With the rapid rise of new technologies, critical thinking takes on a more central role filtering hype from emerging scientific paradigms. Critical thinking has always been and will continue to be crucial to the scientific method; however, since the Enlightenment, teaching critical thinking has become an isolated practice at many academic institutions.
This symposium will feature lightning talks and a panel discussion about critical thinking — the reasons for its development and how we might preserve this tradition in science for future generations.
Program
6:30pm - doors open7:00pm - intro7:10pm - lightning talks & panel discussion8:20pm - networking
Speakers
Lino GuzzellaLino Guzzella, President of ETH Zurich since 2015, obtained his doctor’s degree in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich. After holding several positions in industry (Sulzer, Hilti) and academia (ETH Zurich, Ohio State University), he was Rector of ETH Zurich from mid-2012 until the end of 2014. Lino Guzzella has published more than 100 research articles in peer refereed journals and conferences as well as two research textbooks. He has numerous awards, serves on various boards and has been a keynote speaker at conferences worldwide.
Gerd FolkersGerd Folkers, Chair Science Studies and Critical Thinking Initiative at ETH Zurich, studied pharmacy at the University of Bonn and obtained a doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry in 1982. From 2004 to 2015 he was Head of the Collegium Helveticum, a joint think-tank of ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, dedicated to the study of new transdisciplinary scientific perspectives. He has been professor for science studies with particular focus on chemistry and pharmaceutics since 2016.
Hans Ulrich GumbrechtHans Ulrich Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the Departments of Comparative Literature and of French & Italian. Over the past forty years, he has published more than two thousand texts, including books, translated into more than twenty languages. In the spring of 2017, he was a Martin Buber Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Phillipe KahnPhilippe Kahn is an inventor, technology innovator and entrepreneur. Philippe is credited with creating the first complete camera phone solution. He is the CEO of Fullpower, the creative team behind the Sleeptracker IoT Smartbed technology platform and the MotionX Wearable Technology platform. Philippe studied at the ETH in Zurich Switzerland and Sofia-Antipolis, receiving his Masters Degree in Mathematics. Philippe also earned a Masters Degree in classical flute, with simultaneous minors in composition and chamber music from the Zurich Music Conservatory.
Moderator
Chris Luebkeman Chris Luebkeman is an Arup Fellow and Global Director of Arup Foresight. His interest in the built environment blossomed early, propelling him to pursue a multi-faceted education, beginning with engineering and culminating in a Doctorate in Architecture from ETH in Zurich. In 1999, Chris joined Arup as the co-Director for Research and Development and formed the Foresight, Innovation and Incubation team, which has evolved into Research + Foresight + Innovation.
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This symposium will feature lightning talks and a panel discussion about critical thinking — the reasons for its development and how we might preserve this tradition in science for future generations.
Program
6:30pm - doors open7:00pm - intro7:10pm - lightning talks & panel discussion8:20pm - networking
Speakers
Lino GuzzellaLino Guzzella, President of ETH Zurich since 2015, obtained his doctor’s degree in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich. After holding several positions in industry (Sulzer, Hilti) and academia (ETH Zurich, Ohio State University), he was Rector of ETH Zurich from mid-2012 until the end of 2014. Lino Guzzella has published more than 100 research articles in peer refereed journals and conferences as well as two research textbooks. He has numerous awards, serves on various boards and has been a keynote speaker at conferences worldwide.
Gerd FolkersGerd Folkers, Chair Science Studies and Critical Thinking Initiative at ETH Zurich, studied pharmacy at the University of Bonn and obtained a doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry in 1982. From 2004 to 2015 he was Head of the Collegium Helveticum, a joint think-tank of ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, dedicated to the study of new transdisciplinary scientific perspectives. He has been professor for science studies with particular focus on chemistry and pharmaceutics since 2016.
Hans Ulrich GumbrechtHans Ulrich Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the Departments of Comparative Literature and of French & Italian. Over the past forty years, he has published more than two thousand texts, including books, translated into more than twenty languages. In the spring of 2017, he was a Martin Buber Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Phillipe KahnPhilippe Kahn is an inventor, technology innovator and entrepreneur. Philippe is credited with creating the first complete camera phone solution. He is the CEO of Fullpower, the creative team behind the Sleeptracker IoT Smartbed technology platform and the MotionX Wearable Technology platform. Philippe studied at the ETH in Zurich Switzerland and Sofia-Antipolis, receiving his Masters Degree in Mathematics. Philippe also earned a Masters Degree in classical flute, with simultaneous minors in composition and chamber music from the Zurich Music Conservatory.
Moderator
Chris Luebkeman Chris Luebkeman is an Arup Fellow and Global Director of Arup Foresight. His interest in the built environment blossomed early, propelling him to pursue a multi-faceted education, beginning with engineering and culminating in a Doctorate in Architecture from ETH in Zurich. In 1999, Chris joined Arup as the co-Director for Research and Development and formed the Foresight, Innovation and Incubation team, which has evolved into Research + Foresight + Innovation.
With the rapid rise of new technologies, critical thinking takes on a more central role filtering hype from emerging scientific paradigms. Critical thinking has always been and will continue to be crucial to the scientific method; however, since the Enlightenment, teaching critical thinking has become an isolated practice at many academic institutions.
This symposium will feature lightning talks and a panel discussion about critical thinking — the reasons for its development and how we might preserve this tradition in science for future generations.
Program
6:30pm - doors open7:00pm - intro7:10pm - lightning talks & panel discussion8:20pm - networking
Speakers
Lino GuzzellaLino Guzzella, President of ETH Zurich since 2015, obtained his doctor’s degree in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich. After holding several positions in industry (Sulzer, Hilti) and academia (ETH Zurich, Ohio State University), he was Rector of ETH Zurich from mid-2012 until the end of 2014. Lino Guzzella has published more than 100 research articles in peer refereed journals and conferences as well as two research textbooks. He has numerous awards, serves on various boards and has been a keynote speaker at conferences worldwide.
Gerd FolkersGerd Folkers, Chair Science Studies and Critical Thinking Initiative at ETH Zurich, studied pharmacy at the University of Bonn and obtained a doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry in 1982. From 2004 to 2015 he was Head of the Collegium Helveticum, a joint think-tank of ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, dedicated to the study of new transdisciplinary scientific perspectives. He has been professor for science studies with particular focus on chemistry and pharmaceutics since 2016.
Hans Ulrich GumbrechtHans Ulrich Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the Departments of Comparative Literature and of French & Italian. Over the past forty years, he has published more than two thousand texts, including books, translated into more than twenty languages. In the spring of 2017, he was a Martin Buber Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Phillipe KahnPhilippe Kahn is an inventor, technology innovator and entrepreneur. Philippe is credited with creating the first complete camera phone solution. He is the CEO of Fullpower, the creative team behind the Sleeptracker IoT Smartbed technology platform and the MotionX Wearable Technology platform. Philippe studied at the ETH in Zurich Switzerland and Sofia-Antipolis, receiving his Masters Degree in Mathematics. Philippe also earned a Masters Degree in classical flute, with simultaneous minors in composition and chamber music from the Zurich Music Conservatory.
Moderator
Chris Luebkeman Chris Luebkeman is an Arup Fellow and Global Director of Arup Foresight. His interest in the built environment blossomed early, propelling him to pursue a multi-faceted education, beginning with engineering and culminating in a Doctorate in Architecture from ETH in Zurich. In 1999, Chris joined Arup as the co-Director for Research and Development and formed the Foresight, Innovation and Incubation team, which has evolved into Research + Foresight + Innovation.
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This symposium will feature lightning talks and a panel discussion about critical thinking — the reasons for its development and how we might preserve this tradition in science for future generations.
Program
6:30pm - doors open7:00pm - intro7:10pm - lightning talks & panel discussion8:20pm - networking
Speakers
Lino GuzzellaLino Guzzella, President of ETH Zurich since 2015, obtained his doctor’s degree in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich. After holding several positions in industry (Sulzer, Hilti) and academia (ETH Zurich, Ohio State University), he was Rector of ETH Zurich from mid-2012 until the end of 2014. Lino Guzzella has published more than 100 research articles in peer refereed journals and conferences as well as two research textbooks. He has numerous awards, serves on various boards and has been a keynote speaker at conferences worldwide.
Gerd FolkersGerd Folkers, Chair Science Studies and Critical Thinking Initiative at ETH Zurich, studied pharmacy at the University of Bonn and obtained a doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry in 1982. From 2004 to 2015 he was Head of the Collegium Helveticum, a joint think-tank of ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, dedicated to the study of new transdisciplinary scientific perspectives. He has been professor for science studies with particular focus on chemistry and pharmaceutics since 2016.
Hans Ulrich GumbrechtHans Ulrich Gumbrecht is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the Departments of Comparative Literature and of French & Italian. Over the past forty years, he has published more than two thousand texts, including books, translated into more than twenty languages. In the spring of 2017, he was a Martin Buber Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Phillipe KahnPhilippe Kahn is an inventor, technology innovator and entrepreneur. Philippe is credited with creating the first complete camera phone solution. He is the CEO of Fullpower, the creative team behind the Sleeptracker IoT Smartbed technology platform and the MotionX Wearable Technology platform. Philippe studied at the ETH in Zurich Switzerland and Sofia-Antipolis, receiving his Masters Degree in Mathematics. Philippe also earned a Masters Degree in classical flute, with simultaneous minors in composition and chamber music from the Zurich Music Conservatory.
Moderator
Chris Luebkeman Chris Luebkeman is an Arup Fellow and Global Director of Arup Foresight. His interest in the built environment blossomed early, propelling him to pursue a multi-faceted education, beginning with engineering and culminating in a Doctorate in Architecture from ETH in Zurich. In 1999, Chris joined Arup as the co-Director for Research and Development and formed the Foresight, Innovation and Incubation team, which has evolved into Research + Foresight + Innovation.
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