In order to attend this conference, you will not need to be in San Francisco because Hastings College of Law will be using distance education technology. If you want to attend from afar, e-mail Jolynn Jones or call her at 415-581-8941. The information she sent me about the conference:
University of California, Hastings College of Law, will bring together world-renowned psychologist Paul Ekman, co-author of a book with the Dalai Lama, and scientific advisor to Lie to Me, negotiation scholars, and other scientific researchers on emotion and emotion management - including both mindfulness and other meditation techniques for a symposium on October 22, 2010, in San Francisco, California. The event will also be available in other locations via web or other media broadcast. Speakers and topics include:
Paul Ekman interviewed by Hastings' Professor of Law Clark Freshman.
Theme One: How can we study emotion? How does it affect negotiation?
- Michael Wheeler, Harvard Business School Professor of Management: Psychoanalytic research
- Peter Carnevale, Ph.D, Psychology, Professor, University of Southern California School of Business: Social Psychology studies of emotion and negotiation success and new computer-assisted methods of study
- Melissa Nelken, Hastings College of Law, Professor of Law
Theme Two: Emotion management: new scientific
studies of mindfulness and other meditation techniques
- Shauna Shapiro, Professor of Psychology, Santa Clara University - co-author of new book by the American Psychological Association on Mindfulness
- Erika Rosenberg, University of California, Davis, Center for Mind and Brain, and Tibetan meditation teacher, reporting on Shamata study of meditators on 3 month retreat and compassion
- Cliff Saron, Associate Research Scientist, University of California, Davis, reporting on Shamata study of meditators on 3 month retreat that shows improvement in capacity to pay attention to fine details - even months after the retreat
Theme Three: Implications and Alternatives for Dispute Resolution
- Charlie Halpern, former dean CUNY Law School, and founder, Center for Contemplative Mind on ethics and public service
- Clark Freshman, Hastings College of Law, Professor of Law, on lie detection, compassion, and negotiation
- Grande Lum, Clinical Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, on trust in negotiation
Prior to the October 22 Symposium, Hastings will also host a series of related events, including a session by long term mediator and meditator Gary Friedman.
For more information, please contact Jolynn Jones, Academic Program Coordinator for Hastings’ Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, at jonesj@uchastings.edu or 415.581.8941.
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