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Human Consciousness Project

Program of Events

Beyond the Mind-Body Problem:
New Paradigms in the Science of Consciousness
September 11, 2008

9:30
  
Registration
10:00
  

Opening Remarks
Dr. Hanifa D. Mezoui, Chief, NGO Section, United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs
10:15
  

Keynote - Unraveling the Mystery of the Self:
From Descartes to The Human Consciousness Project
Dr. Sam Parnia, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton; Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center: Founder and Director, The Human Consciousness Project

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10:45
  
12:15
  
Lunch
2:15
  

Keynote - Why God Doesn’t Use Biostatistics:
Science and the Study of the Mind, the Body, and Spirituality
Dr. Andrew B. Newberg, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Director, University of Pennsylvania Center for Spirituality and the Mind

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2:45
  
4:15
  
4:45
  
Closing Remarks
Dr. Ebrahim Elahi, Associate Clinical Professor, Ophthalmic and Oculofacial Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Director, Fifth Avenue Eye Associates
 
Mind Body Symposium

Symposium Podcast

Morning Keynote
Dr. Sam Parnia
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Morning Panel Discussion
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Afternoon Keynote
Dr. Andrew B. Newberg
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Afternoon Panel Discussion
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Musical Performance
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Nour Foundation: Unity Amid Plurality

Nour Foundation is a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization that explores the core principles and values underlying various disciplines and schools of thought to promote greater understanding and tolerance among human beings worldwide.

The NGO Section of U.N. DESA

The NGO Section of the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs contributes to the creation of interface structures between the UN and private organizations at all levels.

Université de Montréal

Founded in 1878, the Université de Montréal today has 13 faculties and together with its two affiliated schools, HEC Montréal and École Polytechnique, constitutes the largest center of higher education and research in Québec.