Conferences

Since 1974, the Institute of Ecotechnics has organized international conferences to bring together creative scientists, artists and thinkers on topics of broad and current interest. Our conferences focus on exploring the emerging frontiers in thinking and research in biospherics, the human experience, space exploration and technics.

1996 Conference on Biospherics and Life Support

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4th International Conference on Closed Ecological Systems  

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The Mediterranean Conference – 2011

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The Mediterranean Conference – 2011

Friday, 7 October – Monday, 10 October 2011 Hosted at Domaine Les Marronniers, Aix-en-Provence, France Daniel Garcia-Castellanos opened our conference by setting the geological stage. We learned that the Mediterranean is a geologically recent sea – formed by the breakup of Pangea, movement of the African and Eurasian plates, and the evolution of the Tethys Ocean. The geology of the Mediterranean is especially complex and difficult to understand, but some 6 million years ago, the Mediterranean disconnected from the Atlantic and the Messinian salinity crisis resulted in vast deposits of...

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Microcosmos: Body, Brain & Behavior – 2007

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Microcosmos: Body, Brain & Behavior – 2007

12-15th October 2007 Synergia Ranch, Santa Fe, New Mexico CONFERENCE PROGRAM Friday, October 12 18:00 Welcome and Cocktails 19:00 Dinner 20:00 Opening remarks by Institute of Ecotechnics Chairman, Mark Nelson 20:15 THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN UNIQUENESS – HOW UNIQUE? Jeffrey Schwartz, Anthropologist. Univ. of Pittsburgh and Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York. President, World Academy of Art and Science. Human Origins; What the Bones Tell Us; Skeleton Keys: An Introduction to Human Skeletal Morphology, Development, and Analysis; Sudden Origins: Fossils,...

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