Daniel Goleman
Co-director, Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations and Author, Emotional Intelligence

Talk title:
Developing Critical Leadership Skills as a Mindful Leader 

In his talk Daniel will cover:

• The science behind mindfulness and emotional intelligence.
• Why emotional intelligence is needed for living mindfully.
• Practices that you can begin implementing today to live a more emotionally intelligent and mindful life!

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Free gift: Emotional Self Awareness: A Primer by Daniel Goleman

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Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. As a science journalist Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half, with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries. Apart from his books on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on  topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis.

Goleman is a co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (www.casel.org), originally at the Yale Child Studies Center and now at the University of Illinois at Chicago. CASEL’s mission centers on bringing evidence-based programs in emotional literacy to schools worldwide.

He currently co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (www.eiconsortium.org) at Rutgers University. The consortium fosters research partnerships between academic scholars and practitioners on the role emotional intelligence plays in excellence.

Tara Brach, Ph.D.
Founder, Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC

Talk Title
How to Lead with a Wise Heart

Tara will cover:

• How to understand emotional reactivity--judgment, anger, fear-from the perspective of evolutionary and Buddhist psychology.
• How to apply a mindfulness strategy that gives more choice in responding to stressful situations.
• How to lessen self-judgment and the reflex to judge others.
• Tools that help increase compassion for self and others.

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Tara Brach, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, an internationally known teacher of mindfulness meditation, and author of the bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge. Her podcast explores the role of mindfulness in the realization of human potential, and receives more than a million downloads each month.

Dr. Brach’s work is prominently featured in the New York Times guide to meditation and other major media outlets including the Washington Post and Tim Ferris. She has given keynote addresses at conferences offered through Harvard Medical School and Salesforce, among others, and has contributed numerous articles to popular magazines and websites.

Dr. Brach regularly leads accredited workshops for mental health professionals, as well as retreats for wider audiences, at centers in the United States and Europe. She has been invited to teach classes to United States Congress members and staff, to judges of the D.C. Superior Court, and at the Smithsonian. In addition to her public teaching, she is active in bringing meditation into schools, prisons, and underserved populations around the Washington, D.C. area.

Jonathan Schooler
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences at University of California, Santa Barbara

Talk Title
Exploring New Trends in Mindfulness Research
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Jonathan earned his BA at Hamilton College in 1981 and his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1987. He joined the psychology faculty of the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant professor that same year and became a research scientist at Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center. Named a full professor in 2001, he moved on to the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2004 as professor of psychology, Canada Research Chair in Social Cognitive Science, and senior investigator at UBC's Brain Research Centre. In 2007 he joined the faculty at UCSB. Jonathan pursues research on consciousness, memory, the relationship between language and thought, problem-solving, and decision-making. He is particularly interested in exploring phenomena that intersect between the empirical and the philosophical such as how fluctuations in people’s awareness of their experience mediate mind-wandering and how exposing individuals to philosophical positions alters their behavior. A fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, he was also an Osher Fellow at the Exploratorium Science Museum in San Francisco. His work has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Unilever Corporation, the Center for Consciousness Studies, the Office of Educational Research, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Research, the Bial Foundation, and the Bower Foundation. He currently is on the editorial boards of Consciousness and Cognition and Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Dr. Schooler is the author or co-author of more than one hundred papers published in scientific journals or edited volumes and was the editor (with J.C. Cohen) of Scientific Approaches to Consciousness, which was published in 1997 by Lawrence Erlbaum.

Tami Simon
Founder, Sounds True

Talk title:
The Relationship Bottom Line

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Free Gift: The first 90 minutes of the Being True

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Tami founded Sounds True at the age of 22 with the mission of disseminating spiritual wisdom. As a pioneer in the conscious business movement, she focuses on bringing authenticity and heart into the workplace while honoring multiple bottom lines. Tami hosts a popular weekly podcast called Insights at the Edge, where she has interviewed many of today's leading teachers, delving deeply into their discoveries and personal experiences on their own journeys. With Sounds True, she has released the audio program Being True: What Matters Most in Work, Life, and Love.

Jonathan Robinson
Author, The Technology of Joy

Talk Title
How to Use Technology to Develop Joy and Mindfulness

In his talk, Jonathan will cover:

• The four transformational technologies that can powerfully change how you feel.
• How technology can be used to make you more aware of your body and your feelings.
• Why the future of mindfulness, leadership, and healthcare will involve more technology.
• How to avoid using technology as a distraction and how to know if a specific technology is truly your "friend."

Free Gift: PDF on Transformational Technology

Jonathan is a psychotherapist, bestselling author of 12 books, and a professional speaker. He’s made numerous appearances on Oprah and CNN, and his work has been featured in USA Today and Reader's Digest. He specializes in providing people with easy and powerful ways to be more aware and to feel more peace, love, and gratitude.  His latest book is "The Technology of Joy: The 101 Best Apps, Gadgets, Tools and Supplements for Feeling more Delight in Your Life." He speaks to people at Fortune 500 companies on how to be more productive and less stressed.

Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams
Founder, Center for Transformative Change

Talk Title:
How to Cultivate Greater Leadership Presence

In her talk, Rev. Angel will cover:

Free Gift: Coming Soon

Rev. Angel Kyodo williams, Sensei is an author, activist, founder of the Center for Transformative Change, and co-author of her newest book, Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation. She has been bridging the worlds of transformation and justice since her critically acclaimed book, Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace. She applies wisdom teachings and embodied practice to intractable social issues at the intersections of climate change, and racial and economic justice. Rev. angel notes, "Love and Justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters.”

Dan Harris
Co-Anchor, Nightline and Weekend Good Morning America

Talk Title
How to wake up 10% Happier and be more engaged

In his talk, Dan will cover:

• How to GET STARTED.
• How to Drop any preconceptions you may have. Am I too "Type A" to meditate? How do I know if I'm doing it right?
• Explore the biggest benefit of meditation (Know your mind, right now).
• How to deal with discomfort during meditation.
• How to view Mindfulness as a superpower and an the antidote to mindless behavior.
• How to increase your ability to respond.

Free Gift: One month free subscription to the 10% Happier App.

Dan Harris is  co-anchor of both Nightline and the weekend edition of Good Morning America on ABC News. Before that, he was the anchor of the Sunday edition of World News. He regularly contributes stories for such shows as Nightline, 20/20, World News with David Muir and the weekday edition of GMA.

Harris has reported from all over the planet, covering wars in Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine and Iraq, and producing investigative reports in Haiti, Cambodia, and the Congo. He has also spent many years covering America's faith scene, with a focus on evangelicals.

After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan found meditation and then wrote  10% Happier, as a way to convince fellow skeptics to give the practice a shot.

Dan has been at ABC News for 15 years. Before that, he was in local news in Boston and Maine. He grew up outside of Boston and currently lives with his wife, Bianca, and baby boy, Alexander, in New York City.

Jessica Morey
Executive Director, Inward Bound Mindfulness Education

Talk Title
Mindful Communication in an Age of Diversity and Tough Decisions

In her interview, Jessica will cover:

• How to run a mindful organization.

• Mindful Hiring and firing.

• How to have courageous conversations.

Free Gift: Meditation for Teens with Jessica Morey Mp3 Download

Jessica Morey, is the Executive Director of iBme. She began practicing meditation at age 14 on teen retreats offered by the Insight Meditation Society (IMS).

She returned every year for 6 years and then participated for 10 years in an IMS young adult mentoring group. Jessica has attended longer retreats (1-3 months) in Asia and the U.S., and is a founding board member and lead teacher for iBme teen retreats.

Before joining iBme, Jessica worked in clean energy and climate policy and finance. She holds a BA in Environmental Engineering from Dartmouth and Masters degrees in Sustainable Development and International Affairs.

Her published works range from the chapter 'Ordinary Awakening' in Blue Jean Buddha to Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project: Renewable Energy Production in Costa Rica. Her experience of bringing mindfulness into her work and life was described in a 2012 Shambala Sun article 'Dharma 2.0.' More recently she wrote an article in the February 2014 Mindful Magazine, 'Finding My Way,' about her experience learning and benefiting from mindfulness throughout her young adult years. She is an avid yoga practitioner and skier and loves dancing in any form.

Rose Pavlov
Founder & CEO, Ivy Child International

Talk Title
Leadership Vision, Children and the Mindfulness Multiplier Effect

In her talk, Rose will cover:

• Developing more mindfulness of being inside.
• Increasing our ability to radiate it, ripple it out.
• Inspiring & encouraging other children and adults alike, by example, to embody it, and practice it.

Free Gift: Ivy Child Breathing Animation

Rose Felix Pavlov is the Founder & CEO of Ivy Child International, a non-profit that develops and facilitates mindfulness based health education programs for children and communities from across the globe. As a life long meditator and child specialist, her research interests range from applied positive psychology and mindfulness based learning with children/youth to international issues such as overcoming devastation and trauma, as well as urban challenges. Her professional experiences have led her to partnerships with UNICEF and World Vision. The Worcester Business Journal honored Rose as one of the “40 Under 40 Rising Stars” in Central Massachusetts in 2010, 2011 "Young Leaders pioneering global social change," "Top 12 People Making a Difference in Central Massachusetts" in 2012 and named "Women Leading In Central Massachusetts" in 2013/2014 and a featured TEDx speaker on "Unlocking Children's Potential Through Mindfulness."

Yanik Silver
Founder, Maverick Business Adventures and Author, Evolved Enterprise

Talk Title
How to Align your Head, your Heart and your Higher Purpose in Business

In his talk, Yanik will cover:

• How to use joy as the open door to your next greatest chapter of work that matters.
  
• How To Take The Leap Into The Next Chapter...Without Sacrificing Everything You've Built.
• How To Shift Your Company Beyond Being Transactional to Truly Transform and Even Transcend Business…Forever.

Free Gift: First 3 Chapters of Evolved Enterprise book

Yanik Silver redefines how business is played in the 21st century at the intersection of more profits, more fun and more impact. He is the author of Evolved Enterprise and founder of Maverick1000, a global collective of the top entrepreneurs and industry innovators. Previous participating icons have included Sir Richard Branson, Tony Hawk, Chris Blackwell, John Paul DeJoria, Tony Hsieh, Russell Simmons, and Tim Ferriss.

Yanik serves on the Constellation board for Virgin Unite, the entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group and Branson family. And his lifetime goal is to connect visionary leaders and game changers to co-create ideas & new business models to measurably impact or solve 100 global issues.

Yanik Silver

Author of Evolved Enterprise, Founder of Maverick1000

How to Align your Head, your Heart and your Higher Purpose in Business

In his talk, Yanik will cover:

• How to use joy as the open door to your next greatest chapter of work that matters.
  
• How To Take The Leap Into The Next Chapter...Without Sacrificing Everything You've Built.
• How To Shift Your Company Beyond Being Transactional to Truly Transform and Even Transcend Business…Forever.

Free Gift: First 3 Chapters of Evolved Enterprise book

Yanik Silver redefines how business is played in the 21st century at the intersection of more profits, more fun and more impact. He is the author of Evolved Enterprise and founder of Maverick1000, a global collective of the top entrepreneurs and industry innovators. Previous participating icons have included Sir Richard Branson, Tony Hawk, Chris Blackwell, John Paul DeJoria, Tony Hsieh, Russell Simmons, and Tim Ferriss.

Yanik serves on the Constellation board for Virgin Unite, the entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group and Branson family. And his lifetime goal is to connect visionary leaders and game changers to co-create ideas & new business models to measurably impact or solve 100 global issues.

Tere Abdala- Romano
Meditation teacher and Board of Directors, InsightLA

Talk Title
How to Lead with Mindfulness and build a Conscious Business

In her talk, Tere will cover:

• How to begin implementing mindfulness into your company or organization today.
• Why it is so important to have a company culture of mindfulness practices and how it has a measurable impact on your bottom line.
• The secret to introducing mindfulness practices to your  employees and co-workers.

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Tere came from Mexico City 14 years ago with her three young children and late husband where she learned Tibetan Buddhism and practiced meditation. Here she became Trudy Goodman's student which complemented her Catholic upbringing and her husband's Jewish heritage, broadening her capacity for understanding and compassion for others. Inspired to help, she left behind both her MBA and also her geographer BS degrees to devote herself to her family, her personal growth and the study and practice of mindfulness. She became a dedicated practitioner at InsightLA before joining the Teacher Development Program. She graduated from Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leadership program as well as the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Practicum, and other diverse mindfulness programs like The Fearless Compassionate Care Training, etc. She is also a Cultivating Emotional Balance certified teacher. Her self-inquiry search through psychoanalysis has strengthen her mindfulness journey as well as her creativity as a visual artist. Her main interest is to bring mindfulness to spanish-speaking communities throughout Los Angeles. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at InsightLA, is the president of a large company in Mexico City where she is bringing mindfulness and introducing conscious business practices with the firm belief that it will benefit many people's lives and could start changing the way businesses are led in Mexico. Tere teaches Basics of Mindfulness in Spanish, one day workshops and daylong retreats.

Diana Winston
Director of Mindfulness Education, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

Talk Title
How to Effectively Engage People through Mindful Leadership

In her talk, Diana will cover:

• Mindfulness for emotional regulation.
• Mindfulness for personal stress reduction.
• Mindfulness for use when relating to others.
• How mindfulness can impact institutions.
• The importance of training teachers and leaders in these practices.

Free Gift: A Deep Exploration of Mindfulness

Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) and the co-author, with Susan Smalley PhD, of Fully Present, the Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness. She has taught mindfulness for health and well-being since 1993 in a variety of settings including hospitals, universities, corporations, non-profits, and schools in the US and Asia. Through her work at UCLA she developed the evidence-based Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) curriculum and the Training in Mindfulness Facilitation (TMF), which trains mindfulness teachers worldwide. Her work has been mentioned in the New York Times, O Magazine, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Allure, Women’s Health, and in a variety of magazines, books, and journals. The LA Times calls her “one of the nation’s best-known teachers of mindfulness.”

Judson Brewer
Director of Research, Center for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts

Talk Title
The Craving Mind: Why we Get Hooked and How we can Break Bad Habits

In his interview Judson will cover:

• How habits are formed and perpetuated.
• Why it is that mindfulness can help us step out of our old habits.
• How we can tap into our own reward-based learning processes through curiosity.
• How mindfulness can change our default brain patterns.

Free gift: A Chapter Excerpt from On Flow

Judson Brewer, M.D. Ph.D., is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined nearly 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein. He is the Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness and associate professor in medicine and psychiatry at UMass Medical School. Dr. Brewer has developed novel mindfulness programs for habit change (e.g. www.goeatrightnow.com), and studied the underlying brain mechanisms. His work has been featured on 60 minutes, at TED, TEDMED, TEDx, in Time magazine, Forbes, Businessweek, NPR and the BBC among others. He is the author of the book, The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits.

Fleet Maul
Founder, Engaged Mindfulness Institute

Talk Title
Seven Keys to Mindful Leadership

In his talk, Fleet will cover:

• Mindfulness/Presence/Self-Compassion.
• Emotional Intelligence/Compassion.
• Resilience & Availability.
• Integrity & Ethics.
• Radical Responsibility.
• Radical Possibility – Original Mind/Big Mind: Creativity & Innovation.
• Spirit of Mastery/Ordinary Sacredness.

Free gift: Seven Principles of Mindful Leadership with Fleet Maul

Fleet is an author, mindfulness teacher, leadership trainer, executive coach and senior teacher in the Shambhala International and Zen Peacemaker meditation traditions.  He is a renowned social entrepreneur who founded Prison Mindfulness Institute, National Prison Hospice Association and the Center for Mindfulness in Corrections and co-founded the Engaged Mindfulness Institute, Upaya Institute Chaplaincy Training and Mindful Justice Initiative. He is the author of Dharma in Hell, the Prison Writings of Fleet Maull and the forthcoming book Radical Responsibility.

Rasmus Hougaard
Founder and Managing Director, The Potential Project

Talk Title
How to Develop The Mind of the Leader

In his talk Rasmus will cover:

• Results and insights from his work on a book he is writing for Harvard Business Review.
• How senior leaders utilize their minds to excel as leaders in the 21st century.

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Free Gift: Focus Relaxation Training Audio Meditation

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Rasmus Hougaard is the Founder and Managing Director of Potential Project, the global leader in customized leadership and organizational training programs based on mindfulness. The firm has a proven track record of enhancing individual and collective performance, resilience and creativity. Potential Project works with fortune 500 companies in 22 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Clients of Potential Project include Accenture, Nike, American Express, Microsoft and Sony to name a few. The objective of their programs is to enhance individual and organizational performance and well-being through skillful application of mindfulness in a corporate context.
Rasmus Hougaard will share results and insights from his work on a book he is writing for Harvard Business Review. Through interviews of CEO’s and C-suite leaders of the largest organizations of the world, he has exclusive access to how senior leaders utilize their minds to excel as leaders in the 21st century.

Jeremy Hunter
Founding Director, Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Talk title:
The Leader's Guide to Thriving in Uncertainty : The Necessity of Self-Transforming

In his talk Jeremy will cover:

• How self-awareness and self-transformation are necessary skills for surviving and thriving in today's uncertain, chaotic world.  
  
• How you can learn to integrate practices and take action in your daily life that help create better options for you and your team, organization and family.
• How to manage your nervous system first in your everyday life.

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Free gift: Finding Solid Ground Exercise

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Jeremy Hunter, PhD is the great-grandson of a sumo wrestler. He serves as the Founding Director of the Executive Mind Leadership Institute as well as Associate Professor of Practice at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management.  

For over a decade, he has helped leaders develop themselves while retaining their humanity in the face of monumental change and challenge.

He created and teaches The Executive Mind, a series of demanding and transformative executive education programs. They are dedicated to Drucker’s assertion that “You cannot manage other people unless you manage yourself first.”

He has designed and led leadership development programs for a wide variety of organizations, including Fortune 200 aerospace, Fortune 50 banking and finance, accounting, the arts and civic non-profits. Program impacts have lead to both positive professional, personal and financial outcomes for participants.

Melli O'Brien
Founder, Mrs. Mindfulness Blog and meditation teacher

Talk Title
How to Be True to Yourself and Lead Yourself First

In her talk, Melli will cover:

• The importance of living in integrity to your true nature.
• How conscious living and mindfulness go hand-in-hand.
• How leading yourself first is the art of conscious living.

Free gift: Interconnectedness meditation and short breath and body meditation

Melli O’Brien is an internationally accredited meditation and yoga teacher who specializes in ‘immersion’ mindfulness retreats. Known for her down-to-earth, engaging and authentic teaching, she has guided thousands of people through her popular retreats and courses.

Ms. O’Brien was selected by the Mangrove Mountain Ashram (the largest ashram in the southern hemisphere) to teach their mindfulness retreats.

Her passion is demystifying and simplifying the world’s wisdom teachings and making them accessible and practical for everyday people.

Melli is also the co-founder and host of The Mindfulness Summit, the world largest mindfulness conference, which was attended by 250,000 people when it launched online in 2015. The summit is a not-for-profit project with a mission to make mindfulness mainstream and so far has raised over 1 million dollars for mindfulness based charities around the world.
You can find out about her upcoming events (and check out her blog) at www.mrsmindfulness.com.

Michael Carrol
Author, The Mindful Leader and Awake at Work

Talk Title
How to Access Wisdom to Overcome Complexity

In his talk, Michael will cover:

• How to wake up your natural well-being and confidence through mindfulness meditation.
• How mindfulness-awareness meditation can help us transform the hassles, conflicts and anxieties of the workplace.
• How to turn mindfulness into valuable opportunities for spiritual and professional growth.

Free Gift: Cultivating Fearlessness Through Shine Lhatong Meditation

Michael Carroll is the COO of Global Coaching Alliance and author of Awake at Work (2004), The Mindful Leader (2007), Fearless at Work (2012) and Mindful Leadership Training (2016) & over his 30+ year business career has held executive positions with Shearson Lehman/American Express, Simon & Schuster and The Walt Disney Company. Michael has been practicing meditation since 1976, is an authorized teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and consults, coaches and lectures widely on the topic of bringing mindfulness-awareness into the workplace at such institutions as Wharton Business School, Harvard Business School, Swarthmore College, Kripalu, Zen Mountain Monastery & for businesses throughout the world.  

Natalie Ledwell
Co-founder, Mind Movies

Talk Title:
How to Empower Yourself to Achieve Authentic Success

In her talk Natalie will cover:

• How you wake up to mindful leadership and revolutionize your life.
• How you can make a difference in the world utilizing mindful leadership.
• What the first steps to living mindfully are and the support you might need to live a more conscious lifestyle.

Free Gift: Six Pre-made Mind Movies

Aussie Natalie Ledwell is a risk taker, non-conformist, rule breaker and maker who believes nothing is impossible.

She’s also an authentic and internationally renowned motivational speaker, best-selling author, Law of Attraction guru, host of “The Inspiration Show” and “Wake Up TV!” and co-founder of the revolutionary Personal Development company “Mind Movies”. She resides in Southern California with her puppy Bella, whom “Nat” is crazy about.

Her mission is to empower 10 million adults and kids all over the world to lead lives fulfilled with joy, happiness and passion – the lives they were destined to live.

Over the years, Natalie has owned several successful businesses with her partner Glen, traveled to all corners of the world, eaten scorpions, bungee jumped, skydived, hand glided. One of her life mottos is: “I’ll try anything once and twice if it’s good.”

In the last 7 years, Natalie and her team at Mind Movies have touched the lives of over 2.1 million people across the globe and are showered every day with their success stories!

Barnet Bain
Filmmaker and Author, The Book of Doing and Being

Talk Title
How Mindfulness Births Innovation and Creativity

In Barnet's talk, he will discuss:

• How mindfulness and creativity intersect.
• How mindfulness can fuel our creativity and innovation.
• How you can begin implementing mindfulness practices to live a creative life today!

Film-maker and author Barnet Bain’s film credits include 'Milton's Secret' (director, writer) based on book by Eckhart Tolle starring Donald Sutherland and Michelle Rodriguez now available on Amazon,iTunes, etc, Oscar-winner ‘What Dreams May Come’ (producer) starring Robin Williams, Emmy-award nominee 'Homeless to Harvard' (executive producer), and 'The Celestine Prophecy' (producer, writer).  Barnet is a faculty member of Esalen Institute and Omega Institute, and adjunct professor at Columbia University Spirituality Mind Body Institute.  Barnet is the author of 'The Book of Doing and Being: Rediscovering Creativity in Life, Love and Work', (Atria, 2015) and The Third Story: Awakening the Love that Transforms, (Spindrift, 2013).

Michael Sandler
Founder, Creative Learning Institute

Talk Title
How Mindful Leaders build Momentum and Spread Their Message!

In his interview, Michael will cover:

• How to overcome challenges with mindfulness practices. 
• How to discover your greatness.
• How to crank up your inner flame!

Free gift: The Shine Bright Collection

Michael Sandler is the co-host of the daily show Inspire Nation, one of the top self-help shows worldwide. In addition to interviewing leading authors and experts, he’s a professional speaker, author, life coach and meditation instructor. A former professional athlete he’s the co-author of the best-sellers Barefoot Running & Barefoot Walking. Along with his wife Jessica Lee, he started Inspire Nation after two near-death accidents and an extreme desire to help others live their greatest lives. He now sports twin titanium femurs and hips and “runs like the wind”. His boyish laugh and Woo Hoo energy is contagious!

Dawa Tarchin Phillips

CEO of Empowerment Holdings, Co-founder and Director of Education at UCSB Psychological and Brain Sciences’ Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential. Author of the forthcoming book Mind Your Business: The Mindful Leadership Breakthrough!

How to train effective leaders for the 21st Century

• What mindful leadership is and is not.
• How to better deal with Workplace Stress.
• How to cultivate mindful decision making under pressure.
• How to manage change and deal with failures and setbacks mindfully.
• How to overcome habits that limit leaders.

Free gift: Beyond Habits: How to Overcome Habits that Limit Leaders

Dawa Tarchin Phillips is a leading authority on Mindful Leadership and evidence-based Mindfulness and Leadership Education. Dawa is the President/CEO of Empowerment Holdings, LLC, a U.S. based international leadership training and consulting firm that trains business leaders and organizations on 5 continents in Mindful Leadership, Awakened Prosperity and Awakened Business approaches.

Dawa is the Director of Education at the Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California Santa Barbara, a member of the renowned Transformational Leadership Council and the Association of Transformational Leader. Dawa is a well-regarded author, speaker, researcher and teacher and has taught and advised at numerous academic and educational institutions, including UCLA, MIT, Cal Poly and the American Chamber of Commerce. He and his work have been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Men’s Fitness, Mindful Magazine, Forbes and Fast Company. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, CA.

Eric Forbis
Co-Founder of Mindful Leadership Summit & Mindful Life

Talk Title
How to Create Mindful Engagement that Benefits your Organization and Community

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Eric is co-founder of the Mindful Leadership Summit and Mindful Life, two conferences held in Washington, DC. The Summit is the largest live gathering in the world to explore what it means to be a mindful leader, and how to bring mindfulness and compassion into organizations. Mindful Life has become the annual gathering for the mindfulness movement, bringing together people to explore mindfulness and compassion in all aspects of life, including family life, work life, civic life, education, health and wellness, social activism and the culture.

Eric is also co-founder of BuddhaFest, one of the leading festivals in the country to focus on mindfulness and compassion. The festival is based in Los Angeles, and features films, talks, meditation and music.

Mikey Siegel
Founder, Consciousness Hacking

Talk Title
How to Use Cutting-Edge Technology for Conscious Entrepreneurship and Spiritual Innovation

In his talk, Mikey will cover:

• How our global issues start as inner issues and why we need innovators developing new tools for transformation that change the world from the inside out.
• How modern technology can act as a catalyst for healing and awakening on a global scale.
• What the latest innovations and trends are emerging in the Transformative Technology space.
• How we can embrace entrepreneurship and tech development as a spiritual path to revolutionize what we create in the world.

Free Gift: Consciousness Haking Free Live Stream Access

Mikey Siegel is a robotics engineer turned consciousness hacker.  He envisions a present and future where science and technology support psychological, emotional and spiritual flourishing.  Where our devices not only connect us to information, but also connect us to ourselves and each other, acting as a catalyst for individual and collective awakening.  He is currently teaching at Stanford University, founder of Consciousness Hacking, BioFluent Technologies, and the Transformative Technology Conference.  He received an MS in robotics from the MIT Media Lab.

Tanya M. Odom
Tanya Odom, Ed.M. Global Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant and Coach

Talk Title
How to Expand Cultural Competency and Inclusion Through Mindful Intent

In her talk, Tanya will cover:

• How diversity, equity and inclusion is what creates more creative and innovative communities, schools, and workplaces.
• How mindfulness assists up in being intentional in how we include others, and in noticing our "blind spots" (which make us human.)
• Why leadership in today's world requires awareness and skills focused on inclusion.
• The research that shows us that small micro behaviors can have big impact.
• Why diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are not bad, nor a challenge, nor about compliance.  It IS about creating spaces for dialogue, innovation, creativity, problem solving, and spaces for learning and growth.

Free gift: Free Coaching Session with Tanya

Tanya M. Odom, Ed.M. is a global consultant, coach, facilitator, teacher, writer, and thought leader.
She has worked globally as a consultant and facilitator for over two decades focusing on areas including: Innovation and Creativity, Diversity and Inclusion, Teambuilding, Mindfulness, Coaching, Inclusive leadership, Girls’ Leadership Development, and Youth Empowerment/mentoring, mindfulness and leadership, and Women’s Leadership.

Tanya’s unique portfolio career has allowed her to work in the education, private sector/corporate, not-for-profit/NGO, law enforcement, and university/college arenas.

She is the co-author of "Evaluation in the Field of Education for Democracy, Human Rights and Tolerance.” Tanya is a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post, where she has written posts about diversity, leadership, self-compassion, and mindfulness. Tanya also writes for cnn.com. Tanya’s work and commentary has also appeared in several publications including Diversity Woman Magazine, Bloomberg News, and The Village Voice.

Tanya was named by Diversity Best Practices as “A Diversity Thought Leader to Follow on Twitter.”

Chantal Pierrat
Founder, Emerging Women

Talk Title
How to Manifest The Power of Connected Leadership: Exploring A Feminine Paradigm for Business

In her talk, Chantal will cover:

• Defining what connected leadership is.
• The 3 Realms of Connected Leadership; Connection to Self, Connection to Others, Connection to the Whole.
• Super Powers of Connection; Empathy, Receptivity, Intuition, Heart.
• How Women Are Uniquely Poised to Accelerate this new Paradigm.

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Chantal was the VP of Sales and Marketing for Sounds True, a multimedia publishing company focused on spirituality, personal growth, and holistic living. In her last year at Sounds True, Chantal spearheaded the successful launch of the Wake Up Festival, Sounds True’s first annual national event with over 25 speakers and 800 attendees. Shortly after, in September 2012, she founded Emerging Women and Emerging Women Live. Chantal’s ultimate vision is to weave feminine leadership and authenticity into businesses, and to create a world where women have a strong voice in the shaping of our future. Chantal is also the creator of SoulSweat™, a dynamic, transformative dance fitness program. She has been teaching for 12 years, and released SoulSweat, the DVD, in 2007. Chantal believes that dance is one of the most powerful ways to connect to our present experience and discover the truth of who we are.

Loren Shuster
Executive VP and Chief Commercial Officer, the LEGO Group

Talk Title
Mindful Leadership in Action

In his talk Loren will cover:

• Why is mindfulness important for leaders.

• What mindful leadership in action looks like.

• Strategies to bring into an organization.

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Loren Shuster joined the LEGO Group in 2015 as Chief Commercial Officer. Loren has extensive experiences in sales, marketing and general management. He has led the expansion of global businesses into emerging markets and has been a core driver in building digital capabilities across multiple industries. Loren is an active profession and life coach and has introduced and developed coaching programs in his previous roles. He is deeply interested in the intersection of wellness and corporate life, is very interested in mindfulness and leadership and has been a regular speaker at Universities, corporate and leadership events. Loren is an avid runner and yoga practitioner. 

Kristin Neff
Founder, Mindful Self Compassion Training Program

Talk Title
Why Having Self-compassion Makes Us Better Leaders

In her talk Kristin will cover:

• How self-compassion increases motivation and is a more effective motivator than self-criticism.
• How self-compassion improves coping with stress, and is a source of strength in challenging circumstances.
• The difference between self-compassion and self-esteem will be discussed, including how self-compassion avoids the pitfalls of self-esteem.

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Kristin Neff is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on self-compassion over a decade ago. In addition to writing numerous academic articles and book chapters on the topic, she is author of the book "Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself," released by William Morrow. In conjunction with her colleague Dr. Chris Germer, she has developed an empirically supported eight-week training program called Mindful Self-Compassion, and offers workshops on self-compassion worldwide.

Michael Mrazek
Director of Research, Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential at Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

Talk Title
Cultivating Human Potential Through Mindfulness Research and Education

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Michael Mrazek, Ph.D. is the Director of Research at the University of California's Center for Mindfulness & Human Potential. Michael's research identifies innovative ways to reveal the full transformative potential of mindfulness training. He explores how much a person can change under ideal circumstances by leading evidence-based min
dfulness training initiatives and examining their impact on cognitive abilities, physiology, brain dynamics, gene expression, and well-being. Another focus of his work is deter
mining the optimal ways to integrate mindfulness into K-12 schools. Michael also designs and teaches research-based mindfulness retreats, as well as an academic course on the s
cience and practice of mindfulness. His work has been featured widely in international pr
ess, appearing in dozens of outlets including the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, Forbes, and Men's Health. 

Talk title:
Modern Mindfulness for Fundamental Change

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Kaira Jewel (formerly Sr. Jewel) is from the US and has been practicing mindfulness and Buddhist meditation since 1997. She was ordained as a nun by Thich Nhat Hanh in 1999 and as a Dharma teacher in 2007.  She returned to secular life in 2015 and continues as a lay Buddhist teacher and mindfulness teacher. Before ordaining, she graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology and Social Sciences. She has led mindfulness retreats in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Brazil, India and Southern Africa. She spends much of her time sharing mindfulness and compassion, especially with children, families and young people, and bringing mindfulness to teachers and schools. She is editor of Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh. She is passionate about exploring the ways art, play and spiritual practice connect. She leads mindfulness courses for artists and has a background in dance and improvisation. She is also a certified Yoga Teacher and InterPlay leader.

Talk title:
Cultural Competence through Mindful Leadership

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As Chairwoman of the San Francisco Buddhist Center, Viveka has overall responsibility for the Center, particularly fostering a sense of community and maintaining the spiritual integrity of the situation. She is also a facilitator and on the Steering Committee of the Triratna's International Council of 50 order members from around the world meeting to promote connection and development across our tradition.

Ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1997, Viveka teaches Buddhism and meditation and leads retreats at the San Francisco Buddhist Center and internationally. She has a deep love for meditation and has meditated for over 20 years. She actively develops emerging teachers and Triratna's teaching movement-wide. As private preceptor, Viveka mentors and trains individuals for ordination.

Viveka is also a certified coach and a facilitator and nonprofit consultant working for 20 years for social justice as an integral expression of her dharma practice. She is a co-founder of Coaching for Justice.

Viveka is on the planning team for a 2013 Generation X cross-tradition Buddhist teacher's conference and the steering committee planning the 2015 Maha-Buddhist Teachers conference aiming to gather 400 teachers of Buddha-Dharma across the wide range of traditions. Viveka is engaged in outreach efforts making Buddhist teachings and meditation available to activists and people of color collaborating with other Buddhist traditions and social change organizations.

Her writing appears in Dharma Culture and Color: New Voices in Western Buddhism, The Buddha's Apprentices: More Voices of Young Buddhists and Record of the Hidden Lamp: 100 Koans and Stories from 25 Centuries of Awakened Women (to be published in 2013).

Jacqueline Carter
Partner and North American Director, Potential Project

Talk Title
Mindful Leadership in Action 

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Jacqueline has over 20 years of experience working with organizations to enhance effectiveness and improve performance. She is also a long-standing mindfulness practitioner and a Partner and the North American Director for Potential Project – a leading global provider of corporate based mindfulness solutions. 

She works with forward thinking organizations to improve focus, clarity, and results through training the mind. Her clients include: Cisco, Accenture, Google, LVMH, KPMG and the Royal Bank of Canada to name a few. Jacqueline is coauthor of “One Second Ahead – Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness” published by Palgrave Macmillan in November 2015. She is currently working on a mindful leadership book in partnership with Harvard Business Press that will be published in March 2018. 

Jacqueline holds a master’s degree in organizational behavior and worked with Deloitte consulting for many years in their Change Leadership Practice. Jacqueline has lived and worked in Canada, the United States, Australia and Singapore. 

Kathrin O'Sullivan
Head of Cross-functional Leadership, Google

Talk Title:
Mindful Leadership for Uncertain Times

In her talk Kathrin will cover:

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Joe Ens
Managing Director, General Mills

Talk Title
How to Re-invent your Leadership with Mindfulness and Compassion 

In his talk with Janice Marturano, Joe will cover:

• What mindful leadership is.

• How mindful leadership training is directly related to the kind of leadership excellence needed in today’s organization.

• How to begin implementing mindfulness as a leader in today’s world.

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Joe Ens is the vice president of marketing at General Mills, where he leads the grain snacks business unit, which includes the Nature Valley and Fiber One Bar franchises.

Born and raised in Toronto, Joe joined General Mills’ Canadian head office in 1996, holding various marketing positions involving fruit and grain snacks, kid and adult cereals, and Betty Crocker desserts. He transferred to the world headquarters in Minneapolis in 2002, managing businesses including snacks growth channels and the Cheerios franchise, before being promoted to business unit director of kid cereals. Joe was then promoted to vice president of marketing to lead the away from home business, which includes convenience and food service channels. He has worked in all three of the General Mills segments: international, U.S. retail, and away from home.

Joe completed both his undergraduate and post-graduate studies in Canada (University of Western Ontario and York University, respectively) and, like many proud Canadians, is an avid Toronto Maple Leafs fan. He is married with two daughters.

George Mumford
Author of The Mindful Athlete and Elite Mindfulness Coach

Talk Title:
Mindfulness and Pure Performance

George will cover:

• Everything you need to know about the 5 superpowers of mindful performance.

• Specific mindfulness techniques that contribute to better performance.

• How mindfulness can be used as a powerful tool while coaching others.

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George Mumford’s deeply moving personal story is unforgettable. A basketball player at the University of Massachusetts (where he roomed with Dr. J, Julius Erving), injuries forced Mumford out of the game he loved. The medications that relieved the pain of his injuries also numbed him to the emptiness he felt without the game and eventually led him to heroin.

After years of making meditation on and off the cushion the center of his life and getting clean, Mumford enrolled in Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program and collaborated with him to create the Inner-city Stress Reduction Clinic in the early nineties.

When Michael Jordan left the Chicago Bulls to play baseball in 1993, the team was in crisis. Coach Phil Jackson, a long-time mindfulness practitioner, contacted Dr. Kabat-Zinn to find someone who could teach mindfulness techniques to the struggling team—someone who would have credibility and could speak the language of his players. Kabat-Zinn led Jackson to Mumford and their partnership began.

Mumford has worked with Jackson and many of the teams he coached to become NBA champions. His roster of champion clients has since blossomed way beyond basketball to include corporate executives, Olympians, and athletes in many different sports.

He currently works with Jackson's New York Knicks.