Heidelberg Wild Thinking Workshop I Heidelberg Wild Thinking Workshop - The organism, its self and its environment: from philosophy to physics.
19-20 May 2026
An interdisciplinary workshop and discussion meeting organised by Gáspár Jékely, Fred Keijzer (University of Groningen) and Peter Godfrey-Smith (University of Sydney) .
The aim of the workshop is to freely (wildly) explore topics related to organismal biology, sensing, movement, the self and consciousness, at the crossover between evolution, philosophy, and physics.Venue:
Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg
Registration:
Please register on
https://conferencecentral.org/
Speakers:
John Dupre (University of Exeter)
Kirsty Wan (University of Exeter)
Nick Lane (University College London)
Yogi Jaeger (freelance educator, facilitator, systems scientist, evolutionary biologist)
Detlev Arendt (EMBL Heidelberg)
Aneta Koseska (Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behaviour)
Núria Ros-Rocher (Institut Pastuer)
Gáspár Jékely (Heidelberg University)
Fred Keijzer (University of Groningen)
Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh)
Peter Godfrey-Smith (University of Sydney)
Alexis Maizel (Heidelberg University)
Schedule:
19 May 2026
COS INF230 seminar room 00.005
9:45 - opening remarks by Gáspár Jékely
10:00-10:45 - Nick Lane
10:45:11:30 - Kirsty Wan
11:30:12:00 - coffee break
12:00-12:45 - Núria Ros i Rocher
12:45-14:00 - lunch
14:00-14:45 - Aneta Koseska
14:45-15:30 - Detlev Arendt
15:30-16:00 - coffee break
16:00-16:45 - Gáspár Jékely
17:00 - 19:30 - evening lectures for students (Dupre, PGS, Chirimuuta, Jäger; COS large lecture hall)
20:00 - dinner
20 May 2026
COS INF230 seminar room 00.005
10:00-10:45 - Mazviita Chirimuuta
10:45:11:30 - Fred Keijzer
11:30:12:00 - coffee break
12:00-12:45 - Johannes Jäger
12:45-14:00 - lunch
14:00-14:45 - Peter Godfrey-Smith
14:45-15:30 - John Dupre
15:30-16:00 - coffee break
16:00-16:45 - closing discussion
21 May 2026
COS INF230 seminar room 00.005
- ‘wild-thinking’ discussion meeting