The Reverend Dr. Rodney D. Holder
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ante Belić, mag. phil.
Secretary of CePOZiR
For conference information: ante.belic@ffrz.unizg.hr

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• Abstract submission deadline: 15 March 2027
• Completion of the abstract review process by the Scientific and Program Board: No later than 15 May 2027
• Early-bird registration deadline: 15 June 2027
  • Registration fee: €100
• Regular registration: 16 June – 1 July 2027
  • Registration fee: €150
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• Release of the Final Program: 1 September 2027
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• Professor Marco Bersanelli
University of Milan, Physics Department, Italy
Lecture title: The Cosmic Dimension of Being Human
Abstract

DISTINGUISHED KEYNOTE LECTURERS (in alphabetical order)

• Associate Professor Emily Burdett
University of Nottingham, Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, United Kingdom
Lecture title: The Early Development of Religious Belief and Spirituality: Evidence from Global Studies in Child Developmental Research
Conference Section: Science and Society
Abstract

• Dr. Efthymios Nicolaidis (Ευθύμιος Νικολαΐδης), Research Director Emeritus
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute for Historical Research, Greece
Lecture title: In the Image of Human: AI and the Future of Humanity
Conference Section: The Relationship between Science and Religion
Abstract

• Associate Professor Kinga Zeller
Protestant Theological University, Netherlands
Lecture title: Can Children of God Love Themselves? Self-Love and Self-Acceptance in a Competitive Society
Conference Section: Religion and Society
Abstract

HONORARY LECTURES

Lecture under the Patronage of the Center

Lecture under the auspices of the Head of the Center

Lecture under the auspices of the Honorary President of the Conference

• Professor Celia Deane-Drummond
Associate Fellow, Faculty of Theology and Religion
Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Laudato Si’ Research Institute (LSRI), Campion Hall, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Lecture title: The Evolution of Wisdom and the Transcendent
Abstract

Lecture under the auspices of the President of the Scientific and Program Board

• Professor Stefanos Zafeiriou
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Lecture title:
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Lecture under the Auspices of the President of the Organizing Board

INVITED SPEAKERS (by section, in alphabetical order)

Section: The Relationship between Science and Religion

• • Reverend Professor Paolo Benanti, TOR
  LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy
  Lecture title: Challenges and Potentiality in AI: An Ethical Approach
  Abstract
• • Reverend Dr. Stefan Lindholm, Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology
  Johannelund School of Theology, Uppsala, Sweden
  Lecture title: Why Machines Will Never Be Able to Think and Why It Matters
  Abstract
• • Dr. Alexei Nesteruk
  Emeritus Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics
  University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  Lecture title: The Wounded Gift: The Hard Problem of Consciousness as a Tension between idia thelemata and Finitude of Embodiment
  Abstract
• • Reverend Professor Odilon-Gbènoukpo Singbo
  Catholic University of Croatia, Faculty of Engineering & Department of Theology, Croatia
  Lecture title:
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• • Professor Christopher Charles Benedict Southgate
  University of Exeter, United Kingdom
  Lecture title: Glory and Struggle in a Darwinian World
  Abstract
• Section: Religion and Society

• • Reverend Professor Tonči Matulić
  Project Manager and Co-Director of the Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS) Project
  University of Zagreb, Catholic Faculty of Theology, Croatia
  Lecture title: Theological-Bioethical Evaluation of Advanced Convergent Technologies: Human Dignity Between Human Flourishing and Human Achievements
  Abstract

• • The Reverend Dr. Lucas J. Mix
  Project Manager and Co-Director of the Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS) Project
  St John’s College, Durham, United Kingdom
  Lecture title: Decoupling Physical and Spiritual Ascent Narratives in Astrobiology
  Abstract
• • Dr. Elizabeth Ann Theokritoff, Associate Lecturer
  Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  Lecture title: An Animal Being Deified: Christian Anthropology and Man’s Place in Creation
  Abstract
• • Dr. Aku Olavi Visala, University Researcher
  University of Helsinki, Finland
  Lecture title: Depression or Spiritual Development? – Philosophy of Psychiatry and Theology in Dialogue
  Abstract
• Section: Science and Society
  
  • • Dr. Eva Maria Meier Carlsen
    University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Theology, Section of Systematic Theology, Denmark
    Lecture title: Scientific and Existential Uncertainties in the Health Sciences
    Abstract
  • • Professor Bojan Jerbić, F.C.A.
    Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
    University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Croatia
    Lecture title:
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  • • Rabbi Dr. Mois A. Navon
    Bar-Ilan University, Israel
    Ben Gurion University, Israel
    Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation
    Wisdom Council of the Vatican (Wisdom Traditions Council on AI Ethics)
    Lecture title: Let Us Make Machines in Our Image – Or Not
    Abstract
  • • Associate Professor & Adjunct Professor* Stoyan Tanev (Стоян Танев)
    Carleton University, Sprott School of Business, Technology Innovation Management, Ontario, Canada
    *Laval University, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Quebec, Canada
    Lecture title: The Apophatic as a Bridge between Orthodox Theology, Quantum Physics, and the Mystery of Becoming Children of God
    Abstract