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SSE Member Dick Bierman is hosting the Fifth Biennial Euro-SSE
Meeting at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the weekend
of October 20–22, 2000. SSE Member Chris Duif of The Netherlands
is also serving on the Local Organizing Committee.
SSE European Representative Ezio Insinna will chair
the Program Committee, which consists of Dick Bierman, Chris Duif,
and Brenda Dunne. The theme of the meeting will be Unorthodox
Science: Past, Present, and Future.
THEMES and SPEAKERS
A number of distinguished scholars have been invited to speak on
the theme: Unorthodox Science: Past, Present and Future.
The following invited speakers are confirmed:
| J. Benveniste (France): |
From "water memory" effects to "digital biology." |
| S.J. Doorman (Dutch Skeptical Society): |
On the future of unorthodox science. |
| M. Kondrashova: |
Negative air ions and reactive oxygen species.Unorthodox mechanism of cure effect. |
| F.H. van Lunteren (Univ. Utrecht, Netherlands): |
Extraterrestrial life and hyperphysical phenomena: A historical approach to unorthodox science. |
| L. Pyatnitsky (Moscow Inst. for High Temp., Russia): |
Effects of consciousness on the structure of water. |
| S.E. Shnoll (Moscow State Univ., Russia): |
Macroscopic fluctuations in processes of different nature as a result of cosmophysical (cosmogonic) causes. Possible heterogeneity (discretness) of space-time. |
| R. Sheldrake (UK): |
The unexplained powers of animals. |
| R. van Wijk (Univ. Utrecht, Netherlands): |
Biophotons and biocommunication. |
| R. van Veen (Shell/Techn. Univ. Eindhoven, Netherlands): |
The status of cold fusion. |
| John Walker (Fourmilab, Switzerland): |
An attempt to replicate the Shnoll effect |
| V.E. Zhvirblis (Russia): |
Does 'Galvani current' exist? - about physical vacuum influence on macrofluctuations in physical and biological objects. |
The earlier announced video interview with Prof. H.B.G. Casimir could not be
recorded due to his death on May 4 of this year.
ABSTRACTS
OF INVITED TALKS
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
The following contributed presentations have been
confirmed:
| Kenny Arnette (Dept. of Psychology, Eastern Washington University): |
Consciousness, the mind-body problem, and the resurrection of dualism |
| Markus Binder (IGPP Freiburg, Germany): |
Electrodermal activity: State of the art measurement and techniques for parapsychological purposes |
| Bill Bengsten (St. Joseph's College, New York): |
New directions in healing research |
| Neil Duffy (Edinburgh Dowsing Physics group): |
Planetary and solar torsion field interaction – Dowsing interferometry measurements |
| Suitbert Ertel (Institut für Psychologie, Germany): |
Turning points of long waves in Western economies: Are they correlated with solar activity? |
| Montague Keen (Society for Psychical Research, UK): |
Paranormal physical phenomena : impressions of verses, glyphs, messages and drawings spread along rolls of unexposed film |
| Alex Kirillov: |
Space-time fluctuations as a possible explanation of Shnoll Effect |
| K. Meyl (Transferzentrum der Steinbeis-Stiftung, Germany): |
Scalar waves: Theory and experiments |
| A.V. Nedospasov (Russia): |
About physical carrier of weak actions on biological systems |
| Fotini Pallikari (Athens University): |
Jungian synchronicity sheds light on the micro-PK mechanism? |
| Thomas V. Prevenslik (Hong Kong): |
The paradigm of high temperatures in a collapsing bubble and sonoluminescence, sonochemistry, and D-D fusion |
| Phil Roberts (USA): |
Hume's psychodynamics |
| Morten Skriver (Copenhagen, Denmark): |
The Trapholt Experiment |
| A. Trofimov
(International Scientific Research Institute of Cosmic Anthropoecology, Russia): |
Distant interactions in "Kozyrevs Space" |
| Jack Tuszynski (Starlab N.V./S.A. Belgium): |
Can the results of quantum mechanics be reproduced by a
classical nonlinear theory? |
AIRPORT
Amsterdam International Airport (AMS). The International
Schiphol Airport can be reached easily from almost everywhere. Train
connections from the airport to the city (Central Station) are running
every 15 minutes. Travel time from the airport to Central Station
is about 15 minutes. If you are traveling by automobile, please
note that there is no free parking around the conference location.
Check with your hotel or the local organizer Dick Bierman about
how to arrange for parking.
HOTELS
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The meeting will be held on the campus of the University of Amsterdam. SSE has a hotel group rate at the Lancaster Hotel, a short walk away.
Main Hotels (~$ 90):
Lancaster Hotel, Plantage Middenlaan 22, Amsterdam
Phone: +31 (0) 20 5356888.
Mention group code UVA-SSE when making reservations.
Hotel Barbacan, Plantage Muidergracht 89
Phone (31) 20 6236241
Price single room with shower/toilet fl. 130,-
This hotel is 20 meters from the conference hall.
Budget hotel , backpackerstyle
(~$ 45):
Arena Budget Hotel, 's Gravezandestraat 51, 1092 AA Amsterdam,
the netherlands. Phone: +31 (0) 20 6947444.
The hotels are situated in a relatively green area near the
Zoo and can be reached by taking either a cab from the Central
Station or tram nr. 9 (exit at the Zoo for Lancaster or Tropenmuseum
for Arena). |
SOCIETY BANQUET
The University of Amsterdam is situated near the
center of the city and the program will be set up in such a way
that attendees have opportunities to enjoy the cheerful atmosphere
and picturesque canals in Amsterdam. A reception and registration
will take place on Thursday evening (October 19) at a nearby Cafe
to be announced, all within a two-minute walk from the Lancaster
Hotel. The Society banquet will be held on Saterday evening on board
of a canal boat while making a trip through the Amsterdam canals.
The dress code is informal.
SIGHTSEEING
Friday evening is free for exploring the city.
Sunday afternoon might be used to visit the museums which have large
collections of Rembrandt and van Gogh paintings. The Anne Frank
house is open for visitors on Sunday afternoon. For more information
on local arrangements contact: Dick Bierman, e-mail: bierman @ psy.uva.nl
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