Mysteries of Flourishing Ancient Roots, Modern Blossoms
Registration
Coffee, Drinks & Snacks
RECONNECTING WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE – Ancient Roots
Introduction
Alexandra Mitsotaki President & co-founder WHF
Michail Marmarinos Theater director & biologist, artistic director of Eleusis 2023
On Eleusis myth and its relevance today
Phil Cousineau Author-filmmaker-mythologist | Lead Speaker
Part A: Ancestral Concepts of Flourishing
Spyridon Rangos
Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy in the University of Patras
Anastasia Giannakidou
Frank J. McLoraine Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago
interviewed by Achilleas Stamatiadis,
Graduate Researcher in the Humanities
Stefanos Gandolfo (Virtual Participation)
Director, Columbia Global Center Athens – Lecturer of Chinese history, culture and international relations University of Oxford & the University of Piraeus
Nicolas Kolonias
Professor of Art and Philosophy at Chiang Mai University
moderated by Alexandra Mitsotaki
Coffee Break
Open Dialogue
Aruna Ladva Meditation Teacher, Author, Facilitator of Retreats | Awaken your Inner Wisdom for Outer Action | Lead Speaker
Part B: arTogether – Τhe Arts and Crafts as a Vehicle for Community Flourishing
Maria Papadimitriou Contemporary visual artist, professor of Visual Arts at University of Thessaly – Department of Architecture
Ilias Monacholias Administrator of Elefsina Arts & Culture NPCP
Claudia Paetzold Independent Curator, Founder of Consult Curate Create & Curating Evolution | Eleusis Re-Forestation project
Danae Christoudi student in the Department of Performing and Digital Arts at the University of Peloponnese, member of the Cultterra Association created in 2019 with the initiative, support, training, and networking of the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture.
moderated by Michail Marmarinos
Workshop
arTogether communal painting
(will remain open for the 3 days of the Symposion)
Light Dinner
Walking tour to Old Oil Mill Factory by Angeliki Lampiri
Old Oil Mill Factory
Ba Wang Bian 霸王鞭– Ancestral Dialogues
Performance
performance at the Old Oil Mill Factory by acclaimed dancer/choreographer Maya Jilan Dong
Pre-performance talk by Farooq Chaudhry OBE, Strategic & Artistic Consultant, co-founder of Akram Khan Dance Company
Guided Tour
Guided tour at Eleusis ancient site by Kalliopi Papangeli Honorary Head of the Department of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and Museums of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Western Attica and Phil Cousineau
Eleusis Ancient Site
Part A: INNER DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: on the road to a flourishing planet for 2030
moderated by Gerasimos Kouvaras
Gerasimos Kouvaras Executive Director WHF / Inner Development Goals Hellenic Network
Brendan Case Associate director for Research, Harvard University | Human Flourishing programme
Jochen Sandig Director Ludwigsburg Festival, co-founder World Human Forum | The Arts and the SDGs -3 case studies
Open dialogue
Light lunch
Spaces of Individual and Collective Spirituality: Exploring the Fields of Business and Museums
Eleftheria Egel Επιχειρείν with Purpose for Impact
Marlen Mouliou Assistant Professor of Museology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Fulbright Fellow
Flourishing our Senses
Workshop
by Sophia Sfakianopoulou
Coffee break
Part B: BRAIN AND FLOURISHING
Flourishing through or despite Technology?
moderated by Katerina Kafentzi
Garry Bolles Author -The Next Rules of Work, chair for the Future of Work – Singularity University | Lead Speaker
European Brain Foundation representative
Konstantinos Karachalios Strategy Advisor to the Executive Director of IEEE; former managing director of the IEEE Standards Association
John Havens Founding Executive Director of The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems – Heartificial Intelligence
Coffee break
Healing through Art
moderated by Myrto Vounatsou
Ivy Ross Vice President of Hardware Design at Google & Susan Magsamen founder and executive director of the International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab), Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, co-authors of the book “Your Brain on Art” (virtual participation)
Nathalie Babouraj DocLaLuna, MD and integrative health researcher and artist
Tracey Shors Professor of Neuroscience & Psychology; author “Everyday Trauma” brain fitness program — “MAP Train My Brain”
Open dialogue
“MAP Training” Keeping our brain fit
Workshop
by Tracey Shors
“Design your Dharma Flow and purpose of life” When our sensory nervous system guides us on our path of alignment
Workshop
by Nathalie Babouraj
Narrative Archaeology at the archaeological site of Elefsina
An interdisciplinary performance in search of the secret of Narrative
Curated and Directed by Gemma Hansson Carbone
Eleusis Archaeological Site
Part A: PALLIATIVE CARE: A FLOURISHING TRANSITION – Will Psychedelics be allowed to Help?
moderated by Gina Belafonte
Kalliopi Papangeli Honorary Head of the Department of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and Museums of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Western Attica | Opening Remarks: Lessons from Eleusis
Anthony P. Bossis Department of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine; Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa | Lead Speaker
Aliki Tserkezoglou Director, Galilee Palliative Care Centre
Theodoros Tsoutsouras Pneumonologist, Red Cross Hospital, Athens · Intensive Care Unit
Light lunch
Mark Geyer Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences Emeritus at the University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Christina Dalla Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, President Mediterranean Neuroscience Society. Board of Directors Eur. Brain Foundation
Nikos Stefanis Prof. of Psychiatry, Chairman First Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital
Yiannis Takousis co-founder of the Greek Psychedelic Society
Anthony P. Bossis Department of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine; Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa | Lead Speaker
Chiara Baldini Researcher of Ecstatic Religious Experience, Psychedelics, and Altered States of ConsciousnessClosing Remarks | Open conversation, contribution by participants
Coffee break
Part B: CONNECTING WITH STORIES OF HOPE – Modern Blossoms
moderated by Alexandra Mitsotaki
Daphne Economou Founder & Honorary Chairperson of Cerebral Palsy Greece/Open Door
Hrishikesh Pawar Kathak, Contemporary dancer, choreographer | “Some dance to Remember, some dance to forget!”
Laura Ulloa Political Scientist
Freddy Mutanguha CEO of the Aegis Trust, Director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial | On Forgiveness
Anezina Solomonidou Planetologist-Astrophysicist, Design for Change | community flourishing leading to inner and nature flourishing
Open dialogue & recapitulation
Light dinner
In C
Participatory workshop
by Hrishikesh Pawar
Human Requiem in Eleusis
Film projection
Pre-screening talk by the director, Jochen Sandig
Elefsina Film Club open-air cinema
FLOURISHING OUR SENSES by Sofia Sfakianopoulou
26 September 2024 – 13:45
A core practice of Social Presencing Theater; being in conversation with the body we sense more deeply current reality suspending our problem-solving habits and by paying attention to our body-knowing and to the social field we discover new directions that were not accessible just by thinking.
MAP TRAIN MY BRAIN by Tracey Shors
26 September 2024 – 18:30
MAP Train My Brain is a combination of “Mental And Physical” activities, which are practiced together to enhance brain health. This sample session will begin with a short introduction by neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors. She will then lead us through ten minutes of sitting meditation, followed by five minutes of slow-walking meditation, ending with fifteen minutes of fun movements to music. We will close by reflecting and thereby allowing our brain to fully learn how much better we feel – both mentally and physically!
IN C participatory workshop by Hrishikesh Pawar
27 September 2024 – 18:30
About In C: In C by Sasha Waltz & Guests is a colorful excursion into the world of minimal music. Based on Terry Riley’s revolutionary and open eponymous composition from 1964, Sasha Waltz embarked on a novel artistic process with her dancers in 2021. They developed choreographic material that follows a similarly variable structure, thereby leaving space for perpetually new variations. “In C” is an experimental process that is constantly evolving; it expands on Sasha Waltz & Guests’ longstanding approach to their work and the dialogue between dance, music and space, both digital and analog. The score created by Terry Riley consists of fifty-three musical phrases that read like stage directions for musicians.
About Hrishikesh’s Work: Artistic Director, Hrishikesh Pawar has been using the medium of “Dance” to bring communities together. Working with various groups across India for a decade has shown a healing quality of the “ARTS”. Moving forward, the question is how does use DANCE, as a tool to bring about change.
Health humorist, DocLaLuna Western and Eastern Medicine
Researcher, Freelance curator
Artivist, Founder of Sankofa.org
Global Fellow for Transformation, Singularity University
Department of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine; Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
Associate director for Research, Harvard University
Human Flourishing programme
Strategic & Artistic Consultant, co-founder of Akram Khan Dance Company
Student in the Department of Performing and Digital Arts at the University of Peloponnese, member of the Cultterra Association created in 2019 with the initiative, support, training, and networking of the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture
Writer, filmmaker, independent scholar, writing consultant
Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; President, Hellenic Brain Council
Daphne Economou, Founder & Honorary Chairperson of Cerebral Palsy Greece/Open Door
Managing director & Founder of Navigating Transformation
Director, Athens Columbia Global Center
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences Emeritus at the University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Professor of Linguistics and the College at the University of Chicago
Executive Director of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems
Dancer
Music broadcaster, lecturer and researcher
Strategy Advisor to the Executive Director of IEEE; former managing director of the IEEE Standards Association
Professor of Art and Philosophy at Chiang Mai University
Executive Director WHF
Meditation Teacher, Author, Facilitator of Retreats
Director of Strategic Planning & Operations, World Human Forum
Founder and executive director of the International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab), Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Theatre Director, Artistic Director of the Athens Epidaurus Festival
President & Co-founder, World Human Forum
Administrator of Elefsina Arts & Culture NPCP
Assistant professor of Museology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
CEO of the Aegis Trust, Director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial
On Forgiveness
Founder, Consult Curate Create
Contemporary visual artist, professor of Visual Arts at University of Thessaly - Department of Architecture
Archaeologist, Honorary Head of the Department of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and Museums of the Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica
Kathak / Contemporary dancer / Choreographer
Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy in the University of Patras
Vice President of Design for the Hardware organization at Google
Co-founder, Vice-president, World Human Forum
People & Organizational Development
Professor of Neuroscience & Psychology, author "Everyday Trauma" brain fitness program — "MAP Train My Brain"
Planetologist/Astrophysicist | Design for Change
Community flourishing leading to inner and nature flourishing
Graduate Researcher in the Humanities
Prof. of Psychiatry, Chairman First Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital
Co-founder of the Greek Psychedelic Society
Director, Galilee Palliative Care Centre
Pneumonologist, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Intensive Care Unit
Political Scientist
Artistic & Creative Director, World Human Forum
2nd NEW ELEUSIS SYMPOSION
In the framework of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture
25, 26 & 27 September 2024
In Eleusis, the historic city renowned for its spiritual significance and ancient mysteries that lasted for more than 15 centuries, the World Human Forum has initiated the New Eleusis Symposia. A series of groundbreaking meetings that aim to re-establish Eleusis as a global reference point for consciousness elevation, assisting to the tackling of modern global challenges and to the protection of life on our planet.
The Symposia feature a diverse lineup of pioneering speakers and captivating topics, offering a unique platform to explore and redefine the intersections of ancient wisdom, modern consciousness exploration, science, humanities, spirituality, archaeology and art. Attendees participate in riveting discussions, experiential workshops, and artistic performances.
It seeks to unveil a modern narrative of transformation and unity whileharnessing the strength and spirit of Eleusis to ignite personal and societal change.
Mysteries of Flourishing
The 2nd edition of the New Eleusis Symposia will take place between 25-27 September, 2024 with the central theme “Mysteries of Flourishing” deriving from the Aristotelian concept of Eudaemonia “Ευδαιμονία”. Human flourishing necessitates the flourishing of nature, all forms of life, communities, and even democracy. This year, we will once again invite internationally distinguished representatives from the fields of social and environmental sustainability, education, science, technology, and the arts. Both theorists and practitioners will join the audience on an exciting journey through our inner and outer spaces to examine the concept of flourishing and how we can collectively achieve it.
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