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2010 PA Convention Program and Abstracts Online
Sunday, July 18, 2010
The Abstracts and Program for the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Parapsychological Association is now available online at: http://www.parapsych.org/convention/program.html.
Much thanks to Dr. Nicola Holt and the Program Committee for their efforts in bringing us an excellent lineup of presentations for the convention. Join us in Paris to see the presentations live!
Student Meeting at the PA Convention
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Dear Student Associates of the PA,
Cal Cooper (*in absentia*), Thomas Rabeyron and Renaud Evrard are hosting an
informal meeting for PA students at the PA Convention in Paris in order get
to know each other and share ideas. The first day (Thursday 22th July 2010)
is a French day (with some presentations in both French and English the
afternoon) hosted by IMI at Enclos Rey (57 rue Violet, Paris). At the end of
this day (at 8:30 PM), students will be invited to gather and go to a
restaurant together.
It will be at: Mario é Lillo
98 rue du Théâtre
0145777668
http://marioelillo.com/
400m from Enclos Rey -> see the map
http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=57+rue+violet+75015&daddr=98+rue+du+th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre+Paris&hl=fr&geocode=FQ1W6QIdFfkiACkljH28EHDmRzFw0W_nYzq5pw%3BFchX6QIdiv8iACnrNeZQF3DmRzFizcB00C4bTw&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=48.84666,2.29316&sspn=0.000973,0.002642&ie=UTF8&ll=48.846635,2.292811&spn=0.000973,0.002642&t=h&z=19
We have a room downstairs, with a long table. People can go there directly around 8PM.
The food is international: pizza (7€ to 13€), pasta (7€ to 13€), meats (10€ and +): good budget for students !
Renaud would like to know who is interested in attending. Please email him
at evrardrenaud@gmail.com if you think you would be able to attend.
Paris PA Convention Press Release
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Paris to Host Annual Convention of Parapsychologists in July
The principal international scientific organization studying the nature of consciousness, the Parapsychological Association (PA), will hold its 53rd annual convention in Paris, France on July 22-25, 2010. Members of the PA are engaged in the study of psi (or ‘psychic’) experiences such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, precognition and survival of bodily death. Leading scientists and scholars from universities and laboratories around the world will gather to present and discuss their latest research findings on these sometimes controversial, but always fascinating, aspects of human consciousness.
The event will feature over 30 presentations on a variety of parapsychological topics. Several presentations will look at historical and case studies of mediums, including a neuroimaging study of mediumistic trance. Papers examining the effects of geomagnetic activity on psi will also be presented, as well as studies looking at meditation and psychic functioning. There will be reports of anomalous mental phenomena studied in South America and Tibet, while other studies will look at the experience of telephone telepathy, psychokinetic experiences, and the application of psi in archeology.
The convention’s keynote speaker, Paul Devereux is managing editor and co-founder of the peer-reviewed publication, Time & Mind - The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture. A research associate at the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Devereux was a Senior Research Fellow with the International Consciousness Research Laboratories (ICRL) in Princeton for twelve years. He has written 27 books since 1979. His latest work, Sacred Geography, a look at ancient and traditional mindscapes, is due out in October 2010.
Other notable speakers include Russell Targ, a physicist and author who was a pioneer in the development of the laser and laser applications, and investigator of psychic abilities in the 1970s and 1980s for the CIA. The winner of PA’s 2009 Career Award, Targ’s invited address is titled, Why I am absolutely convinced of the reality of psychic abilities, and why you should be, too. Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Saybrook University, fellow of the American Psychological Association, and author of numerous articles and books on dreams, hypnosis, altered states of consciousness, will lead a workshop on psi and creativity.
The convention, which is open to the public and academia alike, will offer a rare opportunity for attendees interested in that wide range of human functioning popularly known as the ‘psychic’ or ‘paranormal’ to hear the latest and most advanced scientific thinking about parapsychological topics .
Hosted by the Institut Métapsychique International and held at Enclos Rey in Paris, full PA convention information can be found at http://www.parapsych.org/convention.
About the Parapsychological Association:
The Parapsychological Association is the international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of consciousness-related experiences and phenomena known as 'psi'’ (or 'psychic') experiences. The primary objective of such studies is to achieve a scientific understanding of these experiences. The PA was first established in 1957, and has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. It provides an international forum for scholarly exchange through annual conferences, generally held in North America or in Europe, and through the publication of its Mindfield bulletin. There are approximately 300 PA members around the world.
Contact Information:
Annalisa Ventola, Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 24173
Columbus, OH 43224
Phone/Fax: 202-318-2364
http://www.parapsych.org
business@parapsych.org
2010 Election Results
Thursday, May 20, 2010
The 2010 Election Committee is pleased to announce the results of this year's election:
Vice President
Gerd Hövelmann 35*
Chris Roe 31
Board of Directors
Jessica Utts 51*
Roger Nelson 40*
Christine Simmonds-Moore 32*
Stefan Schmidt 32*
Hoyt Edge 31**
Nicola Holt 26
Mario Varvoglis 26
Fatima Regina Machado 21
*Those elected are indicated by an asterisk
**Hoyt Edge replaces Gerd Hövelmann, whose position on the board became open when he was elected to the office of Vice President. Hoyt Edge will fill a one-year vacancy as prescribed by the Bylaws.
Officers and Board for 2010-2011
David Luke, President
Gerd Hövelmann, Vice President
John Palmer, Secretary
Hoyt Edge
Roger Nelson
Stefan Schmidt
Stephan Schwartz
Christine Simmonds-Moore
Jessica Utts
(a treasurer has yet to be appointed)
Congratulations to our newly elected board members and many thanks to Rick Berger, Jim Carpenter, and Mario Varvoglis, for their service as Officers/Directors from 2008-2010. The 2010-2011Board will commence on July 25th, the last day of the Paris Convention.
2010 PA Convention Call for Papers
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS
53rd Annual Parapsychological Association Convention
Enclos Rey, Paris, France
July 22-25, 2010
The 53rd Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association (PA) will be held from Thursday evening, July 22, through Sunday noon, July 25,2010, at L’Enclos Rey, Paris.
The deadline for the receipt of all submissions is Monday April 12, 2010. Submissions received after this date will be considered only in exceptional circumstances. Abstracts of all accepted submissions other than workshops will be included in the convention booklet, provided that they are received before the deadline.
All submissions to the 2010 PA convention, except proposed workshops, must be submitted electronically. They should be emailed, as attachments, to the chair of the Program Committee, Dr. Nicola Holt, at
nicola.holt@uwe.ac.uk. Authors who are not online or who for some other reason cannot meet these requirements should contact Dr. Holt prior to submission, either by mail: c/o Department of Psychology, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY, or by phone: +44 1173281420.
Preparation of Submissions:
The PA Board of Directors has determined that, starting in 2009, full papers will no longer be published in the annual Proceedings of the Convention. Instead, the convention booklet will consist only of abstracts. The purpose of this policy change is to encourage publication of our material in professional journals. However, submissions will continue to be fully developed papers adequate for peer review.
These changes have implications for the submission requirements. There is no specific length requirement, but the submitted paper should include all the information referees need to judge the adequacy of the methodology and analyses, the justifiability of the hypotheses and interpretation of the results, and so forth. For example, in the introduction section it is only necessary to cite the previous research or theory that leads directly to the hypotheses; do not include an overview of the general research area. The paper must be accompanied by an abstract, which will be refereed along with the full paper. Note that the abstract, which will be published in the booklet, should not include references. For some submission categories, only an abstract is needed. There is a template required for the abstracts; it can be downloaded from the PA website (
http://parapsych.org/docs/2010AbstractsTemplate.doc).
All submissions should be accompanied by information about any audio-visual aids required for the presentation. If there are multiple authors, the submitting author should indicate which author will give the presentation. In absentia presentations will be allowed only in exceptional circumstances.
Submitters must indicate in the cover letter for which of the following categories they desire their submission to be considered. The Program Committee reserves the right to move the paper to a different category if necessary to better fulfill the scheduling requirements for the program.
Full Papers/Posters/Symposia/Research Briefs:
Anyone may submit a full paper, poster, or research brief for consideration by the Program Committee. These papers may be clinical, experimental, historical, methodological, philosophical or theoretical. They may also report field work or case studies relevant to parapsychology.
The abstracts accompanying accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings and on the PA website in an area accessible only to PA members. The first author's email address will be published in both places with the notification that an electronic copy of the full paper can be obtained from the author. Those who present such papers at the Convention are expected to honor such email requests. In recognition of the lengthy time interval between the original submission and the Convention, the article sent in response to such requests may be an updated or expanded version of the original. Abstracts of full papers and posters may also be published in the Journal of Parapsychology.
Full papers should be of sufficient depth for a 20-minute presentation followed by 10 minutes of discussion. The Program Committee will not consider for this category proposals for research that has not yet been carried out, nor will the Committee consider papers published in English prior to the Convention. Recent papers that have been previously published in a language other than English are acceptable in this category, provided the paper has been translated into English. The abstracts accompanying full papers must be between 400 and 1200 words. If the paper is not destined for eventual journal publication, it is recommended that the abstract be longer rather than shorter.
Posters are papers or other materials presented in summary form on poster board in a room off the convention floor. Poster sessions are appropriate for short papers, material that is particularly amenable to visual displays (e.g., demonstration of equipment or techniques), or highly technical papers that cannot be communicated effectively in a brief lecture format to a general scientific audience. Authors who want their papers presented in a poster session should pay particular attention to a description or illustration of the visual materials. Photocopies of photographs to be used in the poster may be included with the submission. Otherwise, the submission requirements are the same as for full papers.
Symposia consist of formal presentations on related topics. Proposals for symposia must include a summary sheet indicating title, chairperson, participants, order of presentation, and proposed time allotment (up to 90 minutes, including discussion periods). Symposia submissions must include full papers plus abstracts from each of the participants, prepared according to the instructions presented above. Only PA Members may propose a symposium, but non-members may be participants in the symposium.
Research briefs are short papers reporting recently completed work or research in progress and able to be adequately summarized in a 15-minute presentation, including time for questions. Abstracts for research briefs must be between 400 and 500 words.
Panel Discussions/ Workshops:
Only PA Members and Associates may propose a symposium, panel discussion, or workshop.
Panel discussions are intended to maximize spontaneous interactions among panelists and between panelists and the audience. They should not be used to report original data or analyses. Panel discussions should be from 60 to 90 minutes, and the chairperson should provide for substantial discussion time. Proposals should include a summary sheet that lists the panel title, chairperson, panelists (at least four), order of presentation, and time allotments, as well as an abstract of up to 500 words from each panelist. Submitters are encouraged to set up their panel in a debate format.
Workshops are informal discussions of specific topics. Proposals for workshops should include a summary sheet listing the title, chairperson, other presenting participants, type of activity, and a description of the intended content not exceeding 500 words.
Robert L. Morris Student Travel Grants
Student affiliates participating in the convention are eligible for travel assistance through the Robert L. Morris Student Travel Grant Program. Additional information and application materials are available at http://www.parapsych.org/grants.html.
Announcing the 2010 PA Convention in Paris
Friday, November 20, 2009
53nd Annual Parapsychological Association Convention
Enclos Rey - Paris, France
July 22, 2010 - July 25, 2010
Program Chair: Dr. Nicola Holt
Arrangements Chair: Dr. Mario P. Varvoglis
Local Host: Institut Métapsychique International
L’Enclos Rey, a convent situated in the Parisian 15th sector, will be the site of the 2010 PA convention. The convent features a 6000 meter garden within its walls, and can accommodate overnight guests at budget rates. With its urban location, there are many hotels, restaurants, and sight-seeing activities within walking distance of Enclos Rey.
The first day of the convention will be a public-friendly event hosted by IMI, featuring introductory parapsychology lectures in French (with English translation). The IMI day will be followed by three days of PA convention activities.
Further information about the convention will soon be available at www.parapsych.org
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Saturday, October 03, 2009
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Saturday, October 03, 2009
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