Friday, October 24

Evolution of the Solar System
Dr. James Head, NASA Planetary Exploration Program, Chairman, Department of Geosciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

Saturday, October 25

Evolution of the Geobiosphere
Professor William Chaloner, FLS, FRS, Paleobotanist, Prof. Emeritus, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Univ. of London, U.K.

The World of Life
Dr. John Marsden, Biochemist, Executive Secretary, Linnean Society, London

Kingdoms of the Biosphere: the Place of Humanity
John Allen, FLS, Inventor and Founder, the Biosphere 2 Project; Chairman, Biospheres, LLC,
Bonsall, CA, USA

Vanishing Cultures
Mirella Ricciardi, Photographer/explorer, author of Vanishing Africa and Vanishing Amazon

Eastern Martial Arts, a Culture in Evolution
Gerard A. Houghton, Director, Institute of Ecotechnics; Director, Double Dragon Martial Arts Institute, Kyoto, Japan

Electronic Culture
John Perry Barlow, Founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, co-founder of The Well

Sunday, October 26

Architecture for Extreme Environments
Jacques Rougerie, Architect, Founder & President, Espace Mer, Paris, France

Mars Base Prototype
Abigail Alling, President, Planetary Coral Reef Foundation, Biosphere 2 Crew Member and Scientific Chief (1991-1993). Paper coauthored with Joseph Allen, former astronaut, President, Carlspan

The Russian Space Program and Human Evolution
Dr. Galina Nechitailo, Space Biologist, Scientific Secretary of the Federal Ecological Union, Moscow

Transition from Communist to Capitalist Economic Culture in Former Soviet Bloc
James Hickman, Director, Rustel, Moscow and International Business Communications Services, Sharon, MA; former director, Esalen Institute Soviet-American Exchange

Evolutionary Physiology and the Biology of Culture
Dr. Jerry Toporovsky, Director, Baltimore Holistic Health Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

Constants in Human Behavior
Dr. Bernd Lötsch, General Director, Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria

Monday, October 27

Sensing the Biosphere
Dr. Supriya Chakrabarti, Astronmer, Director, Center for Space Physics, Boston University, USA