ICUS XXI Program: Washington, D.C., 1997
Committee 1: The Information Revolution, Higher Education, and Research
- Abeles, Tom P., The Academy in a Wired World
- Abidi, Syed A.H., Information Technology in the Universities of East Africa
- Aguirre, Carlos, Information Technologies for Innovation in the Andean Community, Experiences and Potentials
- Alexander, Gary, The Experience of the Open University, Pointers Towards a Global Network for Education and Research
- Ali, M. Shamsher, Science Education in the Open University, A New Challenge for Developing Countries
- Alonso, Marcelo, Information Technolgy, Higher Education and Research
- Amaya, Victor, Informatics and Telematics in Higher Education in Central America
- Chalmers, Alistair, IT and the UK Higher Education System
- Dubois, Jacques H., Tele-Education, Alternative or Necessity
- Finn, Edward J., Prospects for Intelligence Systems
- Guerra, Victor, Information Technology and Inter-Institutional Collaboration, The Case of the National Autonomous University in Mexico
- Guimaraes, Jose Augusto, The Role of Education in World Globalization
- Hasegawa, Akira, Impact of Information Technology, Higher Education and Research in Japan
- Kozma, Tamas, The Impact of Information Technologies in Eastern European Universities
- Marrett, Christine, Information Technologies and Inter-Institutional Collaboration, The Case of the Univeristy of the West Indies
- Patino, Jose Felix, Infomedicine, The New Paradigm
- Platonov, Alexei P., Modern Telecommunication Technology and Higher Education in Russia
- Procaccia, Itamar, Computer Simulations as the Science of False Reality
- Radnitzky, Gerard, The Decline of the German University
- Rubenstein, Richard L., The University in the Twenty-First Century
- Turton, Richard, Future Developments in Microelectronics and Their Implications for Computing
- Velarde, Manuel G., From Mimicking to Surpassing Nature, The Case of Lattice Dynamics
Discussion:
- Otero, Efraim on Session II, Information Technologies and Institutional Collaboration
- Panel 1 Tele-Education, Alternative or Necessity Introduction
- Radnitzky on Rubenstein
- Sheffield, Charles, Committee 1 Reports
Committee 2: Symmetry in its Various Aspects: Search for Order in the Universe
- Atalay, Bulent, Symmetry in Art and Nature, The Two Leonardos
- Cheek, John, Issues of Symmetry and Unity in Musical Performance
- Dunitz, Jack D., Symmetry Considerations in Chemistry
- Fomenko, Anatoly, Hidden Symmetries in Topology and Hamiltonian Physics
- Ne’eman, Yuval, Symmetry in the Laws of Physics
- Pincheira, Guido, In the Genome, Symmetry Seems to Code for Symmetry
- Prechter, Jr., Robert R., Introduction to the Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior
- Washburn, Dorothy, The Cultural Salience of Symmetry
- Weber. Joseph, The Physics of Weak Interactions
- Wijeratne, Bryan, Aesthetic Pleasure of Beauty and Its Implications for Teaching and Learning
- Williamson, Margaret H., Symmetry and Social Order, AlaskanTlingit Indians
Committee 3: Human Universals and Biological Foundations of Art
- Allen, Wayne E., Disturbances in the Dreamtime, Ethnocentrism, Xenophobia and the Ethnic Others as Animals in Traditional Oral Narratives
- Argyros, Alex, What If the Natural Classicists Won the Cultural Wars
- Bedaux, Jan Baptist, Sexual Reproduction and Parental Love in 17th Century Dutch Family
- Coe, Kathryn, Traditional Art, Keys to an Understanding of Human Social and Cultural Behavior
- Cooke, Brett, On the Origins of Russian Verbal Art, A Darwinian Perspective on Proverbs
- Cox, Gary, Grammatical Cases and Neuro-Cultural Organization of Symbolic Behavior, Executive Dysfunction as a Module in Russian Grammar, Folklore and Literature
- DePryck, Koen, De-Trivializing Human Universals
- Dissanayake, Ellen, A Naturalistic Aesthetics
- Dutton, Denis, Aesthetic Universalism and Analogy
- Easterlin, Nancy, A Mermaid’s Tale, The Archetypal and Particular in Hans Christian Andersen’s Story
- Eby, Lloyd, Art and Human Universality, The Films of Charlie Chaplin and a Unification Theory of Art
- Hansen, Brian, Aesthetic Empathy as a Universal, A Definitional Enquiry and Pilot Study
- Knight, Chris, The Dragon and the Origins of Art
- Kozintsev, Alexander, Laughter and Anti-Behavior in Russia, Human Universals Versus National Specificity
- Power, Camilla, Gender Ambiguity in Khoisan Ritual and Mythological Contexts, A Paradox for Darwinian Theory
- Turner, Frederick, Self-Organization, Evolution and The Caduceus
Committee 4: Treatment of Non-Linear Systems in Physics and Economics
- Bisnovatyi-Kogan, Guennadi S., Mechanisms of Supernovae Explosions, Megnetorotational Model and Neutrino Emission
- Dobrocheev, Oleg V., Some Fluctuation Regularities of Social Development
- Fridman, Alexei M., Discovery of New Structures – Giant Anticyclones – In Disks of Spiral Galaxies
- Guriev, Sergei, Self-Organization of Trade Newtworks in an Economy with Imperfect Infrastructure
- Kalda, Jaan, On the Modeling of Fractal Tree-Like Structures in Biology
- Kingsep, Alexander S., Nonlinear Structures, Soliton Model of Turbulence
- Nezlin, Mikhail V., Laboratory Modeling Atmospheric, Oceanic, Astrophysical and Plasma Vortical Sturctures and Prediction of Giant Interarm Vortices in Spiral Galaxies
- Nikolaev, Alexei V., Problems of Nonlinear Seismology
- Petrov, Alexander A., The System Analysis of Russian Economic Reform, Models, Achievements and Problems
- Pospelov, Igor G., Ineffective General Equilibria in a Transition Period Economy
- Shananin, Alexander A., Integrability Conditions, Aggregation of Consumer Demand and Problems of Generalized Programming
- Sommeria, Joel, Self-Organization of Two-Dimensional Vortices and Stellar Systems
Committee 5: Wholeness Through Pathways of Wisdom
- Achenbaum, Andrew W., Eastern Wisdom Traditions and Western Pilgrims
- Brabazon, Kevin, Intergenerational Relations, Wisdom and Wholeness
- Hartman, Sherry, Beyond the Medical Model’s Capacity to Promote Wholeness
- Hwang, Pil-Ro, A Lesson the West Can Learn from the East, Conversion or Addversion
- Noda, Keisuke, How the Unification Church Views Wisdom
- Schmidt, Robert M., Towards a Wholisitc Medical Model
- Sivaraksa, Sulak, Concerns and Hope on Global Development for the New Millennium, A Thai Buddhist Perspective
- Takada, Akikazu, Healing from a Buddhist Point of View
- Zhao, Ruan Jin, An Ideal Medical Model, Integrating Chinese Medical Philosophies and Ethics into the Current Healthcare System
- Zhou, Wenzhang, The Chinese Taoist Wisdom of Maintaining Good Health
Committee 6: Life, Death, and Eternal Hope
- Badham, Paul, The Relevance of Near-Death Experiences to Religious Beliefs About a Future Life
- Becker, Carl, The Meaning of Near-Death Experiences
- Davies, Christie, The After-Life, Morality and the Creation, The Fragmentation of a Religious Tradition
- Gantois-Chaban, Michelle Catherine, Caring for the Dying
- Hanna, David, Unificationist Beliefs About Life After Death
- James, Gene G., Philosophical Doubts About Survival After Death
- Kang, Ouyang, Life and Death in Chinese Philosophy
- Masaki, Akira, The Japanese View on Life and Death Through Its View of the Next World
- Nicholson, Kelly, Mediumship and the Phenomenon of Cross-Correspondence
- Rawat, Kirti Swaroot, Reincarnation, How Strong is the Scientific Evidence
- Walter, Tony, Death and Postmodern Spirituality, A Sociological Analysis
- Yamaori, Tetsuo, The Pure Land Faith of the Japanese, The Case of Shinran
- Yaran, Cafer S., Life After Death in Contemporary Islamic Thought
WCSF Committee: Constructiong Theories for the Coming Age of Global Family
- Furuta, Takeshi, In Search of a Theory of Value in Economics, A Key to the Construction of an Ideal Society
- Guerra, Anthony J., The Blessing and the Transformation of the Unification Movement
- Islam, Azizan Nahar, The Family in Today’s World and in the World of Tomorrow
- Kim, Jin Choon, The Unification of Religion and Science from the View of the Unification Principle – Centered on the Third Blessing
- Manandhar, Debendra, Balancing North and South for a Harmonious Globe
- Oo, Yu Hock, Universal, Pragmatism and Spiritualism, Theoretical Heirs to Socialism and Capitalism
- Reith, Charles C. and Nancy S. Brennan-, Sustainable Living in the Global Village, A Common Value for Family, Community and Human Enterprise
- Seidel, Dietrich, Original Human Nature and the Mandate of Dominion, An Exploration of Unification Thought
- Sharkey, Paul W., Religion and Science, Detente Between Whom About What
- Strohman, Richard C., Toward a Holistic Theory of Life
- Ward, Thomas J., Towards a New Political Economy of Development
- Warner, Edward A., A New Heaven and a New Earth, Re-Visioning Worldviews for Religious Cooperation and Harmony Rather Than Competition and Conflict
- Watanabe, Hisayoshi, Holism as the Reconciling Principle of Science and Religion
- Wells, Jonathan, Reinterpreting the History of Life from a Design Perspective
- Wilson, Andrew, Religion’s Role in Promoting Family and Global Family