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Speakers in workshops and debates
Facing science
Nick Bostrom (United Kingdom) is currently working at the faculty of Philosophy of Oxford University. His special interests are Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Probability Theory, Ethics and Bioethics.
Kathinka Dittrich (Germany) is the former Director of the Goethe Institute in Amsterdam. She is now working as an independent adviser on cultural affairs.
Hasan Hanafi (Egypt) is a Professor of Philosophy at the department of Philosophy at Cairo University. He has written about the relation between Islam and science.
Józef Miroslaw Zycinski (Poland) is roman catholic archbishop of Lublin. He holds doctorates in Philosophy, Theology and the Philosophy of Science and has studied Cosmology.
Workshop 1 – Bildung or image building: scientific education for new generations
René Gude (The Netherlands) is a philosopher. He is the Director of the International School for Philosophy (Leusden).
Mariëtte Hellemans (Belgium) is a Professor at the Center for Fundamental Pedagogy of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
John Smith (United Kingdom) is a political scientist, who is working as Deputy Secretary General for research of the European University Association (EUA).
Workshop 2 – Images of the mind
Peter Hagoort (The Netherlands) has a professorship in Cognitive Neurosciences at the Radboud University (Nijmegen). He is the Director of the F.C. Donders Center for Cognitive Neuro-Imaging.
Andreas Roepstorff (Denmark) is co-ordinator Cognitive Research at the Center for Functionally Intergrative Neuroscience in Aarhus.
Workshop 3 – Intelligent design and the discussion about science and religion in the 21st century
Paul Nelson (United States) is Philosopher of Biology, specialising in Developmental Biology. He is working at the Discovery Institute in Seattle.
Michael Ruse (United Kingdom/United States) is Philosopher of Biology, Ethics, the History and Philosophy of Science, at Florida State University.
Workshop 4 – Promises of science
Jean-Claude Ameisen (France) is a researcher and a Professor for Immunology at Paris VII University. He is President of the ethical committee of INSERM, the National Institute for Health Research.
Clare Matterson (United Kingdom) is Director Medicine, Society and History of The Wellcome Trust in London.
Christine Mummery (The Netherlands/United Kingdom) has a professorship at the Institute for Developmental Biology in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She is specialised in Stem Cell Research.
Workshop 5 – Playing God
Hasan Hanafi (Egypt) is a Professor of Philosophy at the department of Philosophy at Cairo University. He has written about the relation between Islam and science.
Henk Jochemsen (The Netherlands) studied Molecular Biology. He now is Director of the Lindeboom Institute for Medical Ethics and Professor of Medical Ethics at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
Egbert Schroten (The Netherlands) was professor for Theological Ethics at Utrecht
University. He is Cahirman of the Conference Committee.
Józef Miroslaw Zycinski (Poland) is roman catholic archbishop of Lublin. He holds doctorates in Philosophy, Theology and the Philosophy of Science and has studied Cosmology.
Workshop 6 – Images of science: past and future
José van Dijck (The Netherlands) has a professorship in Television, Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Her special interests are Science and Media.
Robbert Dijkgraaf (The Netherlands) holds the Chair of Mathematical Physics at the University of Amsterdam. He also studied painting at the Gerrit Rietveld Arts Academy in Amsterdam.
Rob van Es (The Netherlands) is a philosopher specialised in Ethics and in Aesthetics. He is currently working at the University of Amsterdam, and as a consultant.
Workshop 7 – Mediating between science and society
Vincent Icke (The Netherlands) is Professor of Astrophysics at Leiden University, and Professor of Cosmology at the University of Amsterdam. Besides his academic pursuits, he takes an active interest in the popularisation of science, and in the arts.
Paul Murdin (United Kingdom) is astronomer, author, broadcaster and astronomy consultant. He works as a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.
Ad Lansink (The Netherlands) studied Chemistry at Utrecht University and holds a doctorate in Mathematics and Natural Sciences. From 1977 until 1998, he was a Member of Parliament for the Christian democratic party CDA.
Workshop 8 – Using science: ELSI and the 'E' for 'Economy'
Brian Eyre (United Kingdom) is a Professor in Materials Science. He was Chair of the Royal Society’s Committee on Scientific Aspects of International Security.
Emilio Fontela (Spain) is an economist, working at the University of Madrid. Recently he served as a Member of the High Level Expert Group on Converging Technologies of the European Union.
Guus Berkhout (The Netherlands) is a Professor in geophysical and acoustical imaging and in innovation management at Delft University for Technology. He is also a member of the High Level Working Group on the establishment of an integrated innovation policy in
the European Union.
Academic dispute between scientists from different fields
Louise Fresco (Netherlands) is Assistant Director-General at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in Rome. Before that she held a professorship at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands.
Johan Goudsblom (The Netherlands) is a sociologist. He has a professorship at the University of Amsterdam. His research concentrates on Sociologica Long Term Processes.
Beat Sitter-Liver (Switzerland) is Professor in Practical Philosophy at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He served for thirty years as Secretary of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
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