THE 2015 IASD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, VIRGINIA BEACH:

The Call for Dream Inspired Art deadline is rapidly coming up on February 15, 2015 (see below for application instructions).

A preliminary Program Schedule has been posted and Online Registration is now open with early bird discounts available until April 1, 2015. Go to www.asdreams.org/2015 for Information and to Register.

Volunteer Positions have all been filled; however feel free to apply to be placed on the wait list in the event that a few positions open in the next month or so. For full details and online application please click here: https://asdreams.org/2015/call-for-volunteers/

The Venue • Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center is located on the beach at 2800 Shore Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The hotel is directly on the beach, features rooms with sweeping views of the Cape Henry Bay, and is less than a mile from the wildlife sanctuary at First Landing State Park.

The Program • The Conference will feature world-renowned keynote speakers, over 140 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, the Dream Art Exhibition and Reception, a Dream Hike, the annual PSI Dreaming Contest, and the ever popular costume Dream Ball and other fun special events appropriate to the beachside location. The Program is multidisciplinary with a little something for everyone, professionals as well as those simply interested in dreams.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND FEATURED PRESENTERS

In addition to over 100 presenters from around the globe, the conference will feature three world-renowned keynote speakers:

Jean Raffa, PhD: A Jungian psychologist and award winning author. Her books include The Bridge to Wholeness: A Feminine Alternative to the Hero Myth that was nominated for the Benjamin Franklin Award; and her newest book, Healing the Sacred Divide: Making Peace with Ourselves, Each Other, and the World, which won the Wilbur Award in 2013.

Dawson Church, PhD: An award-winning author whose books include the best-seller, The Genie in Your Genes, and a series of EFT manuals for healing psychological and physical problems as well as improving athletic performance. He is founder of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare, editor of the journal Energy Psychology and owner of one of the largest alternative medicine sites, EFT Universe.

Jessica Payne, PhD: An Associate Professor at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on how sleep and stress influence human memory and psychological function. She also examines important clinical questions, including how disturbances in sleep and stress influence memory consolidation in individuals with major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders such as PTSD, and how this, in turn, influences psychological functioning. She combines behavioral, pharmacological and cognitive neuro-scientific (EEG, fMRI) approaches in this research.

Featured Presenters include:

Rev. Bob Haden, MS: Director of The Haden Institute, a Jungian psychotherapist and Episcopal priest, and author of Unopened Letters From God. He studied at The C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. He is a Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association, and holds Masters degrees in Theology and in the Use of Dreams in Spiritual Direction. He draws upon 30 years of experience in family, individual, marriage, vocational, and life journey individuation counseling.

Stanley Krippner, PhD: Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University, San Francisco, and a past president of IASD. A former Director of the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory in Brooklyn NY, his many books include the co-authored Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans (2007). He was recipient of the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, 2002.

Heather Spence: A marine biologist researching dolphins, who will speak on “Dolphin Dreaming.” She is a PhD candidate in Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at the City University of NY, a founding partner in the Global Research and Arts Center for the Investigation and Advancement of Sustainability Solutions, and leads international collaborative conservation projects in the Mexican Caribbean.

CALL FOR DREAM ART ENTRIES

Just a few days left! The due date for your submission to this year’s art exhibition is February 15, 2015.

We are accepting original art work from or about dreams experienced in sleep. All two-dimensional and multi-dimensional media will be considered, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video, and installation art.

We will again be offering the Nancy Richter Brzeski Dream Art Awards for works chosen from among those accepted for display at the conference. The top prize this year will be $1000.

You may participate by using the online entry form: https://asdreams.org/2015/call-for-dream-art/ 

Please note that all accepted works must be hand-delivered to the exhibition site. IASD or the hotel cannot accept shipments. If you can’t deliver your work, you must arrange for a local person or conference attendee to deliver and retrieve the work for you. 

BUY A CONFERENCE PROGRAM AD

Highlight your presence at the 2015 IASD Conference by advertising in the annual conference program.

Do you have a product or business to promote? Do you host a dream group? Are you an artist who would like to reach out to an international audience? Do you offer ongoing workshops? Are you one of the 90 published authors who belong to IASD?

If your ad has not yet been included in the program, don’t get left out again this year. You can provide us with camera-ready artwork – or with enough advanced notice, we will create your ad for you for an additional fee using one of several specially designed templates.

The annual conference program is handed out to every conference attendee and contains key information on events, schedule of sessions, workshops, and much more. Attendees constantly refer to the program on-site and hold onto it for future reference, generating multiple impressions for advertisers. Not all conference attendees are IASD members, so advertising in the conference program increases your exposure.

Materials deadline is April 15, 2015! 

Click here for information.

IASD 2014 PLEDGE DRIVE TOPS $17,000

Thank you to the many generous IASD members and supporters who, for the second year in a row, made donations to IASD of more than $17,000: a figure that exceeds pledges and donations by over $3,000 from earlier years of this event.

Pledge categories for the 2014 Pledge Drive included: Dream Research awards, the Ernest Hartmann Student Awards, Publications and web upgrade services, Educational Outreach, Low income and complimentary memberships, the Nancy Richter Brzeski Art Awards, and other categories of IASD activity which are not covered, or only minimally covered, by IASD's annual budget.

Members who donate to the annual Pledge Drive can select the category in which their donations will be used. The Pledge Drive, which has operated since 2002, has allowed the organization growth in areas which would not otherwise have been undertaken. The names of donors to the IASD 2014 Pledge Drive can be found at www.asdreams.org/pledge2014

Dedication to the dream, and to the organization which nurtures and explores dreams, is what fuels IASD's generous spirit.

The IASD Toronto Regional Group is planning a two-day workshop with Stanley Krippner, April 18-19, 2015. Stay tuned for details!

FUTURE EVENTS

A one-day conference: DreamWork: DreamPlay is to be held in New York on April 25, 2015 at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis Greenwich Village. The host for this conference is Lou Hagood. Presenters include: Michael Vannoy Adams, Deirdre Barrett PhD, Fariba Bogzaran PhD, Larry Burk MD, Lou Hagood, Michael P. Jenkins and Robert Waggoner. Full program details and online registration are now available on the IASD website 

Regional Representatives Network

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.

To volunteer to become a Regional Representative or for corrections or feedback on member contacts from Regional Reps, contact Bobbie Ann Pimm at bobbie@bobbieann.net