President: OKADA, Keishu
Director: HIRATUKA, Rinji
| Chairperson: | POY, Rustum | Professor, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. |
| Vice Chairperson: | NAGAMI, Isamu | Professor, Rikkyo University, Japan |
| Committee Members: | DOI, Hisashi | Professor, Seian College of Art and Design, Japan |
| KITATANI, Katsuhide | President, 2050 (Former Senior Advisor, United Nations), Japan | |
| SUEZAWA, Masashi | Professor, Tohoku University, Japan | |
| TOKUNAGA, Fumio | Professor. Osaka University, Japan | |
| FUKUDA, Yutaka | Professor, Osaka University, Japan | |
| MURATA, Haruo | Professor, St. Andrew’s University, Japan | |
| YAGI, Seiichi | Professor, Toin Yokohama University, Japan | |
| YUASA, Yasuo | Professor Emeritus of Obirin University, Japan | |
| YOSHIZAWA, Zensaku | Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, Japan |
Secretary General: DOI, Hisashi
| AYUZAWA, Satoshi | Head Surgeon, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Japan |
| ISHIKAWA,Mitsuo | Professor, International Christian University, Japan |
| INOKUCHI, Tamio | Former Labaratory Chief, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Japan |
| WTESBAUER, Stefanie | Researcher, Institute Für Theoretische Physik, University of Technology, Vienna, Austria |
| UEDA, Kenji | Professor Emeritus, Kokugakuin University, Japan |
| ESCALONA, Julio | Dean, Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela |
| OHTA, Tomio | Professor, Osaka Medical College, Japan |
| OMORI, Shoichi | Professor, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan |
| OKAMOTO, Tetsuya | Head Surgeon, Fukuroi Municipal Hospital, Japan |
| OCHI, Takahiro | Professor, Osaka University, Japan |
| KAWADE, Yoshimi | Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan |
| KAWAMURA, Fujiko | Professor, Tokyo Kasei University, Japan |
| KITATANI, Katsuhide | President, 2050 (Former Senior Advisor, United Nations), Japan |
| KRISHNA, U.K. | Director, institute of Traditional Oriental Medicine, India |
| GLEADALL, Ian | Associate Professor, Tohoku Bunka-gakuen University, Japan |
| GATES, Jeffrey | President, Gates Group, U.S.A. |
| KOYAMA, Akio | Former Lecturer, Hokkaido Tokai University, Japan |
| SAKURAI, Kunitomo | President, Kanagawa University, Japan |
| SANTANA, Eunice | Director, Caribbean Institute of Ecumenical Formation and Action (ICAFE), Puerto Rico |
| SHIVA, Vandana | Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology, India |
| SUEZAWA, Masashi | Professor, Tohoku University, Japan |
| SUGANUMA, Eiji | Professor Emeritus, Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan |
| SUDARSHAN, George | Professor, Director of the Center for Particle Theory, University of Texas, U.S.A. |
| SNELLMAN, Håkan | Professor, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| SEKI, Takaharu | Associate Professor, Osaka Education College, Japan |
| SETBOONSARNG, Sununtar | Social-economic Advisor, MRC Project Agriculture on Rural Aquaculture Development for Mekong River Delta (Vietnam and Cambodia), Vietnam |
| SENSYU, Shin-Ichi | Honorary Senior Advisor, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan |
| TAKATA, Kohei | Assistant, Osaka Dental University, Japan |
| TAKEUCHI, Shintaro | Director, Yoko Health Clinic, Japan |
| TANAKA, Yutaka | Professor, Sophia University, Japan |
| CHANG, Sidney | Cancer Research Scientist, U.K. |
| TERADA, Nobuyuki | Associate Professor, Yamanashi Medical College, Japan |
| DOI, Hisashi | Professor, Seian College of Art and Design, Japan |
| DU TOIT, Cornel | Director, Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa, South Africa |
| TOKUNAGA, Fumio | Professor. Osaka University, Japan |
| TOBE, Masuo | Advisor, Organization of Safety and Research, Japan |
| NAGAMI, Isamu | Professor, Rikkyo University, Japan |
| NIINO, Minehisa | Head Physician, Asahikawa Kosei General Hospital, Japan |
| NISHIOKA, Hajime | Professor, Doshisha Unversity, Japan |
| NISHIYAMA, Ken-Ichi | Professor, Saitama University, Japan |
| NETTO, Antonio | Professor, The Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal |
| NOYA, Atsushi | Professor, Osaka University, Japan |
| HEISIG, James | Director, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Japan |
| HOWELL, Nancy | Professor, St.Paul School of Theology, U.S.A. |
| HANAOKA, Eiko | Professor, Osaka Prefectural University, Japan |
| BHAMATHI, Gopalakrishnan | Visiting Scholar, University of Texas, U.S.A. |
| FISCHER, Walter | Neurosurgeon, Haukeland Hospital, Sweden |
| FISCHER, Hans | Senior Scientist, Lund University Hospital, Sweden |
| VON WEIZSÄCKER, Ernst | Director, Wuppetal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy, Germany |
| VON WEIZSÄCKER, Christina | Writer, Vice President, Ecoropa, Germany |
| FUKUDA, Yutaka | Professor, Osaka University, Japan |
| FUJINUMA, Hidemitsu | Lecturer, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Japan |
| FRIEDMAN, Jeffrey | Director, Friedman’s Clinic, U.S.A. |
| BRECHER, Aviva | Reserch Scientist and Policy Planner, U.S.Department of Transportation, U.S.A. |
| BRECHER, Kenneth | Professor, Boston University, U.S.A. |
| HESS, Evelyn | Professor, University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. |
| BECKER, Carl | Professor, Kyoto University, Japan |
| BECK, Roger | Professor, University of Alberta, Canada |
| BERQUE, Augustin | Professor, Miyagi University, Japan |
| HAUGHT, John | Professor, Georgetown University, U.S.A. |
| HOFFMEYER, Jesper | Professor, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| MAEDA, Yoshito | Professor, Seinan Gakuin University, Japan |
| McNEILL, Kerry | Associate Professor, Bond University, Australia |
| MASE, Hiromasa | Professor, Keio University, Japan |
| MATSUNO, Koichiro | Professor, Nagaoka Technology University, Japan |
| MURATA, Tamotsu | Professor Emeritus, Rikkyo University, Japan |
| MURATA, Haruo | Professor, St. Andrew’s University, Japan |
| MAIN, William | Senior Scientist, Accuray Inc, U.S.A. |
| MORIE, Kenji | Professor, Musashino Art University, Japan |
| MORIMOTO, Kanehisa | Professor, Osaka University, Japan Preventive Medicine |
| MONDEIL, Marie | Professor, University of Abidjan, Coôte d’lvoire |
| YAGI, Seiichi | Professor, Toin Yokohama University, Japan |
| YAMAORI, Tetsuo | President, Hakuho Women College, Japan |
| YUASA, Yasuo | Professor Emeritus of Obirin University, Japan |
| YOSHIZAWA, Zensaku | Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, Japan |
| YOSHIDA, Akihiko | Director, World Green Club (NPO), Japan |
| RANSFORD, Emmanuel | Former-research scientist, Institute of Sensory Perception, France |
| RUBIK, Beverly | Director, Institute for Frontier Science, U.S.A. |
| LEPKOWSKI, Wil | Writer, Chemical and Engineering News, U.S.A. |
| POY, Rustum | Professor, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. |
| LOCKER, Alfred | Professor Emeritus, Institute Für Theoretische Physik, University of Technology, Austria |
| LOCKER, Markus | Lecturer, Theological School of Loyola, Philippines |
| WATANABE, Takashi | Assistant Director, Yoko Clinic, Japan |
Wednesday, 18 August
| PM | Opening Ceremony |
| Opening Address The True Nature of Light and A Spiritual Way of Living Okada, Keishu |
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| Keynote Lecture | |
| Whole Person Healing Roy,Rustum |
Thursday, 19 August
| AM | Thematic Session A Life and The Universe Scientific and Religious Viewpoints |
Thematic Session B Life and Healing Gealing of Nature, Healing Our Civilization, and Healing Humankind |
Thematic Session C Our Livelihood and The Environment Technology and Our Safety in Society |
| Session 1 | |||
| Lecture Cosmic Purpose and Human Existence Today Comment Centering on Whitehead’s Cosmology |
Lecture Progress of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Medical Treatmant: Religious Attitude Can Alter the Course of the Disease Comment Spiritual Healing and Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Lecture An Ecumenical Caribbean Perspective Comment An African Response to "Our Livelihood and The Environment" |
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| Session 2 | |||
| Lecture Human Life from a Shintoist Perspective Comment The Idea of a Supreme Country (Sumeramikuni) |
Lecture Concepts of Life and the Environment in Ayurveda, the Science of Life Comment Aiming for a Human Existence Rooted in the Oriental Point of View |
Lecture Toward the Development of a Sustainable Agriculture in the Twenty-First Century: The Case for Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture in Southeast Asia Comment Conversion to Organic Agriculture to Prevent a Food Crisis |
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| PM | Session 3 | ||
| Lecture Life in the Universe Comment Between Imagination and Reality |
Lecture The Use of Gratitude and Optimism in Psychological Practice Comment Beyond the Model of Modern Medicine: A Case of the Shrinkage of a Cerebral Aneurysm |
Lecture The Challenge of Sustainable Development Comment Factor Four－Efficiency Revolution and Environmental Ethics |
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| Session 4 | |||
| Lecture Body, Place, and World Comment Dr. Berque’s Theory of the Human Milieux |
Lecture Genetics, Solidarity, and Ecology Comment The Universe and the Hierarchy of－Life Cannot Be Reduced to DNA |
Lecture Peoplized Ownership Patterns-Steps Toward a More Conscious Capitalism Comment On Globalization |
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| Session 5 | |||
| Lecture Universe and Life Comment Actual Consciousness and Cosmic Consciousness |
Lecture The Healing of Mankind’s Predicaments Through Sufferings: A Paradoxical View, Based on Transclassical Systems Theory Comment Compensation for Suffering |
Lecture Lasting Economic Development and the Role of Technology Comment What Must Change? |
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Friday, 20 August
| AM | Session 6 | ||
| Lecture Life in the Accelerating Universe Comment Cosmology and the Limits of Knowledge |
Lecture Spiritual Healing: Psychospiritual, Laying on of Hands, and Intercessory Prayer Comment Function and Field of the Living Body: Toward Healing |
Lecture The Ecological Risks of Genetic Engineering in Agriculture Comment Food, Techonology, Ecology, and Culture |
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| Session 7 | |||
| Lecture The Emerging Worldview in Biology Comment Dr. Rubik’s Proposal on Frontier Science |
Lecture Life View and Healing Comment The Postmodern Vision of Eiko Hanaoka |
Lecture Brain Death and Organ Transplantation in Japan As Seen From the View of a Doctor in Charge of a Brain－Dead Patient Comment Unconventional Issues Surrounding Organ Transplantation Worldwide |
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| PM | Session 8 | ||
| Lecture The Idea of a Semiotic Nature Comment Two Biologies, Two Medicines |
Lecture The Environment and IIIness Comment On the Environment and IIIness |
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Saturday, 21 August
| AM | Panel Discussion 1 Theoris and Reality |
| Presentation 1 Worldviews Behind Science and Civilization Presentation 2 Theories and Reality Presentation 3 Conversion to the Earth Presentation 4 Cosmological Perspectives on Ecotheology Presentation 5 More Than Just Matter: A View from Physics Presentation 6 African Ubuntu and the Renewal of Human-Nature Relationships Discussion |
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| PM | Panel Discussion 2 Prospects for the Future |
| Presentation 1 The Religion of Humankind in the Twenty-First Century Presentation 2 Oxygen and Life Presentation 3 Is the Universe Anthropic? Presentation 4 Our Livelihoods and the Environment |
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| Plenary Session | |
| Closing Ceremony |
