Mind 2017 – Lecture Schedule

Nov. 6, 2017

9:00 – 9:15 am

Introduction to the Roundtable

Ivo Slaus & Garry Jacobs

9:15 – 10:30 am

Observation & Mimesis: Invention of Agriculture & Green Revolution

Moderator: Senthil Inbarajan (Presentation)

Panelist: S. S. Sreejith (Presentation)

10:30 – 11:00 am

Break

 

11:00 – 12:00 pm

Mind and the Power of Organization

Presenter: Marta Neskovic (Presentation)

Moderator: Garry Jacobs

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Technological Innovation, Commercial Creativity & Social Change

Presenter: Vani Senthil (Presentation)

Moderator: MSR Dev

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Lunch

 

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Unraveling Complexity: Problem of Climate Change

Moderator: Rajendra Pachauri (Presentation)

Panelist: Heron Gordilho (Presentation)

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Break

 

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Social Conceptions: Origins and Basis for Law

Moderator: Winston Nagan (Presentation)

Moderator: Saulo Bahia

Nov. 7, 2017

9:00 – 9:15 am

Meditation on Infinity

 

9:15 – 10:30 am

Logic of Matter: Wave-Particle Duality, Observer Effect, Non-locality

Moderator: Ivo Slaus

Panelist: Bojana Skorc

10:30 – 11:00 am

Break

 

11:00 – 12:00 pm

Evidence-based Reasoning: Silver Blaze

Presenter: Marta Neskovic (Presentation)

Moderator: Garry Jacobs

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Models & Measurements: GDP

The Recalcitrant Rod

Moderator: Robert Hoffman (Presentation)

Moderator: Rodolfo Fiorini (Presentation)

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Lunch

 

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Reason & Logic as instruments of Creativity

Moderator: Francis Brassard

Online Presenter: Carlos Blanco

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Break

 

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Logic of Life: Concepts of Health and Disease; the Placebo Effect

Moderator: Alberto Zucconi

Online Presenter: M. Chandrasekaran (Presentation)

Nov. 8, 2017

9:00 – 9:15 am

Meditation on Freedom

Eladio Valencia (Presentation)

     

9:15 – 10:30 am

Integration and Unification of Knowledge as acts of Creativity

Moderator: Dejan Rakovic (Presentation)

Online Presenter: Carlos Blanco

10:30 – 11:00 am

Break

 

11:00 – 12:00 pm

Human & Machine Intelligence & Creativity

Presenter: Mario Hytten (Presentation)

Moderator: Garry Jacobs

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Chance, Causality and Creativity

Moderator: Rodolfo Fiorini (Presentation)

Online Presenter: Janani Ramanathan (Presentation)

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Lunch

 

2:15 – 3:15 pm

Conclusions about Mind, Thinking & Creativity

Moderator: Winston Nagan

3:15 – 3:45 pm

Break

 

3:45 – 5:00 pm

Recommendations for Education

Moderator: Alberto Zucconi