Deepak Chopra Unites Top Scientists and Spiritual Leaders in 3-Day Symposium Covering the Deepest Questions of Our Time

The three-day Sages and Scientists: The Merging of a New Future Symposium will explore a series of fantastic emerging facts in both a scientific and spiritual context. Such a contemporary synthesis of ideas and facts allows science and soul to coexist comfortably, and paves the way for the future evolution of humanity.

Deepak Chopra and friends are bringing together leaders from the often disparate realms of science and spirituality for three days of conversation on science and consciousness. The event will explore responsible leadership, environmental sustainability, peace and justice, world transformation, social and economic challenges, and more. The event will end with a summarization of the problems and explorations of creative solutions.

Presented by the Chopra Foundation, this Third Annual International Sages and Scientists Symposium, being held from March 3 to 5, 2012 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, will address some of the most urgent questions facing our future evolution, including:

  • Are we in the midst of a major paradigm shift in science?
  • Is there an ultimate reality?
  • Does consciousness conceive, govern, construct and become the physical universe?
  • Is the universe becoming self aware in the human nervous system?
  • Is the next stage of human development conscious evolution?
  • Do we have the ability to influence the future evolution of the cosmos?
  • How does our understanding of consciousness as pure potentiality enhance our capacity for intuition, creativity, conscious choice making, healing, and the awakening of dormant potentials such as non-local communication and non-local sensory experience?

How does our understanding of consciousness also enhance our capacity for total well being—physical, emotional, spiritual, social, community, financial and ecological?

“If you find the above questions intriguing, you are most welcome to join me and my colleagues in deep dialogue about our emerging future,” said Deepak Chopra, founder of the Chopra Foundation. “Everything will be examined from the perspectives of both sages and scientists with the shared goal of finding common ground.

“At the end of the symposium, we will summarize the current understanding of the issues that deeply affect all of us at the core of our being. We aim to propel scientific investigation and research in the areas of consciousness.”

The distinguished speakers list includes some of the top minds in science and spirituality, such as President Vicente Fox, along with Nancy Abrams, J.D., Renata Black, Rinaldo Brutoco, J.D., Deepak Chopra, MD. FACP, Gotham Chopra, Mallika Chopra, Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D. Carlos Dominguez, Kamran Elahian, Elissa Epel, PhD, Stuart Hameroff, MD, J. Ivy, and Menas Kafatos, Ph.D.

Speakers also include Satish Kumar, Fred Kuttner, Laura Liswood, Sumant Mandal, Fred Matser, Kevin McGovern, Leonard Mlodinow, Jeremy Moon, Erin Mote, Ph.D., Noel Musicha, CEO and President, Candace Pert, Ph.D., Danielle Posa, Joel Primack, Ph.D. Dylan Ratigan, VS Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D., Bruce Rosenblum, Ph.D., Rachel Roy, Masami Saionji, Lothar Schafer, Ph.D., Michael Shermer, Ph.D., Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., Daniel Siegel, MD, Henry Stapp, Ph.D., Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D., Alexander Tsiaras, Founder and CEO of TheVisualMD.com, and Jordan Wagner.
Guests will also enjoy top quality entertainment from the Black Opera, Diane Birch, Chloe Flower, Class Actress, Miniotics, and Nikki Jean.

The Chopra Foundation is requesting a donation of $1,995—$1,000 of which is tax deductible—for general participation, after which registration will be complimentary. Contributions to the Symposium will be used to support collaborative research on the realization of consciousness, carry on the Foundation’s other charitable work, and pay expenses for the program.

Accommodations are available at The La Costa Resort and Spa. Please register online at http://test21.f5-cloud.top and use the promo code #54E883 or call (800) 854-5000.
When making a reservation, please mention “The Chopra Foundation Sages and Scientists Symposium” to receive the special discounted rate: $169.00 per night. This rate excludes resort fees and taxes, and is based on availability.

In addition to the specified room rates, there will be an automatic daily resort charge of $10, plus California Tourism Assessment Fee—which is currently 0.13% per room, per night, plus applicable taxes—which are currently 10%.

The Chopra Foundation Announces Recipients of 2012 Rustum Roy Spirit Award

Deepak Chopra, MD has announced that Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams will receive the 2012 Spirit of Rustum Roy Award for their exemplary work that embodies the Chopra Foundation’s vision to help create a just, sustainable, healthy and peaceful world.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 11, 2012

Deepak Chopra, MD, founder of The Chopra Foundation, recently announced the recipients of the 2012 Spirit of Rustum Roy Award: Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams. The awards will be presented at the Third Annual International Sages and Scientists Symposium, held from March 3 to 5, 2012 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, CA.

“It is an honor and privilege to award these recipients for their commitment to a vision greater than themselves—the expansion of science into the field of consciousness,” said Dr. Chopra.
The Spirit of Rustum Roy Award originated in 2010 in tribute to Rustum Roy, a scientist and researcher for over sixty years and board member of The Chopra Foundation. The prize is given to those making major contributions to the scientific understanding of consciousness and helping to move humanity towards a just, sustainable, healthy and peaceful world.

Past recipients include Dr. Menas Kafatos, Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor in Computational Physics and Vice Chancellor for Special Projects, Chapman University; and Stuart Hameroff, MD, Professor at the University of Arizona, Associate Director at The Center for Consciousness Studies.

Dr. Rudolph Tanzi is the Joseph and Rose Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard University, and Director of Genetics and Aging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Dr. Tanzi co-discovered three of the four known Alzheimer’s disease genes and is currently developing therapies to treat this devastating disease.

Dr. Tanzi has received numerous awards for his research, was named one of the “Harvard 100: Most Influential Alumni” and more recently the “Rock Star of Science” in GQ Magazine. He has co-authored over 400 research articles and the popular trade book “Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s disease.”

Dr. Joel Primack is Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the director of the University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center. He has been one of the leaders in the creation of the modern theory of the universe and the formation and evolution of galaxies.

Dr. Primack has been active for forty years in bringing science into national policymaking; he created the Congressional Science and Technology Fellowship program and the program on Science and Human Rights of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Nancy Ellen Abrams is a writer, philosopher of science, singer/songwriter, and lawyer. She is the inventor of Scientific Mediation and has worked in science policy for the U.S Congress and the government of Sweden.

With a ringside seat to the modern cosmological revolution, she has worked with Primack to turn the modern scientific picture into a source of meaning and inspiration that could help to solidify the bonds of humankind. With Primack, she has co-authored two books: The View from the Center of the Universe (Riverhead, 2006) and The New Universe and the Human Future (Yale, 2011).