Programme | International Conference on Mindfulness 2024

ICM:2024 Mindfulness in a changing world

Conference Programme

ICM:2024 Mindfulness in a changing world

Conference Programme

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The ICM:2024 programme has been designed around our conference theme: Mindfulness in a Changing World. Over five days in Bangor, North Wales, UK, there will be a lineup of sessions centred around five key strands – spanning the latest mindfulness research, contemplative approaches, and innovative concepts.

About the Programme

Select a strand to find out more about the content, speakers and sessions available, or keep scrolling to view the full programme schedule, below.

The strands are:

Each strand begins with a keynote session from a rich range of speakers, including a virtual appearance from Jon Kabat-Zinn to close the main conference. After each keynote, you can choose to attend either: a related panel discussion, workshop, research presentations or guided practice, which will be held across various spaces in Bangor University’s Pontio Centre and Main Arts Building. Access to pre-conference workshops, all keynotes, and a choice of follow-on sessions are included in a 2.5-day conference pass.

To complete your experience, there will be a mindfulness retreat day led by Rhonda Magee and Catherine McGee, offering space for deeper reflection on insights gained from the conference. We are also excited to be able to offer pre and post-conference workshops on topics such as ‘MBSR For Our Times’, ‘Mindfulness for Future Generations’ and ‘Responding to the Climate Crisis’. Access to conference workshops, all keynotes and choice of follow on sessions, plus the retreat day and post-conference workshops are included in a full 5-day conference pass.

We aim to hold the conference in a way that creates an inclusive, welcoming atmosphere for all. Explore more about Accessibility.

Online access is available. Some sessions will be live streamed from Bangor and recorded. Sessions marked with * are in-person access only and will not be streamed online. View all ticket options, including online access.

Connection Events

By joining us at Bangor University, there will be many additional, optional opportunities for informal connection, social activities, a conference dinner and poster presentations. Look out for ‘meet the author’ sessions and mindful art talks. There are also pre-conference activities and affinity group conversations happening online through the ICM:2024 Community Portal, which may be of interest.

Timings

Pre-conference workshops* (available for in-person ticket holders only) begin at 9:00 Friday 2 August.
The main conference starts at 14.00 Friday 2 August with a welcome from Conference Chair, Rebecca Crane.
The main conference ends at 18.45 Sunday 4 August after a closing Keynote from Jon Kabat-Zinn.
The retreat day (available online or for 5-day conference pass holders) will take place between 10:00 and 16:30 on Monday 5 August.
Post-Conference Workshops run from 09.30 – 17:00 on Tuesday 6 August (in-person or online)
All sessions timings are British Summer Time (BST) and will be made available in a downloadable document for conference attendees.

Be sure to check back regularly for the most up-to-date information as the conference programme takes shape.

ICM: 2024 begins in

Days

Hours

Minutes

FRIDAY 2 AUGUST

Sessions marked with * offer a unique in-person experience and will not be streamed online

Morning	Event	Speakers
07:15	Registration
09:00 - 13:00	Pre-Conference Workshop: Knowing How It Feels: A Deep Exploration of Vedanas (Feeling Tones)*	Martine Batchelor
09:00 - 13:00	Pre-Conference Workshop: Good Grief - There is a reason to be here*	William Fley
09:00 - 13:00	Pre-Conference Workshop: The MBI:TAC: Past, Present and Future - Holding Integrity in a Changing Landscape*	Lynn Koerbel, Dr Gemma Griffith, Jem Shackleford, Colleen Camenisch and Dr Sophie Sansom

Afternoon	Event	Speakers
14:00	Welcome to ICM:2024	Rebecca Crane
14:30 - 15:30	Keynote: Strand 1 - Contemplative Science and Practice: Embracing the fullness of what we do and who we are	Sona Dimidjian
15.45 - 17:00	Panel: Strand 1- What have we learnt from the past and what are our hopes for the future?	Anne Speckens (Chair), Lone Fjorback, Willem Kuyken, Sona Dimidjian
15.45-18:30	Research Presentations: Strand 1	View all Presenters and Titles
15.45 - 17:00	Workshop: Strand 1 - Mindful Publishing in the AI Era: An Editor’s Perspective*	Oleg Medvedev
17:15 - 18:30	Online Workshop: Strand 1 - “May we all be safe…”: Exploring ethical practice in mindfulness and our duty of care to each other	Sarah Millband
17:15 - 18:30	Guided Practice: Strand 1 - Shifting the Narrative: Dropping Some Beats*	Cathy-Mae Karelse and Kareen Griffiths

Evening	Event	Speakers
18:45 - 21:00	Connection and Networking Events: Research Poster Presentations, Meet the Authors, Mindful Art Talk*	John Teasdale, Rhonda V. Magee, Willem Kuyken, Trish Bartley, Cathy-Mae Karelse, Fiona McKechnie, River Wolton, Martine Batchelor, Stephen Batchelor, Anne Speckens, Vidyamala Burch, Rebecca Crane, Karunavira, Gemma Griffith, Eric Loucks, Annee Griffiths, Choden and Tamara Russell

SATURDAY 3 AUGUST

Sessions marked with * offer a unique in-person experience and will not be streamed online

Morning	Event	Speakers
7:45 - 8:45	Morning Practice*	led by Gwenan Roberts
09:00	Welcome Address
09:30 - 10.30	Keynote: Strand 2 - Expanding our vision: What more can mindfulness help us see that could serve this changing world?	Catherine McGee
11:00 - 12:15	Panel: Strand 2 - Opening to Mindfulness beyond a scientific account: a dialogue about possibility and promise	Bridgette O'Neill, Catherine McGee, Menka Sanghvi and Nana Korantema Pierce Williams
11.00-13:45	Research Presentations: Strand 1 (continued)	View all Presenters and Titles
11.00-13:45	Research Presentations: Strand 2	View all Presenters and Titles
11:00 - 12:15	Workshop: Strand 2 - The Wisdom of Emptiness and Awareness*	Choden
12:30 - 13:45	Online Workshop: Strand 2 - Turning Towards the Lovely: A Radical Approach to Responding to the Difficult.	Trish Bartley
12:30 - 13:45	Guided Practice: Strand 2 - Grounding through Compassion in a Changing World*	Marleen Ter Avest

Afternoon	Event	Speakers
14:45 - 15:45	Keynote: Strand 3 - Deepening the Roots of Socially-Engaged Mindfulness: Awareness-based Support for Change and Transformation in Troubled Times	Rhonda Magee
16:00 - 17:15	Panel: Strand 3 - Reflections on "Deepening the Roots of Socially-Engaged Mindfulness: Awareness-based Support for Change and Transformation in Troubled Times"	Rhonda Magee (chair), Vidyamala Burch, Uz Afzal, Paul D'Alton
16:00 - 18:45	Research Presentations: Strand 3	View all Presenters and Titles
16:00 - 17:15	Workshop: Strand 3 - Mindfulness-Based Inclusion Training – The Diversity of Mindfulness is its Beauty*	Aesha Francis and Dean Francis
17:30 - 18:45	Online Workshop: Strand 3 - Neurodiversity and Mindfulness	Jessica Andexer
17:30 - 18:45	Guided Practice: Strand 3 - TBA*	Bhante Pannavamsa and Paula Watson

Evening	Event	Speakers
19:00 - 21:00	Conference Dinner*	Chris Ruane, Oliver Turnbull

sunday 4 AUGUST

Sessions marked with * offer a unique in-person experience and will not be streamed online

Morning	Event	Speakers
7:45 - 8:45	Morning Practice / Mindfulness Walk*	led by Zoe Shobbrook-Fisher / Sholto Radford
9:00 - 10:00	Keynote: Strand 4 - Helping Refugees Heal, One Moment at a Time	Amit Bernstein
10:30 - 11:45	Panel: Strand 4 - Adapting Mindfulness for High-Stress Healthcare Environments	Clara Strauss (chair), Maura Kenny, Carter Lebares, Mick Krasner
10:30-13:15	Research Presentations: Strand 4	View all Titles and Presenters
10:30 - 11:45	Workshop: Strand 4 - Lessons from developing the Breathworks HEALS Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Medicine Programme*	Vidyamala Burch
12:00 - 13.15	Workshop Strand 4 - Coming to Our Senses - Rethinking Mindfulness from the Ground Up	Iwan Brioc
12:00 - 13:15	Online Workshop: Strand 4 - Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP): Preparing for Parenthood Mindfully	Jennifer Averill Moffitt and Eluned Gold
12:00 - 13:15	Guided Practice Workshop: Strand 4 - Relational Mindfulness: From me to we, a practice for these times*	Rosalie Dores
12:00 - 13:15	Mindful Art Talk*	Stephen Batchelor and Anne Speckens

Afternoon	Event	Speakers
14:15 - 15:30	Keynote & Panel: Strand 5 - Agency and Connection in the Polycrisis: Mindfulness as a Foundational Capacity for Societal Transformation	Jamie Bristow with Cathy-Mae Karelse, Roy Ellis and Richard Edwards
15:45 - 17:00	Guided Practice: Strand 5 - A Meditation on Embodied Interdependence*	Margaret Fletcher
15:45 - 17:00	Research Presentations: Strand 4 (continued)	View all Presenters and Titles
15.45 -17:00	Research Presentations: Strand 5	View all Presenters and Titles
15:45 - 17:00	Workshop: Strand 5 - Mindfulness for Life: Being the Change You’d Like to See in the World*	Willem Kuyken
15:45 - 17:00	Online Workshop: Strand 5 - Mindfulness Practices in Government	Pegs Bailey and Diana Reynolds
17:15 - 18:30	Closing Keynote with Jon Kabat-Zinn (Virtual Presentation)	Jon Kabat-Zinn
18:30-18:45	Closing Note	ICM:2024 Conference Team

monday 5 august

1-day online access available

Morning	Event	Speakers
10:00 - 12:30	Day of Practice	Rhonda Magee and Catherine McGee

Afternoon	Event	Speakers
13:30 - 16:00	Day of Practice	Rhonda Magee and Catherine McGee

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST

Join in-person or online

Full Day	Event	Speakers
09.30 - 17:00	Workshop: MBSR for our current times: The relevance and power of MBPs when rooted in lived experience.	Facilitated by Dean Francis and Nana Korantema Pierce Williams with Aesha Francis, Bridgette O'Neill, Rebecca Crane, Michael Waupouse, Noriko Morita Harth and Zayda Vallejo
09.30 - 17:00	Workshop: Responding to the Climate Crisis	Jamie Bristow and Sophie Sansom
09.30 - 17:00	Mindfulness for Future Generations	Emily Slater, Esther Ghey, Katherine Weare, Sarah Silverton, Ben Chalwin, Faiy Rushton, Richard Burnett, and Jason Steele

About the Programme

Connection Events

Timings

ICM: 2024 begins in

FRIDAY 2 AUGUST

SATURDAY 3 AUGUST

sunday 4 AUGUST

monday 5 august

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST

OUR FIVE STRANDS

Strand 1: Scientific research, theory, and pedagogy

Strand 2: Contemplative, philosophical, and spiritual

Strand 3: Social, cultural, and systemic approaches

Strand 4: Grassroots, real-world application, and innovation

Strand 5: Political, environmental, and global initiatives

help us make ICM:2024 a success