Symposium program

Local Organization Committee

SAARLAND UNIVERSITY, JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY; PROFESSOR CLAUDIUS GROS - CHAIRMAN

Topics

• What is Life? What is Life for? The Origin of Life.
• Life as a Space Phenomena. Cosmological and Cosmogonical Aspects.
• Emergence of Life on Earth. The RNA and DNA World. Anthropogenesis. Which Mutations Took Place Early?
• Conditions for Life. Why did Previous Civilizations Die?
• Life as Complex Systems. Man as a Biocomputer.
• Who were Our Ancient Ancestors? Molecular Authenticity of Individuals.
• Development of Other Forms of Life. Evolutionary Biology for Species.

• Health and Diseases.
• Measurement of Health. Psychobioenergetic Homeostasis.
• Biological Individuality and Uniqueness of Man. When Creative Big Bang Was Appeared?
• Ecology of Man. Multi-level Models.
• Is Aging a Disease? Does Overcoming Aging Mean Overcoming Death?
• Informational Medicine. Eastern, Western, and Relonics Approaches.
• Which Mutagen Factors Are More Dangerous? Lethal Mutations.

• Preservation of Life and Biological Diversity.
• Ecological Services and Problems of Sterilization.
• Diversity Preservation. Problems of Cloning.
• Settlements: Space and Ocean. New Projects.
• Energy and Resources.
• Which Parameters of Life Are Not Far from a Bifurcation Point?
• What Is Necessary to Defend a Human Genome? Gene Therapy.

• The Future of Solar System and Earth: Warnings and Prognoses.
• Evolution of the Sun and Solar System Bodies.
• Spaceguard Program. Ecology of Neighbour Space.
• Biosphere Lifespan. Which Biogeochemical Processes Disturb Its Stability?
• Tectonic and Climatic Problems of Earth. What Can We Learn about Future Climate Changes from Studies of Past High-Resolution Data? Which Methods of Earthquakes Prediction are More Effective?
• Scenarios of a Non-distant Future. Clash of Civilizations versus Dialogue of Cultures. Sustainable Living.
• Is It Necessary to Have the Center for Study of the Future?

• Towards a Sustainable Civilization.
• High Technologies and Scientific Progress - Benefit, Danger or Both?
• The Internet Economy; the Internet Society; the Internet Life; What's Next?
• Global Problems: Can They Be Resolved? What Are the Principal Risks? When Artificial Biocenosis Will Be Brought into our Biosphere? The Conflict of Biosphere and Technosphere.
• "The Damned Questions" of Humans (Dostoyevsky). Can They Be Resolved?
• Oriental and Western Educational Doctrines and Practices.
• Genetic Engineering. Which Parasites May Change Our Behaviour?

• What is Our Future?
• A Single Language. A Single Society. A Single State.
• Symbiosis of Man and Artificial Intelligence.
• What Kinds of Knowledge Should Be Prioritized? Must We Have a Global Marshall Plan?
• Is There or Is There Not a Diet of Longevity? The Efficiency of Animals and Plants Selection.
• Can Religious Conflicts Be Eliminated? If So, How? Religion as a Biological Phenomena.
• Is Space Research Our Main Objective? The Ecological Strategy. The Logistic Curves.

• Civilization in The Universe: Trends, Prospects, Speculations.
• Galactic Belt of Life. Exoplanetary Systems.
• Are We alone?
• Expansion of Life. Where Are We Now on the Evolutionary Scale?
• Ultimate Fate of Life. Code of Life. Future Forms of Life.
• Julian Huxley's Synthetic Theory of Evolution. Is the Future Predicted by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin right? The End of Earth.
• Place of Intelligence in the Universe.

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