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Email: hans.liljenstrom@slu.se

The Agora for Biosystems is located in Sigtuna, Sweden, Manfred Björkqvists allé 2-4 (Sigtunastiftelsen)

Box 57, SE-193 22 Sigtuna , SE

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An international center for dialogue between experimenters and theorists

The Agora for Biosystems is intended to provide a creative environment for interaction between theorists and experimenters in the biological sciences and related fields of research. This primarily includes multidisciplinary research, but also conferences, seminars, graduate courses, and summer schools in the interface of biology, medicine, physics, computer science, and theory of science. A specialist library with literature and internet links related to the field is being created and continuously updated. The purpose is to promote and advance the scientific knowledge and understanding of the interconnected systems of organisms and their environment. A further aim is to create a platform for dialogues between science and the humanities. The Agora for Biosystems is under the auspices of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

(The term Agora derives from the name of a place of assembly and discussions in ancient Greek cities).

Current Events:

Symposium on Free Will

Sigtunastiftelsen, Sigtuna, 17 March 2012

| BY AIR | There are daily flights from all major international cities to Arlanda (Stockholm) Airport, either direct or via Copenhagen. The airport is about 15 km east of Sigtuna.

| BY TRAIN | Take a regular train to Stockholm Central Station and then change to commuter train (leaving every half hour) to Märsta.

| BY BUS | Bus 583 leaves from the airport terminal to Märsta, where bus 575/570 takes you further on to Sigtuna.

| BY CAR | Sigtuna is about 45 km northwest of Stockholm. Go north on E4 from Stockholm to Uppsala. At Märsta turn West on highway 263. In Sigtuna, pass the town centre on Prästgatan and turn on Manfred Björkqvists allé.

The location of the Agora for Biosystems is at the unique guest house of Sigtunastiftelsen in Sigtuna, a royal town in early Mideaval Sweden. Situated at the shore of the beautiful lake Malaren, Sigtuna is only 15 km away from the Stockholm Intl. Airport and 45 km from downtown Stockholm. It is also close to the city of Uppsala, which is famous for its Viking graves and for the oldest university and largest cathedral in Scandinavia (see map of the area). The area around Sigtuna is full of cultural and historical sites and the great number of runic stones is unique in the world.