Saturday, March 25, 2017
8:00 a.m. Registration opens for on-site registration and pre-registration check-in.
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions: Monks from Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, RYI founder: Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, KU Vice Chancellor: Prof. Dr. Ram Kantha Makaju Shrestha, Former KU Registrar and Dean: Prof. Dr. Bhadra Man Tuladhar, Master of Ceremonies, and CBS Principal Greg Whiteside.
Philosophy Panel 1:
10:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker: John Dunne: Science and Buddhism: Why Bother?
10:45 a.m. Questions from the audience for Keynote Speaker
11:00 a.m. Ana Cristina O. Lopes: Buddhism in the Lab: Mind & Life Dialogues as Cultural Translation (Including Q&A)
11:30 a.m. Tea Break
12:00 p.m. Khenpo Urgyen Tenpel: Compassion Unleashed: The Buddha, His Dharma and How It Came to Tibet (Including Q&A)
12:45 p.m. Panel discussion
1:15 p.m. Lunch
Philosophy Panel 2:
2:45 p.m. William Waldron: Indian Buddhist Perspectives on the Scientific Study of Meditation: What Scientists Might Learn from Their Buddhist Subjects (Including Q&A)
3:15 p.m. Karin Meyers: Cross-Cultural Philosophy, Modern Science, and Traditional Buddhist Worldviews (Including Q&A)
3:45 p.m. Tea Break
4:15 p.m. Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Madhyamaka in the Light of Quantum Physics: A Modern Interpretative Comparison of Dependent Origination with Quantum Interconnectedness (Including Q&A)
4:45 p.m. Panel discussion
5:45 p.m. Special event - Gala reception - Click for more Information
7:00 p.m. Special event - Gala dinner - Click for more Information
Sunday, March 26, 2017
9:00 a.m. Welcome, Master of Ceremonies
Anthropology and History Panel:
9:30 a.m. Gregory Sharkey SJ: Buddhism in a New Key: The Roots & Growth of Engaged Buddhism (Including Q&A)
9:45 a.m. Alexander Von Rospatt: The Ādikarma Literature: The Vows and Daily Practices of Lay Bodhisattvas in Late Indic Buddhism and their Perpetuation in the Nepalese Tradition (Including Q&A)
10:45 a.m. Tea Break
11:15 a.m. Ong See Yew: The Rise of Humanistic and Engaged Buddhism in Malaysia - A Response to Social Needs in a Multicultural Society (Including Q&A)
11:45 a.m. Panel discussion
12:15 p.m. Lunch
Philosophy Panel 3:
1:45 p.m. Khenpo Tsondru Sangpo: Mipham’s Synthesis of Philosophical Foes (Including Q&A)
2:30 p.m. Douglas Duckworth: Buddhism and Beyond: The Question of Pluralism (Including Q&A)
3:00 p.m. Anne MacDonald: Transplanting Madhyamaka: Donors, Recipients, and Some Vexing Complications (Including Q&A)
3:30 p.m. Tea Break
4:00 p.m. Jin Y. Park: Women and Buddhist Philosophy (Including Q&A)
4:30 p.m. Jonardon Ganeri: Illusions of Immortality: A transnational conversation between Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa and Fernando Pessoa (Including Q&A)
5:00 p.m. Panel discussion
5:30 p.m. Concluding Remarks
