2017 IASD ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM, CA on June 16–20

Venue: The Wyndham Anaheim Garden Grove, 12021 Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92840. This is a perfect location for attendees who want to arrive or stay over a few days to vacation in southern California or visit the exciting attractions nearby. The hotel is 2.2 miles from Disneyland® park, and 18 miles from the beaches. It is accessible from the LAX international airport or the John Wayne Airport (Orange County). We have negotiated the same discount rate for 3 days before and after the conference for attendees who want to take advantage of the local attractions.  

The Conference will feature world-renowned keynote speakers and over 140 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, a Dream Art Exhibition and reception, the annual Psi Dreaming Contest, a “dream hike” along the beach and canyons, and the ever popular costume Dream Ball.

DREAM ART EXHIBITION • This year’s show includes over 40 works of dream-related art. Again this year we are offering you the opportunity to vote for your favorite artists with the popular Peoples’ Choice Award – ballots will be available at the Information Table. To help you with your choice, we have provided a slide show of all the accepted art works with their corresponding dream-related statements on the website: http://iasdconferences.org/2017/art-show/  You are encouraged to download this and carry it with you to the art show as a reference as you enjoy the actual work.

Keynotes

Gayle Delaney, PhD, Jeremy Taylor, DMin, Patricia Garfield, PhD,
G. William Domhoff, PhD, Stanley Krippner, PhD. 

Illuminating the Path: Psi Dreaming for a Brighter World invites your proposals for presentations at IASD’s 16th annual PsiberDreaming Conference, as once again we join dreamers around the globe.

Each year, IASD selects a maximum number of twenty-four PsiberDreaming proposals for conference presentation. These proposals are evaluated for general interest, for relevance to the conference theme, and for the presentation of basic skills in understanding psi dream phenomena.

Presentation Proposals need to be no more than one or two paragraphs in length, stating the proposed title of the presentation, name of the presenter, and a brief description of what will be covered in the presentation. These proposals should be sent via e-mail to Conference Host Jean Campbell at jccampb@aol.com by June 30, 2017 for consideration.

Once the conference proposals are selected (generally by mid-July), all of those whose presentations have been selected will be contacted and asked to submit papers of approximately 2,500 words in length, along with graphics, for inclusion in the PsiberDreaming Conference.

For more information on the conference go to http://iasdconferences.org/psi2017/

BOARD NOMINATIONS: YOUR VOTE COUNTS!

Just a few more votes and our 2017 vote for the open Board of Directors positions will be complete.

The 2017 IASD Nominating Committee has invited the following seven members to run for the five member-elected three-year board positions that will be vacated as of the June board meeting: Walter Berry (USA), Athena Kolinski (USA), George Leute (USA), Linda Mastrangelo (USA), Angel Morgan (USA), Julie Sparrow (USA), Tadas Stumbrys (Lithuania).

From these seven candidates, the five with the most votes will be announced at the General Membership Meeting at the Anaheim conference on Sunday, June 18th, 2017.

The Board of Directors has also appointed three new Directors: Bob Hoss, David Kahn, and Anna Karin-Bjorklund.

Additionally, the Board of Directors has approved the new slate of IASD Officers for 2017 – 2018:President, Sherry Puricelli; Board Chair, Laurel Clark; Vice President, Clare Johnson; Secretary, Anna Karin-Bjorklund; and Treasurer, Robert Waggoner.

To VOTE NOW for your five top candidates in the 2017 IASD elections for Board of Directors: https://asdreams.org/vote-board-of-directors/

If you haven’t voted yet, and haven’t received an email reminder, that means we probably don’t have your e-consent on file. You can now download this e-consent file print, sign, photo or scan and send that back to office@asdreams.org , and on the same day, get the codes for voting online!

Membership News

New Membership System (Membee) Coming Soon

IASD is implementing a new membership system, “Membee.” If you have recently renewed your membership, you may have noticed that something looks different. If so, you are correct. It looks different because it IS different! IASD is in the process of implementing a new membership system. For now, most of the changes are “invisible” to us, but it is a big change for management.

As we see in most system implementations, there will be glitches. We hope they’re minor and temporary and we thank you for your understanding and patience during the implementation process.

We’re excited about the new and improved membership system. It promises to be more current and to offer more flexibility. As we roll it out, we’re looking forward to introducing new member-friendly features. Stay tuned!

REGIONAL NEWS
Susanne van Doorn, Regional News Chair

Hallo Everyone!

I hope you are doing well. With the Conference just a few weeks away, we have some Regional Events to look back on: The Southern Dreaming Conference on April 28 and 29, 2017 and Dream Creations: Film, Art & Poetry that was held on May 13, 2017.

Southern Dreaming Regional Conference Awakens the Southeast Dreaming Community!

Over 150 dreamers came together to learn, experience, and move through the landscape of dreams on April 28 and 29. A wide range of workshops and events were offered, including an evening of Ecstatic Dance and Shamanic Drumming with Megha Roezealia Morganfield, and a performance of Harriet Tubman’s Dreams with Becky Stone, that closed the conference.

Conference presenters included: Bob Hoss, Robert Waggoner, and Justina Lasley, among others. Mark Anderson, who garnered accolades at the Virginia Beach Art Exhibit, facilitated a workshop, Drawing from the Well of Dreams, as part of the Art in Dreams track.

A Dream Infused Short Film festival showed five short films, created by local high school students from the Fine Arts Center. These films will be shown in Anaheim as well!

In short, this southeast regional conference was more wonderful than the hosts and conference committee could have imagined!

Dream Creations: Film, Art & Poetry

Lou Hagood has put together an alchemical mixture of art and poetry, poured some film into it and finished with a touch of Freud.

Michael Vannoy Adams, clinical associate professor at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, author, and Jungian analyst talked about how Dali superimposes imagery.

Deirdre Barrett, PhD, clinical psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, showed her own artwork and talked about how art is often inspired by dreams.

Fariba Bogzaran, PhD. founded and directed the Dream Studies program at John F. Kennedy University. She is also the co-founder of the Lucid Art Foundation and an artist. She discussed the surrealist method of automatism, using a case study.

Caroline Hagood, who earned her English PhD. at Fordham University, discussed her dissertation about female poets watching film.

Last but not least, Bernard Welt, Professor Emeritus of The George Washington University, discussed Freud’s book Secrets of the Soul. With this book Freud, who actually did not really appreciate film, inspired a lot of film makers.

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At the Conference in June there will be an opportunity for the Regional Reps to meet each other during the luncheon on Saturday, June 17 from 12:30 - 2:00 pm in the California Room. Our new IASD President Sherry Puricelli has graciously offered to step in to host the event. You will need to reserve your meal ticket when you register for the conference.

Regional Calendar

Regional Rep Zoom Meeting

On Sunday May 28, 2017 the Regional Reps had their first Zoom Meeting. The intention was to organize such a meeting on a more regular basis. The agenda for this meeting was:

• What are your experiences as regional rep? What are some good experiences you would like to share? What problems do you encounter?

• What are your ideas to improve your role as regional rep? (This is a brainstorm so please feel free to mention any crazy idea you have –there is always enough time to decide that something is not possible, but let’s decide to do that in a later phase of decision making).

• Can we (Susannah, Claude and Susanne) help to support you in any way?

• Are there opportunities to connect with members, ways to support members, that we as IASD have missed so far?