World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium, 10-13Sep08 Crans-Montana, Switzerland

World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium, Crans Montana, 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/

Category: Events
Data Source Provider: World Knowledge Dialogue Foundation
Document Reference: Based on an event announcement
Subject Index: Scientific Research; Social Aspects