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HopeHOME Agenda PresentersFAQ REGISTER REGISTER HOME Agenda PresentersFAQ REGISTER REGISTER HOME Agenda PresentersFAQ REGISTER REGISTER 8th annual virtual learning summit hosted by Mindful Society Global Institute. Join us to awaken hope and see new possibilities in health, education, the workplace, environmental sustainability and our global community. LIVE STREAM JUNE 12 – JUNE 18, 2022 8th annual virtual learning summit hosted by Mindful Society Global Institute. Join us to awaken hope and see new possibilities in health, education, the workplace, environmental sustainability and our global community. LIVE STREAM JUNE 12 – JUNE 18, 2022 Sign up to Receive Updates about Events and Resources Receive event updates, FREE resources, and monthly insights about the field of mindfulness from Mindful Society Global Institute. Subscribe Leave this field empty if you’re human: 500+ practitioners and professionals 35 featured presenters 27 learning and practice sessions Welcome to A Mindful Society 2022 Our Summit Agenda has launched! Join 500+ practitioners and professionals applying mindfulness from around the world. For a week long virtual summit from June 12 – 18, 2022, A Mindful Society will stream 27 learning and practice sessions consisting of LIVE interactive workshops with global leaders including Q&A, immersive guided practices and networking with a like-minded global community. This all-in-one virtual learning summit will help awaken hope and see new possibilities in health, education, the workplace, environmental sustainability and our global community. BUY TICKETS Who is this for? A week long virtual learning summit for practitioners and professionals interested in applying mindfulness in health, education, the workplace, environment and community settings. Summit Agenda Summit sessions are accessible to Los Angeles (PDT), Toronto / New York (EDT), UK / Euro time zones (GMT). Sun June 12 Mon June 13 Tue June 14 Wed June 15 Thur June 16 Fri June 17 Sat June 18 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm (EDT) Opening Ceremony - Mindful Society Global Institute Launching the Hope Virtual Learning Summit with a practice led by Anishnabe Nation Elder John Rice and opening remarks by Summit Director and Institute Chief Curator Michele Milan MA. Speakers: John Rice Anishinabe Nation Elder Michael Apollo MHSc RP Co-Host & Founder Michele Milan MA Co-Host & Chief Curator 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (EDT) Keynote - Meeting the Climate Crisis From the Inside Out Climate change is a physical reality, demanding political and practical solutions. But its inner dimension, overlooked entirely by mainstream approaches, is a human crisis of relationship. Jamie’s research and recent policy report outlines the relevance of mindfulness and compassion practices in addressing the endemic disconnection from self, others and nature at the root of the climate crisis. In this session we will explore the cognitive and emotional foundations of conscious connection and discuss the potential for mindfulness and compassion practices to be developed into powerful enablers of reconnection, fostering both greater resilience and more appropriate responses to global sustainability crises. Speakers: Jamie Bristow Director of The Mindfulness Initiative 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (EDT) Learning Session - The Inside Track: Mindfulness in Social Purpose Organizations And The Community Mindfulness is well established as a transformative practice for individuals – leading to greater wellbeing, resilience, clarity and energy for growth. The next stage for the evolution of mindfulness is to take it into the heart of our communities, placing its powerful possibilities for change directly into the hands of the people who can most benefit from it. This session sets out a model for doing exactly this, developed by the UK mindfulness and coaching social enterprise Rising Minds. ‘The Inside Track’ is a new approach to teaching mindfulness in social purpose organizations and the communities they serve. It’s about supporting and sustaining the long-term resilience, leadership and creativity of social purpose organizations and all their stakeholders. Extraordinary insights can arise when people from diverse backgrounds come together to cultivate the same core human capacities. This new approach is about two key stages: 1) Teaching the core principles and practices of mindfulness. 2) Giving people simple and effective tools to pass on that learning widely throughout their organizations and communities. This is ultimately about empowering people in organizations and communities to co-create mindfulness-based programmes that work for them, in their particular situation. In the process, this helps people to sustain long-term mindfulness practices, and to be part of a vibrant community of practitioners. This can help organizations and communities develop as ‘whole systems’ the same core capacities that each of us can as individuals: resilience, self-determination, strategic effectiveness, emotional intelligence and cultural sensitivity. These qualities are more needed than ever at a time of major societal challenges – post-Covid recovery, the cost of living crisis, and climate emergency. Speakers: Tim Segaller Mindfulness Teacher & Executive Coach 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (EDT) Learning Session - Maintaining Presence in Online Learning: A Contemplative Perspective When the pandemic forced a sudden shift towards emergency remote teaching and transition into the online space, several long-standing issues and advantages of online learning were illuminated. These included the ongoing debate about the implications of online education for university teaching; systemic barriers of class, race, disability and access to technology faced by students; deepening feelings of disconnection and attention deficit” among students in an increasingly technical and isolated world; and growing levels of anxiety and stress among students and faculty. Our rapidly changing and crisis-filled world seems to be crying out for new ways of thinking and being…as well as teaching. For contemplative scholars, the current juncture only heightens the need for contemplative practices in education, including those strategies that promote learners’ holistic PRESENCE. If contemplative pedagogy is about challenging disconnection, the online world seems to run counter to its mandate. How does a seemingly disruptive technology” fit into this approach that seeks awareness and attention? If contemplative learning is about coming into community and communion with each other, then how does being remote” affect that? How can we achieve presence in the online space, in synchronous and asynchronous digital spaces? Our panel discussion tackles these questions. Four university professors of diverse disciplines share their perspectives on integrating learning design and mindfulness practices that promote PRESENCE in online learning. Our brief presentations exemplifying contemplative pedagogical approaches are followed by an interactive discussion further inquiring: • What is considered presence in online learning (contemplative perspective)? • If presence is about authenticity and openness, holding space to connect with others, moving past distraction so that we can be present” fully, then how do we establish and maintain that presence when technological setup fractures our attention and divides our teaching (and learning) selves? • How does one create and maintain presence in the online classroom through mindfulness-based practice? • How does one create that space in a virtual classroom that allows students to reflect, to become aware, to sit in silence and process when we can’t physically be there to create and hold that space? Speakers: Dr. Yuk-Lin Renita Wong University Professor / Researcher Dr. Karen Robert University Professor / Researcher Dr. Leslie Jeffrey University Professor / Researcher Dr. Aga Palalas University Professor / Researcher 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EDT) Learning Session...