ICPP 2023 PROGRAM

( Zoom connection details are available in the News section)

Monday 5 June 2023

Academy Auditorium (Aula): Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd.

9:00 – 10:00 – Participants registration

Chair: Florin Lobonț

10:00 – 10:10 – Florin Lobonț, Opening Address and introductory remarks

10:10 – 10:15 – Dan Dubină, President of the Romanian Academy, Timișoara Branch: Welcome message on behalf of the Romanian Academy

10:15 – 11:00 – Lydia Amir: Transformative Philosophy (Keynote address)

11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break

11:30 – 12:15 – Lou Marinoff: Philosophical Practice During the Pandemic, and Post-Pandemic: Dancing in the Noosphere (Keynote address)

12:15 – 12:45 – Patrizia F. Salvaterra:  Where we are now, where we could go (Paper presentation)

12:45 – 13: 00 – Discussions

13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch break

Academy Auditorium (Aula): Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd.

Chair: Lou Marinoff

14:30 – 15:00 – Pia Houni: Philosophy as a way of Life (Paper presentation)

15:00 – 15:30 – Albert Hoffmann: The uneasiness of being a philosophical practitioner (Paper presentation)

15:30 – 16:00 – Donata Romizi: A theoretical model for philosophical consultancy (Paper presentation)

16:00 – 16:30 – Break

16:30 – 17:00 – André de Almeida: Experiential-Practice Model of Philosophical Practice (Paper presentation)

17:00 – 17:30 – Esther Charabati: Philosophy in the city (Paper presentation)

17:30 – 18:00 – Peter Worley & Alexandra Konoplyanik: PhiE-inspired philosophical counselling (Paper presentation)

18:00 – 18:30 – Ora Gruengard: The philosophical questions of the counselees (Paper presentation – online)

18:30 – 19:00 – Discussions

Academy Panel Room: Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd

14:30 – 16:00 – Mihail Pricop: The power of critical thinking in group facilitation, coaching and team meetings (Workshop)

16:00 – 16:30 – Break

16:30 – 17:30 – Adriana Vlaicu: Experiencing the Café-philo (Workshop)

17:30 – 19:00 – Anca Tiurean: Developing habits of living philosophically through askesis (Workshop)

K1 Lecture Theatre Polytechnic University: Timișoara, 2 Vasile Parvan Bvd.

14:30 – 16:00 – Giancarlo Marinelli: The inner philosophical journey. An exercise of philosophy of imagination (Workshop – online)

16:00 – 16:30 – Break

16:30 – 18:00 – Lydia Amir; Joseph Agassi, Finn Hansen et al. Eds.: The Philosophy of Practical Affair; Wonder, Silence, and Human Flourishing: Toward a Rehumanization of Health, Education, and Welfare (Books presentation)

Tuesday 6 June 2023

Academy Auditorium (Aula): Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd.

Chair: Aleksandar Fatic

09:00 – 09:30 – Aleksandar Fatic: Trauma, excuses and therapy (Paper presentation)

09:30 – 10:15 – Rick Repetti: A Sampling of Philosophical Counseling Frameworks, Tools, and Practices (Paper presentation)

10:15 – 11:00 – Sara Dorrego: The Art of Philosophical Practice through Socratic maieutic (Keynote address)

11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break

11:30 – 12:00 – Adina Bezerita: Ancient Philosophy in the Present (Paper presentation)

12:00 – 12:30 – Patricia Anne Murphy: Philosophic Practice as the Evolution of the true self: A case study in Plato’s Alcibiades 1 (Paper presentation)

12:30 – 13:00 – Vasile Hațegan: Can philosophical counselling be a new profession? (Paper presentation)

Academy Panel Room: Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd

09:00 – 10:30 – Kristof Van Rossem: The art of questioning (Workshop)

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 – Laurențiu Staicu: Friendship in philosophical counselling (Workshop)

12:30 – 13:00 – Discussions

K1 Lecture Theatre Polytechnic University: Timișoara, 2 Vasile Parvan Bvd.

09:00 – 10:30 – Ora Gruengard: How to get the philosophical questions of the counselees (Workshop – online)

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 – Annalisa Rossi: The horse move in Philosophical Counseling (Workshop)

French Institute Timisoara:  46 C.D. Loga Bvd.

10:00 – 13:30 – Worley & Konoplyanik: How to question better (Short course)

13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch break

Academy Auditorium (Aula): Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd.

Chair: Lydia Amir

14:30 – 15:00 – Maria Papathanasiou: Practical application of Philosophical Inquiry to Parents’ -Teachers Communities (Paper presentation)

15:00 – 15:30 – Aleksandra Bulatović: Enhancing individual resilience through philosophical consultations (Paper presentation)

15:30 – 16:00 – Liberta Csonka: Anthrozoology and Philosophical Practice (Paper presentation)

16:00 – 16:45 – Annalisa Rossi: Philosophically Augmented Reality (Keynote address)

16:45 – 17:15 – Patrizia Cipolletta: Is meditation still possible in the West and how? (Paper presentation)

17:15 – 17:45 – Claudiu Marius Mesaros: Between dualism and pangenetism: what if Aristotle had not rejected atomism (Paper presentation)

17:45 – 18:15 – Luka Janeš: Teleological Tangents between Philosophical Counselling and Logotherapy (Paper presentation)

18:15 – 18:30 – Discussions

Academy Panel Room: Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd

14:30 – 16:00 – Rick Repetti: Practicum on Philosophical Practices (Workshop)

16:00 – 16:30 – Break

16:30 – 18:00 – Anette Fintz: Purpose and Narrative. What is it all about? …and what has this to do with Business? (Workshop)

18:00 – 19:00 – Maria daVenza Tillmanns & Sergey Borisov: Huk and Tuk and the Art of Infinite Questioning: Presentation of a series of philosophical books for children and adults. Why We Are in Need of Tails and Why We Are in Need of Tales, Part I-IV. (Book presentation – online)

K1 Lecture Theatre Polytechnic University: Timișoara, 2 Vasile Parvan Bvd.

14:30 – 16:00 – Sara Dorrego: Presuppositions and the art of questioning (Workshop)

16:00 – 16:30 – Break

16:30 – 17:30 – Florin Lobonț: Philosophical practice in education. Philosophy with children (Panel discussion)

17:30 – 19:00 – Annalisa Rossi: Individual Counseling sessions (English, Italian)

Wednesday 7 June

Academy Auditorium (Aula): Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd.

Chair: José Barrientos-Rastrojo

09:00 – 09:45 – José Barrientos-Rastrojo: How can indigenous philosophies help to improve Philosophical Practices? (Keynote address)

09:45 – 10:30 – Michael N. Weiss: From Philosophical Practice to Reflective Practice Research (Keynote address)

10:30 – 11:00 – Georgiadis Dimitrios: Human Rights, Racism and Migration: A Philosophical Approach (Paper presentation)

11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break

11:30 – 12:00 – Lidia Istrate: Modal Logic as a Possible Antidote for Natural Ambiguity in Philosophical Counseling (Paper presentation)

12:00 – 12:30 – Daniela Stănciulescu: Ancient Shamanic Emotional Healing Techniques and Today´s Philosophical Counseling (Paper presentation)

12:30 – 13:00 – Maria Sinaci: Spinozian Roots of Philosophical Counselling (Paper presentation)

Academy Panel Room: Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd

09:00 – 10:00 – Lou Marinoff: Essays on Philosophy, Praxis and Culture. An Eclectic, Provocative and Prescient Collection (Book presentation)

10:00 – 11:15 – David O’Donaghue: The Challenges and Opportunities of Psychedelic Therapy for Philosophical Practitioners (Workshop)

11:15 – 11:30 – Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 – Michael Weiss: Philosophical Practice and Research (Panel Session)

K1 Lecture Theatre Polytechnic University: Timișoara, 2 Vasile Parvan Bvd.

09:00 – 10:30 – Lydia Amir: The Gap in our lives (Workshop)

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 – Mihaela Andreea Ionescu: General counselling skills involved in philosophical practice (Workshop)

French Institute Timisoara:  46 C.D. Loga Bvd.

10:00 – 13:30 – Mike Roth: PhiloDrama as an interactive format in philosophical practice (Short course)

13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch break

Academy Auditorium (Aula): Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd.

Chair: Pia Houni

14:30 – 15:00 – László Nemes: The garden is the new café: Vegetal metaphysics and community philosophy (Paper presentation)

15:00 – 15:30 – José Barrientos-Rastrojo:Experiential Philosophy and Prison (book presentation)

15:30 – 16:00 – Henrieta Șerban: The Philosophical Consciousness. The Examination of Inner Experiences and Their Practical Affirmation (Paper presentation)

16:00 – 16:30 – Break

16:30 – 17:45 – Pia Houni & Kati Kuula: Art-based Philosophizing (Workshop)

17:45 – 18:30 – Anders Lindseth: Philosophical Practice as a virtue (Workshop)

18:30 – 19:00 – Adriana Mihaela Macsut: Philosophical Counseling in the Emergency Medicine (Paper presentation)

Academy Panel Room: Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd

16:30 – 18:00 – P. Worley & A. Konoplyanik: Stepping out and stepping in (Workshop)

K1 Lecture Theatre Polytechnic University: Timișoara, 2 Vasile Parvan Bvd.

14:30 – 18:00 – Lou Marinoff: Daoism and Buddhism in Philosophical Counseling (Short course)

20:00 Festive dinner (offered by the organizer – APCFE)

Thursday 8 June

Academy Auditorium (Aula): Timișoara, 24 Mihai Viteazu Bvd.

Chair: Antonio Sandu

09:00 – 09:45 – Antonio Sandu: Transpersonal Philosophical and Spiritual Practice (Workshop)

09:45 – 11:00 – José Barrientos-Rastrojo: PP: A proposal of workshops and trainings for impoverished people (Presentation)

11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 – Nikolai Khmyrov: Discovering “Epistemological Grid” of a Client (Guest) Through “Personal Constructs Dialogue” (Workshop)

12:30 – 13:30 – Conclusions and Final Event Closing (including the vote on the 18th ICPP)

French Institute Timisoara:  46 C.D. Loga Bvd.

10:00 – 11:30 – Albert Hoffman: The ritual of the question, the ritual of the answer (Workshop)

13:30 – Free time in the city and departure of guests