7.1 1st Psi Meeting - 2002

The 1st Psi Meeting took place in 2002 and was attended by participants from Curitiba and São Paulo, Brazil.

7.2 2nd Psi Meeting - 2004

The 2nd Psi Meeting took place in 2004 and was attended by researchers from Argentina, Chile, France, USA, Japan and Brazil.
In addition to three round tables, one workshop and the presentation of two dozen scientific papers, the event proudly hosted two guest speakers (Stanley Krippner from USA and Hideyuki Kokubo from Japan).
There were also tourist and gastronomic events and a photography exhibition. The presented studies were organised in the Book of Registration of Presented Papers.

Dr Tatsu Hirukawa (Japan) and Dr Benny Shanon (Israel)

7.3 3rd Psi Meeting - 2006

The 3rd Psi Meeting took place in 2006 with the participation of researchers from Chile, Israel, France, USA, Japan and Brazil. The event witnessed the publishing of 13 papers, 3 round tables (1. Real-Life Implications and Applications of Psi; 2. Altered States of Consciousness and Reality; and 3. Parapsychology and Transpersonal Psychology), 1 workshop and 4 guest speakers (Stanley Krippner Ph.D from USA, Steven R. Pritzker Ph.D from USA, Hideyuki Kokubo B.Sc. from Japan and Benny Schanon Ph.D from Israel).

Christine Hardy (France), Steven R. Pritzker (USA), another participant, Stanley Krippner and Stefan J. Kasian (USA) and Jalmir F. B. de Castro (Brazil), at the 3rd Psi Meeting..

Hideyuki Kokubo (Japan), Neyda N. Ulysséa and Jalmir F. B. de Castro (Brazil) during a coffee break at the 3rd Psi Meeting.

7.4 4th Psi Meeting - 2008

The 4th Psi Meeting took place in 2008 with researchers from Chile, United Kingdom, USA, Japan and Brazil. Apart from the organisers, approximately 90 people from 20 institutions were present at the event:

ANT (PE)
Escola Municipal Vitória Fernandes (PR)
Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (SP)
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - UFJF
Faculdade Internacional de Curitiba - FACINTER (PR)
Faculdade Mackenzie (SP)
Faculdade OPET (PR)
Faculdade Santana (SP)
INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (SP)
International Research Institute (Japan)
IPJ (SC)
IPPP (PE)
Saybrook Graduate School (USA)
Secretaria de Saúde do Distrito Federal
The Beckley Foundation (USA)
UERJ
UFPR
UFRJ
Universidad Internacional SEK (Chile)
Universidade Metodista de São Paulo
USP

Fourteen scientific papers were presented and four round tables were also organised. One workshop (about psi and mentalism) was presented by Sergio Shilling. Four guest lectures were presented by:

a) Dr Stanley Krippner (Ph.D.) from USA

b) Hideyuki Kokubo (B.SC) from Japan

c) David Luke (Ph.D.) from UK

c) Esdras Guerreiro Vasconcellos (Ph.D.) of Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)

Two informal presentations were performed, by:

Y1 - Sidian Morning Star Jones and Stanley Krippner, Ph.D (EUA) - Saybrook Institute

Y2 - Prof. Octavio Melchíades Ulysséa - M.Sc. (Brazil) - Director of the Spiritualist Integrated Colleges

7.5 5th Psi Meeting - 2009

Promoted by Faculdades Integradas Espírita and Instituto Pernambucano de Pesquisas Psicobiofísicas, the 5th Psi Meeting: the Varieties of Human Experiences took place in the city of Recife. It started late in the afternoon on the 4th of September 2009 and ended on the night of the 6th of the same month. The 5th Psi Meeting was accomplished jointly with 27th PSP. About 50 people from three countries (USA, Mexico and Brazil) and ten educational or research institutions were present at the 5th Psi Meeting.

Academia Pernambucana de Ciências (PE)
ANT (PE)
Centro para Estimulação Neural (SP)
FIES (PR)
INPP (PR)
IPJ (SC)
IPPP (PE)
Saybrook Graduate School (USA)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (SP)
USP (SP)

13 scientific papers were submitted to the Scientific Committee (comprised of researchers from 5 countries), 10 of whom attended the event. Two round tables (The Varieties of Human Experiences, and Psi Research and Neuroscience) were also organised. One workshop (about psi and mentalism) was presented by Dr Wellington Zangary. Two informal presentations were performed, allowing the exposition of extra information from cultural and extra-scientific sources. Finally, two guest lectures were presented by Dr Stanley Krippner and Dr Wellington Zangari. The Proceedings of Presented Papers book comprises all this material, including papers in Portuguese, English and Spanish. To stimulate cross-cultural interaction, all papers have abstracts in 6 languages (Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Italian and Japanese).
In order to minimize language limitations, sequential translation was provided for foreign participants.
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7.6 6th Psi Meeting - 2010

The 6th Psi Meeting: Psi Research and Neurosciences took place in 2010 in Curitiba, Paraná. Approximately 60 people from six Brazilian states (RJ, PR, SC, MG, SP, RN, DF) and three countries (Chile, England and Japan) representing several educational and research institutions attended the event.

National :
o Centro & Laboratório de Estudos e Desenvolvimento dos Estados da Consciência (SP)
o Dom Bosco (PR)
o EMBAP (PR)
o Escola Superior de Gestão de Negócios e Marketing (PR)
o FAAP (SP)
o FACVEST (SC)
o Fundação Cultural Dr. Pedro Leopoldo (MG)
o FURB (SC)
o Instituto de Alergia e Imunologia de Brasília (DF)
o IPJ (SC)
o IPAPPI Univale (SC)
o MS Proteção Ambiental (SC)
o PAN Desenvolvimento Humano (PR)
o Prefeitura do Município de Duque de Caxias (RJ)
o PUC (SP)
o See-Saw Panamby Bilingual School (SP)
o UFPR (PR)
o UFRN (RN)
o UNB (DF)
o USP (SP)
o UTP (PR)

International
o Beckley Foundation, Oxford, Reino Unido
o International Research Institute (IRI), Japão
o International Society of Life Information Science (ISLIS), Japão
o Parapsychological Association (PA), EUA
o Society for Mind-Body Science, Japão
o Univeristy of Greenwich, Reino Unido
o Universidade de Chile, Chile

16 papers were submitted to the Scientific Committee (comprised of 14 researchers from 3 countries) and approved for presentation at the convention.

Three round tables were organised (1. The Varieties of Human Experiences, 2. Psi Research and Neuroscience, and 3. Survival Hypothesis: Advantages and Objections).

A workshop (on mentalism and psi - picture below) was presented by the Chilean Psychologist Sergio Shilling, and 2 guest speakers (David Luke from UK and Hideyuki Kokubo from Japan) presented talks.

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