1999 Institute of Ecotechnics Conference
Experimental Metaphysics:  Physiology, Remote Sensing and Cognitive Structures
October 22-25, 1999
Les Marronniers Conference Centre, Aix-en-Provence, France

SPEAKERS

Top-Down Perceptual Processes and Bottom-Up Vision
Lawrence Stark, Professor, Emeritus of Neurology, Engineering Sciences and Physiological Optics, University of California, Berkeley

Developmental Potential of Stem Cells Derived from Embryos, Adult Animals and the Tissue Culture Dish
Mitchell Weiss, Biological Researcher, Ontogeny, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, "Physiological Possibilities:

Physiology in Differing Gravitational Environments
Galina Nachitailo - Space biologist, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Vice President, Moscow Center for Ecology and Space, Russia

Theater: Perceptual Shifts of Performer and Audience
Kathelin Gray, Director, Institute of Ecotechnics and Co-Founder, Theater of All Possibilities, Berkeley, California

Effects of Differing States and World Views on Cognitive Structures and Physiology: A Case Study from the Amazon
Eduardo Luis Luna, Ethnopharmacobotanist and Anthropologist, Colombia/Finland,

Futures of Life on Planet Earth
Hector D'Antoni, Senior Research Scientist and Assistant Chief, Ecosystem Sciences and Technology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, California

The Biosphere of Perfume
Brando Crespi, Founder, Pro-Natura Foundation, Rome, Italy

Unlocking the Dynamics of Land-Ocean Interactions
Tony Stebbing, Project Coordinator, Land-Ocean Interaction Study (LOIS), Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK

Pushing Beyond the Envelope of Human Abilities: Venturing to Extreme Environment
Ephimia Matthews, Founder, Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments, Engineer Human Systems, NASA Johnson Space Centre, Houston

Physiological Adaptations in Extreme Environments - Past, Present and Future
Chris McKay, Astrogeologist and Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Centre, Moffet Field, California

Ethnobotany and Cognitive Structures
Wade Davis, Anthropologist and Ethnobotanist, Washington, D.C.

The Evolution of Neural and Behavioural Complexity
Harry Jerison, Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry and Biobehavioural Sciences, UCLA