Program
Overview
We look forward to welcoming everyone to Padova for ISCR 2024!
Please note the times listed are in local time for Padova (CEST). Program details are still under development and may be subject to change.
Program at a Glance
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Workshops
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Program Overview
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Location: San Gaetano Cultural Centre
12:30-18:00
Registration/Info Desk Open
12:30-18:00
Meditation Room Open
13:00-14:30
Pre-Conferences
Workshop 1: Reimagining Contemplative Education
Chiara Mascarello, University of Padua; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Josipa Mihić, University of Zagreb
Robert W. Roeser, Pennsylvania State University
Harold D. Roth, Brown University
Workshop 2: Advancing Efficacious, Liberatory Methods and Approaches to Contemplative Research: An Interdisciplinary Workshop and Community Conversation
Doris Chang, New York University
Jennifer Daubenmeier, San Francisco State University
Lindsay E. Romano, New York University
Cheryl Woods-Giscombé, University of North Carolina
14:30-15:00
Afternoon Break
15:00-16:30
Pre-Conferences Continue
Workshop 1: Reimagining Contemplative Education
Chiara Mascarello, University of Padua; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Josipa Mihić, University of Zagreb
Robert W. Roeser, Pennsylvania State University
Harold D. Roth, Brown University
Workshop 2: Advancing Efficacious, Liberatory Methods and Approaches to Contemplative Research: An Interdisciplinary Workshop and Community Conversation
Doris Chang, New York University
Jennifer Daubenmeier, San Francisco State University
Lindsay E. Romano, New York University
Cheryl Woods-Giscombé, University of North Carolina
16:30-18:00
Free Time
18:00-21:00
Opening Ceremonies, Keynote Panel & Reception
Location: San Gaetano Cultural Centre
08:00-18:00
Registration/Info Desk Open
08:00-18:00
Meditation Room Open
08:30-18:45
Posters Open
08:30-09:00
Practice: Thai Samatha Meditation
Sarah Shaw
09:00-10:00
Invited Speaker 1 – TBC – Chaired by Doris F. Chang
10:00-10:30
Morning Break
10:30-11:45
Session Block 1
Session 1.1: Queering the dharma for the benefit of all: multidisciplinary views on how queer perspectives intersect with Buddhist meditation and concepts in contemporary societies.
Julieta Galante 1, Ana Dragojlovic 1, Oscar Lecuona 2, Sara De Rivas 3, Gabrielle Lim 4
1 University of Melbourne, 2 Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 3 Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan CArlos, 4 University of Sydney
Session 1.2: Impact of mindfulness meditation on neurophysiological, cognitive, and behavioural indices of self-related processing
Ivan Nyklicek 1, David Vago 2, Karin Matko 3, Fynn-Mathis Trautwein 4, Rael Cahn 5
1 Tilburg University, 2 Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 3 Chemnitz University of Technology, 4 University of Freiburg, 5 Keck School of Medicine of USC
Session 1.3: The neurophenomenology of Jhana meditation: Neuroscientific, computational, and phenomenological perspectives on meditative absorption
Mark Miller 1, Jonas Mago 2, Matthew Sacchet 3, Joshua Brahinsky 2, Michael Lifshitz 2
1 Monash University, University of Toronto, Hokkaido University, 2 McGill University, 3 Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital
Session 1.4: Contemplative practices and skills in preservice teacher education: Research from Mexico, Germany, and the United States
Matthew Hirshberg 1, Summer Braun 2, Alison Hooper 2, Tenzin Sonam 3, Robert Roeser 4, Corina Aguilar-Raab 5, Lisa Flook 6, Richard Davidson 7
1 University of Wisconsin Madison, 2 University of Alabama, 3 Emory University, 4 Pennsylvania State University, 5 University of Mannheim, 6 University of Wisconsin-Madison, 7 University of Wisconsin – Madison
11:45-12:00
Transition
12:00-13:15
Session Block 2
Session 2.1
Session 2.2
Session 2.3
Session 2.4
13:15-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
Session Block 3
Session 3.1: Exploring Compassion-Related Interventions – Chaired by Alberto Voci
Session 3.2: Towards Embodied Wisdom – Chaired by Cheryl Woods-Giscombé
Session 3.3: TBC – Chaired by Gábor Karsai
Session 3.4: Mindfulness and Resilience – Chaired by Linda E. Carlson
16:00-16:30
Afternoon Break
16:30-18:00
Invited Speaker Panel 1: Embodying Love – Chaired by Laura Candiotto
Laura Candiotto, University of Pardubice
Anne C. Klein, Rice University
Christian Suhr, Aarhus University
Andreas Weber, Berlin University of the Arts
18:00-19:00
Poster Session 1
Location: San Gaetano Cultural Centre
08:00-18:00
Registration/Info Desk Open
08:00-18:00
Meditation Room Open
08:30-18:45
Posters Open
08:30-09:00
Practice: Tibetan Buddhist Meditation
Anne C. Klein
09:00-10:00
Invited Speaker 2: Bret W. Davis, Loyola University
Groundless Zen: On Nishitani in and beyond The Embodied Mind
10:00-10:30
Morning Break
10:30-11:45
Session Block 4
Session 4.1
Session 4.2
Session 4.3
Session 4.4
11:45-12:00
Transition
12:00-13:15
Session Block 5
Session 5.1
Session 5.2
Session 5.3
Session 5.4
13:15-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
Session Block 6
Session 6.1: Meditation for Teachers – Chaired by Doris F. Chang
Session 6.2: Dealing with Pain – Chaired by Fadel Zeidan
Session 6.3: Contemplative Practice and Relationality – Chaired by Diego Romaioli
Session 6.4: Arts, Embodiment and Contemplative Practice – Chaired by Laura Candiotto
16:00-16:30
Afternoon Break
16:30-18:00
Invited Speaker Panel 2: New Models for Contemplative Education – Chaired by Harold D. Roth
Gábor Karsai, Dharma Gate Buddhist College
Chiara Mascarello, University of Padua; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Josipa Mihić, University of Zagreb
Harold D. Roth, Brown University
18:00-19:00
Poster Session 2
Location: Beato Pellegrino Complex
08:00-18:00
Registration/Info Desk Open
08:00-18:30
Meditation Room Open
08:30-09:00
Practice: Japanese Rinzai Zen Meditation
Bret W. Davis
09:00-10:00
Invited Speaker 3: Franz Vollenweider, University of Zürich – Chaired by Dave R. Vago
Neuroscientific Foundations of Psychedelic Experience: Potential Synergies with Mindfulness Meditation and Clinical Implications
10:00-10:30
Morning Break on your own
10:30-12:30
Session Block 7
Session 7.1 – 10:30-11:30
Session 7.2 – 10:30-11:30
Session 7.3 -10:30-11:30
Session 7.4 – 10:30-12:30: Meditation and its Impacts – Chaired by Marieke van Vugt
Session 7.5 – 11:30-12:30
Session 7.6 – 11:30-12:30
Session 7.7 – 11:30-12:30
12:30-14:00
Lunch on your own
14:00-16:00
Session Block 8
Session 8.1: Innovative Tools for Supporting Meditation – Chaired by Sahib Khalsa
Session 8.2: Pathways and Obstacles: Navigating the Path – Chaired by Chiara Mascarello
Session 8.3: Contemplative Pedagogies in Higher Education – Chaired by Harold D. Roth
Session 8.4: Exploring Meditation’s Impact on Brain and Cognition – Chaired by Dave R. Vago
16:00-16:30
Afternoon Break on your own
16:30-18:00
Invited Speaker Panel 3: Microphenomenology, Contemplative Practice and Intersubjectivity – Chaired by Marieke van Vugt
Anne C. Klein, Rice University
Olga Klimecki, Technische Universität Dresden
Claire Petitmengin, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School
Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen
18:00-18:30
Practice: Tibetan Buddhist Meditation
Ven. Losang Gendun
Location: Capitanio Palace
08:00-18:00
Registration/Info Desk Open
08:00-18:00
Meditation Room Open
08:30-09:00
Practice: Mindful Embodiment Training
Harold D. Roth
09:00-10:00
Invited Speaker Panel 4: New Paradigms for Body-Mind Practices – Chaired by Marcello Ghilardi
Marcello Ghilardi, University of Padua
Olga Klimecki, Technische Universität Dresden
Sarah Shaw, Oxford University
Shirley Telles, Patanjali Research Foundation
10:00-10:30
Morning Break on your own
10:30-12:30
Session Block 9
Session 9.1: Contemplation within Religious Traditions – Chaired by Harold D. Roth
Session 9.2: Contemplation and the Environment – Chaired by Chiara Mascarello
Session 9.3: Meditation at the Edge: Exploring Consciousness – Chaired by Francesco Tormen
Session 9.4: The Challenges of Measuring Compassion – Chaired by Dave R. Vago
12:30-13:00
Closing Session
13:00-14:30
Lunch on your own
14:30-16:00
Post-Conference Workshops
Workshop 1: Anthropology of and from the heart
Christian Suhr, Aarhus University
Workshop 2: How do we measure the effects of contemplative practices on mind, brain and body?
David Vago, Virginia University
Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen
Workshop 3: Frontiers in Contemplative Education: Where do we go from here?
Chiara Mascarello, University of Padua; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Josipa Mihić, University of Zagreb
Robert W. Roeser, Pennsylvania State University
Harold D. Roth, Brown University
16:00-16:30
Afternoon Break on your own
16:30-18:00
Post-Conference Workshops
Workshop 4: “The Elephant in the Room” – Do Contemplative researchers need their own contemplative practice?
Harold D. Roth, Brown University
Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen
Workshop 5: Contemplative Practices in Liberatory Mentorship and Leadership
Doris F. Chang, New York University Silver School
Cheryl Woods-Giscombé, University of North Carolina School of Nursing
Ram Mahalingam, University of Michigan
Kamilah Majied, California State University, Monterey Bay
Felipe Mercado, California State University, Fresno
Workshop 6: Integrating contemplative practices with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy research: Methodology, best practices and ethics
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana & Yair Dor-Ziderman, University of Haifa
Rael Cahn, University of Southern California
Linda E. Carlson, University of Calgary
Franz Vollenweider, University of Zurich
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