LIVE STREAM 
MAY 1 – 4, 2020
A MINDFUL SOCIETY 2020 LIVE ONLINE CONFERENCE
OUR PRESENT FUTURE
FEATURING BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND PSYCHOLOGIST DR. RICK HANSON
Our keynote speakers
Best-selling Author, Neuroscientist & Psychologist
Rick Hanson Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books are available in 28 languages and include Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture.
Best-selling Author, Founder Center for Mindful Living, Psychologist
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is co-founder of The Centre for Mindful Living and the creator of the six-month online program A Course in Mindful Living. His books are available in 12 languages and include Uncovering Happiness, The Now Effect, Mindfulness Meditations for the Anxious Traveler and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook with a foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Choose from 62 presenters and 45 breakouts
Mindful Loving, Ph.D Clinical Psychologist, Sex Therapist, Buddhist teacher
Dr. Cheryl Fraser is a Psychologist, Sex Therapist, and Author of Buddha's Bedroom -The Mindful Loving Path to Sexual Passion & Lifelong Intimacy. A Fulbright scholar & Buddhist teacher, she studies what causes love relationships to succeed or fail. She writes for Mindful magazine. She has been studying and practicing in both the Tibetan Vajrayana and Theravada traditions for over 25 years.
Barry Boyce is founding editor of Mindful, a print and digital magazine focusing on applying mindfulness to everyday life and a mindfulness practitioner and teacher for more than 40 years. He is editor of The Mindfulness Revolution; coauthor of The Rules of Victory, a commentary on Sun Tzu’s Art of War; and development editor for U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan’s book A Mindful Nation.
Animo Ventures Inc. Founder, Artificial Intelligence Researcher at The Vector Institute
Samin is an internationally recognized artificial intelligence developer and mental health researcher. He was the 2018 world champion of Microsoft’s 'Olympics of Technology' - Imagine Cup - with over 40 000 competing teams worldwide. Samin is the founder of Animo, which quantifies and predicts psychological wellbeing to facilitate human flourishing through the predictive capacities of AI.
Plan your experience
Friday
May 1st
Day 1
Pre-Conference Workshop with Dr. Rick Hanson
‘A Neuropsychology of Awakening: Healing and Practicing with the Brain in Mind’
Discover the recent neuroscience and ancient wisdom of developing spacious awareness, deep contentment, boundless love, and inner peace. Rick Hanson PhD offers practical tools for an openhearted, joyful, and generous life.
Saturday
May 2nd
Day 2
Keynote, breakouts and practices
Gather together in our opening practice, then hear from Dr. Rick Hanson keynote presentation speaking on ‘Courage and Compassion: Living with a Strong Heart in Challenging Times’. Meet others living and working with mindfulness and choose from a variety of breakout and practice sessions.
Sunday
May 3rd
Day 3
Speakers, breakouts and practices
Bring knowledge to action as you engage in the second day of breakouts and practice sessions. Hear from Elisha Goldstein Ph.D. keynote presentation speaking on “The Science of Tribe: Our Future Depends On It”, select from 13 breakout sessions and practices led by 43 leaders in the field of mindfulness.
Monday
May 4th
Day 4
Post-conference workshop with Dr. Elisha Goldstein
‘Creating a Practice That Lasts’
In this workshop, we’ll not only be deepening into mindfulness and compassion practice but also explore playful exercises that are outside the traditional training of most mindfulness-based programs that you can do and teach to help yourself and others create the clarity and energy for consistent motivation and practice.
Online access options
4 DAY FULL ACCESS ONLINE PASS
(MAY 1-4, 2020)
Full-day in-depth training with Dr. Rick Hanson on the Friday
Full access to 2-day weekend conference on Sat-Sun
A full-day workshop with guided practices for work and life live streamed to access at work or from home
Access to 32 workshops / presentations
Access to 62 presenters
Access to 7 hours of guided practice
Certificate of Attendance / CE Credits
Be part of a thriving, like-minded community
Lifetime access to digital workshop and keynote recordings
$895 CAD (reg. $1,195)
Where does the ticket money go?
As a community-based organization, 100% of ticket prices go directly back into the planning and execution of our yearly conference and workshops, and to our partner organizations.
Can’t join us for the full event? Individual ticket options below:
FRIDAY PRE-CONFERENCE ONLINE WORKSHOP
(MAY 1, 2020)
Full-day in-depth training with Dr. Rick Hanson
Certificate of Attendance / CE Credits
Lifetime access to digital workshop and recording
$275 CAD (reg. $325)
2-DAY WEEKEND ONLINE CONFERENCE
(MAY 2-3, 2020)
Access to 32 workshops / presentations
Access to 62 presenters
Access to 7 hours of guided practice
Certificate of Attendance / CE Credits
Be part of a thriving, like-minded community
Lifetime access to digital event recordings
$449 CAD (reg. $749)
MONDAY POST-CONFERENCE ONLINE WORKSHOP
(MAY 4, 2020)
Full day in-depth training with Dr. Elisha Goldstein
Certificate of Attendance / CE Credits
Lifetime access to digital workshop recording
$275 CAD (reg. $325)
SCHOLARSHIPS
A Mindful Society runs a scholarship program to help make the conference accessible to everyone.
GROUPS
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