World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium, Crans Montana, Switzerland
10 September 2008 - 10 September 2008
Switzerland
The second World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium will be held from 10 to 13 September in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Under the title 'Towards a modern humanism', two main interdisciplinary themes will be debated:
- collective network knowledge and human individual intelligence: convergences and divergences;
- collaborative behaviour, altruism and conflict: from animal behaviour to economics and prevention of violence.
The invited speakers include renowned researchers such as the philosopher Pierre Lévy (University of Ottawa, Canada), sociologist Karen Cook (Stanford University, USA), primatologist Frans de Waal (Emory University, USA), astronomer Hubert Reeves (University of Montreal, Canada), ecologist Raghavendra Gadagkar (Institute of Science, Bangalore), computer scientist Wendy Hall (University of Southampton, UK), systems theorist Joël de Rosnay (Biotics International), developmental biologist Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (Max Planck Society, Germany) and geneticist Sir John Sulston (University of Manchester, UK).
Keynote lectures on the relationships between knowledge, scientific enterprise and responsibility encourage participants to frame their contributions in terms of the question: Does a knowledgeable person have additional responsibilities in the 21st century? The interactive workshop sessions which follow then allow participants to pursue specific issues at greater length.For further information, please visit:
http://www.wkdialogue.ch/(opens in new window)
Under the title 'Towards a modern humanism', two main interdisciplinary themes will be debated:
- collective network knowledge and human individual intelligence: convergences and divergences;
- collaborative behaviour, altruism and conflict: from animal behaviour to economics and prevention of violence.
The invited speakers include renowned researchers such as the philosopher Pierre Lévy (University of Ottawa, Canada), sociologist Karen Cook (Stanford University, USA), primatologist Frans de Waal (Emory University, USA), astronomer Hubert Reeves (University of Montreal, Canada), ecologist Raghavendra Gadagkar (Institute of Science, Bangalore), computer scientist Wendy Hall (University of Southampton, UK), systems theorist Joël de Rosnay (Biotics International), developmental biologist Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (Max Planck Society, Germany) and geneticist Sir John Sulston (University of Manchester, UK).
Keynote lectures on the relationships between knowledge, scientific enterprise and responsibility encourage participants to frame their contributions in terms of the question: Does a knowledgeable person have additional responsibilities in the 21st century? The interactive workshop sessions which follow then allow participants to pursue specific issues at greater length.For further information, please visit:
http://www.wkdialogue.ch/(opens in new window)