Thursday
August 29
8 am
Check-in and welcome coffee
9 am
Welcome and Introduction, with Jorge Moll
10 am
Challenges and Guidelines for Researching, with Alexander Moreira-Almeida
11:30 am
Lunch break
1 pm
Comparing Nonordinary Experiences: Surveying, Validating, and Mapping, with Ann Taves and Elliott Ihm
2:30 pm
Nonordinary Experiences and Mental Health in a Cross-Cultural Context: The Case of Mediumship/Possession Experiences, with Everton Maraldi
4 pm
Coffee Break
4:30 pm
Bridging the Mind-Body Gap: Thoughts from a Molecular Perspective, with Otávio Cabral-Marques
5:30 pm
Challenging the Methods: Reflections on Investigating Subjective States in a State of Uncertainty, with Ronald Fischer
6:30 pm
Poster session and happy hour
7:30 pm
End of the day
Friday
August 30
8 am
Welcome coffee
9 am
Group activity:
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Option 1: How to Measure Nonordinary Experiences: The Inventory for Nonordinary Experiences
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Option 2: Validating Research Instruments: New Approaches and Methods
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Option 3: How to Conduct Large-Scale Online Panel Studies: Practical Steps and Guidelines
11 am
Coffee break
11:30 am
Practical sessions
1 pm
Lunch break
2:30 pm
Discussion within each group on how to use ideas from the morning
4 pm
Happy hour
6 pm
End of the day
Saturday
August 31
8 am
Welcome coffee
8:30 am
Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness and Transcendence: Implications to AI and the Physics of Time, with Jorge Moll
9:30 am
Sensing a Presence and Self-Transcendence: Extending the INOE and Comparing Theories of Religion, with Elliott Ihm
10:30 am
Coffee break
11 am
Round table: Future and Challenges on NOEs and Mental Health
12:45 pm
Closing remarks
1 pm
End of the event
*Lectures will be given in English, and group activities will be conducted in Portuguese.