Celebratory Gala: Dine. Dance. Delight!

This special evening offers a wonderful opportunity for 2011 Conference participants, presenters and friends to connect, relax and have fun as a community. Please join us for:

A Celebratory Gala Dinner
Friday, April 1st, 6:30 p.m.

Gala Dinner during the 8th Annual Conference, April 2010

• Cocktail Reception and hors d'oeuvres
• Conclusion of the Silent Auction
• Welcoming remarks from Saki Santorelli
• Video Tribute to John W. Kluge with remarks by Tussi Kluge
• Sumptuous Gourmet Dinner
• "The Future of Mindfulness" --
  a talk by Daniel Goleman, PhD. Introduction by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD
  
• Live Auction
• Dinner and Dancing with music by The Mark Shilansky Trio.
  
  
  If you are registered for the Main Conference, Wednesday Evening March 30 – Saturday, April 2, the fees for the Celebratory Gala are included.
  
  If you are not registered for the Main Conference but would like to attend the Gala, we'd love for you to join us. Please call Kristi Nelson at 508-856-1637 to reserve your seat(s) or to sign up as a Table Host. Tickets are $75 per person. Seating is limited.
  
  

"The Future of Mindfulness" -- a talk by Daniel Goleman, PhD.

Daniel Goleman

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction spread, at first, in medical settings, and then in psychotherapy, particularly Cognitive therapy, and more recently still, in schools. But the potential applications of mindfulness are vast, both for personal growth opportunities and as a tool for addressing a wide range of societal problems. This talk will examine some of possibilities for applied mindfulness in the world and in our lives.

Daniel Goleman first studied mindfulness in Bodh Gaya, India, in 1970, along with fellow students Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg. While doing his dissertation research on meditation as an antidote to stress reactivity, he met Jon Kabat-Zinn, who was beginning the MBSR program at UMass Medical School, and they collaborated on early research. Goleman's first book, "The Meditative Mind," uses a classical model of insight meditation as a framework for understanding the commonalities and differences among the various schools of meditation. His book "Destructive Emotions" recounts a meeting between the Dalai Lama and scientists on the role contemplative practice can play in cultivating emotional intelligence. Goleman is a co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning and a board member of the Mind & Life Institute.

Mark Shilansky Trio

Mark Shilansky

Mark Shilansky is a pianist, vocalist, composer and educator. In addition to his teaching duties at Berklee College of Music, University of New Hampshire, and University of Southern Maine, Mark has performed at such venues as the Regattabar, Scullers, the Blue Note in New York, and in concerts and festivals throughout Europe, Japan, and the USA, with such jazz artists as Luciana Souza, the New York Voices, Kenny Wheeler, and local vocal sensations Syncopation. He has released 4 CDs as a leader, including his latest, "Join the Club," of which Jon Garelick of the Boston Phoenix wrote "Shilansky knows how to make every moment engage...[He] doesn't merely fire off pyrotechnic patterns, [and is] always intent on long arcs of melody..."

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