REGISTRATION | SPEAKERS | SCHEDULE | CONTACT HOURS | CME | STEERING COMMITTEE | SPONSORS
Thursday
| 3:00-6:00pm | Arrivals |
| 6:00-7:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:30- 8:30pm | Welcome, Opening, and Keynote with Dr. Diane Meier on Palliative Care: Deploying Mindfulness to Transform the Care of Serious Illness |
| 8:30- 8:45pm | Closing and Meditation* with Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell |
Friday
| 7:15-7:45am | Morning Meditation* with Robert Chodo Campbell |
| 8:00-9:00am | Silent Breakfast |
| 9:15-9:45am | Keynote with Dr. Michael Kearney and Dr. Radhule Weininger on Learning to Breathe Underwater: Towards a Self-Awareness Based Model of Self Care |
| 9:45-10:00am | Q/A, community discussion |
| 10:15-11:15am | Workshop with Dr. Craig Blinderman, BJ Miller, M.D., and Rev. Seigan Glassing on Understanding, Assessing and Treating Existential Distress at the End of Life: The Role for Contemplative Practice |
| 10:15-11:15am | Workshop with Bradley E. Lewis, MD, PhD on Narrative Practice and Contemplative Care at the End of Life |
| 10:15-11:15am | Workshop with Jane DeLima Thomas, MD, and Heidi Blake, MD on Using Mindfulness to Identify and Manage Strong Emotions in Caregivers of Terminally Ill Patients |
| 11:30-12:00pm | DHARMA TALK IN GREAT HALL with Roshi Enkyo O’Hara |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:15pm | Contemplative Body Practice |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Keynote with Judy Lief on The Healing Encounter |
| 3:00-3:15pm | Q/A, community discussion |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Workshop with Dr. Michael Kearey and Dr. Radhule Weininger on A Practical Tool for Contemplative Caregiving |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Workshop with Judy Lief on Exercising the Heart |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Workshop with Kirsten Deleo, MA, and Ann Alegre, MD FACP FAAHPM on Compassion and Presence: Contemplative Practices at the Bedside |
| 4:30-5:30pm | Rest practice and informal groups* |
| 5:30-6:30pm | Dinner |
| 7:00-7:30pm | Keynote with Dr. Tony Back on How Contemplative Practice Enriches Practice |
| 7:30-7:45pm | Q/A, community discussion |
| 7:45-8:15pm | Closing meditation* with Koshin Paley Ellison |
Saturday
| 7:15-7:45am | Morning Meditation* with Roshi Enkyo O’Hara |
| 8:00-9:00am | Silent Breakfast |
| 9:15- 9:45am | Keynote with BJ Miller on Vanishing Point: The Aesthetic Potential of Palliative Care |
| 9:45-10:00am | Q/A, community discussion |
| 10:15-11:15am | Workshop with Dr. Tony Back on Working with Difficult Emotions in Clinical Communication |
| 10:15-11:15am | with Dr. Stephen Liben on Teaching Contemplative-Based Self-Care to non-Buddhist Healthcare Workers: A Path of Theory & Practice |
| 10:15-11:15am | Workshop with Morgan Stebbins, Mdiv, LMSW, and Sandra Salzillo MA, CAGS, LMHC on Understanding Psyche at Life’s End: Dreams and the Attitude Toward Death |
| 11:30-12:00pm | DHARMA TALK IN GREAT HALL with Koshin Paley Ellison |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:15pm | Contemplative Body Practice |
| 2:30-3:15pm | Moderated Keynote Discussion Moderated by Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, Ph.D. on Where We Are, a Mid-Point Review |
| 3:30-4:30pm | “The Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Team: Chaplains and Social Workers Taking a Contemplative Approach” |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Workshop with Dr. Cara Geary on The Contemplative Approach to Perinatal Hospice |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Workshop with Fernando Kawai, MD on DNR/DNI versus Allow Natural Death (A.N.D.) – Using a contemplative approach to communicate with patients and families about end of life choices |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Workshop with Joshua Moses, PhD on Struggling with Buddha in the Arctic: Contemplative End-of-Life Care Beyond the Clinic |
| 4:30-5:30pm | Rest practice and informal groups* |
| 5:30-6:30pm | Dinner |
| 7:00pm | Meditation with Robert Chodo Campbell |
| 7:30pm | An Evening with New York State Poet Laureate Marie Howe |
Sunday
| 7:00-7:45am | Morning Meditation* with Robert Chodo Campbell and Koshin Paley Ellison |
| 8:00-9:00am | Silent Breakfast |
| 9:15- 9:45am | Closing Keynote with Robert Chodo Campbell and Koshin Paley Ellison on The Great Matter of Life and Death: Intimacy at the Bedside and with the Team” |
| 10:00-11:00am | Workshop with Dr. Diane Meier on Caring for Pain: How to Approach Chronic Illness |
| 10:00-11:00am | Workshop with John Sheeran, MA, LMT, and Dr. Martin Ehrlich on Actualizing Compassion Through Therapeutic Touch |
| 10:00-11:00am | Workshop with Kay Sandor, Ph.D., RN, LPC, Larry Skendzel, MD; Thomas Beason Mdiv; Amelia P Haworth MSW, LCSW, BSN, RN and Debra Rodgers, RN-BC, CHPN, OCN on Creating and Maintaining Mindfulness and Sangha in a Modern World |
| 11:15- 12:15pm | Closing Keynote Panel Moderated by Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, Ph.D. on Lessons Learned and Next Steps |
| 12:15-1:15pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:30pm | EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM with The Hastings Center, New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and Garrison Institute Present: End of Life Care Guidelines and the Role of Spiritual Care. |
| 2:30pm | Departures |
* CME credit not provided for these sessions
