Full details of the programme are set out below. The presentation of papers will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday and continue (with appropriate breaks) until lunchtime on Sunday. The President’s Drinks Reception will be held before dinner on Friday evening and there will be a formal dinner on Saturday evening. Wine is included with dinner on Saturday.
Accommodation will be provided in “single”, “double/twin” or “student” rooms. All delegates may select any of these room types. If you wish to add an extra night before or after the conference, please contact the SPR Office (not the Sunley Conference Centre) to enquire.
Booking can be made on the next page (all payments will be taken in UK Sterling). If you wish to pay with a cheque in US Dollars or Euros, please contact the SPR Office with your booking requirements for a price in your currency.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR BOOKINGS IS TUESDAY 28TH AUGUST 2012
NOTES:
When booking at Student Rate, you may be contacted by the SPR Office to provide proof of your FULL-TIME student status. No other concessions available.
All accommodation is ensuite in single, double/twin or student rooms with bathroom/shower, toilet and wash hand basin. There is a limited number of each room type so, if your choice is no longer available, we will contact you to discuss the alternative options.
The student rooms are available to any delegate (not just students).
Free parking is available on site.
All options include mid-morning/afternoon refreshments, the President’s Drinks Reception and a Conference Case with printed abstracts, pen and paper.
The badges provided must be worn at all times whilst on the campus.
Please note that in no circumstances will the University or the Society accept any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage to property belonging to conference delegates and you are advised to arrange suitable insurance as necessary.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 7th September
14:20– 14:30 Welcoming Remarks
14:30 – 15:00 JOHN POYNTON ‘THE IRON RULE OF THE MECHANISTIC REGIME’: WHAT WAYS ARE THERE OF BREAKING IT?
15:00 – 15:30 MARY ROSE BARRINGTON MOVERS AND SHAKERS
15:30 – 16:00 JULIE ROUSSEAU UNDERSTANDING GALILEO’S CRITICS: LESSONS FROM THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
16:00 – 16:30 TEA/COFFEE
16:30 – 17:00 CHRISTOPHER LAURSEN DELUSIONS AND DISTRESS: THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES IN POST-WAR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
17:00 – 17:30 ELIZABETH ROXBURGH AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SYNCHRONICITY IN THERAPY
17:30 – 18:00 PAUL ROGERS PARENTAL RELATING, CAREGIVING, UNPREDICTABILITY AND CONTROL IN CHILDHOOD AS PREDICTORS OF ADULT PARANORMAL AND NEW AGE BELIEFS
18:30 PRESIDENT’S DRINKS RECEPTION
19:30 DINNER
21:30 – 22:15 DAVID LUKE HOW TO GET CACTUS LODGED IN YOUR REDUCING VALVE: SAN PEDRO AND PSYCHIC ABILITIES
SATURDAY 8th September
09:15 – 09:45 CHARMAINE SONNEX, CHRIS ROE & ELIZABETH ROXBURGH META-ANALYSIS OF DISTANT HEALING STUDIES USING WHOLE HUMAN SAMPLES
09:45 – 10:15 BEN ROBERTS & IAN HUME THE SENDER-RECEIVER RELATIONSHIP, SEX PAIRING AND GANZFELD ESP TASK SUCCESS: AN EXTENSION AND ATTEMPTED REPLICATION
10:15 – 10:45 RICHARD BROUGHTON & KAROLINA ZYCHOWICZ SUSCEPTIBILITY TO AFFECT-BASED FRAMING EFFECTS AS A PREDICTOR OF PSYCHIC EXPERIENCE
10:45 – 11:15 TEA/COFFEE
11:15 – 11:45 GLENN HITCHMAN, CHRIS ROE, SIMON SHERWOOD & CHRISTINA PFEUFFER THE EFFECTS OF PARTICIPANT-EXPERIMENTER INTERACTION AND SENSITIVITY TO REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS IN A GOAL ORIENTED NON-INTENTION PRECOGNITION TASK
11:45 – 12:15 CHRIS ROE, ANDREW HODRIEN & LAURRIE KIRKWOOD COMPARING REMOTE VIEWING AND GANZFELD CONDITIONS IN A PRECOGNITION TEST
12:15 – 12:45 CHRIS ROE, SARAH GRIERSON & AARON LOMAS TWO INDEPENDENT REPLICATIONS OF DARYL BEM’S AUTOMATED PRECOGNITION EXPERIMENTS
12:45 – 13:15 DONALD WEST AWKWARD QUESTIONS
13:15 – 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 – 15:00 CHRIS BRATCHER PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHICAL RESEARCH: THE CONTRIBUTION OF HYWEL D. LEWIS
15:00 – 15:30 MICHAEL POTTS JAMES CARPENTER’S 21ST CENTURY ‘FIRST SIGHT’ MODEL OF PSI AND DUNS SCOTUS’S 14TH CENTURY THEORY OF INTELLECTUAL INTUITION
15:30 – 16:00 WIM KRAMER SNAPSHOTS OF THE MISSING LINK: THE AMSTERDAM LABORATORY OF FLORIS JANSEN (1906-1908)
16:00 – 16:30 TEA/COFFEE
16:30 – 17:00 ERLENDUR HARALDSSON DEPARTED AMONG THE LIVING: AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY OF AFTERLIFE ENCOUNTERS
17:00 – 17:30 DAVID ROUSSEAU DEFEATING SUPER-PSI: A NEW STRATEGY BASED ON NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
17:30 – 18:00 CALLUM COOPER SOCIAL VIEWS ON APPARITIONS AND SURVIVAL IN ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT
19:30 DINNER
21: 00 – 21:45 AFTER-DINNER TALK BY RICHARD BROUGHTON:
“OFF-THE-RECORD REFLECTIONS UPON A CAREER TRANSITION”
SUNDAY 9th September
09:15 – 09:45 DEBORAH OAKES HULA HOOPS AND DRAUPNER WAVES: THE CASE FOR NON-LINEAR MODELLING IN PARAPSYCHOLOGY
09:45 – 10:15 STEVEN PARSONS HAS THE BOOM BEEN BUSTED? SHOULD PARANORMAL RESEARCHERS BE INTERESTED IN INFRASOUND?
10:15 – 10:45 SIMON SHERWOOD AN INVESTIGATION OF GHOSTLY PHENOMENA AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE THEM
10:45 – 11:15 TEA/COFFEE
11:15 – 11:45 ALAN MURDIE THE RATIONALIST GHOST HUNTER: THE WORK OF ANDREW GREEN
11:45 – 12:15 ANN WINSPER TERESA HELENA HIGGINSON – SERVANT OF GOD
12:15 – 12:45 PAUL CROPPER THE POLTERGEIST IN ASIA
13:00 – 13:00 Closing Remarks
13:00 LUNCH
| Registration options | |
| Friday sessions | £45.00 |
| Friday evening dinner | £15.00 |
| Saturday sessions & lunch | £104.00 |
| Saturday evening banquet | £35.00 |
| Sunday sessions & lunch | £56.00 |
| Accommodation (includes breakfast) | |
| SINGLE room - Friday | £48.00 |
| SINGLE room - Saturday | £48.00 |
| DOUBLE room - Friday (PER ROOM) | £58.00 |
| DOUBLE room - Saturday (PER ROOM) | £58.00 |
| TWIN room - Friday (PER ROOM) | £58.00 |
| TWIN room - Saturday (PER ROOM) | £58.00 |
| STUDENT room - Friday | £36.00 |
| STUDENT room - Saturday | £36.00 |
| Non-member surcharge per half-day | £10.00 |
| Student discount per half-day | -£10.00 |