2008 PA Convention Info

Parapsychological Association Convention 2008
51st Annual Parapsychological Association Convention
held in conjunction with the Society for Psychical Research
The University of Winchester West Downs Centre
Winchester, England
Wednesday, August 13 - Sunday, August 17, 2008

[updated 6 July 2008]

TENTATIVE CONVENTION PROGRAM

LATEST INFO HERE (PDF) updated June 16, 2008

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PA 2008 CONVENTION VENUE ANNOUNCED

The 2008 joint PA / SPR meeting will be held in Winchester, England, 13-17 Aug 2008. Richard Broughton has accepted the position of Arrangements Co-chairman together with the SPR's secretary, Peter Johnson. Simon Sherwood has accepted the position of Program Chairman. [Eagle-eyed cinema-goers may have spotted Winchester Cathedral doubling as the Vatican in Ron Howard's Hollywood blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, based on Dan Brown's bestselling novel.]

DETAILS
The Parapsychological Association and the Society for Psychical Research will jointly hold their annual conventions on August 13–17, 2008 at West Downs Centre of The University of Winchester, Winchester, UK. Registration begins on Wednesday evening (Aug 13) and the convention proceedings start promptly Thursday morning and continue through Sunday lunchtime. PA and SPR conventions feature papers and symposia on a wide range of experimental, theoretical and historical topics related to parapsychology, psychical research and the study of consciousness. The banquet address (Saturday) will be given by Max Velmans, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. PA President Roger Nelson, director of the Global Consciousness Project, will deliver the PA presidential address.

The convention program is being organized by committees from both organizations with Simon Sherwood chairing the PA program committee and Bernard Carr chairing the SPR programme committee. There is still time to submit papers and information on submitting papers is available in the call for papers.

The convention venue is in one of Britain’s most popular tourist destinations, the historic cathedral city of Winchester, England's ancient capital and former seat of King Alfred the Great. It is easily accessible by road, rail and air (via coach and rail links). Southampton airport is only minutes away by rail and serves dozens of UK and European cities. London is about an hour away by train and numerous other tourist attractions (including Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge) are nearby. Convention attendees can arrange to extend their stay in the convention accommodations for a few days before or after the convention.

This convention will be the 51st annual convention of the Parapsychological Association, an international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of 'psychic' experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition and is affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Society for Psychical research, founded in 1882, is among the world’s oldest scholarly societies and was the first established to examine allegedly paranormal phenomena using scientific principles.

To request notification when registration details are available online, or to have them sent to you, please email PA Convention or phone the SPR at +44 (0) 207 9378984 (SPR).