At the Limit

15th Dialogue on Science, October 12 to 14, 2016

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October 12

October 13

October 14

08:00

Opening of the Conference

Hans Groth

President of Academia Engelberg Foundation

10:25

Welcoming Address

Prior Guido Muff

Engelberg Monastery

10:30

Chair: Gerd Folkers

Boundaries, Order and Transformation

Wilfried von Bredow

Philipps University Marburg, Germany

11:15

Chair: Gerd Folkers

Prohibition and Curiosity as Driving Force Towards Limits

Detlef Günther

ETH Zurich

12:00

Chair: Gerd Folkers

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Verena Briner

The Right to a (or no particular) Child? Reproductive Autonomy in the Context of New Technology in Reproductive Medicine

Andrea Büchler

University of Zurich

14:45

Chair: Verena Briner

Birth as a First Transition – Questions on Limits in Neonatology

Valdo Pezzoli

Ospedale Regionale di Lugano

15:30

Chair: Verena Briner

Break

16:45

Dinner

20:00

Chair: Dominik Galliker

Public Evening Event: Was that all? (in German)

Various Panelists

06:25

Morning Activity «In the Spirit of the Location»

08:30

Results of the Summer School 2016

Harald Atmanspacher

08:40

Chair: Harald Atmanspacher

Nowness as the Frontier between Past and Future

Maria Kliesch

ETH Zurich

10:00

Interviews with participants

Participants of the conference

10:15

Chair: Harald Atmanspacher

Natural Intelligence meets Artificial Intelligence

Harshal Kate

Indian Inst. of Technology Mumbai

11:15

Chair: Harald Atmanspacher

The Bounds of bounded Rationality

Evangelos Ioannidis and Morteza Nikrawan

12:15

Lunch

14:00

Chair: Gerd Folkers

Driven by Precision – from Earth to Planet Mars

Ulrich Claessen

maxon motor AG

14:45

Chair: Gerd Folkers

Has von Neumann Computing reached its Limit?

Matthias Kaiserswerth

Hasler Stiftung

15:30

Chair: Gerd Folkers

Clockworks to the Limit

Ronald Jäger

IWC International Watch Co., Schaffhausen

16:15

Chair: Gerd Folkers

Evening Event on Titlis Mountain

08:30

Chair: David Bresch

Beyond the Limits – «Cradle to Cradle» as an Opportunity for Innovations

Michael Braungart

EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH, Hamburg

09:15

Chair: David Bresch

Limits of Working Hours / Work-Life-Balance

Axel Haunschild

Leibnitz University Hannover

10:00

Chair: David Bresch

Break

11:00

Chair: Vera Eichenauer

Overriding Boundaries – About the Relational Nature of Regions

Kristina Zumbusch

University of St. Gallen

11:45

Chair: Vera Eichenauer

Language, Space and Borders

Peter Auer

Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg

12:30

Chair: Vera Eichenauer

Panel and Discussion

Speakers of the second part

13:00

Chair: Vera Eichenauer

Closing Remarks and Outlook

Hans Groth

President of Academia Engelberg Foundation

13:15

Buffet Lunch

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