Pranab Das, professor of physics, served as a keynote speaker at the conference “Science and Orthodoxy, a Necessary Dialogue” in Bucharest Romania on Saturday, Oct. 22. The conference brought together international experts on science and religion and was convened by His Beatitude, Patriarch Teocrist of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Dr. Das’ presentation was titled “Emergence, Discovery and a Platonic Perspective on Complex Systems”.