Agenda
Tentative Program
30th October
Theme of the day : Leadership & Performance
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration and Check in and Breakfast | |
| 09:15 -9:30 | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Zen Monk Performance: Opening Ceremony | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Evolving Landscape of Mindfulness How creating a mindful culture and behavior, promotes a healthier and happier society? Contemplative Practices to enhance well-being and positive thought process What is Mindfulness? Contemplative Practices to enhance well-being and positive thought process. How to bring positive change in attitude, relationships and well-being |
 Manish Behl Beyond Mind & Mindfulness India Summit |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Focus Session
How Emotional Intelligence impact leaders? Role of Compassion and EI in the workplace. Creating balance between happiness and performance through Mindfulness and EQ. |
 Daniel Goleman Award winning Author and Psychologist |
| 11:00-11:15 | Meet and Mingle along with Ceremony of Sand Mandala by Monks | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Focus Session Science of Mindfulness: Transforming your Mind and Body How Mindfulness can transform the mind, heart and experience of everyday life. Building Health and Wellbeing through Mindfulness Medical Science and research case studies |
Ronald D. Siegel Harvard Medical School |
| 11:45-12:15 | Focus Session Understanding Mental Health in India Managing stress and well-being with work life balance Dealing with stress, barriers and difficulties in a new way Role of Mindfulness in understanding Mental Health |
Neerja BirlaThe Aditya Birla Education Trust |
| 12:15-13:00 | Panel discussion Mindfulness intervention in the organizations - Developing Purpose, Perspective, Practice and Process. Why is it crucial to implement Mindfulness in organization? Understanding and creating Mindful culture at work. The advantages of individual health and well-being for an overall organizational growth. |
Matthew Lippincott Goleman EI 
Clif SmithErnst & Young, America 
Chris TamdjidiKalapa Leadership Academy |
| 13:00-14:00 | Mindful Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Panel discussion Mindfulness for New Generation in an Increasingly Digital Society How to be Mindful with technology? Fostering development to build genuine empathetic relationships outside the digital world. Strategies to practice |
Neil SeligmanConscious Leadship - UK  Navaneeth L VThe Hindu  Nathan S V Deloitte |
| 14:45-15:15 | What is Mindful Eating? Understanding the benefits and importance of Mindful eating. Cultivating the right attitude towards eating. A beginner’s guide to Mindful Eating How to manage emotions and cravings in relation to eating habits Setting the stage for Mindful living in rich abundance of Health and life available |
 Chef Ranveer Brar Celebrity Chef |
| 15:15-15:30 | Networking Tea Break | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Mindfulness and Happiness Lesson from Bhutan. How Bhutan manages Gross National Happiness Index and what it means for the Future Implementation of Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Programs across sectors Benefits for Bhutan through application of Mindfulness and other programs |
 Norbu Wangchuk Former Education Minister, Royal Government of Bhutan |
| 16:00-16:45 | Panel Discussion Mindfulness and EI an asset for skilled leaders: Balancing Creativity and Innovation in Organizations How organisations like Microsoft, Accenture, BCG, Salesforce build innovation and creativity Describing its influence and impact in an organization and stakeholder management Role of Mindfulness and EI in Driving customer Empathy |
 Reena Dayal Yadav Microsoft India  Lakshmi CAccenture, India  Deepak Pargaonkar Salesforce |
| 16:45-17:15 | Keynote Mindfulness - Science and ancient wisdom of self-empowerment for Modern World. Waking Up to Who We Are: Healing Ourselves and Our Planet The need to find a Zen moment in the fast-paced world Dive into the source of self-awareness |
 Ven. Geshe Lhakdor Central Library of Tibetan Works and Archives |
| 17:15-17:45 | Focus Session Dancing Mindfulness - Awareness and Transformation Ancient art of dance being mindfulness in motion Awakening your potential through meditative movement Tap into body’s own healing resources and unique creativity |
 Vidhya Subramanian Bharatnatyam Dancer |
| 17:45-18:00 | Closing |
30th October
Workshop Lounge
| Time | WORKSHOPS | GUIDED BY |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 - 12:00 |  Developing a Corporate Mindfulness Program: Productivity Enhancement Tool Workshop on how to increase employee resilience, focus, performance and emotional well-being. Getting insights and matrixes on individual employee and well-being that can radically impact an organization. Mindfulness practices that leads to meaningful insights |
 Clif SmithErnst & Young, America |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |  Digital Wellbeing - Boot Camp - Win back your Precious Attention As digital technologies permeate our everyday lives, assess its importance and impact on our wellbeing and measures to correct the balance. Building capacity to look after personal health, safety, relationships and work-life balance in digital settings. Ways to develop new digital boundaries and win back your precious attention Unhook From Your Phone Addiction. |
Neil Seligman Conscious Leadership - UK |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |  Discover you IKIGAI - The 4 steps to uncover Ikigai - a Japanese Secret Life presents a series of opportunities and challenges. How to use IKIGAI to navigate each of these experiences to learn from them and to channelize your efforts for more rewarding results. Learn tools to discover your IKIGAI - Secret to Success and Happiness. Know how to use Ikigai to build Purpose - Passion - Performance and Happiness . What you can expect to feel while discovering your Ikigai & Key mistakes to avoid |
 Hector Garcia Author 'IKIGAI' |
| 15:00 - 16:00 |  Mindfulness intervention for Leaders – Learnings from best practices Mindfulness is essential for successful leadership. In this workshop leaders can deepen their mindfulness practices to cultivate leadership presence, thrive in the midst of change and challenges, improve focus and flexibility, cultivate greater self-awareness and resilience, and increase engagement, collaboration, and well-being. |
Chris Tamdjidi Kalapa Leadership Academy |
| 16:00 - 17:00 |  EQ Edge – Improving Emotional Intelligence Competencies As per World Economic Forum, Emotional intelligence has become one of the top skills required to succeed at workplace. At this workshop, understand role and tools for Emotional intelligence that is needed for high-performing individuals, teams and organizations. Rewire your brain for Leadership and Excellence with Emotional Intelligence, and Improving EQ competencies. |
Matthew Lippincott Goleman Emotional Intelligence - Coaching & Training Programs |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |  The Mindfulness Solutions - Everyday practices for Everyday Problems Workshop on increasing cognitive and emotional awareness through effective strategies for everyday life. Learn how to build mindfulness in every aspect individual and professional life. Tips on creating a formal practice routine to fit virtually any life style. Mindfulness tools and practices for Performance, Creativity and Focus |
Ronald Siegel Harvard Medical School |
| 18.00 - 19.00 |  Mindful Well-being – Managing Stress for healthy living Mindfulness practice can introduce a space between stimulus and response, reducing automatic mindless behaviour and creating greater choice about how to respond. Mindfulness practice reduces unhelpful reactivity to distress. Mindfulness practice can create a sense of greater meaning, well-being, and flourishing in life. |
 Ruth BaerUniversity of Oxford |
31st October
Theme of the day : Compassion & Performance
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Check in and Breakfast | |
| 09:00 -9:30 | Welcome and Reflection Why Mindfulness is a Game Changer Beating 21st Century Changes with an Ancient Art of Mindfulness Key Learnings from Day One |
Manish Behl Beyond Mind & Mindfulness India Summit |
| 09:30-10:00 | Focus Session Emotional Intelligence for Successful Leaders and Organizations in Disruptive Times. Understanding the role of Emotional Intelligence for high-performing individuals, teams and organizations |
Matthew Lippincott Goleman EI |
| 10:00-10:30 | Focus Session How Mindfulness impacts our personal and professional Life? Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) its applications, and outcomes. Creating balance between happiness and performance through Mindfulness. How neuroscience links Mindfulness and Well-being |
Ruth Baer University of Oxford |
| 10:30-11:00 | Keynote Mindfulness @ Workplace – The EY Story How EY successfully incorporated Mindfulness in their organization for over 25000 employees across the globe How Mindfulness can help build effective leadership in the technology-driven workforce era. Key Learnings, Factors and Pitfalls for an effective development |
Clif Smith Ernst & Young, America |
| 11:00-11:15 | Networking Tea Break | |
| 11:15-12:00 | Focus Session Finding your Ikigai What is IKIGAI? Discovering your Ikigai – the Japanese Secret Learn tools to find purpose, nurture friendship, add meaning and joy to everyday life |
Hector Garcia IKIGAI Expert & Author |
| 12:00-12:45 | Panel discussion Role of Mindfulness in Man power development for Digital Revolution. Possible challenges arising in the current Industrial Revolution Mindfulness as a skill to attract and retain the best professional talent Engaging All Employees, Fighting Unconscious Bias, |
Sanjay BhatiaMumbai Port Trust 
Kathirasan K Centre for Mindfulness, Singapore |
| 13:00-14:00 | Mindful Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Keynote Conscious Leadership: The Time is now Discover what it takes for leadership to be truly conscious. How does conscious leadership work? How Conscious Leadership skills and practices allow leaders to speak with integrity and lead with authenticity. |
Neil Seligman Conscious Leadship - UK |
| 14:30-15:15 | Focus Session Mindfulness & Compassion: Fostering a Culture of Freedom and Resilience. Building an eco-system of Mindful Leadership with compassion and empathy. Why nurturing positive emotions like Compassion and Empathy is crucial for growth and performance Creating an essential doorway through Mindfulness using collective intelligence to re-orient |
Chris Tamdjidi Kalapa Leadership Academy |
| 15:15-15:30 | Networking Tea Break | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Keynote Cognitive Science of Mindfulness and Mind Wandering Understanding the brain’s ability to rewire. Building neural pathways. Consciousness and self-awareness – where they reside in the brain |
 Narayanan SrinivasanCentre of Behavioural & Cognitive Sciences |
| 16:00-16:45 | Panel Discussion Mindfulness Practices and Ancient Wisdom. Pursuit of Global Health and Wellness: The Value Proposition of the Future Deep diving into ancient practices to face the 21st Century challenges. How Mindfulness helps develop empathy and compassion. |
Norbu Wangchuk Former Education Minister, Royal Government of Bhutan Hector GarciaAuthor 'IKIGAI'  Marcus Ranney Thrive Global |
| 16.45-17.15 | Special Performance with Closing | |
| 17:15-18:00 | Mandala Closing Ceremony | |
| 18.00-19.00 | Unconference |
31st October
Workshop Lounge
| Time | WORKSHOP | GUIDED BY |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 |  Workshop: ZEN ZONE - Meditate like a ZEN with Compassion Learn the practices how ZEN Monk perform Mindfulness Meditation. Practice traditional Vedic and Yogic Mindfulness tools. Learn Contemplative Mindfulness Ancient Practices with a modern approach for dealing with Stress and Wellbeing Management |
Ven. Geshe Lhakdor Central Archive of His Holiness Dalai Lama |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Workshop: Pranayama: The Breath of Life. The Prana or Energy Dimension in us lies crucially between the Body and the Mind. Therefore, controlling Prana through breathing practices is like killing two birds (physical and mental ill-health) with one stone. Today, when stress is the order of the day there is no better anti-dote to it than Pranayama practices. These practices raise the energy level as well as the awareness level in the practitioner thereby increasing both output and efficiency. |
Ganesh Rao |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Digital Wellbeing - Boot Camp - Win back your Precious Attention As digital technologies permeate our everyday lives, assess its importance and impact on our wellbeing and measures to correct the balance. Building capacity to look after personal health, safety, relationships and work-life balance in digital settings. Ways to develop new digital boundaries and win back your precious attention Unhook From Your Phone Addiction. |
Neil Seligman Conscious Leadership - UK |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Mindfulness intervention for Leaders – Learnings from best practices Mindfulness is essential for successful leadership. In this workshop leaders can deepen their mindfulness practices to cultivate leadership presence, thrive in the midst of change and challenges, improve focus and flexibility, cultivate greater self-awareness and resilience, and increase engagement, collaboration, and well-being |
Chris Tamdjidi Kalapa Leadership Academy |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | EQ Edge – Improving Emotional Intelligence Competencies As per World Economic Forum, Emotional intelligence has become one of the top skills required to succeed at workplace. At this workshop, understand role and tools for Emotional intelligence that is needed for high-performing individuals, teams and organizations. Rewire your brain for Leadership and Excellence with Emotional Intelligence, and Improving EQ competencies. |
Matthew Lippincott Goleman Emotional Intelligence - Coaching & Training Programs |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Discover you IKIGAI - The 4 steps to uncover Ikigai - a Japanese Secret Life presents a series of opportunities and challenges. How to use IKIGAI to navigate each of these experiences to learn from them and to channelize your efforts for more rewarding results. Learn tools to discover your IKIGAI - Secret to Success and Happiness. Know how to use Ikigai to build Purpose - Passion - Performance and Happiness . What you can expect to feel while discovering your Ikigai & Key mistakes to avoid |
Hector Garcia Author 'IKIGAI' |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | The Mindfulness Solutions - Everyday practices for Everyday Problems Workshop on increasing cognitive and emotional awareness through effective strategies for everyday life. Learn how to build mindfulness in every aspect individual and professional life. Tips on creating a formal practice routine to fit virtually any life style. Mindfulness tools and practices for Performance, Creativity and Focus |
Ronald Siegel Harvard Medical School |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Developing a Corporate Mindfulness Program: Productivity Enhancement Tool Workshop on how to increase employee resilience, focus, performance and emotional well-being. Getting insights and matrixes on individual employee and well-being that can radically impact an organization. Mindfulness practices that leads to meaningful insights |
Clif Smith Ernst & Young, America |
*Tentative Program: Program time and topics are subject to change.