Wisdom 2.0 2014 Schedule: Main Stage
February 14th - 16th (Friday - Sunday, main conference)
We're still nailing down exact time slots, but we're so excited about the sessions we already have confirmed that we wanted to start sharing now! Here are just some of the topics and speakers you'll see at Wisdom 2.0 2014:
Friday
MAINSTAGE:
My Wisdom 2.0 Experience: Putting This into Practice with Arturo Bejar, Director of Engineering, Facebook
Lessons in Social Change and Lemonade with Vivienne Harr, Make-a-Stand Lemonaid
Teachings in Presence from World Indigenous Communities: A Photographer’s Story with Lisa Kristine, humanitarian photographer
The Great Human Experiment. Technology and the Brain: the latest research and findings with Larry Rosen, research psychologist and educator
The Digital Now with Abha Dawesar, author, Babyji
Mindfulness in the Digital Age with Jon Kabat-Zinn
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
Vision 2020 and the Path to Peace: Conversation with Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwandan Ambassador to the US
Yoga in the Digital Age with Gopi Kallayil and Irene Au
Saturday
MAINSTAGE
Seeing Through the Story: Applications in Business and Life with Byron Katie
Lessons in Corporate Mindfulness at Google with Karen May, Vice President, Google; and Meng Tan, Jolly Good Fellow, Google
The Mindful Workspace: Proximity, Compassion, and Generosity at Medium with Jonathan Rosenfield, Medium
Conscious Coaching: Trends and Opportunities with James Flaherty, founder, New Ventures West; and Fred Koffman, author, Conscious Business
Conscious Communication in the Digital Age, a conversation with Alanis Morissette and Dr. Daniel Siegel
Social Entrepreneurism: How Zappos and startups leverage the Downtown Project to accelerate innovation, productivity, return on community, and return on luck with Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos
Sports, Performance, and Mindfulness with Michael Gervais, sports psychologist
Mindful Planning: The Art of Present Moment Organization and Planning with Peter Deng, Instagram
The Power of the Present Moment: Awakening in the Digital Age, Meditation and Talk by Eckhart Tolle
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
The Work with Byron Katie
Spirituality and Social Action with Roshi Joan Halifax
The Art of (Dis)Connecting & the Importance of Play in Creating Balance with Levi Felix, founder, Digital Detox
Creativity and Consciousness: Questions and Answers with Alanis Morissette
Conscious Business with Fred Koffman
Social Entrepreneurism: Question and Answers with Zappos CEO,Tony Hsieh
From Me to We: Lessons in Expanded Identity with Dan Siegel
Sunday
MAINSTAGE
The Mindful Parent: Lessons in non Hurrying! with Rachel Macy Stafford, the Hands free Mama
The Art of Conscious Parenting with Dr. Shefali Tsabary
Gratitude in the Digital Age with Brother David Steindl-Rast
The Compassionate Society with Brother David Steindl-Rast; Kristen Kneff, author, Self-compassion; James Doty, Founder Center for Compassion at Stanford; and Sharon Salzberg, mindfulness teacher.
Life's Short. Play More: Combining play theory with cutting-edge technology with Jessica Matthews, Cofounder, Uncharted Play
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Science and Meditation with Meng Tan and Shinzen Young
Wisdom and Technology: Changing the World One Smile at a Time - Service Space with Pavi Mehta and friends
Next Steps to A Mindful Nation with Congressman Tim Ryan
We're still finalizing all the scheduling details for the 2014 Conference, but here's a quick overview of some of the things you can look forward to:
The Main Stage
As always, we'll have a dynamic series of speakers from the worlds of technology, wisdom, business, media, psychology and more.
The Break Outs
The conference will intermingle mainstage speakers with breakout sessions on a wide range of topics each day. For more in-depth and experiential time with speakers, participants will be able to choose from a number of breakout sessions on a wide range of topics.
The Hosted Conversations
Participants can host and participate in spontaneous conversations around a variety self-curated areas of interest.
The Other Activities
We'll also have yoga, meditation, and art areas; and there will be lounges and open spaces to support participant connections.
