ANNUAL IASD PLEDGE DRIVE BEGINS IN NOVEMBER

Wouldn't you love to live in a world where everyone listens to dreams?

The Mission of IASD is to create just such a place. Think of a world in which children grow up hearing the words: "What did you dream last night?"

We are asking you to think of the children.

During this year's annual Pledge Drive, which begins in November and ends January 30, 2016, ask yourself the following questions:

What if IASD's Dream Research were to find answers to better ways to understand dreaming?

What if IASD's Education Programs and publications taught all dreamers how to better understand dreams and to educate others in their value?

What if IASD's Conferences and Regional Events were to spark so much interest in dreams that people flocked to them to learn?

And what if, through it all, we were to keep in mind the needs of future generations?

All of these things are true of IASD even today, but can be broadened and enlarged. With your assistance, we will grow. Your contribution, large or small, helps us to discover that world – to create that world – where everyone listens to dreams.

Please donate today at www.asdreams.org/pledge2015

Thank you from all of the children growing up in a world full of dreams…

THE 2016 IASD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, KERKRADE, NETHERLANDS:

Call for Volunteers NOW OPEN

. . . as well as Call for Presentations and Registration
Go to www.asdreams.org/2016 for Online Submission Forms
Submission Deadline December 15, 2015
Poster Papers February 15, 2016

Call for Volunteers • The application for volunteers is now open and on line by clicking here. This year we are looking for volunteers for the Registration/Information Desk, for Room Monitors and for Audio Visual Support. In lieu of the regular conference fee, volunteers attend for only $50 (or 50€) for roughly 12 to 14 conference hours of work (paying an initial fee of $150/150€ with $100/100€ returned after the duties are completed). The fee covers the conference attendance, receptions and the dream ball. Volunteers arrange for their own travel as well as lodging and meals, and other purchases they wish to make such as for CEs and recordings.

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, including those in Germany and Belgium, providing ease of international travel and sightseeing for those who wish to enjoy touring before and after the conference. We warmly invite you to attend. Mark your calendars now for next year’s very special conference.
The Conference • will feature world-renowned keynote speakers and over 120 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 and other special events appropriate to enjoyment of the location.

Submissions • The program is multi-disciplinary, therefore high quality proposals are invited that fall into any of the following tracks: Research and Theory; Clinical Approaches; Dreamwork Practices; Arts and Humanities; Education; Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy; Extraordinary, PSI and Lucid Dreams; Dreams and Health; Culture and History; Mental Imagery. We plan a special Dutch Language Dreamwork track.

Submission Categories include: Paper Presentations; Symposia; Panels; Workshops; Special Events; Morning Dream Groups; and Poster Papers. IASD encourages presenters of all backgrounds to apply and to be sensitive to matters of diversity and disability in their submissions and presentations. Submissions to the Dutch language track may include: pre-organized Symposia and Panel submissions, Workshops, Morning Dream Groups and Poster Papers. All submissions must be made online at www.asdreams.org/2016.

CALL FOR DREAM ART ENTRIES

The 2016 Juried Dream Art Exhibition will be held in conjunction with the 2016 annual conference at the Rolduc Conference Center, The Netherlands. The exhibition will be displayed until August 31, 2016.

We are now accepting original art work about or inspired by dreams. The jurors will be open-minded about the relationship of the art work to dream content when selecting the art pieces, as long as the work was inspired in some fashion by visionary or emotional experiences that occurred during sleep. Note: an entrant can create a piece inspired by someone else’s dream. Deadline: February 15, 2016.

All two-dimensional and multi-dimensional media will be considered, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video, and installation art.

You do not need to be a member of IASD or a conference attendee to participate in the Dream Art Exhibition. Also, you can exhibit whether you are competing for a prize or not.

Cash awards will be offered for works chosen from among those accepted for display at the conference. Information regarding entry requirements is located here:

Information in English

Information in Dutch

CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) ADMINISTRATOR

IASD is seeking to fill the role of the retiring CE Administrator. In this voluntary role you will be working closely with the Chair of the Education Committee, Online Course Manager, Chair of the Conference Advisory Committee (CAC) and IASD Executive Committee to contribute to an integral part of IASD’s Educational Program. Even though this activity responds to and coordinates changes in APA requirements and IASD CE offerings each year, for the most part the documentation, online systems and support teams are in place to provide any support needed for this activity.

Compensation: this position is awarded a conference fee waiver for every Annual Conference, all Online Courses and any other online conference or educational activities involving CE.

If you are interested in the opportunity to join a dedicated team of dream workers and educators and to obtain further information please contact IASD president Susannah Benson at dreamtracking@gmail.com.

THE ERNEST HARTMANN AWARD FOR STUDENT RESEARCH

From Curtiss Hoffman, Student Research Awards Chair

We are pleased to announce that the anonymous donor who generously provided funding for the Student Research Award last year has graciously agreed to provide matching funds for the 2016 competition! The IASD Board of Trustees will provide the balance of funds.

Click here for submission details.

As in previous years, there will be two $500 awards. The first is for the best student submission of original scientific research on dreams and dreaming. The second is for the best submission of original historical, literary, artistic, or theoretical research. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to submit papers. Please view this page for additional details.
All participants must submit their presentations in electronic form, preferably through email to office@asdreams.org or if necessary by mailing the files, copied to a CD or a DVD, to the IASD office by March 1, 2016.

IASD-Student Research
1672 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703 USA

Mark on any mailed box "OK to leave on porch."

Participants may also electronically submit videos in AVI formats, or music in MIDI or MPS formats. In the case of papers with multiple authors – in terms of the ideas presented as well as the description of the results – the contestant must indicate clearly, in either the text of the paper or in an accompanying letter, what portions are the submitter’s work. Research which has been published prior to the submissions deadline is not eligible for this award.

Submissions must include a copy of the participant’s student ID. Alternatively, a copy can be faxed to the IASD Office at 1-209-724-0889, or scanned and emailed as an attachment to office@asdreams.org. A note or cover letter should be included to indicate that this is for the IASD Student Research Award. Participants must specify which of the two awards they are applying for.

Winners will be announced at the IASD annual conference, which will be held at the beautiful Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, from June 24 – 28, 2016, during the General Membership Meeting. Check the schedule of conference events to find out the exact date and time.