Ross, M.D.
  6. Panel Discussion: The Next Decade -- Where Can We Go? - Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., David E. Nichols, Ph.D., Stephen Ross, M.D., Henry Stapp, Ph.D. and Franz X. Vollenweider, M.D., & Steve Paulson (Moderator)
  7. The Emergence of Contemplative Neuroscience - Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.