JOIN US in the beautiful 11th Century Abbey of Rolduc in Kerkrade, the Netherlands for our 28th International conference and explore with us the meaning and mysteries of dreams with world famous authors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, artists, educators and researchers from all over the globe. This year over 160 presenters representing thirty countries will present seminars, lectures and workshops. These presenters, along with our three Keynotes and four Featured Speakers, will examine dreaming and dreamwork within a broad range of disciplines including: cultural diversity, dream research and theory; clinical applications; the arts & humanities; culture, anthropology and history; religion, spirituality and philosophy; dreamwork practice; as well as extraordinary, psi and lucid dreams. With a juried Dream Art Exhibition and reception and the ever-popular Dream Ball it will be a beautiful blend of learning and fun. Something for everyone!!

VENUE: The Rolduc Abbey and conference center is in the southern part of the Netherlands, near the borders of Belgium and Germany, providing wonderful opportunities for international tourism. It is easily accessible from airports at Amsterdam, Dusseldorf and Brussels. Go to our website www.asdreams.org/2011 for more information on the venue, travel arrangements, and how to reserve your lodging at Rolduc or the surrounding area.

OUR KEYNOTE and FEATURED SPEAKERS:

CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) CREDITS: The conference offers Continuing Education credits for selected sessions. The International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. IASD maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

REGISTER NOW! Go to www.asdreams.org/2011 , where you can register and pay online with a charge card or obtain a downloadable mail-in registration form. Become an IASD member on the website as well to take advantage of the members’ discounted registration fee. Please book your lodging early and directly with the Rolduc conference center by contacting them at email info@rolduc.com or by Telephone +31 (0)45 54 66 888 and asking for the IASD Conference subscription rate.

OVER 100 ARTISTS SUBMIT WORK FOR 2011 DREAM ART SHOW

By Kim Vergil
The art committee team in the Netherlands has been hard at work getting the call out to artists in the area local to the Rolduc Conference. Thank you! All the results are showing that your hard work is paying off. Over 100 artists (102 to be precise) submitted a count of at least 300 pieces for the 2011 Dream Art Show! In the past we would had about 10-15 submissions before the deadline, so this is huge. And it is also a testament to the hard work of a lot of great artists.

The more applications the better the results of the show! The quality can be very high when there is a lot of choice, which has never been an issue before. But I think maybe this year we will have our work cut out for us.
Robert Gongloff has created the online submission form that has made a huge difference in data entry (it used to take days). So we have joined the new technology, and so far so good. There are a few glitches to work out but in general, it seems to be working. Thank you very much, Roberto, for the program and all the support you have offered the artists. So appreciated!

Thanks also to Jos Jacobs for a wonderful poster for the call to artists and for another one to come for the Dream Art Exhibition. There will be five Jury members from across the globe. How exciting to get to work together.

The exhibition is curated by:
• Kim Vergil (Canada), Chair, IASD Arts Committee,
• Jos Jacobs (Belgium), artist and former instructor at the High School of Arts in Hasselt,
• Dorine Hulshof (The Netherlands), artist and instructor at two academies of arts in the Netherlands,
• Uta Göbel-Groß (Germany), artist and chairperson of “dreieck.triangle.driehoek” Art Association
• Richard Russo (U.S.) Editor-in-chief of the IASD Dream Time magazine.

SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IASD'S 28TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Social networking is currently the rage. IASD's Facebook Fan page topped 500 members in March, and is growing daily as more people discover the value of regular updates on dream work and research around the globe. Now we are asking you to use the power of social networking to promote IASD’s 28th Annual International Conference, which is being held in a beautiful location and features some of the most exciting presentations ever.

We have provided some tools for you to use. You'll find them in Conference Newsroom at www.asdreams.org/2011

FOR ONLINE USE

Join us on Facebook. It's easy. Just go to the IASD main page (or the top of this Dream News page) and click the Facebook link. Once there you can share IASD with all of your Facebook friends.

Put a conference logo (in the language of your choice) on your personal web site or blog. A variety of logo files are available in the newsroom.

The e-version of the conference flyer is available in the newsroom to be sent to your e-mail lists. Remember that the e-version of the conference flyer contains a screen shot and hot link to the Rolduc conference video created by Conference Host, Willem Fermont, and Tamara Gurbis of Phenomenal Films.

Or you can invite friends to watch the video directly by joining us on the IASD YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/iasdreams

FOR PRINT DISTRIBUTION

We invite you to download and print the following from the Conference Newsroom.

A one-page flyer promoting IASD’s 28th International Conference is available. This same ad will be reproduced in color in the Spring issue of Dream Network Journal and in black in white in the upcoming issue of the Lucid Dream Exchange as well as IASD's Dream Time. Also refer friends and colleague to ads in the upcoming issues of five European publications: The Psychologist, Kindred Spirit in the UK; De Psycholoog and Paravisie in the Netherlands; and Psychologie Heute in Germany; as well as ads in The APA Monitor and IASD's APA publication Dreaming.

The print version of the conference flyer is also available for download and printing on the Newsroom page of the conference web site. Note that this is a double-sided version which contains the list of conference presenters, so it may need professional printing. Along with being sent to IASD members in an upcoming mailing, this flyer will be available at the upcoming Montreal Regional Conference and also at the Rubin Museum in New York, which is featuring a series of dream-related presentations involving IASD members.

So spread the word about this exciting conference we are planning. And plan to attend yourself.