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

Conference Schedule and Overview

Thursday – April 22, 2010

1:00 -3:00 pm registration

3:00 – 7:00 Plenary/Keynote

               3:00 - 4:00 pm   Welcome by all four partnering organizations

               4:00 -4:30 pm     Honoring the Past – slide show, drama

   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

                6:45 pm Welcome to the evening reception

7:00 pm - Reception outside in the garden and on the beach – cash bar and hors d'oeuvres - 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 with Dora Schnitmann and Edgardo Morales

10 – 10:30 am Refreshment Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Workshop #1

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

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

2:30  – 4:00 – Workshop #2

4:00 -4:30 pm Refreshment Break

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Workshop  #3
          6:15 pm  - 7:15 pm  Plenary with Sheila McNamee, Marilene Grandesso

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 #4

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

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

        2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Workshop   #5

4:00 - 4:30 pm Refreshment Break

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

6:15 – 7:15 pm - Plenary and Closing of the Whole  with Mary Gergen, Ken Gergen, Rocio Chaveste and Irma Rodriguez

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


Sunday, April 25th - this is reserved for special meetings of the boards and associates of the organizing institutions and for small emergent groups to meet.