REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2016 IASD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, KERKRADE, THE NETHERLANDS WWW.ASDREAMS.ORG/2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 • Listen to the interviews with some of our keynotes https://asdreams.org/2016/podcasts/ 

• Interest in the conference has been high resulting in rooms at Rolduc filling early – however keep trying in case of a cancellation, plus there are many charming small hotels with good rates nearby in Kerkrade or just across the border – go to www.asdreams.org/2016/accommodations/  for information

• Abstracts of the Presentations are NOW POSTED – go to https://asdreams.org/2016/abstracts/  You can also find the latest schedule and complete program listing under the Program menu.

• Don’t miss the Dream Ball on the closing evening. Come in a dream inspired costume, perhaps dressed as your favorite dream character, and dance to the music of Tiny Ann. The ball will be preceded by a Costume Parade where participants can share the dream that inspired their costume.

VENUE • The location is the very beautiful 12th century Rolduc Abbey conference facility in Kerkrade in the southern part of the Netherlands. The site is situated on the Dutch-German border, close to several international airports, providing ease of international travel and sightseeing for those who wish to enjoy touring before and after the conference.

PROGRAM • The program will feature world-renowned keynote speakers and over 160 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, a Dream Art Exhibition and Reception, the annual Psi Dreaming Contest, and the ever popular costume Dream Ball.

SPECIAL DREAM HIKE ALONG THE DUTCH-GERMAN BORDER • The Rolduc Monastery is very close to Germany. On Sunday afternoon we are featuring a 7 km sunset dream sharing hike that takes you across the border along the lovely river Wurm into a gentle hilly area. You will pass close by a view of the impressive historical 12th century Castle Burg Rode, pass historical streets of Herzogenrath, enter a nature preserve (Naturschutzgebiet) and hike through a wooded area which once served the World War II German Siegfried Line. At a shelter in the forest we can relax and have our meal. Bag dinners can be purchased on the registration form or you can bring your own.

DREAM ART EXHIBITION • This year’s large exhibition includes over 100 dream art works which express varied dream experiences through art. In Rolduc Abbey the dream art is displayed in all conference areas, resulting in a unique atmosphere.

KEYNOTES:

Anne Baring: Visionary Dreams and the Great Challenge of Our Times. Anne is a Jungian analyst and author or co-author of 7 books including The Myth of the Goddess; Evolution of an Image; The Mystic Vision; The Divine Feminine; Soul Power and The Dream of the Cosmos.

Antti Revonsuo: Towards a Unified Science of Dreaming and Consciousness. Antti Revonsuo, PhD, is a cognitive neuroscientist, psychologist and a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Skövde in Sweden and of Psychology at the University of Turku in Finland.

Hubert Hermans: The Dream as a Meaningful Experience in a Developing Dialogical Self. Hubert Hermans is professor emeritus at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He is best known as the creator of Dialogical Self Theory and is president of the International Society for Dialogical Science.

Frank Bosman: Playing the Dream: On Dream and Narrative in Modern-day Digital Games. The cultural theologian Dr. Frank G. Bosman is a senior researcher at the Tilburg Cobbenhagen Center, Tilburg University, in the Netherlands. He is author of God Loves a Joke and three other books on culture and religion.

INVITED

Keith Hearne: Obtaining Messages from the ‘Unconscious.’ Keith Hearne, PhD, is a researcher and psychologist from Britain, who pioneered the first sleep laboratory research into ‘lucid’ dreaming at Liverpool University (1975-1978).

Martin Dresler: Cognitive Neuroscience of Lucid Dreaming. Martin Dresler, PhD, is an Assistant Professor for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Radboud University Medical Centre and Donders Institute in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Jan Taal: The Three Stages of Imagery. Jan Taal is a psychologist trained in Assagioli’s psychology of psychosynthesis and founder of the School voor Imaginatie (School for Imagery) in Amsterdam.

REGIONAL NEWS
Susannah Benson, IASD President

Hello Everyone,

Congratulations to Jeanne Van Bronkhurst, Ange Freisen and the Toronto Regional Committee on a successful regional conference event Dreaming Hearts, Dreaming Cultures held on April 17, 2016.

Toronto Regional Event Update

The day explored how culture both opens and defines our personal relationship with dreams, and gave people a chance to talk about their own experience from the context of tradition and culture.

IASD member Patti Allen began the day by looking at the roots of Western culture through Greek and Judeo/Christian writings on dreams. Dr. Amira Mittermaier spoke next about the changing role of dreams in Egyptian/Islamic culture, followed by Dr. Angela Sumegi who explored the dynamic tension in Tibet between Buddhism and Tibetan folkloric wisdom on the reality (and illusion) of dreams. The day ended with a workshop by IASD member Njeri Campbell, who led participants in a thoughtful and engaging exploration of our own understanding of dreams as handed down in our own families and cultures.

Thanks to Jeanne Van Bronkhurst for submitting this report.
To read about all our upcoming regional events and to register visit: https://asdreams.org/regionals/

Please check the IASD website for up-to-date names and contact information for the regional representative in your area. The Regional Representative webpage is divided into regions, making your search more user-friendly.

If you do not have a Regional Rep for your area, consider volunteering to become one! You could serve an important networking role for IASD.

We are also looking for a Regional Events Chair.

If you are interested in joining either of these committees and would like to learn more about the role of the committee chair please contact me.

Susannah Benson
IASD President
dreamtracking@gmail.com