Collaborative and Dialogic Practices in Therapy and Social Change: Honoring the Past and Creating the Future

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Conference Schedule and Overview

Thursday – April 22, 2010

1:00 -3:00 pm registration

3:00 – 7:00 Plenary

               3:00 - 4:00 pm   Welcome by the four sponsoring/partnering organizations

               4:00 -4:30 pm     Honoring the Past – slide show, drama with special guest, Peggy Penn.

   4:45 – 5:45 pm    Whole group activity – Remembering the Past, Exploring the Present and Begin to Dream about the Future of the Field  – dialogic/interactive/creative

    5:45 - 6:45 pm     Keynote - Harlene Anderson with Sue Levin and Sylvia London, “You Never Step into the same . . . . . .” Flowing Ideas, Practices and Relationships

                6:45 pm Welcome to the evening reception

7:00 pm - Reception around the pool – hors d'oeuvres  and cash bar - enjoy the sunset

Friday – April 23, 2010

7:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast

8:45 am – announcements
9:00-10:00 – Plenary/keynote – Ken Gergen,  Dora Schnitman and Edgardo Morales,   Systems/Language/Dance: The Relational Turn in Therapy

10 – 10:30 am Refreshment Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Workshop #A

Break  12:00 – 2:30  pm (lunch on your own)

                    12:00 – 2:30 pm – POSTER SESSION Presentations

                     12:00 - 1:00 pm  Special Session - with Arlene Katz and Dan Wulff (facilitators)            

                                                   Constructing Meanings with Video

2:30  – 4:00 – Workshop #B

4:00 -4:30 pm Refreshment Break

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm   Dialogue Space  #C

          6:15 pm  - 7:15 pm  Plenary with Sheila McNamee, John Winslade and Marilene Grandesso   - Relational Resources for Communal Transformation

7:15 pm  - sunset  and dinner on your own

Saturday – April 24, 2010

7:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast

8:45 am – announcements
9:00-10:00 – Plenary/keynote- Karl Tomm with Sally St. George and Dan Wulff - Bringforthism and Social Discourses  

10 – 10:30 am Refreshment Break

        10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Workshop #D

Break from 12:00 – 2:30 pm (lunch on your own)

        2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Workshop   #E

4:00 - 4:30 pm Refreshment Break

        4:30 pm – 6:00 pm – Workshop #F

        6:15 – 7:15 pm - Plenary and Closing of the Whole  with Mary Gergen, Ken Gergen, Rocio Chaveste and Irma Rodriguez - Endings and New Beginnings: Getting into the Groove

8:00 pm  - Festive Mexican Dinner with Mariachi band and dancing with DJ. On the beach. Cash bar.

Sunday, April 25th - Enjoy the Day and the Beautiful Area