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London, March 1999
In March 1999, a group of artists and scientists met at the October Gallery, London to explore the relationship between art and science. The meeting was organized by David Peat and in many
ways sowed the seed that grew into the Pari Center for New Learning.September 8-11, 2000
Conference: The Future of the Academy sponsored by the Gulbenkian Foundation and the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) in partnership with the University of Siena
March 18-21, 2001
Conference: Chaos Theory and the Arts in the Context of Social, Economic and Organizational Development sponsored by CSEND (Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development, Geneva)
November 10-11, 2001
Meeting: Italian psychologists, teachers and local politicians. Educare al Sé Nella Comunità (Educating Oneself in the Community)
May 5, 2002
Exhibition and Roundtable: Con le Mani non Armate (Hands Without Armaments) sponsored by the University of Pisa and the Women’s Centre of Pisa
May 11-12, 2002
The Future of Knowledge in the World of the Internet sponsored by The Knowledge Forum
June 2002
Meeting of Italian teachers and psychologists: Anima e terra (Soul and Earth) chaired by Dr Elena Liotta
June 28-30, 2002
Meeting: A Dialogue between Three Communities (Jews, Christians, Muslims) and Science sponsored by the Metanexus Institute
November 16-17, 2002
Roundtable: Corporate Ethics: Globalization and Economic Instability sponsored by Illy Caffe and Centromarca
December
Pari Centre chosen for a three-year Local Initiatives Award from the Metanexus Institute and Templeton Foundation to encourage dialogues between science and religion.
2003
A series of talks entitled Dialoghi fra scienza e religione (Dialogues Between Science and Religion) sponsored by Metanexus Institute Topics included: A Voyage Around God; The Dance of the Sun: Blackfoot Spirituality; Life and Hinduism; War: Yesterday and Today; Buddhism and Science of the Mind; Islam and Knowledge: God, Logic and Language
February 2003
The Pari Center is chosen by Renaissance Europe as Italy’s first ‘laboratory’ to study the way the village will move into the future while preserving its traditions.
April 5-6, 2003
Roundtable: The Future of Agriculture (in Italian) Prof. Amedeo Alpi, University of Pisa, sponsored by the Metanexus Institute
June 2003
the Pari Center was given the first-year award by the Metanexus Institute ‘for organizational excellence, creative programming and spirited commitment to fostering the constructive engagement of science and religion.’
September 18-21, 2003
Meeting: Unlimited Love: Self-Transcendence and Personal-Social Transformation: A participatory learning approach to the future of human well-being sponsored by Habitat for Humanity, Jordan
October 2003
Meeting of the Liverpool Pub Philosophers
2004
A series of talks entitled Dialoghi fra scienza e religione (Dialogues Between Science and Religion) sponsored by Metanexus Institute Topics included: How is One Able to Know God; Science and
Faith: The Limits of Hope; The Marvel of Creation: Sufism and Science; The Nature of Monastic Life Notion of Truth in both science and religion; Notion of the Sacred as professed by scientists and agnosticsJune 27-28, 2004
Roundtable: The Future of Publishing
September 10-14, 2004
Conference: The Next Horizon: Re-examining Deep Values in Religion and Science sponsored by the Metanexus Foundation
2005
The first five books of Prof. Roy McWeeney's WorkBooks in Science and Mathematics became available on the Pari Center Website to be downloaded without charge. Professor McWeeney’s idea is to provide badly needed educational material for those living in developing countries.
2005
A series of talks entitled Dialoghi fra scienza e religione (Dialogues Between Science and Religion) sponsored by Metanexus Institute
2005
Hosted: Re*Vision Dr Chris Robertson The Inner Consultant (Psychosynthesis) Spiral Consulting
2006
May 5-6 2006 Siena, Ethical Choices in Society, the Economy and the Environment jointly sponsored by EFA (European Finance Association) and the Pari Center with the patronage of Monte dei
Paschi di Siena bank2007
October 2007 Conference: Towards a New Renaissance 2: A Cosmic View from Fragmentation to Wholeness sponsored by The Scientific and Medical Network
2008
May 2008 Conference: The Legacy of David and Sarah Bohm sponsored by Taher Gozel
2009
September 11-13, 2009 Roundtable: Ethics, Business and the Future: The role of ethical business practice in ensuring a sustainable ‘good’ society in a changing world
2009
Miryam Servet visits Pari to begin the shooting of Journeying to Turtle Island with F. David Peat a documentary about Peat’s journey of ‘coming to knowing.’
2010
F. David Peat and Shantena Sabbadini (the Pari Center’s director and associate director) were made Distinguished Fellows associated with the SARCHI Chair in Developmental Education at the University of South Africa
September 10-12, 2010
September 10-12, 2010 Weekend Leadership Retreat sponsored by Holistic Leadership
2011
Initial Meeting in Pari: UniGrowCity
Pari: The Pari Center for New learning
Berlin: Prinzessinnengarten
Stockholm: New Beauty Council
Tromsø: Tromsø Academy of Art
London: City Mine(d)
Lisbon: Gaia
The European Union sponsored two-year exchange network between practitioners engaged in sustainable practices across 6 cities in EuropeFall 2011
Fall 2011 Journeying to Turtle Island released
2012
May 9-12, 2012 UniGrowCity meeting, Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin
2012
July 10-13, 2012 UniGrowCity meeting, Stockholm New Beauty, Council, Stockholm
March 10-13, 2013
March 10-13, 2013 UniGrowCity meeting, Tromsø Art Academy, Tromsø
May 27-31, 2013
May 27-31, 2013 UniGrowCity meeting Black Stock Greenhouse, London
June 12-19, 2013
UniGrowCity meeting, Lisbon Lost Orchard, Lisbon
July 26-30, 2013
La Mente in Movimento: Dialoghi tra scienza e arte
Summer Camp per Bambini ad Alto Potenziale e Famiglie
Associazione STEP-net: Rete per il Supporto e lo Sviluppo del Talento, delle Emozioni e del Potenziale, Associazione STEP-net: Rete per il Supporto e lo Sviluppo del Talento, delle Emozioni e
del Potenziale and Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Brain et Bahavioral ScienceSeptember 18-21, 2013
Metanoia group from Finland
Initial meeting of a four-year organizational analyst training. Metanoia offers client organizations, groups, and individuals a diverse variety of tools and services aimed at developing the
understanding of organizational dynamics and the dynamics of change.2014
July 12-27, 2014 Filming begins on Numena: The Absurdity of Certainty with F. David Peat. Jena Axelrod, director, and film crew from New York
September 2-7, 2015
September 2-7, 2015 Entrepreneurship, a roundtable
Entrepreneurs are concerned with running a business that should be self sustaining, profitable and provide a healthy and supportive environment for its employees. The purpose of this roundtable is to move beyond this paradigm into something wider and more embracing in which an enterprise makes a wider contribution to society, to local and global economics and to issues of such other
areas such as environmental impact.November 6-7, 2015
Filming begins on The Legacy of David Bohm with Paul Howard, Director, Imagine Films, Dublin
Interviews with key people in Bohm’s life and work plus those who continue to use his ideas. Interviewees include: Basil Hiley, Lee Nichol, Paavo Pykkanen, David Schrum, F. David Peat, Godelieve Spaas, Julie Arts, James Peat BarbieriMay 26-29, 2016
Fire on the Hill
Five places represented by Pari (Italy), Kufunda (Zimbabwe), Bakki (Iceland), Tividen (Sweden), and Andros (Greece). Fire on the Hill is an initiative to connect transformative places, their
shape, nature, culture, and how they enable or evoke transitions of people, groups and organizations.April 27-30, 2017
April 27-30, 2017: Weekend Among Friends in Tuscany: Small changes making big differences: The Three Davids (David Bohm, F. David Peat, Michelangelo’s David)
May 3-7, 2017
Metanoia Institute Workshop: Renewing Organizations Culture and Art
Workshop looking at art as a way to understand how organizations become organizing, being becomes becoming, construction becomes constructing.
September 14-20, 2017
Pari Dialogue 2017. David Bohm Centennial Celebration.
Presentations by: Basil Hiley, Paul Howard, Beth Macy, James Peat Barbieri, Paavo Pylkkanen, Shantena Sabaddini, David Schrum, and Gordon ShippeyApril 26-29, 2018
Weekend Among Friends: A Tribute to Uncertainty
‘How can organizations and individuals transform themselves so that they can become as subtle, sensitive, intelligent and fast- responding as the world around them?’ (David Peat, 2010)September 6-12, 2018
Pari Dialogue 2018. Exploring the Mystery of Time
Presentations by: Julian Barbour, Mauro Bergonzi, Warwick Fox, Christopher Hauke, Alison MacLeod, James Peat Barbieri, Hester Reeve, Shantena Sabbadini, David Schrum and Gordon Shippey