International Positive Psychology Association 8th IPPA World Congress 2023

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	06:00 - 07:00 Guided Run led by Lululemon	06:00 - 07:00 Guided Run led by Lululemon	06:00 - 07:00 Guided Run led by Lululemon
	07:00 - 18:30 Registration	07:00 - 18:30 Registration	07:00 - 15:00 Registration
	07:30 - 07:50 Making Meaning with Character Strengths led by Jillian Coppley	07:30 - 07:50 Meditation & hopeful gratitude led by Dan Tomasulo	07:30 - 07:50 Gentle Mindful Yoga for Maya Rajah
08:00 - 19:00 Registration	08:00 - 09:00 Plenary Panel - Flourishing and the Global Flourishing Study	08:00 - 08:45 Plenary Panel - Connecting Nature to Wellbeing	08:00 - 09:00 Plenary Panel - Youth Mental Health, Positive Psychology, and Climate Change: A Call to Action
		08:45 - 09:30 Plenary Panel - Communicating Positive Psychology to Massive Audiences: What Works?
09:00 - 16:00 Science for Scientists Day: Advancing the Science of Positive Psychology Full Day Workshop - Strengths Based Resilience: Culturally Nuanced Skills for Educators and Clinicians Full Day Workshop - Character Strengths: The Latest Science, the Best Interventions, and How Practitioners and Leaders Can Take Action Now! Full Day Workshop - Advancing positive psychological practice Full Day Workshop - Bio-Dash: Harmonizing mind and body using evidence-based wellbeing strategies, personalised biodata and technology-enhanced training 09:00 - 12:30 Half Day Morning Workshop - New Developments in Positive Psychology Coaching Half Day Morning Workshop - The Human Gap: What we know and what we need to do to address the world's crises Half Day Morning Workshop - Coming to terms with death: How meaning can help us
	09:15 - 10:15 IPPA Past President's Symposium - Positive Psychological Processes in Societal Contexts: Incorporating Structural Inequities and Culture in Studies of Social Connectedness and Physical Health Symposium - The mechanisms and benefits of flow in education, mental health, teamwork, and individual performance Symposium - The PRISM Powers: Thriving at Work in Uncertainty Podium - Enacting a Eudaimonic Vision and Meaningful Work Keynote - Permission to Flourish: A week-long wellness retreat for Ukrainian refugees based on the PERMA + theory of well-being Symposium - Making positive psychology better Symposium - Character strengths use and development at work: New interventions and perspectives Positive Organizational Intervention Challenge (POIC) Symposium - Courageous Leadership and Storytelling as a Gateway to Mental Health and Well-Being: Empowering Law Students as Healthy Future Leaders Podium - Gratitude and Humility as Buffers of Wellbeing Podium - Role of Positive Psychology in Political Engineering, World Beliefs and in Lifestyle Medicine Apply - Creating the World We Want to Live in & Careers in the VUCA World		09:15 - 10:15 Keynote - Growth 2.0: Using Positive Neuroplasticity to Build Lasting Inner Strengths Symposium - Hope across Cultures - Interdisciplinary Foundations and Empirical Findings from the International Hope-Barometer Research Network Symposium - Revolutionising positive psychology approaches: tangibility, personalisation, gamification and portability Symposium - What matters to resilience building? Symposium - Well-being and quality of life of teachers and students in the school environment Podium - Strech a Novel Wellbeing Intervention, Increasing Compassion, and Gratitude Intervention to foster Resilience Apply - Cultural Adaptation of Wellbeing Program and Implementation Positive Education in Hong Kong School Community
09:30 - 16:00 Full Day Workshop - With Nature in Mind: The Role of Nature in Psychological Well-Being & Resiliency - an experiential exploration
		09:45 - 10:45 IPPA Past President's Symposium - Positive Psychology for kids and Teens: Building strength, resilience and empathy at an important life stage Keynote: Cultivating Happiness From trauma to community building at scale Panel - Life Stories in the Formation of Purpose, Gratitude, and Positive Identity Symposium - Principles to Practice: Teachers Training Program from India Symposium - Exploring new perspectives on wellbeing in the Gallup World Poll Symposium - Where (the heck) do primal world beliefs come from? Podium - Personal Growth, Intention-Action Gap, Ecological Momentary Assessment and Measuring Grit Podium - Positive Psychology in Organizations, Psychological Safety, Job Performance and well-being, and Investment Decisions Podium - Racial Trauma, Novel Wellbeing Intervention, and PPI for Open Heart Surgery Apply - Manifesting Meaning and Seasons of Meaning Apply - Sustainable Leadership and a Strength-based Alternative to Tradition Job Description
	10:15 - 10:45 Morning Tea Break		10:15 - 10:45 Morning Tea Break
	10:45 - 11:45 Keynote: Arts Engagement as a Social Determinant of Health: What is the Evidence? Keynote - Positive Provocation: A model for positive change Podium - Role of Meaning in Moderating Racial Differences and Fostering Growth in Black Community Symposium - Understanding the dynamics of the meaning-making process in everyday life: contributions from intensive longitudinal studies Keynote: Conversation, relationships and human flourishing Symposium - Applied Positive Psychology for the Masses: Increasing access to Research-Based Resources Health & Wellbeing Division Award Session Podium - Mindfulness, Purpose, Coherence and Belonging Podium - A Positive Psychology based Autism Intervention, Effective Positive Psychology Practice from Messy Theories, Integrating Positive Psychotherapy in Clinical Practice, Postnatal Thriving and A Wellbeing Course for Gender Equality Positive Psychology Interventions for Firecare, Cocare and Emcare Apply - Improving Wellbeing in Schools and Exploring Core Values	10:45 - 11:15 Morning Tea Break	10:45 - 11:45 Plenary Panel - Understanding Unfolding Lives: The Integrative Science of MIDUS
		11:15 - 12:15 IPPA Past President's Symposium - Emerging Topics in Positive Psychological Interventions Symposium - Bring Light to the Dark: Positive Psychology Perspectives on Death, Dying, and Bereavement Keynote - Embodied positive psychology Discussion Hour - Future Directions for Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) Programs Around the World IPPA Positive Education Symposium VIA Character Strengths - The Latest Science and Practice Keynote - The Dynamics of Well-Being in Daily Life: A Multilevel Perspective Health & Wellbeing Division "Data Extravaganza" Podium - Meaning and Purpose from Transdisciplinary Perspective, Promoting Gratitude and Applied Positive Psychology in Portugal Apply - Survival Through Strength-based Storytelling and Digital Wellbeing for LGBTQ+ Teens Podium - Active-Constructive Responding, Positive Emotions: 39 years later, and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviour
	12:00 - 13:00 Keynote - A psychologically rich life: Beyond happiness and meaning Symposium - Group coaching impact: Evidence from across the world Symposium - Strengths-Based Resilience: A Cross-cultural Approach to Foster Resilience Among Communities Experiencing Adversity & Trauma Symposium - Practicing the Positive Humanities: How Music and Theater Interventions Can Bolster Confidence, Connection, and Subjective Well-Being IPPA Fellows Series - Psychological well-being and physical health in the context of our rapidly aging world Podium - Positive Psychology: from Biggest Mistakes to Inspirational Bullshit and Map of 155 Measures of Positive Mental Health Positive Clinical Division Case Presentations Podium - Relations: From Disclosure of Personal Growth to Dyadic Actualization Podium - Authenticity in Action, Wellbeing Training and Curriculum for Early Education, Teacher Wellbeing and Resilient Post-secondary Student Leaders Ignite - Education & Wellbeing Apply - Positive Health Coaching and Resilience following Operating Room Crises		12:00 - 13:00 Plenary - Supersizing the Science of Happiness
		12:30 - 13:30 Symposium - 10 years later: Where are we on the journey to psychologically healthy and safe workplaces? Symposium - The sense of meaning in education: Empirical evidence and their practical implications Conversation Hour with Martin Seligman: Everything you wanted to know about Positive Psychology but were afraid to ask Symposium - Innovation in Positive Educational Interventions across Cultures IPPA Fellows Series: How can positive psychology empower a nation? & Tackling the climate crisis from a place of positivity Podium - Applications of Positive Psychology and Character Strengths in Higher Education Podium - Resilient, Positive and Happy Leaders Podium - Wellbeing: Golden Threads and Elements and its Bibliometric Review, and Optimistic Forecasting of Life Satisfaction Podium - Positive Psychology in Palliative Care, Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, Soaringwords, Self-care and Low Consumption Lifestyle Apply - Multitarget and Multicomponent Positive Psychology Intervention and Practical Steps to Agency Ignite - The Journey of Life
13:00 - 16:30 Half Day Afternoon Workshop - Meaning in good times and bad: Where the better living actually happens Half Day Afternoon Workshop - Practical Strategies for a Psychologically Healthy and Safe Workplace Half Day Afternoon Workshop - How to Write (Many) Journal Articles and Books Half Day Afternoon Workshop - The Strong Heart: Combining Kindness and Assertiveness in Important Relationships	13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break		13:00 - 13:30 Congress Closing Remarks
		13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break Education Division Meeting Health & Wellbeing Division Meeting Work & Organisations Division Meeting Positive Clinical Division Meeting
	14:00 - 15:00 IPPA Past President's Symposium - Flow as a key resource for individual and societal development Symposium - Positive higher education: Challenges and opportunities IPPA Fellows Series - What Have We Learned About Building Blocks of Well-Being & Positive Functioning?: Empirical Findings and Practical Evidence-Based Applications Symposium - New Research on the Cultivation, Causes, and Consequences of Gratitude Symposium - Resilience, Growth and Purpose instead of Silence and Submission: Cross-cultural Narratives of Posttraumatic Growth of Three Muslim Women Podium - Cross-cultural Perspective on Optimism, Character Strengths, Mattering and Post-traumatic Growth Podium - Digital Health Platform, Teacher Wellbeing and Role of Hope in Burnout Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice: Positive Psychology’s Best-Kept Secret? Podium - Gratitude, Post-traumatic Growth and Organizational Citizenship Podium - Psychedelics and Coaching, and Teacher Resilience Ignite - Meaning, Purpose & Nature Apply - Friendship Garden of Migrant Women and What is Friendship Fire?
		14:30 - 15:30 Keynote - First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum (FNMWC) Framework Symposium - The Positive Humanities: Examining the Role of Arts and Culture in Human Flourishing Symposium - Integrating Positive Psychology Coaching and Coaching Psychology: The Past, Present, and Future of these Coaching Approaches Symposium - Using a positive approach to suicide prevention: The Sources of Strength model and its application in college settings IPPA Fellows Series - Measuring the Well-being of Populations Using Social Media: Three Generations of Technology Podium - Psychedelics, Positive Humanities and Well-being buffering Mortality Podium - Culture-based Positive Education, Play-based Positive Interventions, Positive Youth Development, Happiness and Developmental Disabilities Podium - Teaching Positive Psychology Online, Statistical Case Study of Wellbeing, Marital Strengths in Military Couples, REVAMPing PERMA Podium - Finding Awe and Inspiration, Resilience, Flourishing Leadership, Wellbeing and Socio-economic Gaps, and Competitive Sports Teams Apply - Experiencing Strengths and A Gendered Perspective on Post-traumatic Growth Podium - Wellbeing and Early Education, Teacher and Professor Wellbeing	14:30 - 18:00 Half Day Afternoon Workshop - Postecstatic growth: How life's best experiences can support thriving and personal development Half Day Afternoon Workshop - Introduction to Tools for Strengthening PERMA+4, Well-Being, and Positive Functioning Half Day Afternoon Workshop - How to Bring Job Crafting to Life - A Masterclass Half Day Afternoon Workshop - Exploring positive team dynamics with the Team Flow Canvas and Team Flow Monitor Half Day Afternoon Workshop - Using Music and Wisdom to Socially Integrate Lonely People in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic Half Day Afternoon Workshop - Write for impact: Techniques to get writing done, done well, and published Half Day Afternoon Workshop - The Health Activation Process: Helping people develop sustainable motivation for health change by 'doing some headwork before they do the legwork' 2e Journée Francophone en Psychologie Positive
	15:15 - 16:15 Panel - Top Scientists in the Journal of Positive Psychology: ‘Ask Me Anything’ Podium - Character Strengths and Goals, Rebuilding Wellbeing, Flourishing, Connection and Belonging Symposium - Well-Being, Vitality, & Positive Functioning at Work: Empirical Findings and Conceptual Advances SIPPA Mentor-Mentee Meet and Greet Podium - Gratitude and Family Functioning, Positive Parenting, and Positive Interventions in Primary Schools Podium - Wellbeing: Prosocial Behaviour, Character Strengths, PERMA, Big Five and Forgiveness Podium - Positive Psychology Interventions in Schools and Strengths-based Student Coaching Podium - Positive Psychology: Cultural Adaptation to Cultural Responsiveness Ignite - Resilience Apply - What Sabotages Your Relationship and Wellbeing at Breakfast
		15:45 - 16:45 IPPA President's Symposium - What are the implications of genetically informative research for wellbeing prevention and interventions strategies? Keynote - Positive psychology research and interventions in the African context: Advances, challenges, and future directions IPPA Fellows Series - Transforming Teaching: Wellbeing and Professional Practice Keynote - Lessons from the CovSocial Project: How to reduce mental health problems exacerbated by the Covid19 pandemic through app-based mindfulness or socio-emotional dyadic online trainings Symposium - Global Soaringwords' SOARING into Strength Positive Health Initiative to Impact Community Well-Being Symposium - Appreciating and advancing the intellectual contributions of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Spirituality & Meaning Division Session - Learn, Meditate, and Mingle: Engaged Spirituality and Practical Meaning Podium - Positive Psychology and e-Health, Resilient Families, and Building Capacity of Families with Children with Disability, and Gratitude and Generosity Podium - Adolescent Wellbeing in Singapore, Adolescent Flourishing and Positive Youth Development Program Apply - Positive Psychology for Women and Positive CBT Ignite - Work & Organizations
	16:15 - 17:00 Afternoon Tea & Poster Session 1 16:15 - 16:45 Yoga led by Lululemon
	16:40 - 17:00 Qi Gong led by Lisa Barker
		16:45 - 17:30 Afternoon Tea & Poster Session 2 16:45 - 17:15 Yoga led by Lululemon
17:00 - 17:30 Welcome Address	17:00 - 18:00 Plenary Panel - Compassion: Neurobiology, Applications, and Global Implications
		17:10 - 17:30 Qi Gong led by Lisa Barker
17:30 - 18:30 Plenary Panel - World Happiness Report 2023: Latest global research on the power of the positive to maintain resilience in times of crisis		17:30 - 18:00 Award Ceremony
		18:00 - 19:00 Plenary Panel - New Directions in Understanding Agency
18:30 - 19:00 Welcome Orientation
19:00 - 20:30 Welcome Reception	19:00 - 22:30 Congress Soiree	19:00 - 20:00 University of Pennsylvania MAPP Cocktail Hour 19:00 - 22:00 The PP Interventions Party! Activate Somatic Learning & Joy

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