2023 Agenda

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All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Day One
6:30 AM

Registration Begins

7:00-7:30 AM

Yoga and Meditation Session (In-Person Only)
Tulsi Chase, EdM

7:00-8:00 AM

Light Breakfast

8:00-8:15 AM

Welcome Address
Balachundhar Subramaniam, MD, MPH

8:15-8:45 AM

Consciousness and Anesthetized States
Emery Brown, MD, PhD

8:45-9:15 AM

Neural Correlates and Disorders of Consciousness
Steven Laureys, MSc, MD, PhD, FEAN

9:15-9:45 AM

Making Space & Time for Consciousness in Physics
Bernard Carr, PhD

9:45-10:15 AM

Evolutionary Psychology and Mathematical Models
Donald Hoffman, PhD

10:15-10:45 AM

Break

10:45-11:15 AM

Nonlocal Consciousness
Arnaud Delorme, PhD

11:15 AM-12:45 PM

Science and Spirituality Panel
Moderator: Balachundhar Subramaniam MD, MPH
Christof Koch, PhD; Rudolph Tanzi, PhD; Deepak Chopra, MD; Bernard Carr, PhD with Sadhguru 

12:45-1:30 PM

Lunch 

1:30-3:00 PM

Poster session on Consciousness: Science Spirituality & Social Impact
Preeti Reed, MBBS, MPH, DIPPM; Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, PhD; Kestas Kveraga, PhD; Steven Laureys, MSc, MD, PhD, FEAN; Sepideh Hariri, PhD

3:00-4:00 PM

Transport to Sanders Theater
 

4:00-5:00 PM

Break

5:00-7:00 PM

Harvard Sanders Theater: Conversation with Sadhguru and Steven Pinker**
Moderator: Balachundhar Subramaniam, MD, MPH
Steven Pinker, PhD; Sadhguru

**No CME offered for this session

 

Friday, October 27, 2023

Day Two
6:30 AM

Registration Begins

7:00-7:30 AM

Yoga and Meditation Session (In-Person Only)
Tulsi Chase, EdM

7:00-8:00 AM

Light Breakfast

8:00-8:30 AM

Consciousness and Contemplative Sciences: a Promising Symbiosis
Melanie Boly, MD, PhD

8:30-9:00 AM

Plasticity for Wellbeing
Richard Davidson, PhD

9:00-9:30 AM

Conscious leadership to NCCIH
Helene Langevin, MD

9:30-10:00 AM

Laddership- Leading with the Gifts of Emergence
Nipun Mehta, BA

10:00-10:30 AM

Break

10:30-11:00 AM

Conscious Approach to Leadership
Tracy F. H. Chang, PhD, MBA

11:00-11:30 AM

Leadership in Business
Ranjay Gulati, MBA

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Science and Spirituality Panel on Conscious Leadership
Moderator: Tracy F. H. Chang, PhD, MBA
Nipun Mehta, BA; Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, FAAN; Helene Langevin, MD; Ranjay Gulati, MBA with Sadhguru

1:00-1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45-2:15 PM

Integrating Whole Person and Whole Planet Health
Helene Langevin, MD

2:15-2:45 PM

The Brain-Gut Microbiome System in Health and Disease
Emeran Mayer, MD

2:45-3:15 PM

Importance of Soil Management to Mitigate Climate Change
Rattan Lal, PhD

3:15-3:45 PM

Save Soil: Navigating Global Policy Challenges
Praveena Shridhar, MS 

3:45-4:15 PM

Break

4:15-5:45 PM

Science and Spirituality Panel on Conscious Planet
Moderator: Peter Wayne, PhD
Helene Langevin, MD; Emeran Mayer, MD; Aterah Nusrat, MSc, DIC; with Sadhguru

5:45-6:00 PM

Closing Remarks

6:00-7:30 PM

Reception (In-Person Only)