IPC1 Presenters

Dr. Atwater, one of the original researchers in the field of near-death studies began her work in 1978 after her own near-death experiences. Seven books contain her findings, some of which have now been verified in clinical prospective studies and in "The Lancet," 12-15-01 (the Dutch Study). Sessions held with adult and child experiencers now number nearly 4,000. She has served twice on the Board of the International Association For Near-Death Studies, once as Second Vice-President, and was a columnist for their magazine "Vital Signs" for several decades.

Janet Cunningham, Ph.D., is an internationally-known specialist in regression therapy, and a transpersonal counselor, seminar leader, and author. Dr. Cunningham is Vice President of IBRT, President of the International Association for Regression Research and Therapies, Inc.(formerly the Association for Past Life Research and Therapies, Inc.), and has served on the faculty of the Professional Institute for Regression Therapy in California.

Dr. Jurgen Keil studies reincarnation cases through scientific methods and has studied numerous reincarnation cases in Turkey and other countries with well-known reincarnation researcher, Prof. Ian Stevenson. He has published his findings in leading journals such as the Australian Journal of Psychology, the Medical Journal of Australia, the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, and Lexikon der Psychologie. He also explores the phenomena related with mediumship.

Konstantin Korotkov is Professor of Physics at St. Petersburg State Technical University in Russia. He has published over 70 papers in leading journals on physics and biology, and he holds 12 patents on biophysics inventions. Prof. Korotkov has led a research career for over 25 years, combining rigorous scientific method with an insatiable curiosity about things of the spirit and the soul with deep respect for all life.

John A. Palmer graduated from Duke University with an undergraduate degree in psychology and received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Texas. After spending two years on the psychology faculty at McGill University, he entered parapsychology on a full-time basis. In addition to heading the graduate program in parapsychology at John F. Kennedy University from 1977-1981, he has held research positions at the University of Virginia, University of California at Davis, and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.

Gary E. Schwartz is professor of psychology, medicine, neurology, psychiatry and surgery at the University of Arizona and director of its Human Energy Systems Laboratory. After receiving his doctorate from Harvard University, he served as a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Yale University, director of the Yale Psychophysiology Center, and co-director of the Yale Behavioral Medicine Clinic. He has published more than four hundred scientific papers, edited eleven academic books, and is the co-author, with Linda G. Russek, Ph.D., of The Living Energy Universe.

Jeffrey J. Ryan is an internationally known teacher in Past-life Therapy. He is past president of the International Association of Past-life Research and Regression Therapies, Inc. (IARRT), formerly the Association of Past Life Research and Therapies, Inc.(APRT) and he has instituted curriculum standards for Past-life therapy training world-wide which are now the accepted standard throughout North America.

Tarık Arıkdal graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1990. In 1989, he graduated from Boğaziçi University Information Technology Department, System Analysis and Programming. In 1987, he became a member of the Metapsychical Investigation and Scientific Research Society (MISRS). After 1990, he began holding conferences and conducting seminars.His interests include fundamental parapsychology, quantum physics, spiritual development and fundamental spiritualism. Mr.

Reşat Güner is one of the founding members of the Izmir Spiritual Investigations Society and he has held many conferences and seminars in the field of spiritualism and parapsychology. Mr. Güner has written two books: Occultism (Okültizm) and Self-Suggestion (Kendi Kendine Telkin). He is currently the director of Izmir Spiritual Research and Development Association.

İsmet Yalçın graduated from University of Ankara, Faculty of Agriculture as an agronomist in 1988. He earned a M.Sc. degree from IAMZ (Spain) and from Ankara University in Agricultural Economics in 1991 and 1994 respectively. He received a Ph.D. from Cukurova University in Agricultural Economics in 2003. Dr. Yalçın has been working on parapsychology and spiritual development as an amateur for more than twenty years. He writes articles in Spirit and Matter (Ruh ve Madde) and presently holds presidency of the Ankara Spiritual Research and Development Association.