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2018
Ecology of Mind and Matter

23June
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25June
26June
27June
28June
29June
30June

Program of Saturday 23 June 2018

Starting with life
08.45
Reception with music moment
09.15 – 10.15
Opening lecture by David Steindl-Rast, Benedictine monk, Ithaca, USA, The mystery of Life
10.15 – 11.15
Kamran Mofid, Economist, Values to make the world great again: goodbye Neoliberalism, Hello common good.
11.15 – 11.45
Coffee break
11.45 – 13.00
Students interview main speakers
(participant: if you wish to be one of the interviewers, say so in the registration)
15.00 -16.30
Presentation of the workshop leaders (5 min. each)
16.30-18.00
Coffee break, participants enrol in the workshops, first workshops
18.o0-19.00
Nino Galloni, Economist, From Shells to Bitcoins
19.00-20.00
“Selfie” of the participants: six-seven participants, in ca, 7 min. each, tell us who they are and what they want to do in life
(participant: if you wish to be one of the presenters, say so in the registration)
21.30-22.15
Organ concert by Jörg Rasche (at the Chiesa della Conciliazione, Todi)

Program of Sunday 24 June 2018

Ecology of Law,
Mind and Matter
09.00-10.00
Fritjof Capra, Institute of Eco-literacy, Berkeley, Cal. USA, , & Ugo Mattei, Professor of International law, The Ecology of Law: Toward a Legal System in Tune with Nature and Community
10.00-10.30
Stuart Kauffman, Theoretical biologist Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Complexity today
10.30-11.00
Coffee break
11.00-11.30
Joerg Rasche, former President C.G. Jung German Society, Berlin, Germany, Music and Matter: About the co-ontogenetic dance and the algorithms of mind.
11.30-12.00
Ottavio Rosati, psycho-dramatist Roma, Psychodrama in our new world
12.00-13.00
participants questioning Kauffman, Capra, Mattei, Galloni, Rasche, Rosati, on law, mind and matter
(participant: if you wish to be one of the interviewers, say so in the registration

Program of Monday 25 June 2018

Mind and Consciousness
09.00-10.00
Cliff Saron, Neuroscientist, Neurobiology and the Shamantha project
10.00-11.00
Michel Bitbol, Husserl Archive, CNRS/Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, Schrödinger and the Upanishads
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-13.00
On consciousness, “tri-alogue” M. Bergonzi, A. Sabbadini, F. Faggin
Chairman: Michel Bitbol

Program of Tuesday 26 June 2018

Bio-architecture

In collaboration with the Italian Association of Bioarchitettura. The Association is responsible for the Master in bio-architecture hosted by the Lumsa University in Rome.

09.00-10.00
Marko Pogacnik, Artist and author, Geomantic and the matrix of life
10.00-11.00
Joachim Eble & Witti Mitterer, Professors of architecture,
Architecture: integral & sustainable building to a better living
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-12.30
Students round table discussion on “How do I see The house and the city of Tomorrow?
(participant: if you wish to be one of the presenters, say so in the registration)

Program of Wednesday 27 June 2018

Aspect of Spirituality
09.00-10.00
David Lorimer, Writer and educationalist, Spirituality in today’ world
10.00-11.00
Andreas Weber, Writer, Matter and Desire, & Renuka Singh, Professor of Sociology, Indian Women: Spirituality and Sexuality
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-12.30
Students Round table discussion on science/spirituality
(participant: if you wish to say your opinion here, say so in the registration. The main questions are: How to maintain human dignity in a world of technology? and: Do we need spirituality to live in todays’ world?)

Program of Thursday 28 June 2018

The world of the East, & the world of Mythology
09.00-10.00
Vittorio Capecchi, Professor Emeritus of sociology, The I Ching
10.00-11.00
Erika Maderna, Archeologist & Elena Macellari, Botanist, Comparative Mythology
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-12.30
selfies of the participants (7 minutes each)
(participant: if you wish to be one of the selfie presenters, say so in the registration)
21.30-22.30
Annual Assembly of the Cortonafriends Association

Program of Friday 29 June 2018

Panorama on new frontiers of Science and Sociality
09.00-10.00
Federico Faggin, Physicist, The new generations of computers
10.00-10.30
Luisa Damiano, Philosopher, Univ. of Messina, On humanistic robotics
10.30-11.00
Coffee break
11.00-11.30
Franco Giovannelli, AF (Instituto Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Roma), Space missions: powerful tools for opening a multi-coloured window to the universe.
11.30-12.00
Antonio Bonaldi, Slow Medicine; a systemic approach to healthcare
12.00-12.30
Petrini (or Barbera), On Slow Food
12.30-13.00
General discussion
21.00-……..
Traditional night party

Program of Saturday 30 June 2018

From spirituality to a new world’s vision

Todi. Sala del Consiglio)

9.00 -10.00
Ernesto Burgio: The new biology: From genetics to epigenetics and hologenomics
10.00-11.00
participants inputs and remarks
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-12.30
Joan Halifax, Anthropologist and Zen Buddhist teacher, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Our Hope for humanity.
Check-out and Farewell, with Irene Reintjens