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SUMMARY:Consciousness as a Fundamental Aspect of Reality
DESCRIPTION:Consciousness as a Fundamental Aspect of Reality \n\n\n\n A weekend workshop with Federico Faggin and Donald Hoffman (via Zoom) \n\n\n\nPari\, Italy – October 16-19\, 2026 \n\n\n\nSpeakers: Federico Faggin and Donald Hoffman with Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nThe event will start on Friday October 16 at 16:00 and end on Monday October 19 after lunch. \n\n\n\nPrice: 825.00 euros\, which includes: \n\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\na 3-night stay in private accommodation;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee are provided with lunch and dinner.\n\n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions for this course. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the event\n\n\n\nOver the last twenty years\, it has become more acceptable to discuss the hard problem of consciousness in more than simply materialistic terms. Philosophically\, at least\, while not yet completely mainstream\, panpsychist\, idealistic and dual-aspect approaches are now on the table. \n\n\n\nIn this immersive workshop in the beautiful medieval village of Pari\, we will meet and engage with two thinkers who\, in their own independent ways\, have transcended their materialistic upbringing and early thought to come to the same conclusion: consciousness is not simply some ‘froth’ on the complex electrochemical workings of a material brain\, it is a fundamental and irreducible aspect of reality. \n\n\n\nDuring two full days and two half days\, there will be presentations\, conversations and discussions\, all framed so the non-expert can grapple with the issues at stake. Topics will range from establishing that consciousness is fundamental towards starting to explore the consequences of adopting that approach and what it might mean for society and our view of what it is to be human. \n\n\n\nAll participants will stay in accommodation in and around Pari. Engagement will continue over meals taken together\, and potentially long into the evening at the restaurant and bar which forms the nerve-centre and heart of the village. On one of the evenings\, we will take a short walk into the nearby olive groves and sit and talk around a fire while watching the stars. Accommodation and all meals are included in the workshop fee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nFriday October 16 \n\n\n\n\n4:00pm Introductions\n\n\n\n4:30pm [Session 1] Presentation with Jonathan Allday An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics\n\n\n\n\nSaturday October 17 \n\n\n\n\n10:00am [Session 2] Presentation (Jonathan Allday): An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Pt 2\n\n\n\nQ&A and group discussion\n\n\n\n12:00pm [Session 3] Presentation: Federico Faggin\n\n\n\n4:30pm [Session 4] Q&A and group discussion\n\n\n\n5:30pm [Session 5] Presentation: Donald Hoffman\n\n\n\nConversation: Faggin\, Hoffman and Allday\n\n\n\nQ&A and Group discussion\n\n\n\n9:30pm Showing: Play Copenhagen\n\n\n\n\nSunday October 18 \n\n\n\n\n10:00am [Session 6] Book Launch: Federico Faggin\n\n\n\n4:30pm [Session 7] Dialogue: Federico Faggin and Jonathan Allday\n\n\n\nQ&A and Group discussion\n\n\n\n5:30pm [Session 8] Conversation: Faggin\, Hoffman and Allday\n\n\n\n9:30pm Fire and astronomy\n\n\n\n\nMonday October 19 \n\n\n\n\n10:00am [Session 9] Wash-up discussions\n\n\n\n1:00pm Lunch and departure\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn event at the Pari Center is not akin to a conventional conference in a city hotel or a retreat in an overdeveloped resort. It is an invitation to experience a beautifully preserved medieval village in the Tuscan hills\, where life unfolds at a naturally slower pace and where the time and space needed for clarity\, creativity\, and meaningful connection emerge with ease. \n\n\n\nAt the Pari Center\, learning extends beyond the exchange of ideas—it becomes a lived experience. As David Peat described it: Pari is an ‘alchemical vessel’; a rare environment where reflection and renewal can give rise to genuine transformation. It is a place for those seeking more than the accumulation of knowledge\, for it offers the opportunity to cultivate insight\, broaden perspective\, and inspire lasting change. \n\n\n\nYour time here is shaped by shared experience: traditional Tuscan meals\, conversation with leading presenters and fellow participants\, local wines\, and genuine connection with the village community. Set against the quiet beauty of the surrounding countryside\, every element encourages you to step away from the demands of everyday life and into a more intentional way of being. \n\n\n\nThe Pari Center brings together internationally recognised thinkers\, scholars\, and innovators across disciplines. Its programmes explore the deeper questions of human experience—what shapes us\, what connects us\, and what is emerging within us and our world. Through rigorous inquiry\, dialogue\, and participatory engagement\, each event is designed to expand understanding and open new possibilities. \n\n\n\nIf you are looking for more than a conventional learning environment\, the Pari Center offers something rare: a setting where ideas become experience\, and experience can become transformation. \n\n\n\nDiscover why so many participants return not just with new knowledge\, but with a changed perspective. \n\n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nTerms and conditions (PDF) \n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the Pari Center (PDF)
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LOCATION:Pari\, Italy
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SUMMARY:Art of Hosting 2026
DESCRIPTION:Art of hosting / Arte Della leadership partecipativa per la trasformazione sociale \n\n\n\nPari (GR)\, dal 23 al 26 Ottobre 2026. \n\n\n\nUn’esperienza immersiva per esplorare pratiche di leadership partecipativa\, facilitazione e intelligenza collettiva. \n\n\n\nViviamo un tempo caratterizzato da crescente complessità e interdipendenza. Le sfide che affrontiamo richiedono nuovi modi di collaborare\, ascoltare e agire insieme. \n\n\n\nL’Art of Hosting offre pratiche e strumenti per creare conversazioni significative\, facilitare processi partecipativi e generare cambiamento collaborativo. \n\n\n\nQuesto training è un invito a esplorare nuove possibilità insieme ad una comunità internazionale di praticanti. \n\n\n\n\nCliccate qui per info e registrazione\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA chi si rivolge\n\n\n\nQuesta formazione è dedicata a persone che lavorano con gruppi\, team e comunità e desiderano facilitare processi di cambiamento collaborativo. \n\n\n\nInvitiamo: \n\n\n\n\nfacilitatrici e consulenti;\n\n\n\nleader e manager;\n\n\n\neducatori e formatrici;\n\n\n\nimprenditrici sociali;\n\n\n\noperatori del settore pubblico e del terzo settore;\n\n\n\ncomunità e reti collaborative;\n\n\n\nartisti e anime creative\n\n\n\npersone interessate al cambiamento sistemico e alla trasformazione sociale.\n\n\n\n\nCosa imparerai\n\n\n\nInsieme esploreremo pratiche\, prospettive e metodologie partecipative per coinvolgere gruppi eterogenei e lavorare con complessità\, cambiamento e conflitto. \n\n\n\n\nImparerai a:\n\nprogettare iniziative collaborative;\n\n\n\nfacilitare conversazioni generative;\n\n\n\nutilizzare i metodi dell’Art of Hosting;\n\n\n\nlavorare con complessità e processi emergenti;\n\n\n\nraccogliere apprendimenti e intuizioni attraverso l’harvesting;\n\n\n\ntrasformare idee e visioni in esperimenti concreti;\n\n\n\nintrodurre la leadership partecipativa nei tuoi contesti professionali e comunitari.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIl luogo\n\n\n\nPari Center · Toscana\n\n\n\nIl training si svolgerà presso il Pari Center\, un borgo medievale immerso nella natura nel cuore della Toscana. \n\n\n\nUn contesto che favorisce apprendimento\, connessione e momenti informali di incontro. \n\n\n\nIl corso è residenziale e i partecipanti potranno soggiornare nelle strutture del borgo\, raggiungibili a pochi minuti a piedi. \n\n\n\nPari è facilmente raggiungibile in macchina e con mezzi di trasporto pubblico.
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LOCATION:Pari\, Italia
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