Program and Schedule

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Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Friday, 11 July 2025
15:00
Check-in Starts
19:00-20:00
Dinner
20:15-21:30
Opening Program
Welcome
Saturday, 12 July 2025
06:00-07:00
Optional: Yoga Class
07:00-08:00
Optional: Group Meditation
08:00-09:00
Breakfast
09:00-12:15
Plenary Sessions
Generating the New Cosmic Story
How can we generate new narratives that lead us towards the next steps in the evolution of human consciousness and the transformation of society toward greater justice, sustainability, wisdom and joy?
Opening Remarks
Viorica Preda
Emergence and Awakening: The Unfolding of a New Cosmic Story
Kathleen Kesson
Making It Real: Bringing the New Story Down to Earth
Eric Jacobson
12:15-13:00
Break
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-
Break
14:30-16:00
Workshop Session 1
To Become More Aware of One’s Voice, and to Nurture and Enhance One’s Presence and Skills
Ananda Tapomaya
Room 1
Curriculum Inspired by Philosophy
Eric Jacobson
Room 2
Using Neohumanist Principles to Build Community
Alberta Pedroja
Room 3
Parents and Infants: Shaping Each Other for a Neohumanist Future
Didi Ananda Uttama
Room 4
16:15-17:45
Workshop Session 2
Introduction to Meditation and Asanas and Yogic Lifestyle Class
Christian Franceschini
Room 1
Educational Administration in the Digital Age
Jareeporn Naksamrit
Balanced Use and Development of Technology Coupled with the Spiritual Elevation of Human Society
Avt Ananda Rasasudha
Room 2
Embodied Learning: Integrating Creative Movement Across the Neohumanist Curriculum
Kathleen Kesson
Room 3
Developing Moral Courage in Teacher and Children
Yolande Koning
Room 4
17:45-19:00
Free time and optional group meditation
19:00-20:00
Dinner
20:15-21:30
Evening Program
GANE – Global Association of Neohumanist Educators
Sunday, 13 July 2025
06:00-07:00
Optional: Yoga Class
07:00-08:00
Optional: Group Meditation
08:00-09:00
Breakfast
09:00-12:15
Plenary Sessions
Cultivating Spiritual Wisdom and Personal Well Being
What are practical ways to develop spiritual wisdom that enhance critical thinking, psychological resiliency and the construction of meaning?
The Hidden Inner Dimension of Education Didi Ananda Devapriya
Kinship, Love, and Ecological Citizenship
How can educators play a meaningful role in fostering unity, love, and solidarity, not only between diverse humans but also with the other beings with whom we share the planet?
Cultivating Ecological Kinship: Love and Responsibility in Neohumanist Education
Ruai Gregory, Marilyn Mehlmann, Teia Ciulacu
12:15-13:00
Break
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-
Break
14:30-16:00
Showcase
SHOWCASE AND NETWORK­ING SESSION
Organized by Didi Ananda Devapriya and Didi Ananda Madhupurna
FOR EVERYONE
16:15-17:45
Workshops
Beautiful Questions for a Bright Future
Sid Jordan, Linda Baker
Room 1
The Personal Journey of a Social Entrepreneur for Sustainability
Teia Ciulacu
Room 2
Nature-Based Early Childhood Education
Room 3
Ruai Rekha Gregory, Dalila do Carmo Lucas
Education on the Edge
Marilyn Mehlmann
Room 4
17:45-19:00
Free time and optional group meditation
19:00-20:00
Dinner
20:15-21:30
Evening Program
AMAYE – AM Association of Yoga Educators
Monday, 14 July 2025
06:00-07:00
Optional: Yoga Class
07:00-08:00
Optional: Group Meditation
08:00-09:00
Breakfast
9:00-12:15
Plenaries
Community, Service, and Social Justice
How to support the development of an inspiring vision that gives the courage for engaged social action?
Empowering Future Change-makers: Teaching Neohumanist Activism to Students
Howard Nemon, Christy Shaver
Awakening the Aesthetic Spirit
How can educators cultivate deep learning, personal development, and community through the arts?
Writing a Future: Constructive and Neohumanistic Storytelling
Dr. Ivana Milojević
12:15-13:00
Break
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-
Break
14:30-16:00
Workshops 1
Reflect, Assess, and Elevate Your Project’s Success
Usha YC Chang, Kalyanii KL Chew, Femilya Putri
Room 1
University Without Walls
Dada Shambhushivananda, Sid Jordan
Room 2
Close to Myself: Psychological Support for Teachers in Time of Crisis
Olha Prosina
Room 3
Supporting Independence and Self-Reliance in Young Children
Anoeska Gerritsa
Room 4
16:15-17:45
Workshops 2
Introduction to Meditation and Asanas and Yogic Lifestyle Class
Christian Franceschini
Room 1
Positive Affect for Effective Learning and Teacher and Learner Well-being
Deborah Azaryad Shechter
Room 2
Conflict Transformation Futures
Ivana Milojević
Room 3
Neohumanist Songs
Eric Jacobson
Room 4
17:45-19:00
Free time and optional group meditation
19:00-20:00
Dinner
20:15-21:30
Evening Program
PRSI – PR Sakar Institute
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
06:00-07:00
Optional: Yoga Class
07:00-08:00
Optional: Group Meditation
08:00-09:00
Breakfast
9:00-12:15
Plenaries
The Emerging Digital World
How can educators make wise choices that ensure that new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, serve the aims of positive human development?
Exponential Thinking: Integrating The Rapid Pace of Technological Change
Aaron Frank
Breathing Into the Future
How can we move between a place of great inner stillness and informed, transformative action?
Seven Uses of the Future for Educators
Sohail Inayatullah
12:15-13:00
Break
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-
Break
14:30-16:00
Workshops
The Anxiety Epidemic and Teenagers: Cultivating Inner Resilience and Collective Healing
Liila Hass
Room 1
Navigating the AI Hype: Getting Hands On with Generative Artificial Intelligence
Aaron Frank
Room 2
Power and the Possibility of Transformation: the Sarkar Game in Action
Sohail Inayatullah
Room 3
The Child’s Own Wisdom in Guidance and Development Activities
Ellen van Tuijl
Room 4
16:15-17:45
Closing Program
CLOSING PROGRAM FOR EVERYONE
17:45-19:00
Free time and optional group meditation
19:00-20:00
Dinner
20:15-21:30
Evening Program
Cultural Program
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
08:00-10:00
Breakfast
10:00-12:00

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