George Ostijic
Our Current Understanding of the Nature of the Cosmos

Tiit Kauri
The Origins and Evolution of Life

Toomas Gross
Where Humanization Begins and Where it Ends : The Case of the Human Family

Humanization Ends : The New Reproductive Technologies

Vello Sermat
The Crisis of Trust, Hope and a Sense of Community in Today’s World

Some Solutions to the Crisis

Imants Steprans
The Individual and Society : A Shifting Societal Paradigm

David Pfrimmer
The Contribution of Faith and Ethics to an Understanding of Humanness in the Public Square

Norman R. Hennig
Sermon: The Story and the Spirit

Friday May 19 - Sunday May 21, 2000

Tiit Kauri
From Animal Instinct to Human Intelligence

Rein Ruutsoo
Dehumanisation as Deliberate Public Policy

Maie Tuulik
Conscience is the Most 'Human' Part of Man

Nature Versus Nurture

Maria Tilk
The Magic of Language and Mythology

The Function of Semantics in Developing Humanness

Norman Hennig
Waiting for the Son of Man: The Concept of the Ideal Human

Imands Steprans
The Crisis of the Interregnum

Martin Stauers
Servants, Facilitators, and Messengers of Ideal Humanness

Rasma Caune
Sermon