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NOTE: This agenda is subject to change.

Sunday, 13 July, 2008 | Monday, 14 July, 2008 | Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 | Wednesday, 16 July, 2008
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SUNDAY, 13 JULY, 2008
7:30 - 8:00 AM


Registration in Hotel Husa Princessa

8:00 AM

Bus to Toledo in Hotel Husa Princessa

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM


Sinagoga del Tránsito/Museo Sefardi

Interfaith Welcome
Pastor Mariano Blázquez
César García Magán
Imam Riay Tatary
Rabbi Haim Zukerwar

Toledo Lecture
Maria Rosa Menocal, Yale University
Toledo When It Was the Center of the World

12:00 - 5:00 PM

Free Time in Toledo

5:00 - 7:00 PM


Iglesia de los Jesuitas de Toledo

Lecture
George F. R. Ellis, University of Cape Town
On Being Human in the Universe:
The Relations between Intellect, Emotion, Values, and Understanding

Interfaith Panel in Response to Lecture
Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez 
Jean-Arnold de Clermont
Jacques Laredo 
Imam Riay Tatary

7:00 PM

Busses Load for Dinner at Olrey and return to Madrid

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MONDAY, 14 JULY, 2008
9:00 - 10:45 AM


Welcoming Remarks at Aula Magna 


Rector of Comillas
Javier Leach, Director, Cátedra de Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión
Edward Devinney, President of Metanexus Institute
Eric Weislogel, Executive Director of Metanexus
David Schrader, Executive Director of APA

10:45-11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:15 AM - 1:00 PM

FEATURED SESSION:  INTRODUCTION TO MINI-CONFERENCE ON "Exploring Non-Reduction and Levels of Reality"
Aula Magna

FEATURED SESSION:  FUNDACIÓN XAVIER ZUBIRI—”Towards a New Human Identity"
Sala de Conferencias

1:00-3:15 PM


Lunch A
Lunch B

3:15 - 5:00 PM

RELATIONALITY & THE SELF I
Aula Magna

ON THE PERSON (Spanish)
Sala de Conferencias

MATHEMATICS & RELIGION
Sala Gª Polavieja

MINI-CONFERENCE: NON-REDUCTION AND THE HUMAN SCIENCES
Aula Magna (ICAI)

5:00 - 6:45 PM

FEATURED SESSION with Kathy Duffy & V. V. Raman
Aula Magna

FEATURED SESSION- ON COMPASSION
Sala de Confencias

MINI-CONFERENCE: NON-REDUCTION, LEVELS, & TRANSDISCIPLINARITY
Aula Magna (ICAI)

6:45 - 7:15 PM

Coffee Break

7:15 - 9:00 PM

PROBLEMS OF THE SELF
Aula Magna

SPIRITUALITY, SCIENCE & RELIGION
Sala de Conferencias

RELATIONALITY & THE SELF II
Sala Gª Polavieja

NEUROSCIENCE, SELF & SPIRITUALITY
Aula Magna (ICAI)

9:00 PM

Dinner on your own and Free time

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TUESDAY, 15 JULY, 2008
9:00 - 10:45 AM

SOPHIA IBERIA SESSION
Sala de Conferencias

MINI-CONFERENCE: UNDERSTANDING LEVELS
Aula Magna (ICAI)

10:45 - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:15 AM - 1:00 PM

FEATURED SESSION: ON WISDOM
Aula Magna

FEATURED SESSION with Stanley Jaki and Lucia Guerra-Menendez
Sala de Conferencias

MINI-CONFERENCE: MATTER & LIFE
Aula Magna (ICAI)

1:00-3:15 PM

Lunch A
Lunch B

3:15 - 5:00 PM

CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY & ISSUES OF SELF
Aula Magna

PSYCHOANALYSIS, THE GOOD, & THE UNCONSCIOUS
Sala de Conferencias

POLANYI & DOOYEWEERD
Sala Gª Polavieja

MINI-CONFERENCE: MIND & SPIRIT
Aula Magna (ICAI)

5:00 - 6:45 PM

RECOURSE TO RICOEUR
Aula Magna

COSMOS, THEOS, ANDROS
Sala de Conferencias

WISDOM & VIRTUE: DISCERNMENT, PROBLEM-SOLVING, & EXPERTISE
Sala Gª Polavieja

MINI-CONFERENCE: WHAT NEXT?
Aula Magna (ICAI)

Debate with all Participants

6:45 - 7:15 PM

Break

7:15 - 7:45 PM

Group Picture at Front steps of Comillas

7:45 - 9:00 PM


Plenary Session with Norbert Samuelson

Norbert Samuelson, Metanexus Senior Fellow
Light and Enlightenment
 

9:00 PM

Dinner on your own & Free time

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WEDNESDAY, 16 JULY, 2008
9:00 - 10:45 AM

POSTMODERN METAPHYSICS
Aula Magna

SELF & SOUL I
Sala de Conferencias

INTEGRATING SELF & HEALTH
Sala Gª Polavieja

   
10:45 - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:15 AM - 1:00 PM

FEATURED SESSION with HAVA TIROSH-SAMUELSON & WILLIAM CHITTICK
Aula Magna

FEATURED SESSION - SOUL & FREE WILL
Sala de Conferencias

1:00 - 3:15 PM

Lunch A
Lunch B

3:15 - 5:00 PM

METAPHYSICS OF THE SOUL
Aula Magna

EVOLUTION
Sala de Conferencias

SELF & SOUL II
Sala Gª Polavieja

5:00 - 6:45 PM

BIOETHICS AND THE PERSON
Aula Magna

PHILOSOPHY / THEOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY
Sala de Conferencias

SELF & SOUL III
Sala Gª Polavieja

7:00 - 7:15 PM

Break

7:15 - 9:00 PM

Plenary Session with Tariq Ramadan and Antje Jackelen

Tariq Ramadan, Faculty of Theology at Oxford
Antje Jackelen, Bishop of Lund, Sweden
The Problem of European Identity

William Grassie, Founder Metanexus Institute
Moderator

9:00 PM


Closing Banquet at Hotel Husa Princessa

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