Pre-int’l conference programs
Pre-int’l conference programs
Welcome remarks: Prof. Dr. Parichart Sthapitanonda, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Social Outreach, Chulalongkorn University
Speakers:
- Dr. Riel Miller, Head of Futures Literacy, UNESCO
- Dr. Maya Van Leemput, UNESCO Chair on Images of the Futures & Co-creation; Erasmus University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Brussels
- Dr. Suwithida Charungkaittikul, Director, General Education Center, Chulalongkorn University
Moderator: Ms. Chanikan Inprom, Webster University Thailand
Prof. Soraj Hongladarom
Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Chulalongkorn University
In this talk I will focus on a recent work of mine that discusses the future of humanity as human beings are blended more and more with technology. Cyborgs used to be the stuff of science fiction, but increasingly humans are actually becoming cyborgs. It is more and more difficult to distinguish the natural from the artificial, the human body and human mind from the technological and technological mind. This ongoing integration between the natural and the technological is fraught with many ethical implications. I would like to propose a way to navigate our common futures intelligently, especially the kind of future where the technological, the artificially intelligent, is thoroughly pervasive. This pervasiveness is present not only in the rich economies in the Global North but the South will also be affected, perhaps more seriously. I argue that insights derived from an understanding of Buddhism could help us in navigating such a future intelligently, and this should become a part of futures literacy.
Moderator: Dr. Leonard Chrysostomos Epafras, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana and Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS)
Assoc. Prof. Apiwat Ratanawaraha
Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University
Commentators:
- Prof. Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Club of Rome Full Member, Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University; Professor, Chubu University, Japan
- Professor Dr. Pasuk Phongpaichit, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Parichart Sthapitanonda
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Social Outreach, Chulalongkorn University
Prof. Dr. Pasuk Phongpaichit
Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University
Dr. Maya Van Leemput
UNESCO Chair on Images of the Futures & Co-creations; Eramus University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Brussels
Prof. Soraj Hongladarom
Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Chulalongkorn University
Prof. Yoshitsugu Hayashi
Club of Rome Full Member, Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University; Professor, Chubu University, Japan
Asst. Prof. Dr. Voraprapa Nakavachara
Assistant to the President for Global Engagement, Chulalongkorn University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Apiwat Ratanawaraha
Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Carl Middleton
Director, Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
Ms. Christine Kavazanjian
Practitioner and Designer, Futures Literacy Research Policy and Foresight, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO
Dr. John Sweeney
Senior Research Fellow, Westminster Int’l University in Tashkent: UNESCO Chair for Future Studies for Sustainable Policy-making
Dr. Leonard Chrysostomos Epafras
Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana and Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS)
Dr. Peter Malvicini
Director, Center for Policy Research and Outreach, Westminster Int’l University in Tashkent
Ms. Feukeu Kwamou Eva
Anticipation Specialist, Africa Coordinator for Futures Literacy, UNESCO
