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ISCS Agenda - Panels and Paper Presentations
SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 10 -
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Keynotes, Master Lectures,
Arts and Contemplative Sessions

Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
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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

Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation
Geshe Thupten Jinpa

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
What's 'Critical' About 'Critical First-Person' Perspectives?
Harold Roth
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Coffee Break

2:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Paper Presentation Sessions and Panel Discussions
    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
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Contemplative Session
Liberation Through Memory and Storytelling
Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Paper Presentation Sessions
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Paper Presentation Sessions and Panel Discussions
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Contemplative Session
Meditation
Takafumi Kawakami
Paper Presentation Sessions
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
School Systems, Educational Reform and Mindfulness Training
Robert Roeser
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
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Master Lectures
The Missing Link of Leadership Development: Cultivating Awareness in Action
Jeremy Hunter
Embodying Change: Buddhism, Feminism, and Contemplative Education
Erin McCarthy
Loving-kindness Practice
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
    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
Paper Presentation Sessions
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Contemplative Session
Engaged Contemplative Practice in Islamic Sufism: Vocal, Silent, Living
Alan Godlas
Paper Presentation Sessions
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM    Contemplative Session
Letter from the Future
Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Paper Presentation Sessions and Panel Discussions
    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

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    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
    9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Contemplative Session
Meditation Practice: Cultivating Love and Compassion
Roshi Joan Halifax, Sharon Salzberg
Paper Presentation Sessions
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

 

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