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Utrecht II: Charting the Future of Parapsychology
October 15th through 18th, 2008
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008, Afternoon
Parapsychologisch Instituut, Springweg 7, Utrecht
Conference Pre-Registration
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Pregistration, Parapsychologisch Instituut
Conference and Utrecht General Visitors Information Available
Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
Use of the Instituut’s parapsychological library consisting of over 10,000 books and journals with photocopy service available.
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
In de Driehoek
Willemsplantsoen 1, Utrecht
Room: Gertrudiskapel
8:30 a.m.: Conference Room Open for Registration
Complimentary Coffee and Tea Service
9:20 a.m.: Welcome to Utrecht, Introduction to the Conference, and Housekeeping Announcements
Wim Kramer, Het Johann Borgman Fonds, the Netherlands
9:30 a.m.: Welcome from the Het Johann Borgmans Fonds
H. S. Verbrugh, M.D., President, HJBF, the Netherlands
9:40 a.m.: Parapsychology Foundation Welcome and Opening of the Conference
Eileen Coly, President, PF, USA
Lisette Coly, Vice President & Executive Director, PF, USA
9:50 a.m.: Introduction of the Moderator, Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Paper Session One:
What Do We Know and Where are We Going?
Measures of Psi
9:55 a.m. Introduction to Paper Session One
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
10:00 a.m. Consciousness and Psi: Can Consciousness be Real?
Dr. Roger Nelson, The Global Consciouness Project, USA
10:30 a.m. Presentiment and Precognition
Drs. Eva Lobach, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
11:00 a.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
11:30 a.m. Searching for Neuronal Markers of Psi: A Summary of Three Studies Measuring Electrophysiology in Distant Participants
Dr. Thilo Hinterberger, University of Freiburg, Germany
Noon General Discussion of Paper Session One
Moderated by Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
12:30 p.m. Complimentary Lunch
Paper Session Two:
What Do We Know and Where are We Going?
Expressions of Psi in Life
1:55 p.m. Introduction to Paper Session Two
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
2:00 p.m. ESP in Dreams
Dr. Robert Van de Castle, University of Virginia, USA
2:30 p.m. Field Investigations of Hauntings and Poltergeists
Dr. Fátima R. Machado, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
3:00 p.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
3:30 p.m. Personality Variables in Spontaneous Psi Research: Contextualizing the Boundary Context in its Relationship to Spontaneous Psi Phenomena
Dr. Christine Simmonds-Moore, Liverpool Hope University, UK
4:00 p.m. General Discussion of Paper Session Two
Moderated by Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
4:30 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. Dinner Break
Evening Session: First Session of Invited Addresses
7:55 p.m. Introduction to the First Session of Invited Addresses
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
8:00 p.m. Facing the Challenges of Parapsychology
Dr. Edwin C. May, Laboratories for Fundamental Research, USA
Read in absentia by Dr. Zóltan Vassy, Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Hungary
9:00 p.m. Housekeeping announcements
Wim Kramer, Het Johann Borgman Fonds, the Netherlands
9:10 p.m. Day One Adjourned
Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Morning Session
Senaatszaal, University of Utrecht
Domplein 5, Utrecht
8:30 a.m. Conference Room Opens
8:45 a.m. Welcome to the Senaatszaal, the site of Utrecht I held in 1953
Wim Kramer, Het Johann Borgman Fonds, the Netherlands
8:55 a.m. Introduction to the Second Session of Invited Addresses
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
9:00 a.m. Discussing Parapsychology at Utrecht: The First International Conference of Parapsychological Studies
Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado, Parapsychology Foundation, USA
10:00 a.m. Parapsychology in the University Setting
Dr. Deborah L. Delanoy, University of Northampton, UK
11:00 a.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
11:30 a.m. Introduction to the Third Session of Invited Addresses
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
11:35 a.m. Towards a Science of Alterations of Consciousness
Dr. Etzel Cardeña, Lund University, Sweden
12:35 p.m. New Models of Reality for Parapsychology
Dr. Brian Josephson, Cambridge University, UK
1:35 p.m. Housekeeping announcements
Wim Kramer, Het Johann Borgman Fonds, the Netherlands
1:40 p.m. Day Two Morning Session Adjourned
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Evening Session
In de Driehoek
Willemsplantsoen 1, Utrecht
Room: Gertrudiskapel
6:00 p.m.Conference Room Opens
Paper Session Three:
What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?
Clinical and Medical Connections
6:55 p.m. Introduction to Session Three
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
7:00 p.m. Clinical Parapsychology: Today’s Implications, Tomorrow’s Applications
Dr. Martina Belz, University of Bern, Switzerland
7:30 p.m. Spirituality: The Legacy of Parapsychology
Dr. Harald Walach, University of Northampton, UK
8:00 p.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
8:30 p.m. Distant Healing, Intentionality and Brain Fuction in Recipients using fMIR Analysis
Dr. Jeanne Achterberg, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, USA
9:00 p.m. General Discussion of Paper Session Three
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
9:30 p.m. Housekeeping Announcements
Wim Kramer, Het Johann Borgman Fonds, the Netherlands
9:35 p.m. Day Two Adjourned
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
In de Driehoek
Willemsplantsoen 1, Utrecht
Room: Gertrudiskapel
8:30 a.m. Conference Room Opens
Paper Session Four:
What Do We Know and Where are We Going?
Theories, Implications, New Directions
9:25 a.m. Introduction to Paper Session Four
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
9:30 a.m. There is No Mind/Body Problem in Parapsychology
Dr. Hoyt Edge, Rollins College, USA
10:00 a.m. Empirical Pictures of Time
Dr. Richard Shoup, Boundary Institute, USA
10:30 a.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
11:00 a.m. Physics with an Open Mind
Dr. York Dobyns, Princeton University, USA
11:30 a.m. General Discussion of Paper Session Four
Moderated by Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Noon. Complimentary Lunch
Moderator’s Summation Session and General Discussion:
Charting the Future of Parapychology
2:00 p.m. Introduction to the Final Session
Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone, Parapsychology Foundation, USA
2:05 p.m. Moderator’s Summation
Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
2:35 p.m. Charting the Future of Parapsychology
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Panel Discussants and Members of the Utrecht II Advisory Committee
Eberhard Bauer, Institut für Grenzegebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Germany
Dr. Etzel Cardeña, Lund University, Sweden
Dr. Hans Gerding, Parapsychologisch Instituut, the Netherlands
Gerd Hövelmann, Hövelmann Communications, Germany
Dr. Roger Nelson, The Global Consciousness Project
and all others present
3:35 p.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
4:00 p.m. General Discussion continued
5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Lisette Coly, Parapsychology Foundation, USA
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Parapychology Foundation Farewell Reception
Parapsychologisch Instituut, Springweg 7, Utrecht
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The above conference is brought to you by:
Parapsychology Foundation, New York City, USA
Het Johann Borgman Fonds, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Utrecht II Conference Board:
Lisette Coly, Parapsychology Foundation, USA
Wim Kramer, Het Johann Borgman Fonds, the Netherlands
Utrecht II Conference Bureau:
Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado, Parapsychology Foundation, USA
Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone, Parapychology Foundation, USA
Utrecht II Advisory Committee:
Eberhard Bauer, Institut für Grenzegebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Germany
Dr. Etzel Cardeña, Lund University, Sweden
Hans Gerding, Parapsychologisch Instituut, the Netherlands
Gerd Hövelmann, Hövelmann Communications, Germany
Dr. Roger Nelson, The Global Consciousness Project, USA
Utrecht II Moderator:
Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK |