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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
Prof. Dr. Hans Gerding of the Instituut Parapsychologisch and Lisette Coly
of the Parapsychology Foundation holding a sign from Utrecht I, 1953
[Photo taken by Drs. Wim Kramer.]
For some more photos from Preregistration click here.
For a PDF of the Conference Program click here.
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
Lisette Coly during her Opening Comments
[Photo taken by Emel Sebuktekin.]
For more photos of the opening session, click here.
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
Drs. Wim Kramer, Het Johann Borgman Fonds, the Netherlands
For Drs. Kramer’s powerpoint, click here.
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
For Mrs. Coly’s opening remarks click here.
Lisette Coly, Vice President & Executive Director, PF, USA
For Ms. Coly’s opening remarks click here
9:50 a.m.: Introduction of the Moderator, Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Dr. Chris Roe (University of Northampton)
[Photo taken by Fabio da Silva.]
For more photos of session one, click here.
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
[For Dr. Nelson’s abstract and powerpoint, click here.]
10:30 a.m. Presentiment Research: Past, Present and Future
Drs. Eva Lobach, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
[For Drs. Lobach’s abstract click here.]
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
[For Dr. Hinterberger’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
Noon General Discussion of Paper Session One
Moderated by Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
12:30 p.m. Complimentary Lunch
[Photo taken by Fabio da Silva.]
For more photos of Paper Session Two click here.
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
[For Dr. Van de Castle’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
2:30 p.m. Field Investigations of Hauntings and Poltergeists
Dr. Fátima R. Machado, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
[For Dr. Machado’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
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
[For Dr. Simmonds-Moore’s abstract and powerpoint
click here.]
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
Read in absentia by Dr. Zóltan Vassy,
Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Hungary
[Photo taken by Fabio da Silva.]
8:00 p.m. Facing the Challenges of Parapsychology
Dr. Edwin C. May, Laboratories for Fundamental Research, USA
[For Dr. May’s abstract and Dr. May and Dr.Vassy’s
powerpoint click here.]
9:00 p.m. Housekeeping announcements
Drs. 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
Drs. Wim Kramer (HJBF), and Lisette and Eileen Coly (PF)
[Photo taken by Nancy Zingrone.]
For more photos from the session in the Senaatszaal click here.
8:30 a.m. Conference Room Opens
Drs. Wim Kramer giving the opening talk
[Photo taken by Tim Kramer.]
8:45 a.m. Welcome to the Senaatszaal, the site of Utrecht I held in 1953
Drs. Wim Kramer, Het Johann Borgman Fonds, the Netherlands
[For Drs. Kramer’s powerpoint, click here.]
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
[For Dr. Alvarado’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
10:00 a.m. Parapsychology in the University Setting
Dr. Deborah L. Delanoy, University of Northampton, UK
[For Dr. Delanoy’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
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
[For Dr. Cardeña’s abtract and powerpoint click here.]
12:35 p.m. Self-Organised Reality
Prof. Dr. Brian Josephson, Cambridge University, UK[For Prof. Dr. Josephson’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
1:35 p.m. Housekeeping announcements
Drs. 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
Afternoon Film Session
The group gathered in the Driehoek
to see recently recovered films
of Gerard Croiset presented
by Drs. Wim Kramer.
[Taken from a film by Susan MacWilliam.]
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Evening Session
In de Driehoek
Willemsplantsoen 1, Utrecht
Room: Gertrudiskapel
Dr. Giovanni Iannuzzo (University of Messina), Dr. Massimo Biondi (Centro Studi Parapsicologici)
and Dr. Carlos Alvarado (PF), gathering for the Third Paper Session.
[Photo taken by Nancy Zingrone.]
For more photos from the Third Paper Session click here.
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
[For Dr. Belz’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
7:30 p.m. Spirituality: The Legacy of Parapsychology
Dr. Harald Walach, University of Northampton, UK.
[For Dr. Walach’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
8:00 p.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
8:30 p.m. Distant Healing, Intentionality and Brain Function in Recipients using fMIR Analysis
Dr. Jeanne Achterberg, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, USA
[For Dr. Achterberg’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
9:00 p.m. General Discussion of Paper Session Three
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
9:30 p.m. Housekeeping Announcements
Drs. 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
For more photos from Paper Session Four click here.
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
[For Dr.Edge’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
10:00 a.m. Empirical Pictures of Time
Dr. Richard Shoup, Boundary Institute, USA
For Dr. Shoup’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
10:30 a.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
11:00 a.m. Physics with an Open Mind
Dr. York Dobyns, Princeton University, USA
[For Dr. Dobyn’s abstract and powerpoint click here.]
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
[For Dr. Roe’s powerpoint, click here.]
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
Dr. Etzel Cardeña, Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Hans Gerding, Parapsychologisch Instituut, the Netherlands
Gerd Hövelmann, Hövelmann Communications, Germany
Dr. Roger Nelson, The Global Consciousness Project
and all others present
[For Mr. Hövelmann’s powerpoint click here.]
3:35 p.m. Complimentary Coffee & Tea Service
4:00 p.m. General Discussion continued
Lisette Coly giving her Closing Comments
[Photo by Fabio da Silva.]
5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Moderator Dr. Chris Roe, University of Northampton, UK
Lisette Coly, Parapsychology Foundation, USA
To Ms. Coly’s planned closing remarks click here.
To see the video of Dr. Roe’s closing remarks, the standing ovation for Lisette Coly, and Ms. Coly’s closing remarks click here.
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Parapychology Foundation Farewell Reception
Parapsychologisch Instituut, Springweg 7, Utrecht
For photos from the Farewell Reception click here.
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The above conference is brought to you by:
Parapsychology Foundation, New York City, USA
Het Johan Borgman Fonds, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Utrecht II Conference Board:
Lisette Coly, Parapsychology Foundation, USA
Drs. Wim Kramer, Het Johan 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
Prof. Dr. 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
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