"Consilience", defined by EO Wilson as "the interlocking of causal explanation
across disciplines", is the starting point for the World Knowledge Dialogue, a
global initiative towards a modern humanism to bridge the gap between the
natural and the human/social sciences. We are delighted to announce that a
selected group of personalities holding major positions in the academic,
scientific and economic fields will join this first international symposium
taking place in the splendid Alpine resort of Crans Montana, Switzerland on
September 14-16, 2006. 

World class scientists from one scientific culture will put their discoveries
into the perspective of the other and set the stage for transdisciplinary
discussions around two main topics: the study of complex systems and the
understanding of the migration of modern humans. Keynote speakers who will talk
about the relation between molecular/cellular brain function and human
consciousness include:

- Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate, Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Neurobiology at The Scripps Research Institute

 - Jean-Pierre Changeux, Balzan laureate, Professor & Chairman of the Physiology
of Truth and the Human Diversity, Department of Neurosciences at the Pasteur
Institute.
 
A full program and registration information can be found at: http://www.wkdialogue.org
The participants will come from all corners of the world. The web site also gives 
information on:

1) Young scientists (under 42): can get special travel grants to join the
discussion

2) Call for abstracts: the authors of case studies that are selected will get
special conditions
 

Members of the scientific board of the symposium include Werner Arber
(University of Basel, Nobel Prize Laureate), Dame Julia Higgins (Imperial
College, London, Foreign Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Society), and
Frank Wilczek (Professor of Physics, MIT, Nobel Prize Laureate). 

If you are interested in participating in the World Knowledge Dialogue, please
sign up for further updates on the web site:  http://www.wkdialogue.org
or contact us at wkd@shareboston.org. Please feel free to forward this information 
to other leading personalities interested in a transdisciplinary science discourse 
who want to spearhead the World Knowledge Dialogue initiative!

Kind regards,

Pascal Marmier & Remo Steinmetz 
World Knowledge Dialogue USA

SHARE Boston
420 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Fon +1 617 876 3076
Fax +1 617 876 3079
Email wkd@shareboston.org
http://www.shareboston.org 

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