Carlos is a theoretical physicist who graduated from the Institute of Technology of Massachusetts (MIT) and received a doctorate in physics from the University of Texas at Austin. Carlos’ original work on Extended Relativity in Clifford spaces was recognized by academia as well as the international press, and this work earned him a nomination for an award from the Peter Gruber Foundation. His contribution to the Riemann Conjecture has raised interest in academic circles. His main research areas are the Extended Relativity theory in Clifford spaces; Born Reciprocal Relativity; gravity, strings and membranes; grand unification; fractals; Quantum Field Theory, Mathematical Physics; No commutative geometry and number theory.

He has written 235 articles, a large majority published in various journals, and as a sole author, including Classical and Quantum Gravity, Annals of Physics, Physics Letters B, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Physical Review D, Journal of Geometry and Physics, Journal of Physics A and Foundations of Physics. Included in his work is the co-authored book, Against the Tide: A Critical Review by Scientists of How Physics and Astronomy Get Done, called a classic critique on the political manipulation of research which falsifies and distorts scientific veracity and integrity.

Pim van Lommel, M.D., born in 1943, graduated in 1971 at the University of Utrecht, and finished his specialization in cardiology in 1976. He worked from 1977-2003 as a cardiologist at a Teaching Hospital in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and is now doing full-time research on the mind-brain relation. He published several articles on cardiology, but since he started his research on near-death experiences (NDE) in survivors of cardiac arrest in 1986 he is the author of over 20 articles (most of them in Dutch), one book and many chapters about NDE. He was co-founder of the Dutch IANDS in 1988. In 2005 he was granted with the Dr. Bruce Greyson Research Award of the International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS). In 2006, the President of India rewarded him the Life Time Achievement Award at the World Congress on Clinical and Preventive Cardiology in New Dehli. His Dutch book ‘Endless Consciousness’, was nominated for the ‘Book of the Year 2008’ in the Netherlands. In 2010 he received the 2010 Book Award van de Scientific and Medical Network, and in 2017 he received the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Award by the Dutch Society of Volunteers in Palliative and Terminal Care (VPTZ). In 2020 the Spiritual Awakenings International (SAI) honored him for his ground-breaking work about Near-Death Experiences as Circle of Honor honoree. The Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) started in 2021 an international essay contest for the best scientific evidence about a possible ‘afterlife’. With his article, entitled: ‘The Continuity of Consciousness’ he won the second Prize. In 2022 he became a Honorary Member of the Scientific and Medical Network (SMN). In 2024 he received in Barcelona the ‘Icloby Award: Premio Somos Alma’ by the ICLOBY FOUNDATION for his scientific research and his contribution to science,  and in Madrid he received the ‘Social Reformer Award’ by ANOCHE TUVE UN SUEÑO for his scientific career in demonstrating the existence of consciousness beyond the body in NDE. In 2024 he became a IANDS Advisory Board Member.

Per Ingvar Haukeland is an ecophilosopher and a professor at South-East Norway in the Outdoor life (friluftsliv) program.  Per Ingvar collaborated with the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess (1912-2009) for close to 20 years, including on two books: Life’s philosophy (1998/2003) and Deep Joy: Into the depths of deep ecology (2008, in transl.). Per Ingvar is a pan-en-theist (Earth) Quaker that honors and celebrates life’s plurality and oneness in all its forms. He is the co-founder of the Alliance of Wild Ethics (wildethics.org), together with David Abram, Stephan Harding and Per Espen Stoknes. As a 19year old, he spent a summer studying with Thich Naht Hahn. Per Ingvar’s current research interest is in a renewed sense of indigeneity, land as home (eco) and nature-cultural practices in three Scandinative animistic traditions (Sami, Kven and Norse), contributing to a dialogue between the old and the new in an eco-animism for our troubled times. In the webinar, Per Ingvar will share some personal experiences how he finds invisible powers visible in natures mysterious ways, and what consequences eco-animist insights and indigenous awareness can have on what we see and do, personally and communally, in the lands we co-inhabit with all creatures to honor, celebrate and offer thanks to nature as life-giver. 

Nina is by profession a Clinical Psychologist, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Group Psychotherapist, Jungian Coach ACC (ICF), Clinical and Organizational Supervisor, Ecotherapist, Qigong and Yoga Instructor. She is also a long-term student of Animism and a Shamanic Practitioner.  

Nina has always lived in two worlds, and loves to integrate the scientific and the mythological. Bringing Evolutionary Psychology and the wonderful findings of Neuroscience into union with the Spiritual sets her on fire 🔥 She has particular interest and experience in Depth Psychology, Shamanic work, dreamwork and imaginative practices as well as the transition of midlife. She is, herself, a middle aged woman of Finnish origin, and lives in Southern Finland with her family which consists of human people and animal people. Her favourite places are the forest and the lake (which are luckily not hard to find in Finland). 

Phap Dung (who also goes by Brother Dharma Embrace) is a monastic Dharma teacher at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California. Ordained by Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1998, he was abbot of Deer Park Monastery from 2001 to 2010. He was born in Vietnam in 1969, came to the United States when he was nine years old. He received a professional BA in Architecture from the University of Southern California and worked as an architect/designer for four years before becoming a monk. He helped to establish Deer Park Monastery and other US centers, creating meditation programs and retreats for children, teens, families, and young adults, as well as planning its halls and infrastructures. He has led mindfulness retreats in North and South America, China, Hong Kong, India, Bhutan and Germany.
 

Brother Phap Dung represented Plum Village Monastery at the pivotal COP21 climate conference in Paris. Throughout the year, he is involved in supporting Wake Up Schools (bringing mindfulness practice and well-being into education), Wake Up Hubs (creating sustainable, ethical, healthy, alternative non-sectarian urban practice centers for young people), and Wake Up retreats around the world. In the US, Br. Pháp Dung has offered mindfulness workshops for organisations such as Google, Facebook, Salesforce, and the World Bank. 

Dr. Stephanie Kaza is a long-time practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism, affiliated with Upaya Zen Center, New Mexico, and author of Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times; Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume; and Conversations with Trees: An Intimate Ecology. She envisioned and coordinated the tribute volume: A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Time and served as editor for the third edition of Macy’s collected essays, World as Lover, World as Self. She is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies, University of Vermont, where she taught courses on religion and ecology and unlearning consumerism. Dr. Kaza writes and lectures widely on topics of Buddhism and ecology and currently works on climate issues in Portland, Oregon.

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