Sunday, March 30
3:00 pm Welcoming Remarks
Paul Gailey, Fetzer Institute
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
4:00 pm Session I Free Will in the Natural World
Introduction/Moderation: Bob Pollack
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4:00 - 4:40 Darcy Kelley, Columbia University,
The Volitional Brain
4:40 - 5:20 David Helfand, Columbia University,
I'm Not a Heretic, I'm a Pagan
5:20 - 6:00 Paul Appelbaum, Columbia University,
Behavioral Genetics and Free Will
6:00 - 6:30 Panel Discussion
Monday, March 31
10:00 am Session II Right and Wrong
Introduction/Moderation: Paul Appelbaum
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10:00 - 10:40 David Krantz, Columbia University,
Freedom Perceived, Freedom Analyzed
10:40 - 11:20 Alan Mittleman, The Jewish Theological Seminary,
Rabbinic Perspectives on the Free Will/Determinism Problem
11:20 - 12:00 B. Alan Wallace, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies,
A Buddhist View of Free Will: Beyond Determinism and Indeterminism
12:00 - 12:30 Panel Discussion
2:00 pm Session III Emergence
Introduction/Moderation: Paul Gailey
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2:00 - 2:45 Evan Thompson, University of Toronto,
Emergence, Volition and Consciousness: A Neurophenomenological Approach
2:45 - 3:30 Charles Townes, University of California, Berkeley,
Can We Understand Free Will?
3:30 - 4:15 Piet Hut, Institute for Advanced Study,
Science Beyond Methods and Goals: How the Future May Surprise Us
4:15 - 5:00 Panel Discussion
5:00 pm Closing Statements
Robert Pollack, Introduction of Lee C. Bollinger
Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University
Jeffrey Slade, Introduction of Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes
Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Healing of the Nations Foundation, "Faith and Free Will"