SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 10 -
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Keynotes, Master Lectures,
Arts and Contemplative Sessions
Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Note: to view a live schedule that includes last-minute changes and updates, check out the ISCS 2016 app in your web browser or smartphone.
| Thursday, November 10, 2016 | |
| 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM |
Opening Keynote Opening Welcome and Meditation Amishi Jha, Harold Roth, Sharon Salzberg Contemplative and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Personal and Social Well Being: A Conversation with Matthieu Ricard and Richard J. Davidson |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception Art Gallery Open |
| 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Arts Yoga of Sound: Indian Classical Music as Contemplative Practice Srinivas Reddy and Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi |
| 8:45 PM - 9:15 PM |
Contemplative Session Sustainable Compassion Training—Receiving-Care Mode of Practice John Makransky |
| Friday, November 11, 2016 | |
| 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | Yoga with Mary Taylor and Richard Freeman |
| 7:20 AM - 7:45 AM | Contemplative Session Practicing the Presence of Compassion: Contemplative Christian Traditions Andrew Dreitcer |
| 8:00 AM - 8:25 AM | Contemplative Session Modern Interpretations of Zen Buddhist Teachings Takafumi Kawakami |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Keynote Mindfulness Therapeutics in the Promotion of Mental Health Zindel Segal |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM | Master Lectures
Neurobiological Underpinnings of Contemplative Practices: Is There Common Ground (and who cares)? Judson Brewer |
| Mindfulness-Informed Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Lizabeth Roemer |
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Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation |
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| 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Contemplative Session Daoist Contemplative Practice: Standing Meditation and Qigong Louis Komjathy |
| 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM | Lunch Session (Brown-Bag Talk) NCCIH Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities for Mind and Body Health Partap Khalsa |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Master Lectures
Integrating Contemporary Behaviorist and Traditional Contemplative Approaches: Towards an Effective Technology of Behavior Change Sarah Bowen |
| The Transdisciplinary Study of Contemplative Practices: Challenges and Opportunities John Dunne |
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| What's 'Critical' About 'Critical First-Person' Perspectives? Harold Roth |
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| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Coffee Break |
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2:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| Paper Presentation Sessions and Panel Discussions |
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| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Contemplative Session Tibetan Sound Meditation Alejandro Chaoul |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Contemplative Session Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal Emphasis Alan Godlas |
| Paper Presentation Sessions and Panel Discussions |
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| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Contemplative Session Liberation Through Memory and Storytelling Sheila Peltz Weinberg |
| Paper Presentation Sessions |
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| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | |
| Paper Presentation Sessions and Panel Discussions |
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| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Contemplative Session Meditation Takafumi Kawakami |
| Paper Presentation Sessions |
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| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Poster Session Art Gallery Open |
| Saturday, November 12, 2016 | |
| 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | Yoga with Mary Taylor and Richard Freeman |
| 7:15 AM - 7:45 AM | Contemplative Session Practicing Meditation Through Sacred Texts and Prayers Sheila Peltz Weinberg |
| 8:00 AM - 8:25 AM | Contemplative Session Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Silent Emphasis Alan Godlas |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Keynote Moving Together From Colorblindness to ColorInsight: Contemplative Inquiry, Research and Practice in the Work of Transformative Justice Rhonda Magee |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM | Master Lectures
Minding Mindfulness: Issues, Models, and Findings in the Scientific Study of Meditation Clifford Saron |
| Ethical Know-How and Christian Contemplative Practices: A Case Study from Late Antiquity Niki Clements |
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| School Systems, Educational Reform and Mindfulness Training Robert Roeser |
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| 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
| Contemplative Session Daoist Contemplative Practice: Standing Meditation and Qigong Louis Komjathy |
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| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Master Lectures The Missing Link of Leadership Development: Cultivating Awareness in Action Jeremy Hunter |
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Embodying Change: Buddhism, Feminism, and Contemplative Education Erin McCarthy |
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| Loving-kindness Practice |
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| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Coffee Break |
| 2:45 PM - 5:00 PM 2:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
Paper Presentation Sessions and Panel Discussions |
| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Contemplative Session Practicing the Presence of Compassion: Contemplative Christian Traditions Andrew Dreitcer |
| Paper Presentation Sessions |
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| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | Paper Presentation Sessions |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | |
| Contemplative Session Meditation Practice: Settling the Heart and Mind Roshi Joan Halifax |
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| Paper Presentation Sessions |
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| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Contemplative Session Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal, Silent, Living Alan Godlas |
| Paper Presentation Sessions |
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| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Contemplative Session Letter from the Future Sheila Peltz Weinberg |
| Paper Presentation Sessions and Panel Discussions |
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| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Paper Presentation Sessions |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Poster Session Art Gallery Open Poetry Reading |
| 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Dinner Break |
| 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Evening Conversation* The Promises and Perils of Mainstreaming Mindfulness Susan Bauer-Wu, Jeremy Hunter, Carolyn Jacobs, Amishi Jha, Sharon Salzberg *separate, ticketed event |
| Sunday, November 13, 2016 | |
| 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | Yoga with Mary Taylor and Richard Freeman |
| 7:20 AM - 7:45 AM | Contemplative Session Meditation Takafumi Kawakami |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Contemplative Session Practicing the Presence of Compassion: Contemplative Christian Traditions Andrew Dreitcer |
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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Paper Presentation Sessions |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Contemplative Session Sustainable Compassion Training—Extending Care Mode of Practice John Makransky |
| Paper Presentation Sessions |
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| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Contemplative Session Meditation Practice: Cultivating Love and Compassion Roshi Joan Halifax, Sharon Salzberg |
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| 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Closing Keynote What is Mindfulness? An Embodied Cognitive Science Perspective Evan Thompson Closing Remarks and Meditation Susan Bauer-Wu, Roshi Joan Halifax |
ISCS 2016 is certified by the IAHB to offer continuing education credit hours to counselors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, nurses, physicians, and certain other healthcare professionals. Learn more about the credits that will be offered.
