INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Event Information
About this event
This conference aims to bring together leading voices from around the world to discuss broad approaches and proven techniques for promoting a consciousness-based view of leadership and management for a more blissful and peaceful world. Ideally this conference will arrive at an alignment and consensus on the best approaches for moving forward together in the right direction.
Themes
Consciousness based approaches to leadership and management
- Shared prosperity through enlightened business practices
- Promoting productivity, happiness, and profitability
- The future of work, skills, and action
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- Personal Development studies
- Development of Collective Consciousness for World Peace
Paradigms, Theories and Dynamics of a Peaceful and Flourishing world
- From the Physical Sciences, including quantum sciences, Artificial Intelligence, and more
- Promoting productivity, happiness, and profitability
- From the Social Sciences, including economics, management, psychology, humanities, arts, and more
- From Spirituality and Religion, including value and belief systems, meditations and rituals, and more
Consciousness-based approaches to leadership and management education
- Empirical research on techniques and outcomes
- Experiential and cognitive education
- Scalable interactive education and adaptation to education at a distance
Keynote speakers
Dr. Tony Nader
Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR, is a medical doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in neuroscience), and a globally recognized Vedic scholar. As a scientist and scholar with mastery in both modern science and the ancient Vedic tradition, he was chosen by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to be his successor and is the head of the nonprofit international Transcendental Meditation® organizations in over 100 countries. Dr. Nader guides the TM® programs and their practical applications in education, health, business, defense, agriculture, and other fields.
Dr. Robert E. Quinn
Dr. Quinn is the Margaret Elliot Tracy Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business. His research and writing focuses on purpose, leadership, culture and change. He is a cofounder of the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan. He has also published 18 books, including Deep Change which is a long-term best seller. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management and the World Business Academy.
Dr. Subhash C. Kak
Dr. Kak is the Regents Professor of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. He is also a renowned Vedic scholar and has written many books on Vedic literature. He was awarded with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. He is also an appointed member of the Indian Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council.
Dr. David W. Orme-Johnson
Dr. Orme-Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa. He is a leading researcher on Transcendental Meditation and Super Radiance Effect and has authored or co-authored more than 100 research papers. He is an editor of the eight volumes of collected works on TM. Learn more about his work at truthabouttm.org.
DAY 1 - 21 MAY 2021
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09:00AM Session 1 "RESEARCH PAPERS on Vedic Approaches to Oneness and Flourishing"
12:00PM Session 2 "RESEARCH PAPERS on Organization Culture Approaches to Oneness and Flourishing"
02:00PM Session 3A "OPENING KEYNOTE CONVERSATION by Dr. Tony Nader, MD. PhD. on Creating Inner Wholeness as the basis for Consciousness-Based Leadership"
03:00PM Session 3B "OPENING KEYNOTE CONVERSATION by Dr. Robert Quinn on Organizational Cultural Approaches to Oneness and Flourishing"
06:00PM Session 4 Symposium: Connecting Individual and Collective Spiritual Mindset with Shaping a Better World
09:00PM Session 5 "RESEARCH PAPERS on Workplace perspectives on Oneness and Flourishing"
DAY 2 - 22 MAY 2021
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9:00AM Session 6 "PANEL DISCUSSION on Consciousness-Based Management Education"
12:00PM Session 7 "SYMPOSIUM on Developing Consciousness-Based Leadership and Happiness"
3:00PM Session 8 "KEYNOTE CONVERSATION by Dr. David Orme-Johnson on Transcendental Approaches to Oneness and Flourishing"
6:00PM Session 9 "PANEL DISCUSSION on Dialogic Approaches to Oneness and Flourishing"
9:00PM Session 10 ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE through Musical approaches to Fun and Flourishing
DAY 3 - 23 MAY 2021
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9:00AM Session 11 "RESEARCH PAPERS on Broad Philosophies of Oneness and Flourishing"
12:00PM Session 12 "PANEL DISCUSSION on Vedic Approaches to Oneness and Flourishment"
3:00PM Session 13 "PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP on Evoking a Loving Inquiry in a Group Setting Using Collaborative Auto Ethnography"
6:00PM Session 14 "CLOSING KEYNOTE CONVERSATION by Dr Subhash Kak on Quantum and Technological Approaches to Oneness and Flourishing"
