Conferences
Upcoming
Ecological Civilization moves away from modern industrial civilization. The signs of the times have demonstrated that it will be the next stage of human development. The 17th International Forum on Ecological Civilization and the 6th International Youth Forum on Ecological Civilization are taking place in this context. They seek to further promote ecological civilization through research and practice and effectively address current ecological crises facing global community. The forums are scheduled to be held on May 24 – May 25, 2024, in Claremont, CA.
- Organized by Center for Process Studies, Cobb Institute, Institute for Ecological Civilization, Institute for Postmodern Development of China
Past Events
This conference brings leading process philosophers across various disciplines, including physics, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and theology into critical dialogue with McGilchrist’s work in a collegial effort to assess, question, extend, and apply it.
- Organized by California Institute of Integral Studies, Center for Process Studies
This conference draws together Whitehead and Teilhard scholars to advance the possibilities and relevance of process philosophy and theology through an integrative encounter between these two foundational figures.
- Organized by Center for Christogenesis, Center for Process Studies, Connelly Chair of Villanova University
Join us in Claremont, CA February 15-17, 2023. Co-sponsored by The Cobb Institute, The Institute for Ecological Civilization, and the Institute for the Postmodern Development of China, the “50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies” celebrates the 50-year legacy of CPS and its creative transformation in the context of a new generation of process thinkers.
- Organized by Center for Process Studies, Cobb Institute, Institute for Ecological Civilization, Institute for Postmodern Development of China
Power and the God of Love: A Process-Open-Relational Conference, November 4-5, at Crosswalk Community Church, Napa, California
- Organized by Center for Open & Relational Theology, Center for Process Studies, CrossWalk Community Church
Drawing upon the work of Alfred North Whitehead, Teilhard de Chardin, Henri Bergson and a variety of others, the event aims to explore fresh themes of process, organism, temporality, novelty, experience, value, and mind in the context of the philosophical, scientific and religious layers of astrobiological research.
- Organized by Center for Process Studies, Whitehead Research Project