The Second World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium will be held on September 10-13, 2008 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Two main interdisciplinary themes will guide the debate:

1. Collective network knowledge & human individual intelligence:
Convergences and divergences

2. Collaborative Behaviour, Altruism & Conflict:
From animal behaviour to economics and prevention of violence

Keynote lectures on the relationships between knowledge, scientific enterprise and responsibility encourage
participants to frame their contributions in terms of the question:
Does a knowledgeable person have additional responsibilities in the 21st century?

Principal speakers include the Nobel Laureates, Christiane Nüsslein-Vollhard and Sir John Sulston.

Debates will be moderated by WKD2008 Scientist in Residence, E.O. Wilson.

See the full list of scheduled speakers on our Programme