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Conference Presenters include:

• Duane Elgin (author, Awakening Earth, The Promise Ahead, & more)
• James O'Dea (IONS' president, co-founder of Compassion & Social Healing Dialogues)
• Mark Plotkin (Amazon Conservation Team; author, Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice)
• Dean Radin (author, Entangled Minds & The Conscious Universe; IONS Sr. Scientist)
• Belvie Rooks (writer, educator and television producer)
• Marilyn Schlitz (author, Consciousness and Healing; IONS VP of Research & Education)
• Andrew Beath (EarthWays Foundation; author, Consciousness in Action)
• Rev. Dr. Elouise Oliver (East Bay Church of Religious Science)
• Invocation by Jane De Cuir, Cherokee-Metis ritualist
• Music by Suzanne Sterling & Kali's Angels
• Music by Giovanni Mandala
• Dance and ritual with Luisah Teish & the Women in White
• "Shift Forums" with community activists including Pachamama Alliance and more!!

Highlights:

• Explore how global consciousness affects sustainability
• Learn from inspiring luminaries
• Dialogue across disciplines
• Celebrate through ritual & music
• Network with change leaders
• Engage hands-on action projects
• Learn about IONS' new strategic plan at our benefit luncheon

Join us for the reception and book signing of Entangled Minds, the groundbreaking new book by IONS' Senior Scientist Dean Radin.

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Volunteer positions! Help us staff this event and attend for free. Contact Lisa at 707-779-8224

Activate the Shift, A Benefit Luncheon
Saturday, April 22nd, 12:30-1:45pm

Join IONS leaders as they reveal the new strategic plan for the Institute. This free fundraising event will feature visionary talks by James O'Dea and Marilyn Mandala Schlitz and showcase IONS' cutting-edge research on the interface of science and spirituality. This luncheon is a community awareness event, as well as an IONS fundraiser. Guests will be invited to contribute to IONS if they are inspired, but there is no requirement to give. Guests do not need to attend the conference in order to attend the luncheon.

Price: FREE!

IONS' Regional Conference: Global Consciousness - The Missing Piece of the Sustainability Puzzle
Saturday, April 22nd, 9am-5:30pm

The science and study of consciousness offers important pieces to the puzzle of global sustainability. This day-long conference brings together pioneers at the frontiers of conscious change—scientists, spiritual leaders, environmentalists, and social change activists—to expand the dialogue about how we create global sustainability. After a vision-expanding morning and a heartfelt, inspiring lunch, we'll move into specific action projects in the afternoon, finishing the day with a bold, integrative vision and celebration. The Global Consciousness Conference will chart the path to a spiritually fulfilling, ecologically balanced, and socially healthy worldview. It will also serve as the official book launch for Entangled Minds, the new book by Dean Radin, IONS Senior Scientist. Book signing with Dean will take place during the afternoon reception.

Presenters include Duane Elgin (Awakening Earth); Mark Plotkin (Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice); Andrew Beath (Consciousness in Action); as well as IONS leaders James O'Dea (President); Marilyn Mandala Schlitz (VP); Dean Radin (Sr. Scientist); and Belvie Rooks (Board Member). Afternoon forums will feature various community activists, with an opportunity to engage with their projects.

Price: $75

Onsite program brochure now available! Download PDF here (913K).

Bios for Conference Presenters:

Duane Elgin, MA, MBA, is an author, speaker, and activist for media accountability. His books include: Volunteer Simplicity, The Promise Ahead, and Awakening Earth. He has worked as a senior staff member with a Presidential Commission on the American Future, and as a senior social scientist at SRI International where he co-authored numerous studies on the long-range future. Duane co-founded the non-partisan organization for television accountability, "Our Media Voice." He has an MBA from the Wharton School and an MA from the University of Pennsylvania.	Mark Plotkin, educated at Harvard, Yale and Tufts, is a renowned ethnobotanist who worked with shamans of Central and South America for the past 20 years. He has also worked at the Botanical Museum of Harvard University, World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and the Smithsonian. Mark is President of the Amazon Conservation Team, dedicated to protecting biological and cultural diversity. His most notable book is Tales of Shaman's Apprentice, currently in its twenty-seventh printing. In 2005 Mark was profiled in Smithsonian Magazine as one of "35 who made a difference" which also featured Bill Gates, Wynton Marsalis, & Steven Spielberg.
Belvie Rooks is the creator of Hey, Listen Up! Race, Cosmology and the Environment, a multimedia-based urban, eco-literacy project and curriculum. She is a board member of Bioneers and IONS, is a former board and staff Member of The Urban Habitat Program, & served as National Affairs Director at Mother Jones Magazine. Belvie is exec. producer of Watts Up! Demaria's Journey from Watts to the Frontiers of Consciousness. She was writer and producer for Courage, one of TV Guide's "Top Ten" inspirational shows. Ms. Rooks has a MA in Education, and a BS in Anthropology. She is currently VP of Project Development for Carrie Productions, Danny Glover's production company.	Dean Radin, PhD, is IONS' Senior Scientist. He earned a masters degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in psychology from the University of Illinois. He has held research appointments at Princeton U., Edinburgh U., U. of Nevada, and several Silicon Valley industrial research labs, where he has conducted basic research on exceptional human capacities, including psychic phenomena. Dean has presented over a hundred lectures for popular and technology audiences around the world. His books include The Conscious Universe and the forthcoming Entangled Minds, which will have it's book launch at the April 22nd conference. Dean is also a featured scientist in the new film, What the Bleep - Down the Rabbit Hole.
Marilyn Mandala Schlitz is vice president for research and education at IONS. She is also a senior scientist at the Research Institute at the California Pacific Medical Center. She has published more than 200 articles in the area of consciousness studies, and she has served as a congressionally appointed advisory member for the National Institutes of Health Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.	James O'Dea is the president of IONS and a native of Ireland. Prior to IONS, James was executive director of Seva Foundation and director of the Washington DC office of Amnesty International. He created and currently co-leads a series of dialogues on social healing. He is also a member of the World Wisdom Council and serves on numerous boards and advisory boards, including SEED Graduate Institute, a Native American college program.
Andrew Beath's current work is focused on "conscious activism" which is described in his recently published book, Consciousness in Action: The power of beauty, love and courage in a violent time. Andrew is the founder of EarthWays Foundation which has initiated many projects to protect wilderness and assist threatened indigenous communities. He is also the founder and president of SEE Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs, which nurtures and encourages ecological and humanitarian activism and education. Andrew recently started several centers for conscious activism to teach environmental education and techniques that facilitate social change.	Reverend Doctor Elouise Oliver is an ordained Religious Science minister. She has been the senior minister and spiritual leader of East Bay Church of Religious Science since October 1991. The essence of Reverend E's ministry is unconditional love, and she teaches that love is the answer to all human discord. Over the years, Reverend E has received numerous awards and recognitions including the Congressional Recognition Award from Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award from the students at the University of California at Berkeley, the Institute for Exceptional Performance Award, and the Hero of Forgiveness Award.
Kali's Angels, featuring Suzanne Sterling, Lakshmi Devi, and Amy Carr, is a powerful vocal and multi-instrumental trio. Deeply passionate and dynamic, Kali's Angels interweave rich vocal harmonies, powerful lyrics, enticing melodies, hypnotic rhythms & deep ritual. One of the Angels, Suzanne Sterling, will also be leading some group processes throughout our conference. Suzanne performs, teaches and facilitates at retreats in the U.S. and abroad. She has been a spiritual teacher and priestess for 17 years and has developed curriculums & apprenticeships. She teaches workshops on the yoga of sound, sacred singing, devotional work with deity, and more.