Our Common Humanity in the Information Age. Principles and Values for Development

Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D., Evolution Biologist, Futurist, Professor
Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. is an evolution biologist, futurist, author, speaker and consultant 
on Living Systems Design. Showing the relevance of evolving biological systems to 
organizational design, she travels as a speaker in North, Central and South America, 
Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. She makes television and radio 
appearances in addition to live speeches and workshops.
Dr. Sahtouris is a citizen of the United States and of Greece, with a Canadian Ph.D. She 
did her post-doctoral work at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, 
taught at the University of Massachusetts and M.I.T., was a science writer for the 
HORIZON/ NOVA TV series. She was invited to China by the Chinese National Science 
Association, organized Earth Celebrations 2000 in Athens, Greece and has been a United 
Nations consultant on indigenous peoples. She is a participant in the Humanity 3000 
dialogues of the Foundation for the Future, the Synthesis Dialogues with the Dalai Lama 
in Dharamsala, and consults with corporations and government organizations in 
Australia, Brazil and the USA. 
Joseph Salim, Ph.D., President, Virtue Foundation
Executive Director of the Virtue Foundation and its original founding member, Dr. Salim 
completed a postgraduate program in biogenetics and cancer research at the University of 
Nice in Southern France before relocating to the United States, where he received his 
Doctorate in Dental Medicine from Temple University and completed his post-doctorate 
training at the Lutheran Medical Center in New York. Dr. Salim sits on the board of 
several multinational companies and is Executive Director of The Nour Foundation, an 
international nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the common moral, ethical, 
and spiritual principles underlying various disciplines and schools of thought. He is the 
Chief Financial Officer of Surgeonesis, LLC, an online information platform created by 
surgeons for the exchange and transfer of surgical knowledge worldwide. Dr. Salim 
devotes a substantial amount of time to lecturing on ethical issues in medicine and 
dentistry, and has been practicing cosmetic and general dentistry for the past ten years as 
President of Sutton Place Dental Associates, a state-of-the-art dental facility located in 
midtown Manhattan.