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SPEAKERS
Ion Botgros
R. of Moldova
Education: 1964 – 1969 State University of Moldova,
Department of Physics and Mathematics; 1966 – 1967 –
Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Sankt Petersburg.
Scientific Experience: 1976 – PhD in Physics and
Mathematics. Position: 1985 – present – Chief of Science
Department, Institute of Science of Education, Chişinău.
Publications: more than 150 articles; Textbooks –„Science II
- V”; „Physics VII – IX”; “Physics X-XII humanist profile”
Oleg Bursuc
R. of Moldova
Education: 1979 – 1984 Balty University, Department of
Physics and Mathematics; 1992 – 1998 – Bucharest University,
Department of Science of Education; 1999 – Columbia
University, NYC, Department of Organization and Leadership.
Scientific Experience: 1998 – PhD in science of Education.
Position: 2004 - present – Deputy Director (USAID/IREX/CPP),
International Research and Exchanges Board, Chişinău.
Publications: more than 30 articles;
Evgenia Antonopoulou – Charalampopoulou
Greece
Assistant Professor, Department of Astrophysics, Astronomy
and Mechanics, Faculty of Physics, National University of
Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zographos, Athens, Greece.
Degrees: B.Sc. in Physics, Univ. of Athens, 1972, Ph.D. in
Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, U.K., 1981. Her
scientific field is Observational Astrophysics, with
emphasis in the study of chromosphericaly active binary
systems using ground based and satellite photometric and
spectroscopic data. President of the "Association of
Orthodox Women in Europe".
Radu Constantinescu
Romania
He is one of the founders and member of the board of ADSTR,
The Romanian Association for Dialogue between Science and
Theology, participant in the pilot program “Science and
Orthodoxy: research and education. He is physicist,
specialized in Quantum Field Theories and High Energy
Physics, professor at the Department of Physics and dean of
the Faculty of Physics from the University of Craiova,
Romania. He is author of more that 70 papers published in
scientific journals or presented in conferences and
workshops. He is in charge with the international
cooperation in his institution, participating in many
important projects in the field of S&R.
Silvia Mihaela Grigorean
Romania
PhD, Theoretical High school Negreşti-Oaş. Teacher of
Romanian literature, author of the thesis “The Gospel of
Thomas – a transdisciplinary hermeneutics”, interested in
the study of spiritual information as a fundamental concept
in the transreligious and transcultural research.
Adrian Iosif
Romania
Born in 1968. Diploma degree in biosystems engineering and
in computer science. PhD in biosystems engineering. Studies
in protestant theology (1995-1996). Fields of interest: the
possibility to design software applications for biosystems
(e.g. simulation of evolution), the impact of the artificial
intelligence in the contemporary religious pattern. Member
of A.D.S.T.R and of „Interdisciplinary Studies Group" of
Ploiesti. Papers in interdisciplinary and cybernetics
reviews. Two contributions in “Transdisciplinarity in
Science and Religion”. Co-author of “Transdisciplinary
Reality – a fusion of horizons of Theology, Science and
Philosophy” (Curtea Veche Publishing, 2010).
Dimitra Koutsokosta
Greece
PhD student, Physics Department, Section of Astrophysics,
Astronomy and Mechanics, University of Athens, Greece.
Personal interests: Literature, photography.
Cantemir Mambet
Romania
With over 20 years working experience in risk management
(aerospace and oil & gas) Cantemir Mambet is actively
involved in activities of the Employers’ Associations in
Romania (ACPR and CPISC), acting also as an ILO-registered,
risk management trainer and consultant. Mr. Mambet holds an
MSc degree (ENSICA Toulouse, France), an MBA (Nyenrode
Business School, Netherlands) and is a PhD student
(Philosophy, UBB Cluj).
Mirela Mureşan
Romania
Teacher, Romanian Department, “Moise Nicoara” National
College, Arad, Romania. She teaches Romanian language and
literature to the students from the 9th to 12th grade;
member of the National Committee for Romanian Literature
Curriculum Designing in Romania; member in the Board of the
National Association of Teachers of Romanian Literature (ANPRO)
(see the web page: www.anpro.ro); board member of the
national didactic review, “Perspective” (Perspectives)
issued in Cluj–Napoca, Romania; associated research worker
at the National Institute of Education Sciences; her
research interests and work are in the fields of philosophy
of education and educational strategies. She is well known
all over the country due to the articles published in the
Romanian scientific reviews and books concerning the same
issues
Anca Mustea
Romania
PhD lecturer in psychology at the Western University “Vasile
Goldiş” Arad, author of the thesis “A transdisciplinary
approach of the need for the sacred in contemporary
society”, preoccupied by the expression of the sacred in the
contemporary society and the dialogue of science with art
and Tradition.
Basarab Nicolescu
France-Romania
Theoretical physicist at the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France. Professor at the Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Member of the Romanian
Academy. Founding member of ISSR. President-Founder of the
International Center for Transdisciplinary Research and
Studies (CIRET), a non-profit organization (165 members from
26 countries), which has a web site at http://basarab.nicolescu.perso.sfr.fr/ciret/index.htm
Founder and Director of the Transdisciplinarity Series,
Rocher Editions, Monaco, of the Romanians in Paris Series,
Oxus Editions, Paris and of the Science and Religion Series,
Curtea Veche, Bucharest (in collaboration with Magda
Stavinschi). A specialist in the theory of elementary
particles, Basarab Nicolescu is the author of 130 articles
in leading international scientific journals, has made
numerous contributions to science anthologies and
participated in several dozens French radio and multimedia
documentaries on science. Basarab Nicolescu is a major
advocate of the transdisciplinary reconciliation between
Science and the Humanities. He published many articles on
the role of science in the contemporary culture in journals
in USA, France, Romania, Italy, United Kingdom, Brazil,
Argentina and Japan. His books include: Manifesto of
Transdisciplinarity, State University of New York (SUNY)
Press, New York, 2002; Nous, la particule et le monde,
Rocher, Monaco, 2002 (2nd edition) ; Science, Meaning and
Evolution - The Cosmology of Jacob Boehme, Parabola Books,
New York, 1991. He edited recently Transdisciplinarity -
Theory and Practice, Hampton Press, Cresskill, New Jersey,
2008. A complete biobibliography of Basarab Nicolescu can be
found on the page
http://basarab.nicolescu.perso.sfr.fr/Basarab/index.html
Mariana Ionela Niţu
Romania
Architect. PhD Student - University of Architecture and
Plannification „Ion Mincu”, Bucharest and co-direction with
University „Alma Mater Studiorum”, Bologna. Doctoral
research theme: ”Contemporary Typology of Memory Spaces”.
Guest lecture ‒ University of Architecture and
Plannification „Ion Mincu”, Bucharest Professor of
Architecture ‒ Art College „Ionel Perlea”, Slobozia,
Ialomiţa. Responsible Architect of Bellu Cemetery. Member of
the Association of Significant Cemeteries of Europe
Marius-Cristian Olteanu
Romania
Born in 1981. Diploma degree in Process Control Engineering.
Scholarship at School of Computer Science, University of
Magdeburg, Germany (2006). Scientific researcher engineer,
University of Ploieşti, Process Control and Computers
Department, PhD candidate. Areas of interest: artificial
intelligence, evolution simulation, science and religion
interface (spirituality of the modern society, the position
of the individual towards traditional religions,
respectively Christianity).
Adrian Mirel Petrariu
Romania
Ph. D. candidate at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of
European Studies, Cluj-Napoca, completed legal, economic and
computer studies, at present acting as president of a labor
union and manager of a private trading company.
Eleni Rovithis-Livaniou
Greece
Ass. Prof., Athens Univ., Greece, studied Maths at Athens
University and got her MSc & PhD in Astronomy from the
Victoria University of Manchester. Her scientific and
research interests are: Stellar Structure and Evolution,
Orbital Period Variations of Binary Stars (Theoretical),
Photoelectric Observations (& Analysis) of various type of
variable stars (Observational).
She is member of: I.A.U.; Editorial Council of the «Rom.
Astron. Journal»; Editorial Board of the «Publ. Astron. Obs.
of Belgrade»; Com. of Hellenic Astron. Soc., June 1998 –
June 2002; IAPPP wing for Greece; SREAC, and served as
Secretary in 2006 & SREAC’s Head for 2007 & 2008. The
culture and the history of Astronomy are among her
interests, too.
Magda Stavinschi
Romania
PhD in Astronomy, president of ADSTR – The Association for
the Dialogue between Science and Theology in Romania,
executive president of the Institute for Transdisciplinary
Studies in Science, Spirituality, Society – IT4S. Director
of the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy
(1990-2005), president of the Commission "Astronomy
Education and Development" of the International Astronomical
Union (2006-2009), Chair of the SEAC working group
"Astronomy and cultural heritage", redactor in chief of the
journal "Transdisciplinarity in Science and Religion",
co-editor of the series Science and Religion Series, Curtea
Veche, Bucharest (in collaboration with Basarab Nicolescu).
Marijan Sunjic
Croatia
Professor of theoretical physics at the University of Zagreb
and founder of the Study Group on Science and Spirituality,
was born in Zagreb in 1940, where he graduated at the
University. He obtained his doctorate from the Imperial
College of Science and Technology, London in 1970. After a
period at the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, in 1978 he joined
the University of Zagreb. He was Deputy Minister of Science
and Technology, Rector of the University of Zagreb,
President of the Croatian Rectors' Conference and President
of the Danube Rectors’ Conference. He was also Ambassador of
the Republic of Croatia to the Holy See. He held visiting
academic positions in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, USA, Italy
and Spain. His main scientific interest is in theoretical
surface physics, where he published more than 110 papers. He
was also deeply involved and writes on higher education
policy, university organization, and also in social and
ethical implications of science and technology.
Milan Tasić
Serbia
Milan Tasić was born on November 30, 1946 in Buštranje
(Serbia). He completed his studies in philosophy,
mathematics, and classical studies (Greek and Latin
language). His doctoral thesis is from the area of formal or
symbolic logic. He taught mathematics at the universities in
Skopje (Macedonia) and Algeria, and now teaches philosophy
at Teachers Training Faculty in Vranje (University of Niš,
Serbia).
Renata Tatomir
Romania
Lecturer in Ancient Universal History and Prehistory,
Hyperion University, Faculty of History, Bucharest, Romania
Egyptologist. Member of the Association for the Dialogue
between Science and Theology in Romania. Member of the
European Society for the Study of Science and Theology.
Between 2000-2004 scholar of the Institut Français
d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire. Author of several studies
and articles on science & spirituality in Ancient Egypt and
Late Antiquity topics. Lecturer in Ancient Universal History
and Prehistory, Hyperion University, Faculty of History,
Bucharest, Romania.
Katya Tsvetkova
Bulgaria
PhD, research associate in the Institute of Astronomy of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her main scientific topics
are flare stars in star clusters and associations; database
of wide-field plates obtained in the astronomical
observatories worldwide; astronomical catalogues; history of
astronomy. She is a member of the International Astronomical
Union, as well as of the European Astronomical Society.
Milcho Tsvetkov
Bulgaria
Associate Professor PhD, Senior Research Associate at the
Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He is
a principal investigator of several international projects
as the head of the Sofia Sky Archive Data Center of the
Institute of Astronomy. His scientific interests are
especially in the preservation and storage of the world
wide-field photographic plate archives as a unique nationals
and world heritages. He is the contact person to the EURO_VO
from the Bulgarian side. The history of astronomy and poetry
are among his interests.
Antonella Verdiani
France
PhD. After 18 years spent at UNESCO, as a programme
specialist on education for peace, she is an international
expert and a trainer in several fields of education,
including the one she has developed, based in her research
on “Education for Joy”. She is also a researcher for the
CIRPP, Center of Innovation and Research in Pedagogy of the
Chamber of Commerce de Paris, (France) and for the UNESCO
Chair in Human Development and Culture of Peace of the
University of Florence, (Italy).
Dr Richard Witt
He is a Cambridge graduate, has lived and worked in Athens
for the past twenty years, as professional translator
(Athens 2004 Olympic Committee, Troia Publishing) and
lecturer in English (Southeastern, SUNY) and classics (Open
University). He has recently taught for the University of
Bucharest. He has published in international journals, on
English literature, classical and modern Greek history and
civilization, philosophy, contemporary Europe, music, and
environmental ethics.
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