Review of 16 and a Half Years of Progress for the International Society of Life Information Science (ISLIS) and the Promotion of "Human Potential Science"

(Report of Chairman of Board of Directors,The 33rd Symposium on Life information Science)

Abstract

Sixteen and a half years of activities of the International Society of Life Information Science (ISLIS) and the promotion of "Human Potential Science" are reviewed since the Society's Foundation in 1995. ISLIS has sought and continues to seek the realization of the paradigm shift from material-oriented science and technology to a new paradigm including the consciousness, spirit and mind through research based on empirical and positive scientific methodologies, and consequently, to promote the development of health, social welfare, and education as well as social and personal peace of mind, and to contribute to the making of a peaceful world, at one with nature. Since the foundation of ISLIS, 33 Life Information Science Symposia have been held and issues of The Journal of ISLIS have been published regularly twice a year. ISLIS held the "Human Potential Science International Forum" in Chiba, Japan in 2002, the "International Conference on Mind Body Science" in Seoul, Korea in 2004 and the 7th Psi Meeting was held in August 2011 co-sponsored by ISLIS and the Facludades Integradas 'Espirita' (Curitiba, Brazil). ISUS published the book Human Potential Science in 2004. ISLIS has a worldwide presence with 11 International Information Centers and about 270 members in 15 countries.