FIRST US SPIRITIST CONGRESS SCHEDULE

LECTURES BY PROFESSOR ANDREW POWELL MA, MB.Bchir, MCRP, FRCPsych

Dr. Powell was unable to participate. Powerpoints of his lectures were presented by Dr. Sonia Doi (Lecture #1 below) and Dr. Vanessa Anseloni (Lecture #2 below). Since there were no translations for these presentations, they are included in DVD option #3, "Lectures as Presented, without simultaneous translations."

1 > Why Must I Suffer? - Searching for the Soul in Psychiatry: Saturday, October 7, 1:40 pm
2 > Spirit Attachment, Spirit Release and Soul Integration: Sunday, October 8, 11:10 am

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 - 2006
9:00 – 9:30am
Opening of Congress

9:30 – 12:30pm
Spirituality in Patient Care - Harold Koenig, MD (Lecturer will break for Q&A session)

12:30 – 1:45pm - Lunch Break

PANEL - A NEW PARADIGM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
1:45 – 2:35pm
The Spiritist Medical Paradigm - Marlene Nobre, MD

2:35 – 3:15pm
The Impact of Reincarnation on the Paradigm of Change - Décio Iandoli Jr., MD

3:15 – 3:25pm - Q&A Session

3:25 – 4:05pm
Spirituality and its Association with Cardiovascular Disease - Álvaro Avezum, MD

4:05 – 4:15pm - Q&A Session

4:15 – 4:35pm - Coffee Break

4:35 – 5:20pm
The Beginning of Spiritual Search - George Ritchie, MD

5:20 – 6:00pm
Mental Disease in Spiritist & Medical Treatment - Roberto Lúcio Vieira de Souza, MD

6:00 – 6:10pm - Q&A Session

6:10 – 6:45pm
Universities and Spirituality in the 3rd Millennium - Sérgio Felipe de Oliveira, MD

6:45 – 7:25pm
Forgiveness and Reconciliation - Alberto Almeida, MD

7:25pm - Closing/End of First Day

 
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 - 2006

 9:00 – 10:30am
Near Death Experiences (NDE) and Where God Lives (Areas of the brain as a biological
interface with an interconnected universe) - Melvin Morse, MD

10:30 – 10:45am - Q&A Session

10:45 – 11:00am - Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:40am
 The Challenge - George Ritchie, MD

11:40 – 12:30pm
Scientific Evidence for Life after Death: Research on Mediumship - Marlene Nobre, MD

12:30 – 12:40pm - Q&A Session

12:40 – 2:00pm - Lunch break

2:00 – 2:40pm
Transdimensional Physiology - Décio Iandoli Jr., MD

2:40 – 2:45pm - Q&A Session

2:45 – 3:25pm
Scientific Evidence of Intercessory Prayer: A Systematic Review - Álvaro Avezum, MD

3:25 – 4:15pm
Organic and Psychic Phenomenology of Mediumship - Sérgio Felipe de Oliveira, MD

4:15 – 4:30pm - Q&A Session

4:30 – 5:00pm - Coffee Break

5:00 – 5:45pm
The Multiple Faces of Depression - Roberto Lúcio Vieira de Souza, MD

5:45 – 6:00pm - Q&A Session

6:00 – 6:45pm
Love and its Healing Power - Alberto Almeida, MD

6:45pm
Closing of Congress