Predrag Slijepcevic is a Senior Lecturer in Biology, Brunel University London.
“I am a bio-scientist interested in the philosophy of biology. In particular, I investigate how biological systems, from bacteria to animals and beyond, perceive and process environmental stimuli (biological information) and how this processing, which is a form of natural learning, affects the organism-environment interactions. I aim to identify those elements in the organization of biological systems that lead to forms of natural epistemology, or biological intelligence, that may qualify them as cognitive agents.”

Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe is Honorary Professor, University of Buckingham. He is a world-renowned astronomer, astrophysicist and a pioneer of astrobiology. In 1977 together with the late Sir Hoyle he proposed the theory of cometary panspermia – the theory that comets carry the seeds of life and that life is distributed throughout the Universe. Discoveries in astronomy, geology and astronomy continue to provide evidence in support his theory known as cometary panspermia. He was a former Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge and a Founder Member of the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge. From 1973-2010 he was a Professor at Cardiff University. He is now an honorary professor at several universities world-wide and continues to publish books and research papers in astrobiology.