9:30

10:00

Opening Remarks
Dr. Hanifa D. Mezoui, Chief, NGO Section, United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs

10:15

Keynote - Unraveling the Mystery of the Self:
From Descartes to The Human Consciousness Project
Dr. Sam Parnia, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton; Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center: Founder and Director, The Human Consciousness Project

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10:45

Panel Discussion - Mind-Body Connections:
How Does Consciousness Shape the Brain?

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12:15

Lunch

2:15

Keynote - Why God Doesn’t Use Biostatistics:
Science and the Study of the Mind, the Body, and Spirituality
Dr. Andrew B. Newberg, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Director, University of Pennsylvania Center for Spirituality and the Mind

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2:45

Panel Discussion - Beyond the Brain:
The Experiential Implications of Neurotheology

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4:15

Special Musical Performance - Strings Resonance
Renaud Garcia-Fons and Claire Antonini

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4:45

Closing Remarks
Dr. Ebrahim Elahi, Associate Clinical Professor, Ophthalmic and Oculofacial Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Director, Fifth Avenue Eye Associates