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Subject: World Knowledge Dialogue - can you forward?<br>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:50:35 -0500<br>
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From: "Pascal Marmier" <pascal@shareboston.org><br>
To: "hugh gusterson" <guster@MIT.EDU>, "Allison
Macfarlane" <allisonm@MIT.EDU><br>
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<font face="arial"> 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. </font><br><br>
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<font face="arial">World class scientists from one 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:<br>
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<font face="arial">- Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate, Professor and
Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at The Scripps Research
Institute<br>
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<font face="arial"> - Jean-Pierre Changeux, Balzan laureate,
Professor & Chairman of the Physiology of Truth and the Human
Diversity, Department of Neurosciences at the Pasteur Institute.<br>
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A full program and registration information can be found at:
</font><a href="http://www.wkdialogue.org/">www.wkdialogue.org</a>. The
participants will come from all corners of the world. A group of 50 young
scientists, recruited by national/international research agencies, will
also be invited and given travel grants and special financial conditions
for their participation. 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). <br><br>
A discussion with EO Wilson and Gerald Holton will jump-start the World
Knowledge Dialogue in the USA on April 3, 2006, at the Swiss House for
Advanced Research and Education SHARE in Cambridge MA. <br><br>
If you are interested in participating in the World Knowledge Dialogue,
please sign up for further updates on the web site
<a href="http://www.wkdialogue.org/">www.wkdialogue.org</a> or contact us
at <a href="mailto:wkd@shareboston.org">wkd@shareboston.org</a>. 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!<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
World Knowledge Dialogue USA<br><br>
SHARE Boston<br><br>
<font face="arial">420 Broadway<br>
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<font face="arial">Cambridge</font>, MA 02138, USA<br><br>
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<font face="arial">Fon +1 617 876 3076<br>
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<font face="arial">Fax +1 617 876 3079<br>
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<font face="arial">Email wkd@shareboston.org<br>
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_______________________________________________<br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1>Pascal
Marmier</font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1>Advisor, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship<br>
SHARE Boston, Consulate of
Switzerland</font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
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Broadway</font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
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02138</font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1>Ph: (617) 876-3076 ext.
13</font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1>Fax: (617)
876-3079</font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1>Cell: (617)
331-3989</font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1>Email:
<a href="mailto:pascal@shareboston.org">pascal@shareboston.org</a>
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</font><font face="arial" size=1>Web: <a href="http://www.shareboston.org/">www.shareboston.org</a></font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1>Skype: themarm</font><font face="arial" size=2><br>
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