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Conference Details
Pre Conference Workshops:
Wednesday 13 May, 9am - 5pm

The Art & Science of Love or
The Mindful Brain

 
Conference Day One
Thursday 14th May,
8.30am - 5:30pm

Conference Day Two
Friday 15th May,
8.30am - 5:30pm
 
Post Conference Workshops:
Saturday 16th May
 
Morning Workshops 9am - 12pm
Workshop 1: The Architecture of
Sustainable Happiness
Workshop 2: Your Creative Intelligence - how to develop your key to the future
Workshop 3: Living the Examined Life - the practice
Workshop 4: Building Resilience in
Families and Australian Communities
 

Afternoon Workshops 2pm - 5pm
Workshop 5: Ordinary Children,
Extraordinary Teachers - unlocking
the brilliant child within
every student
Workshop 6: The Joy of Meditation and the Altruistic Spirit of Awakening
Workshop 7: Practical Tools for
Positive Relationships that Transform You and the Organisation
Workshop 8: Happiness and
Creativity: the wake-up workshop

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Conference Volunteers
 
 
Do you want to lend a hand at one of Sydney’s most successful conferences?
We have a variety of volunteer roles available including, guest services, registration, set-up, information desk, speaker escorts and more.
For more information or to confirm your availability, please call Helen at the Vajrayana Institute on 02 8916 7414.
Look Back at 2008
 
"The conference has been awesome! Really exceeded expectations and I had pretty high expectations...I will take a lot of this inspiration home with me where I hope to apply it both professionally and personally."

Holly Vitale, Alzheimers Australia, VIC

"The conference was wonderful.  All the speakers were inspirational approaches were accessible and pragmatic confirming meditation and compassion for others does enhance our well-being."

Ann Dunn, Counsellor, QLD Corrective Services

"Fantastic once again, after the third time! Thank you"

Paul Russell, Mental Health Services

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2009 Sponsors
 
Professional Development Points

Members of some Endorsing Associations such as the Australian Counselling Association



The Australian Psychological Society

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)


 

are entitled to claim conference attendance as professional development points.
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Affiliates 2009
 

 
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In association with

 

 
   
  WHO ATTENDS HAPPINESS & ITS CAUSES?
 

It’s hard to think of someone who shouldn’t go to Happiness & Its Causes – after all, everyone wants to be happy! The conference is aimed at those with a professional or personal interest in
understanding and developing our potential to be happy. So whether you are attending as an individual, as a professional or as part of a company or organisational team, you will be equally at home.

Whether your goal is to find a way to enhance your own day-today happiness or more effectively care for others, the issue is the same – you need to develop new ways of thinking about yourself,
your environment and your problems. As such, the conference is of particular interest to those working in such areas as:
 
Look who came in 2007

Happiness & Its Causes is a highly affordable conference, priced to ensure that as many people as possible can attend. Why not bring your entire family, office or team?
• Psychology
• Psychotherapy
• Mental health
• Neuroscience
• Medicine
• Counselling
• Teaching
• Social work
• Nursing
• Coaching
• Human resource management
 
            
 
 
 

Endorsing Bodies 2009