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Opening Celebration
MARKING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
The Art and Science of Dreaming: Two charter members of the IASD will open the conference with a multi-media presentation that traces one night of sleep -- from Hypnagogia to Hypnopompia (i.e., from the onset of sleep to wakefulness). The presentation will incorporate scientific discoveries by employing visual imagery, video, and poetic live appearances. The work of many IASD members will be intertwined in the program, which will provide a prospect for viewing progress of the past quarter century and a portrait of current issues in dream studies.
These lead off presenters are Fariba Bogzaran, Ph.D., Founding Director of the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley California, and Daniel Deslauriers, Ph.D., Professor of the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. (See biographies below).
Biographies:
Fariba Bogzaran, Ph.D., scientist/artist, an Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, California. In mid 80's, she worked with a research team for the Lucidity Project at Stanford Sleep Laboratory and has conducted pioneering research on transpersonal experiences in lucid dreaming. Since 1984, she has been teaching and training students and professionals in dreams in Canada, Asia and Europe. Trained in Integral Psychology, she brings an approach to dreams drawing upon science, somatic psychology, shamanic studies, Taoism and art. She is the author of Through the Light and co-author of Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work With Them (SUNY, 2002). She started the IASD arts in 1987 and curated annual dream inspired art for ten years. In1998, with the surrealist painter Gordon Onslow Ford she co-founded the non-profit art organization, Lucid Art Foundation where she is the President, writing and working with international museum exhibitions related to Surrealism. She has been a member of the IASD since 1984, and is a past board member and program chair. Email...
Daniel Deslauriers, Ph.D., is Professor in the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He was a co-founder of the Montreal Center for Dreams and co-authored Le Rêve: sa nature, sa fonction et une méthode d’analyse (P.U.Q., 1987). He has published several theoretical articles on dreams, epistemology and narrative research. Since 1984 he has both, been an IASD member and has also since then been training students and professionals in dream work internationally including Sweden, Taiwan and Indonesia. Daniel has conducted qualitative research on dream incubation, dreams and current concerns, dream understanding, body awareness and spiritual dreams. He has been a chair and consultant for numerous doctoral dissertations on dreams. He has served as an IASD board member and program chair and organized IASD regional conferences at CIIS. Email...
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Fariba Bogzaran, Ph.D., scientist/artist, an Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Dream Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, California. In mid 80's, she worked with a research team for the Lucidity Project at Stanford Sleep Laboratory and has conducted pioneering research on transpersonal experiences in lucid dreaming. Since 1984, she has been teaching and training students and professionals in dreams in Canada, Asia and Europe. Trained in Integral Psychology, she brings an approach to dreams drawing upon science, somatic psychology, shamanic studies, Taoism and art. She is the author of Through the Light and co-author of Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work With Them (SUNY, 2002). She started the IASD arts in 1987 and curated annual dream inspired art for ten years. In1998, with the surrealist painter Gordon Onslow Ford she co-founded the non-profit art organization, Lucid Art Foundation where she is the President, writing and working with international museum exhibitions related to Surrealism. She has been a member of the IASD since 1984, and is a past board member and program chair. 
Daniel Deslauriers, Ph.D., is Professor in the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He was a co-founder of the Montreal Center for Dreams and co-authored Le Rêve: sa nature, sa fonction et une méthode d’analyse (P.U.Q., 1987). He has published several theoretical articles on dreams, epistemology and narrative research. Since 1984 he has both, been an IASD member and has also since then been training students and professionals in dream work internationally including Sweden, Taiwan and Indonesia. Daniel has conducted qualitative research on dream incubation, dreams and current concerns, dream understanding, body awareness and spiritual dreams. He has been a chair and consultant for numerous doctoral dissertations on dreams. He has served as an IASD board member and program chair and organized IASD regional conferences at CIIS.