Acting President : OKADA, Koya
Administrative Director : HIRATUKA, Rinji
Chairman: | NAGAMI, Isamu | President, Nagoya Ryujo College |
Committee Members: | SHIMAZONO, Susumu | Professor, Tokyo University Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology |
YUASA, Yasuo | Professor Emeritus, Obirin University | |
SUEZAWA, Masashi | Visiting Professor, Center of Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University | |
WATANABE, Manabu | Permanent Fellow, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University |
Secretary General : DOI, Hisashi
UTSUNOMIYA, Teruo | Professor, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Letters |
VIETEN, Cassandre | Research Psychologist, Institute of Noetic Sciences Associate Scientist, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute |
OKANO, Haruko | President, Seisen University |
KAWADE, Yoshimi | Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University |
SIEP, Ludwig | Professor, Münster University |
SHIMAZONO, Susumu | Professor, Tokyo University Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology |
STEINECK, Chri | Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Japanese Studies, Bonn University |
JOHNSON, Don | Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies |
SHIRAI, Yasuko | Former Section Chief of Sociocultural Studies, Sociocultural Environmental Research, National Center of Mental Health |
SUEZAWA, Masashi | Visiting Professor, Center of Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University |
SNELLMAN, Håkan | Professor, Head of the Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology |
SWANSON, Paul | Director, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture |
ZOLOTH, Laurie | Professor, Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Nothwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine |
TUCKER, Mary Evelyn | Vice-President, Yale University Institution for Social and Policy Studies Research Associate, Harvard Yenchig Institute and the Reischauer Institute, Harvard University |
TERADA, Nobuyuki | Professor, Department of Robotics, School of Engineering, Toyo University |
DOI, Hisashi | Director, Yoko Civilization Research Institute |
TOKUNAGA, Fumio | Professor, Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University |
NAGAMI, Isamu | President, Nagoya Ryujo College |
HURLBUT, William B | Professor of Human Biology, Stanford University |
FENWICK, Peter | Consultant, Neurology |
BRAVO, Elizabeth Acción Ecológica | Acción Ecológica |
MILES, Jack | Senior Advisor, Research Institute, the Getty Center |
MACHIDA, Soho | Professor, Graduate School of Intergrated Arts and Sciences,Hiroshima University |
McKENNY, Gerald | Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Theology / Director, Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values, University of Notre Dame |
MATSUDA, Jun | Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Shizuoka University |
MURATA, Haruo | Professor, Aomori Public College |
MONDEIL, Marie | Genetic Consultant |
YUASA, Yasuo | Professor Emeritus, Obirin University |
LaFLEUR, William | E.Dale Saunders Professor in Japanese Studies, University of Pennsylvania |
RUBIK, Beverly | President and Founder, Institute of Frontier Science / Professor, Union |
ROY, Rustum | Founding Director, Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University |
WATANABE, Manabu | Permanent Fellow, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University |
Sunday, 18 September
PM | Welcome Address |
Let Us Establish a Culture of Moderation, a Civilization that Observes Rules and Limits Okada, Koya |
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Keynote Lecture | |
Lecture 1 Science and Religion in the Age of Crisis: TheValue of Life and Cultural Differences Shimazono, Susumu |
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Lecture 2 The Blind See, the Lame Walk: Science and Religion in a Time of Peril Miles, Jack |
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Session 1 Selecyion of Life |
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Lecture 1 Selection of life: Reconsidering It from the Viewpoint of Feminist Theology Lecture 2 The Future of “Selecting Life”:What the Technological Imperative Has Invited Comment Ethics and Social Policy Concerning the Selection of Life |
Monday, 19 September
AM | Session 2 Manipulating Humans |
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Lecture 1 Stem Cells, Embryos, and the Meaning of Embodiment Lecture 2 Enhancement and the Value of Human Weakness Comment Ethical and Other Concerns in Human Manipulation Research and Development |
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PM | Session 3 Manipulating Nature |
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Lecture 1 Manipulating Nature Lecture 2 Religion and Ecology: A Growing Alliance Comment On Remodeling Nature-Reflections on Science and Biology |
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Mid-Conference Symposium Finitude of Life and Life Science |
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Lecture 1 Many Paths, One Mountain: An Integral Approach to the Science of Transformation Lecture 2 The Finiteness of Life and Life Sciences |
Tuesday, 20 September
AM | Session 4 Science and Spirituality |
Lecture 1 There Is the World, and There Is the Map of the World: The Ethics of Basic Research Lecture 2 Science and Social Values Comment The Transformation of Values and the Scientific Project |
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Session 5 Crisis in Religion |
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Lecture 1 The Crisis of Religions: Public Awareness of Religions After the Aum Shinrikyo and 9/11 Incidents Lecture 2 Refusing Utopia’s Bait: Research, Rationalizations, and Hans Jonas Comment Sprit-Bridging the Gap Between Science and Religion |
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PM | Session 6 Seeking an Expanded Framework |
Lecture 1 Biomedical Enhancement Technologies: Beyond Humanism and Posthumanism Lecture 2 In Search of a Public Framework: An Examination into the Approaches Science and Religion Take Toward Life Comment Seeking an Expanded Framework: Some Fundamental Reflections |
Wednesday, 21 September
AM | Closing Session |
Lecture 1 Commentary on Various Themes in the International Conference Entitled “Science and Religion in the Age of Crisis” Lecture 2 Cultivation(Shugyō), Ethics, and Science: Creating Shared Values in a Diverse Culture Lecture 3 Expanding the Framework: Taking Back Religion from Technology and Theology from Science Discussion |
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Closing Ceremony |