In April-June 2021, Zhichenkar is hosting two virtual seminar series that engage Bhutanese and global experts in conversation on some of the great issues of our day: technological innovations and mental flourishing.
Below please find the programmes of each seminar series. Past seminar entries include links to the videos and presentations given; the speaker, moderator, date and time of the Future seminars are also provided together with their links. All seminars are also available on facebook. The series is organised by the Centre for Bhutan and GNH Studies together with the International Society for Bhutan Studies.
Mental Flourishing: Scientific and Practical Views on Emotional and Mind Training Series
Unwinding Anxiety
Professor Judson Brewer (Brown University)
- Moderator: Dr Chencho Dorji (Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital)
- 4 PM, Friday 23 April 2021
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- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Buddhism and the Brain
Professor Richard Davidson (University of Wisconsin)
- Moderator: Dr. Tashi Zangmo (Bhutan Nuns Foundation),
- 8 AM, Friday 30 April 2021
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video.
Social Connectedness and the Right to Belong
Professor Kim Samuel (Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness)
- Moderators: Chador Tshering, Jurmey C Rinzin, and Tsheltrim Choezin,
- 4 PM, Friday 7 May 2021
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Positive Emotions: A View from Affective Science.
Professor Barbara Fredrickson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill )
- Moderator: Dr. Damber K. Nirola
- 4 PM, Friday 21 May 2021
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
- Zoom Link : https://drukren.zoom.us/j/67943252675?pwd=ZEhvRUNvcFBzK0poN0s0alMxMzBXZz09
Topic: Leading from the Emerging Future: From Ego-System to Eco-System Economics
Speaker: Dr. C. Otto Scharmer (MIT)
- Moderator: Aum Tashi Pem ( Director General, Royal Civil Service Commission)
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- 8AM, Friday 4 June 2021
- Link To Facebook Video
- Link to YouTube Video
- Zoom Link : https://drukren.zoom.us/j/68330714429?pwd=SHlWWXRYUXVHT1dVbS9ZbGlVWFgxdz09
Topic: Mindfulness: New Findings and Insights
Professor Willem Kuyken (University of Oxford Centre)
- Moderator: Director Chencho Dorji ( Director of the office of the Prime Minister)
- Friday 18th June 2021
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- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
- Zoom Link : https://drukren.zoom.us/j/68330714429?pwd=SHlWWXRYUXVHT1dVbS9ZbGlVWFgxdz09
Topic: Wellbeing mindset: What is the role of Mindsets in Development & Wellbeing?
Speaker: Jürgen Nagler
Moderator: Director Rinchen Wangdi( Gross National Happiness Commission)
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- Friday 2nd July 2021
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- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Topic:The value Orientations of Buddhist Entrepreneurs
Speaker: Dr. Gábor Kovács (Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest)
Moderator: Mr.Singye Namgyel Dorji(Joint Managing Director, RSA Private Ltd.)
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- Friday 12 July 2021
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- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Topic: Tantra: Englightenment to Revolution(Buddhism in Conversation on Contemporary Challenges)
Distinguished Speaker: Dr.Imma Ramos(Author, and Curator of the medieval to modern South Asia Collections at the British Museum)
Moderator:Dasho Zanglay Dukpa ( Former Vice Chancellor of Royal University of Bhutan and Former Minister of Health, Bhutan)
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- Friday 22 July 2021
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- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Topic: Buddhism in Conversation on Contemporary Challenges (Life of Tsangpa Gyare(1161-1211), the founder of the Drukpa Kagyu School)
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Seiji Kumagai (Associate Professor Kokoro Research Center of Kyoto University)
- Moderator: Khenpo Ugyen Namgyel (Leytshog Drungchen(Secretary), Central Monastic Body of Bhutan)
- Wednesday 28th July
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Topic: Buddhist and Western Views of Mind-Body Processes: Living with Plural Forms of Knowledge
Distinguished Speaker: Prof.Geoffrey Samuel (Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney, Australia and Emritus Professor at Cardiff University: Wales, UK)
Moderator: Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi (Opposition Leader, Former Minister of Minister of Labour and Human Resources, and Buddhist Practitioner )
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- 22nd September 2021
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- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
- Join Zoom Meeting https://drukren.zoom.us/j/64781703373?pwd=R1lPM3RJeHZWWjMxK0V3UHhrMDBlZz09
The Use of Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Solutions to Support Ethical and Good Governance
The Role of Digital Technologies in Automating Civil Service Procedures:
H.E. Professor Bambang Brodjonegoro, Minister of Research and Technology, and Head of the National Research and Innovation Agency
- Moderator: Yangchen Tshogyal, Deputy Governor of the Royal Monetary Authority
- 2 PM, Thursday 15 April 2021)
- Link to Powerpoint
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video.
AI Solutions to Urban and Cyber Security Challenges:
Dr Yudhistira Nugraha, Director of the Jakarta Smart City Programme of the Provincial Government of Jakarta
- Moderator: Department of Information Technology Director Jigme Tenzing
- 2 PM, Thursday 22 April 2021)
- Link to Powerpoint
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- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video.
Digitization of Ancient Texts
Dr. Elie Roux, Buddhist Digital Resource Centre BDRC
- Moderator: Lama Lungten Gyatso (President of the Institute of Language and CulturalStudies, Royal University of Bhutan)
- 2 PM, Thursday 29 April 2021
- Link to Powerpoint
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- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
AI Solutions to Support Ethical and Green Government Policies
H.E Dr Maria Ohisalo, (Minister of the Interior, Finland)
- Moderator: Dasho Tashi Wangmo (National Council of Bhutan)
- 2 PM, Thursday 6 May 2021
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Technology and Values in Government
Professor Ngaire Woods (Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
- Moderator: Dasho Tshering Tobgay (former Prime Minister of Bhutan)
- 2 PM, Thursday 13 May 2021
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Water: New Strategies and Technologies for its Management and Use
Professor Robert Hope (University of Oxford)
- Moderator: Director Karma Drupchu (National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology)
- 2 PM, Thursday 20 May 2021
- Link to Powerpoint
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Digital Technologies and Healthcare
His Excellency Honorable Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering, in his professional capacity as Doctor and Surgeon will engage in a substantive dialogue with Professor Andrew Farmer, University of Oxford.
- Moderator:
- Link to Powerpoint
- 2 PM, Thursday 27 May
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
Affordable Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture
Professor Vikram S. Adve (Director AIFARMS National AI Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Moderator: Dr. Tshering Cigay Dorji (CEO of Thimphu TechPark)
- 9AM, Thursday 3 June 2021
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
- Zoom Link : https://drukren.zoom.us/j/68595398477?pwd=dXZXaWg0a1ZBa3IzZTFBZDZOZUJhQT09
The Role of AI and Drone Technology in Environmental Conservation
Dr Yves Laumonier (Senior Scientist, Center fir International Forestry Research, CIFOR)
- Moderator: Mr Sonam Wangdi ( Chief of Nature Conservation Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests)
- 2PM, Thursday 10 June 2021
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to Youtube Video
COVID and COVID Vaccine
Professor Adrian Hill (Lakshmi Mittal Professor of Vaccinology and the Founder and Director of the Jenner Institute )
- Moderator: Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji (Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bhutan)
- 2PM Friday 24th September 2021
- Link to Facebook Video
- Link to YouTube Video
- Link to Zoom https://drukren.zoom.us/j/64743080804?pwd=R09oT2JkSGVaUTUzN0xHVlA3dDUwUT09