The 7th Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics and Aesthetics
Swiss Museum of Transposrt, Lucerne
20-21 January 2007
New Gallery Lucerne
2007: Consciousness and Quantumcomputers
Introduction: TOPIC 2007
http://www.neugalu.ch/e_bienn_2007.html
More than half a century after inventing the transistor which triggered the development of modern electronics, computing, and telecommunications, research is about to take another quantum leap: Quantumcomputing. Fascinating experiments like quantum teleportation not only reveal the brilliant work of quantum physicists, but they are also of epistemological and special value. The new research field is about to explode; technical publications are increasingly available world-wide; market studies about the new technique refer to its potential being worth billions. A New York Times’ report comparing quantum computers to classical PCs concludes that «it’s like comparing nuclear power to fire». And acclaimed quantum physicists attest quantum computers yet undreamt capacities: By manipulating so-called quantum bits or qubits, they are expected to solve problems millions of times faster than today’s machines.
The 7th Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics + Aesthetics «Consciousness and Quantumcomputers» presents internationally known speakers and specialists from the disciplines of quantum physics, consciousness research, art, and philosophy for interdisciplinary discussion. The debate’s major issues have their roots in earlier Lucerne conferences: Does our brain function according to quantum mechanical principles as some researchers claim? How does the new key technology challenge our conventional conception of matter, mind and information? Do we have to expect basic modifications of our understanding in «computing» as the Austrian physicist Anton Zeilinger states? Does quantum teleportation represent a method that allows quantum computers to communicate with each other in the near future? Are quantum computers able to read our thoughts, or do conscious actions in the brain – as the British mathematician Roger Penrose suggests – lie beyond the possibilities of computer simulations? How can we understand the Dalai Lama’s predication that «the physical basis of a computer decides if it can carry a stream of consciousness in the Tibetan-Buddhist sense»?
And what about art? What is the function of art in view of the current dramatic development of scientific specialization, or the adjustment of the production of scientific knowledge to the technosciences? What kind of methodologies will be able to meet the dynamic development of the (natural)sciences most effectively?
The New Gallery Lucerne (the former New Gallery Schlössli Götzental, Dierikon) celebrates its 20th anniversary. Its platform, the Swiss Biennial which was founded in 1994, is seeking answers to these questions at the frontiers and the interface among the natural sciences, philosophy, art and aesthetics.
René Stettler
Key-Words
Quantumcomputers; Quantum Mechanics and the Brain; Quantum Mechanics and Computation; Quantum Physics and Consciousness; Quantuminformation and Consciousness; Buddhist approaches to consciousness; Brain and Mind; Relationship between Thoughts and Actions; Entangled Minds; Remote Viewing; Art and Innovation.
Key-Note Speakers / Presenters, Chairpersons
PROF. DR. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE AMMANN, Kunstgeschichte / History of Art, Frankfurt am Main, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Ammann
PROF. DR. RAINER BLATT, Quantenoptik und Spektroskopie / Quantum Optics and Spectroscopy, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, http://heart-c704.uibk.ac.at/index.html
PROF. DR. COURTNEY BROWN, Mathematik, Politische Wissenschaften, Hellsehen / Mathematics, Political Science, Remote Viewing, The Farsight Institute, Atlanta, www.courtneybrown.com / www.farsight.org
PROF. DR. HANS-PETER DÜRR, Quantenphysik / Quantumphysics, München, www.gcn.de/hpd.html
PROF. DR. KLAUS HEPP, Theoretische Physik / Theoretical Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute for Theoretical Physics, www.itp.phys.ethz.ch/staff/khepp
PROF. DR. BRIAN D. JOSEPHSON, Quantenphysik / Quantumphysics, Departement of Physics, University of Cambridge / UK, www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/
DR. KARL KNOP, Physik / Physics, i4u GMBH, Baar / Switzerland, http://hightech.gza.ch/portrait/gza_detail.asp?Id=32862&print=true
CHRISTIAN THOMAS KOHL, Buddhismus und Philosophie der Wissenschaften / Buddhism and Philosophy of Sciences, Freiburg im Breisgau, http:/ctkohl.googlepages.com
DR. CHRISTINA LJUNGBERG, Kulturwissenschaften, Semiotik / Cultural Studies, Semiotics, English Seminar, University of Zurich, http://home.hum.uva.nl/iconicity/
DR. GESHE LOBSANG TENZIN, Buddhismus / Buddhism, Desprung Loseling Institute, Atlanta / USA, www.drepung.org/
PROF. DR. JOSEF MITTERER, Philosophie / Philosophy, Universität Klagenfurt, www.uni-klu.ac.at/
DR. DEAN RADIN, Geist – Materie Interaktion, Bewusstseinsforschung / Mind – Matter Interaction, Consciousness Research, Institute of Noetic Sciences, www.ions.org / www.deanradin.com
DR. INGEBORG REICHLE, Kunstgeschichte, Philosophie / History of Art, Philosophy, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, www.bbaw.de
PROF. DR. WOLFGANG TSCHACHER, Psychologie / Psychology, Abteilung für Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie Universität Bern, www.upd.unibe.ch
PROF. DR. HENRY P. STAPP, Physik / Physics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, www-physics.lbl.gov/~stapp/stappfiles.html
PROF. PETER WEIBEL, Medien- und Kunsttheorie, Art- and Media Theory, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, www.zkm.de
Abstracts / Curricula
under construction
Programme
under construction
Organization
Ort / Place
Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, Luzern, Konferenz-Center (Bus Nr. 6 und 8 ab Bahnhof, Haltestelle «Verkehrshaus»)
Swiss Museum of Transport and Communication, Conference Center (Bus Nr. 6 and 8 from Station SBB, Bus-Stop «Verkehrshaus»)
Termine / Dates
Samstag, 20. Januar 2007, 12.00 – 19.00 / Saturday, January 20, 2007, 12.00 – 19.00
Sonntag, 21. Januar, 2007, 12.00 – 19.00 / Sunday, January 21, 2007, 12.00 – 19.00
Konzept / Concept
René Stettler
Information
c/o Neue Galerie Luzern, Postfach 3901, CH-6002 Luzern
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Tonband- und Videoaufnahmen / Tape and Video Recording
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Technik / Technical Support
arteAudio, Ebikon
BISON Systems AG, Sursee (Computer)
Kurt Waser (Dokumentation / Documentation)
Eintrittspreise (Biennale und freier Eintritt ins Verkehrshaus der Schweiz)
Entrance Fee (Biennial and Free Admission to the Swiss Museum of Transport and Communication)
Referate und Schlussgespräch 20. 1. 2007
Lectures and Final Panel Discussion 1/20/2007
Fr. / CHF 50.-
Stud. und / and AHV Fr. / CHF 35.- (mit / with ID)
Referate und Schlussgespräch 21. 1. 2007
Lectures and Final Panel Discussion 1/21/2007
Fr. / CHF 50.-
Stud. und / and AHV Fr. / CHF 35.- (mit / with ID)
Dauerkarten 20./21. 1. 2007 / Tickets 1/20-21, 2007
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Telefonische Reservation / Reservation by Phone
4.1. – 19. 1. 2007, Di-Fr 15.00 – 18.30 Uhr Tel. ++41 (0) 41 362 20 77. Reservierte Eintrittskarten bitte eine Stunde vor Tagungsbeginn (11.00) im Konferenz-Center abholen. Keine Platznummerierung
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Patronat / Patronage
Charlotte and Josef Brandenberg, Luzern
Dr. Ulrich Fässler, ehemaliger Regierungsrat, Kanton Luzern
Franz Kurzmeyer, alt Stadtpräsident Luzern
Dr. Guy André Mayor, Präsident Freie Vereinigung Gleichgesinnter, Luzern
Claudia Moser, Hotel Rebstock, Luzern
Philosophische Akademie Luzern
Peter Schulz, ehem. Direktor Medienausbildungszentrum (MAZ), Luzern
Germaine Böni-Clerc, Präsidentin der Seniorenuniversität Luzern
Urs W. Studer, Stadtpräsident von Luzern
Dr. Hans Widmer, Nationalrat, Luzern
Verpflegung und Getränke / Food and Beverages
Foyer / Entrance Hall to Conference Center
Bücher/ Books
Konferenz-Center / Conference Center
Hotels
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