This book is devoted to the issue of how we can learn to live together in the face of division
and conflict. It is dedicated to the life and work of a remarkable human being Dr Epimenidis
Haidemenakis scientist statesman visionary leader President Emeritus of the International
S.T.E.P.S. Foundation and founding father of The Olympiads of the Mind (OM). The monograph
consists of a collection of papers presented at the 8th and 9th Olympiads of the Mind held in
Washington DC and Chania Crete respectively. Distinguished international scholars government
and corporate representatives leading researchers and academics from multiple disciplines and
Nobel Laureates Leon Lederman (Physics 1988) Martin Perl (Physics 1995) and Yuan T. Lee
(Chemistry 1986) address a broad range of issues all with the aim of improving the human
condition and achieving cooperation among the people of the world. The topics include the
environment sustainability and security diversity and how to achieve integration and peace
among people in a fractured world the important role of brain research how to overcome
poverty and inequality how to enhance creativity and improve education at all levels and how
new technologies and tools can be used for common benefit. The culmination of the book is a
call to action to join what one might call the OM Movement-bringing the best minds in the
world together to create solutions to world issues so that we can all live together in harmony.
