NOTE THAT THE TIMING OF THIS YEAR’S CONFERENCE IS 6 PM FRIDAY TO 5 PM SUNDAY. The presentation of papers will begin on Friday evening and continue (with appropriate breaks) until 5 pm on Sunday. A drinks reception will be held before dinner on Friday evening and there will be a private dinner on Saturday evening. Wine is included with dinner on Saturday night.
Free parking. WiFi available throughout the building. All bedrooms have ensuite bathroom facilities, TV, tea/coffee-making facilities.
Swimming pool and gym facilities open for use by all delegates.
Only Single or Double rooms are available (only single rooms for 24hr bookings); there are no Twin rooms. If you wish to add extra nights (B&B only) before or after the conference, please contact the SPR Office to enquire.
If you would like to attend the conference, please follow the links below to book online. Alternatively, COMPLETE BOOKING FORM and return it, together with your cheque (made payable to SPR) or credit card details, to "Conference Booking" at the SPR Office address above. Or you can call the SPR Office on 020 7937 8984 to book by telephone. Receipts and arrival instructions will be sent in return for payment and a completed booking form. All payments via the website or by credit card will be taken in UK Sterling (British Pounds). If you wish to pay with a US Dollar cheque, please contact the SPR Office with your booking requirements for a US Dollar price.
All booking enquiries must be directed to the SPR Office (details above.)
THE CLOSING DATE FOR BOOKINGS IS FRIDAY 25th AUGUST 2017
Registration is now open.
THE PROGRAMME IS NOW AVAILABLE (subject to possible adjustments):
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Programme
From 14.00 Accommodation check-in at Management Centre Main Reception
17.00 - 18.00 Registration at SPR desk (Horsley Court Reception)
18.00 Meeting room Access (Ockham Suite)
18.20 - 18.30 Programme Chair, Adrian Parker OPENING REMARKS
Spontaneous Psychic Experiences Chair: Adrian Parker
18.30 - 19.00 Chris Roe & Rebecca Linnett
Confirmatory Content Analysis of Spontaneous Cases of Psi drawn from the Alister Hardy Database
19.00 - 19.30 Dylan Jones Paranormal Reality TV and the Portrayal of Scientific Practice
19.30 - 20.00 Drinks Reception (Horsley Court Bar)
20.00 - 21.15 DINNER (Steam, Bake & Grill Restaurant)
21.15 - 21.30 Leo Ruickbie Paranormal Review Photography Competition
After Dinner Talk (lecture room)
21.30 - 22.00 Adrian Parker & Annekatrin Puhle Making Thoughtforms Work: Magic Rabbits and Polar Bears
SATURDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER
07.30 - 11.00 BREAKFAST (Steam, Bake & Grill Restaurant)
Paranormal Beliefs Chair: Bernard Carr
9.00 - 9.30 Martha Maxine Meilleur Trance Mediumship in Tibetan Buddhism and Spiritualism
9.30 - 10.00 Honey Darwood & Ciarán O’Keeffe A Self-Report Study Investigating Religiosity and Spirituality as Possible Aspects of Human Personality
Altered States Chair: Chris Roe
10.00 - 10.30 David Saunders Lucid Dreaming: Dreams of High Significance
10.30 - 11.00 TEA/COFFEE
11.00 - 11.30 Adrian Parker Current Research on Lucid Dreaming and Shared Lucidity States
11.30 - 12.00 Callum Cooper & David Saunders Sensory Isolation in Flotation Tanks as a Method for Promoting Psi-Conducive Imagery
12.00 - 12.30 Ciarán O'Keeffe Deliver us from Evil or Deliver us from our Brain? A Re-examination of the Case for Demonic Possession
12.30 - 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 - 14.30 Adalexis Rios-Orlandi The Study of Trance Communication: A Linguistic Analysis of Trance Messages
Near Death Experiences and Light Experiences Chair: Jon Mannsåker
14.30 - 15.00 Annekatrin Puhle Light Changes: A Study of 800 Experiences of Transforming Light
15.00 - 15.30 Callum Cooper, Chris Roe & Graham Mitchell A Content Analysis of Fifty Cases of Anomalous Experiences Reported During Bereavement and the Process of Recovery
15.30 - 16.00 TEA/COFFEE
Apparitional Experiences Chair: Ross Friday
16.00 - 16.30 Kate Adams Seeing the Unseen: Children's Voices, Encounters and Meaning Making
16.30 - 17.00 Marcelo Eremián Comparative Study on Phenomenological Aspects in Recurrent and Shared Apparitional Experiences
Invited Speaker
17.00 -18.00 Allan Kellehear Near Death Experiences, Visions of the Bereaved and Death-Bed Visions and the Politics of Knowledge
19.00 - 20.30 PRIVATE DINNER (Steam, Bake & Grill Restaurant)
After-dinner Speaker (in Restaurant)
20.30 - 21.30 Peter Fenwick A Neuropsychiatrist Sees the Light
SUNDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER
07.30 - 11.00 BREAKFAST (Steam, Bake & Grill Restaurant)
CHECKOUT OF ROOMS BY 10 A.M. PLEASE – LUGGAGE MAY BE LEFT WITH RECEPTION
Mediumship Chair: Callum Cooper
9.00 - 9.30 Rachel Evenden, David Saunders & Chris Roe A Test of Mediumship to the Showcase Facilities at the AFC Research Laboratory
9.30 - 10.00 Wim Kramer The Third Way or How Professor Valckenier Suringar Escaped His Catch 22
10.00 - 10.30 Selma Hofstra Gerald Croiset - UK Cases
10.30 - 11.00 TEA/COFFEE
11.00 - 11.30 Sean Richards Voices and Faces from the Greetings Project: A Three Year Investigation into Instrumental Trans-Communication
Healing and Fasting Chair: Annekatrin Puhle
11.30 - 12.00 Jon Mannsåker Healing Research – How Much Do We Know?
12.00 - 12.30 Marcus Mast Claims of Anomalous Fasting: A Review of Investigated Cases and a Method for Obtaining Extraordinary Evidence
12.30 - 13.30 LUNCH
13.30 – 14.00 Remote presentation: Bharobi Chatterjee & Sarah Haq Remembering Auschwitz: Surviving the Holocaust
Psychokinesis Chair: Leo Ruickbie
14.00 - 14.30 Eric Dullin & David Jamet Telekinesis or Aerodynamic/Thermal Effects?
14.30 - 15.00 Ana Flores, Caroline Watt & Ian Tierney Replication and Extension of a New Paradigm for Psychokinesis: Mind-Matter Interaction through Non-Local Entangled Correlations?
Unconscious Processes Chair: Caroline Watt
15.00 - 15.30 David Vernon Testing to See Whether Participants with High Levels of Belief in Psi Can Precall Highly Emotive Images
15.30 - 16.00 AFTERNOON TEA
16.00 - 16.30 Ross Friday & David Luke Now See Hear! Detecting Being Watched or Listened to Via Extrasensory Means
More on Spontaneous Experiences Chair: Adrian Parker
16.30 - 17.00 Adrian Ryan Psi Open Data in Parapsychology - Introducing “Psi Open-Data”
17.00 Programme Chair, Adrian Parker CLOSING REMARKS
OCKHAM ROAD SOUTH
EAST HORSLEY
LEATHERHEAD
Surrey
KT24 6DT
United Kingdom
| Registration options | |
| A. COMPLETE CONFERENCE PACKAGE - SINGLE | £380.00 |
| B. COMPLETE CONFERENCE PACKAGE - DOUBLE (per person) | £325.00 |
| C. 24 HR PACKAGE – arriving Friday evening | £210.00 |
| D. 24 HR PACKAGE – arriving Saturday morning | £210.00 |
| E. 24 HR PACKAGE – arriving Saturday evening | £210.00 |
| F. Saturday - Day Package – 9am to 5pm | £120.00 |
| G. Sunday – Package – 9am to 5pm | £120.00 |
| Non-member surcharge per day | £15.00 |
| Student discount per day | -£15.00 |