SCHEDULE
9th Annual International Bioethics Forum
Taking the Measure of the Magic Mirror
April 22-23, 2010
BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI
Note: All speakers listed are confirmed
THURSDAY, APRIL 22 |
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| 7:30-8:30 | REGISTRATION and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 | Welcome and Forum Overview: William Linton (Chairman & CEO, Promega Corporation) |
| 8:45-9:45 | World Views, the Integral Age, and the Evolution of Consciousness:
Sean Kelly, Ph.D. (Professor, Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness, California Institute of Integral Studies) |
| 9:45-10:45 | What are Entheogens and What Has Been Their Impact on Human Cultures and Institutions?:
Dennis McKenna, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota) |
| 10:45-11:00 | BREAK |
| 11:00-12:00 | Neurochemistry and Receptors as
Mediators of Consciousness: David E. Nichols, Ph.D. (Robert C. and Charlotte P. Anderson Distinguished Chair, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University) |
| 12:00-1:00 | LUNCH |
| 1:00-2:30 | Panel Discussion: Sean Kelly, Ph.D., Dennis McKenna, Ph.D., David E. Nichols, Ph.D. and Steve Paulson (Moderator) |
| 2:30-2:45 | BREAK |
| 2:45-3:45 | Experimental Studies of Psilocybin
Occasioned Mystical-Type Experiences: Findings and Implications:
Roland Griffiths, Ph.D. (Professor of Behavioral Biology, Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) |
| 3:45-5:00 | RECEPTION |
FRIDAY, APRIL 23 |
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| 7:30-8:30 | REGISTRATION and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 | Welcome and Day Two Overview: William Linton (Chairman & CEO, Promega Corporation) |
| 8:45-9:45 | Psychological
Dimensions, Neural Networks and Neurotransmitter Dynamics
Associated with Psychedelic-induced Altered States of
Consciousness in Humans: Franz X. Vollenweider, M.D. (Professor, University Hospital of Psychiatry; Director, Neuropsychopharmacology and Brain Imaging & Heffter Research Center Zürich) |
| 9:45-10:00 | BREAK |
| 10:00-10:30 | Neuropsychological Approaches in Understanding Psychedelic-induced States of Consciousness:
Michael Kometer, M.S. (Doctoral Candidate & Researcher, Neuropsychopharmcology and Brain Imaging Research Group, University of Zurich) |
| 10:30-11:30 | The Phenomenology and Therapeutic Effects of Entheogens in Cancer Patients:
Charles Grob, M.D. (Chief, Child Psychiatry; Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California - Los Angeles) |
| 11:30-12:30 | LUNCH |
| 12:30-2:00 | What Can Neuroscience Tell Us About Consciousness? The Role of Integrative Brain Mechanisms in Consciousness:
Antoine Lutz, Ph.D. (Associate Scientist, Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, University of Wisconsin - Madison) Neuroscientific Research on Meditation: Implications for Understanding Consciousness: Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D. (William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| 2:00-2:15 | BREAK | 2:15-3:30 | Panel Discussion: Roland Griffiths, Ph.D. (Moderator), Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., Charles Grob, M.D., Michael Kometer, M.S., Antoine Lutz, Ph.D., & Franz X. Vollenweider, M.D. |
| 3:30-3:45 | BREAK |
| 3:45-4:45 | Science, Consciousness and Light: Beyond Space, Time, Matter:
Peter Russell (Fellow, Institute of Noetic Sciences, The World Business Academy and The Findhorn Foundation) |
| 4:45-5:15 | Closing Meditation:
Peter Russell |
| 5:15-6:00 | RECEPTION |