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Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Sophia Iberia in Europe

How to participate

The Sophia Iberia in Europe Project is a call for participation. Only a response to participate will make it possible for the project to be carried out as expected. The motivation to participate lies in the importance of the themes to be debated and in the open design of the project, which sincerely offers participation from different ideologies and personal, scientific, philosophical and religious positions.
Sophia Iberia has opted for a method based on an exchange of thoughts and ideas written on papers, to assure a higher quality. The normal form of participation in the reflection opened up by the project will be done through written papers. It will also be possible to directly contact Sophia Iberia or to make any enquiries or suggestions.
In order to ensure dialogue and interaction, Sophia Iberia will also endeavor to respond to the papers that are presented, whether these are published on-line or not.
Sophia Iberia is open to the participation of the public in general, regardless of whether these are involved in universities, teaching, and research or are professionals of different disciplines.

How to contact us and send participation papers

Addresses

For any questions, suggestions or comments concerning the Sophia Iberia in Europe Project, the e-mail address is: sophiaiberia@icai.upcomillas.es .
For participation papers intended only for the web-based workshop, the e-mail address is: sophiaiberia@icai.upcomillas.es .
For participation papers intended for the academic conference, the e-mail address is: sophiaiberia@icai.upcomillas.es .
If you wish to send letters to any member of the executive committee, their postal addresses can be found here.

Choice of activity for participation papers

Web-based Workshop and Academic Conference

The participation papers must be sent as an attached document. The e-mail text or letter of presentation, will state whether the paper is for the web-based workshop or for the academic conference. They must be sent to the address corresponding to each case (see below). If no information is given, the participation papers received will be considered to be intended for the web-based workshop. All the participation papers, those for the web-based workshop and those for the academic conference, will be published on-line. However, those which are accepted for the conference will form part of the documentation of this event and if to be presented, the author must attend in person.

Style of the participation papers

The contribution of ideas with precise language

The general style is the style which is normal in academic papers given at university workshops and conferences. Clarity, precision, simplicity and depth are recommended so that the contributions are understandable for the majority of the readers. These requirements are important as the workshop is international and multidisciplinary, not all the readers will have the same scientific specialty and, therefore, it cannot be taken for granted that they know the specific terminology of certain scientific fields.
Length. Each paper will have a brief description (around a 100 words) and a number of "key words", a summary (around 800 words) and the main text (maximum ten pages and/or 5,000 words). The paper must conclude with the name of the author and a brief professional profile or curriculum vitae (100 words maximum), his postal address and e-mail address.
There may be more extensive papers, but this will depend on the circumstances and the quality. If an intervention is complex, it may better to divide it into two or three parts which are adapted to the general style of the workshop. An author may also contribute as many papers as he wishes and may participate in several sessions.
Language. The official language of Sophia Iberia is English. However, papers drafted in Spanish will also be admitted, but the description and summary must be in English.

Themes of the participation papers

Human evolution from its anthropic roots

In general the themes must be related to the theme of the Sophia Iberia in Europe Project, that is to say, "Human evolution from its anthropic roots" (see: Presentation, themes). This may involve an approach which is preferably: a) scientific, b) philosophical, c) theological, d) scientific-philosophical-theological. All of these will be allowed on condition that they have a connection with the general focus of Sophia Iberia.

The themes for participation are those of the sessions of the workshop:

General: Human evolution from its anthropic roots (see the framework document of the introductory session of the on-line workshop).
Matter (see: the framework document of the first session).
Universe (see: the framework document of the second session).
Life (see: the framework document of the third session).
Man-Neurology (see: the framework document of the fourth session).
Formal Sciences (see: the framework document of the fifth session)
Theology of human evolution (see: the framework document of the sixth session).

The framework documents prepared for each of the sessions (see "web-based workshop" and "academic conference") provide a general overview of the ideas and problems which, although they are not intended to be complete or to predetermine the analysis, only endeavor to initially suggest the fundamental problems and help to orientate participation through papers.

Selection and dialogue

A balance of quality and accessibility for dialogue

The publication committee will act with the criteria of quality and accessibility which permits the maximum participation. To do so, it will be advised by external, independent advisers.
The executive committee of Sophia Iberia will issue the official participation certificates to the authors who request them.
The preparation of the books which the activities give rise to will be done by selecting the highest quality documents. The on-line publication does not involve a commitment to publish in book form.