Winter Brain Meeting, Optimal Functioning and StoryCon

 Palm Springs, CA Feb 3-7, 2006 Tentative Schedule by the day. Not final, but very close. Still, you should not use any schedules printed out from the web. Pick up a final FINAL schedule at the meeting. Afternoon workshops are optional, additional fee. You register for the meeting by the day and can attend any plenary talk for the days you register for.

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Winter Brain Meeting

Friday, Feb. 3 Morning

      Plenary

0700   Tom Collura: Neurophysics - A 21st Century Science Of The Mind

0730   Paul Swingle: Treatment Of Emotional Trauma

0800   George Martin: Neurofeedback With Adolescents In The System

0820   Sue Othmer: Beyond Good And Bad Brainwaves: A New Understanding Of Rewards And Inhibits

Break for 15 min: 9:00-9:15 Exhibit and Stretch Break

0915   Rob Kall: Conference Welcome And Greeting; Opening Remarks

0930   Rob Kall: Integrating Peripheral Biofeedback With Neurofeedback

1000   Bernard Brucker: The Emerging Role Of Biofeedback And Neurofeedback In Neuroplasticity

Break for 15 min: 10:45-11:00 Stretch and Exhibit Break

1100   Ed O'Malley: From Neurofeedback To Sleep: Recognize And Manage Sleep Disturbance To Enhance Neurofeedback Efficacy

1130   Peter Van Deusen: TLC; A Low Cost Alternative To QEEG

1215   Valdeane Brown: How Can Non-localized Neurofeedback Training Work Without Being “Global”?

Break for 60 min: 1:00 Lunch

Friday, Feb. 3 Afternoon

      Workshop

1400  240 minutes Sue Othmer: Reward And Inhibit Strategies: Recent Advances In Theory And Practice

1400  120 minutes Tom Collura: Coherence, Synchrony, And The Rest: Putting It All Together With 2-channel Training

1400  120 minutes Ed O'Malley: From Neurofeedback To Sleep: Tools And Techniques To Recognize And Manage Insomnia To Enhance Neurofeedback Efficacy

1400  240 minutes Jay Gunkelman: How The Brain Works

1400  120 minutes Didier Combatalade: Peripheral Biofeedback With BioGraph Infiniti

1600  120 minutes Michael Linden: The Autism/Aspergers/ADD Subtype Connection

1600  120 minutes Hershel Toomim: All You Ever Wanted To Know About HEG

Friday, Feb. 3 Evening

      Plenary

1930   Thomas Brod: NIGHTLIGHT TRAINING: Using Neurofeedback With The Dying Co-presented by Marilyn Stoner "Dr. Marilyn Stoner&

1930   Kirby Seid: Neo Shamanic Mediatation With Light, Crystal And Brainwave Technology

2000   Nancy White: The Alarming Rise In Mental Illness Linked To Increased Drug Use: Causes And Prospective Solutions

2015   Valdeane Brown: CARE® In The Real World Co-presented by Molly Raaymakers

2030   Tom Gross: Modern Neuron Theory And Functional Restoration

2100   Fred Muench: The StressEraser: Overview And Pilot Study Findings

Saturday, Feb. 4 Morning

      Plenary

0700   Tom Gross: Brain Centered Whole Person Healing For AD/HD

0730   Kamran Fallahpour: Development And Ageing Across The Lifespan Using Common

0800   Thomas Brod: Non-Linear Dynamic Neurofeedback: Wrangling Information For The Brain-Computer Interchange

0820   Michael Linden: A New Approach To Working With Autistic & Aspergers Patients, Including Violent Ones

Break for 15 min: 9-9:15 Exhibit and Stretch break

0915   Robert Coben: Neurofeedback For Autism: Empirical Validation And Theoretical Framework

0955   Stan Tatkin: The Primacy Of Arousal Regulation In Psychotherapy

1040   Les Fehmi: SYNCHRONY: HOW THE BRAIN CODES INFORMATION

Break for 20 min: 11:25-11:45 Stretch and Exhibit break

1145   Hershel Toomim: HEG Focus Training (Attention Index)

1215   Hershel Toomim: Symposium Hershel Toomim, Rob Coben Discuss HEG Improvements In Clinical Practiice.

Break for 60 min: 1:00 Lunch

Saturday, Feb. 4 Afternoon

      Workshop

1400  120 minutes Bernard Brucker: Important Variables For Successful Outcomes For Biofeedback And Neurofeedback Applications In Rehabilitation

1400  240 minutes Les Fehmi: With Susan Shor Fehmi; OPEN FOCUS™ AND NEUROFEEDBACK: THE ROLE OF ATTENTION IN ORCHESTRATING AWARENESS AND BRAIN WAVE ACTIVITY Co-presented by Susan Shor Fehmi

1400  120 minutes Valdeane Brown: Using Non-Linear, Dynamical Measures Of Change: Keeping Neurofeedback Training Safe And On Target

1400  120 minutes Bret Stephenson: Archetypal Adolescent Development: Controlling The Uncontrollable

1600  120 minutes Bret Stephenson: Why 'Just Say No' Just Hasn't Worked: Teens And Non-Ordinary States Of Consciousness (B)

1600  120 minutes Gary Schummer: Neurofeedback Treatment Of Dyslexia

1600  120 minutes Peter Van Deusen: Performing The TLC Assessment

Sunday, Feb. 5 Morning

      Plenary

0700   Allen Roland: THE JOY OF BLOGGING AND EFFECTIVELY CONVEYING YOUR MESSAGE IN CYBERSPACE

0730   Terry Argast: The Clinical Application Of Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES): The Best Kept Secret In Medicine.

0745   Jeff Labno: EEG And Mind Machines

0815   George Martin: Entropy, Information, And Flexibility

0840   Leslie Sherlin: Low Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA) In Monozygotic Twins Discordant For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

Break for 20 min: 9:00 Stretch and Exhibit hall break

0920   Jay Gunkelman: Mind/Brain/Consciousness

1005   Joe Kamiya: Next Challenge For Biofeedback: The Basic Science Of Consciousness

1050   Tom Collura: Real-time Synchronous Gamma Training Made Easy.

Break for 25 min: 11:15-11:40

1140   John Demos: Neurofeedback Meets Wholistic Counseling

1220   Siegfried Othmer: Simplicity And Complexity In Neurofeedback

Break for 60 min: 1:00-2::00 Lunch

Sunday, Feb. 5 Afternoon

      Workshop

1400  120 minutes Lewis Mehl-Madrona: PET Scans And Spirits

1400  120 minutes Siegfried Othmer: Theoretical Models Underlying Neurofeedback

1400  240 minutes John Demos: Neurofeedback Meets Neurology

1400  120 minutes Bob Whitehouse: HEART And BREATH, An Integration Of Research And Techniques

1400  120 minutes Al Collins: Mindfulness And Neurofeedback: Integral Treatment Of ADHD, Anxiety, And Depression

1600  120 minutes Beverly Rubik: Oriental Medicine Made Incredibly Easy With The EMAS Device

1600  120 minutes Stan Tatkin: The Four Puzzle Pieces: A Psychobiological Approach To Couples Therapy

1600  120 minutes Kirby Seid: Neo Shamanic Meditation With The Light Labyrinth: Light, Crystal And Brainwave Technology

1600  120 minutes Leslie Sherlin: SLORETA- What Is It And What Does It Mean To Me?

Monday, Feb. 6 Morning

      Plenary

0700   Diane Stoler: Neuroband

0715   Diane Stoler: Setting Up A Neurofeedback Practice.

0800   Gary Schummer: Success Builds Sucess: Beyond The Double Blind

0830   Bob Whitehouse: Insurance Billing And Coding Considerations

Break for 15 min: Stretch and Exhibit Break

0930   Len Ochs: Neurofeedback As A Catalyst For Maturation In Rehabilitation

0950   Beverly Rubik: Anti-Aging And Longevity: The Slippery Slope From Wellness To Disease And How To Prevent It

1010   Joe Kamiya: DISCOVERING OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR INCREASED LONGEVITY

1040   Paul Swingle: Has Your Get-up-and-go Got Up And Gone? Gussying Up The EEG For Us Seniors..

Break for 15 min: 11:10-11:25

1125   Peter Van Deusen: BrainPrime And Neurofeedback For The Aging Brain (part Of Panel On Longevity And Anti Aging)

Break for 60 min: 1300 Lunch

Monday, Feb. 6 Afternoon

      Workshop

1400  120 minutes Diane Stoler: Marketing: Neurofeedback: A New Frontier

1400  240 minutes Paul Swingle: Methods For Potentiating Neurotherapy

1400  120 minutes Thomas Brod: MYSTERIES OF NF SUCCESS: What's Happening When"Nothing's Happening"? Co-presented by Bill Scott

1400  120 minutes Richard Soutar: An EEG Based Inventory For Neurofeedback Professionals

1400  240 minutes George Martin: Advanced BioExplorer Workshop

1600  120 minutes Nancy White: Trauma Resolution: A Multi-Modality Approach

1600  120 minutes Lesley Parkinson: The Treatment Of Fatigue States

1600  120 minutes Gerald Kozlowski: Structural-functional Correlates Of Neurofeedback

Tuesday, Feb. 7 Morning

      Plenary

Joe Kamiya: ...the Next 10, 20, 30 Years

0830   Bill Scott: Bypassing The Mind; "Brainpainting"

0900   Beverly Rubik: Water---the Matrix Of Life, And What To Drink To Stay Healthy

0940   Siegfried Othmer: "The Self-Regulation Regime: Conceptual And Practical Reunification Of Biofeedback And Neurofeedback"

Break for 10 min: 1010-1020 Break

1020   Peter Van Deusen: Meditation, Technology And The Future Of NF

1050   Tom Collura: Brain, Mind, And Neurofeedback - The Next 10, 20 Years, And Beyond,

Tuesday, Feb. 7 Afternoon

      Post-Conference

1300   Valdeane Brown: Beginner’s Guide To NeuroCARE Pro: How To Get Up And Running Today!

      Workshop

1400  240 minutes Ed O'Malley: Psychoneurenergenetics And Neurofeedback : A Bridge Between East And West?

1400  240 minutes Peter Van Deusen: BrainPrime And The Aging Brain

1400  240 minutes Len Ochs: The Photonic Stimulatoras An Adjunct To Neurofeedback

Wednesday, Feb. 8 Morning

      Post-Conference

0900   Tom Collura: Technical Foundations Of Neurofeedback - One Day Course / BCIA

 

StoryCon

Friday, Feb. 3 Morning

      Plenary

0735   Sally Strackbein: Storytelling - The World's Greatest Marketing Tool, How To Create Stories That Persuade, Motivate And Sell

0820   Jay Gunkelman: The Neurophysiological Substrate Of Archetype

Break for 15 min: 9:00-9:15 Stretch and Exhibit break

0915   Michael Hauge: USING SCREENWRITING PRINCIPLES TO CAPTIVATE YOUR AUDIENCE

1000   Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Stories And Transformation

Break for 15 min: 10:45-11:00 Break

1100   Pamela Jaye Smith: Creating Our Next Mythologies

1140   Rachel Ballon: Stories We Live By Stories We Tell; Healing Mind And Body Through Fast Flow Writing™

1225   Sandra Block: The Connection Between Fairy Tale Themes And DSM-IV Diagnostic Catagories

Friday, Feb. 3 Afternoon

      Workshop

1400  120 minutes Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Shaman’s Mind, Shaman’s Work, Shaman’s Dialogue

1600  120 minutes Rachel Ballon: The Therapeutic Use Of Story As An Adjunct In The Counseling Setting

1600  120 minutes Sally Strackbein: Storytelling For Business Success

Saturday, Feb. 4 Morning

      Plenary

0745   Craig Webb: Precognitive Dreams And The Everyday Physics Of Free Will

0830   Al Collins: Tales Of The "Fatherson": The Son's Rejection And Renewal Of The Father In American Narrative

Break for 15 min: 9:00-9:15 Stretch and Exhibit Break

0915   Steve Barnes: Structure And Flow

1000   Michael Hauge: LOVE STORIES AS MODELS FOR TRANSFORMATION AND COURAGE

1045   Bret Stephenson: A Mile Wide And An Inch Deep: Modern Adolescent Discontent & America's Shallow Approach To Teens

Break for 15 min: 11:30-11:45 Stretch and Exhibit Break

1145   Pamela Jaye Smith: ArchePaths: Self-Initiation Through Story

1230   Rob Kall: Story Mining And Analysis For Political Candidates And Other People Who Need To Promote Themselves

Break for 60 min: 1300 Lunch Break1930 7:00 PM Dinner followed by Comedian Swami Beyondananda

Saturday, Feb. 4 Afternoon

      Workshop

1400  120 minutes Michael Hauge: STRIPPING AWAY THE ARMOR TO FIND THE HIGHER SELF

1400  120 minutes Steve Barnes: The LifeWriting Approach To Writing And Life

1600  120 minutes Pamela Jaye Smith: Archetypal Ailments: Physiological, Psychological & Philosophical Aspects Of The Chakra System For Story Character Development And Personal Healing.

 

Optimal Functioning

Sunday, Feb. 5 Morning

      Plenary

Steve Barnes: Entering And Sustaining Flow.

0700   Lesley Parkinson: The Effects Of Neurofeedback And HRV Biofeedback On Dance Performance

0740   Allen Roland: HIGGS FIELD IS ROLAND UNIFIED FIELD OF LOVE

0810   Colleen Turner: Best Practices For Inspiring Hearts And Minds: A Military Officer’s Quest To Wage Peace

Break for 25 min: 8:50-9:15 Stretch and Exhibit break

0915   Kamran Fallahpour: Golf Performance Enhancement By Means Of Real-life Neurofeedback Training Based On Personalized Event-locked EEG Profiles

0945   Louis Csoka: Inner Game Of Leadership: Principles For Sustaining Peak Performance Under Pressure

1030   Nathaniel Zinsser: Mentoring Winners

Break for 20 min: 11:15-11:35 Stretch and Exhibit Break

1135   Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Aboriginal Models For Integration Of Brain, Mind, Spirit, And Body

Break for 60 min: 1:00-2:00 Lunch, exhibits and workshop last minute signup

Sunday, Feb. 5 Afternoon

      Workshop

1400  120 minutes Nathaniel Zinsser: Thriving Under Pressure

1600  120 minutes Louis Csoka: Five Points To Reach Peak Performance

Monday, Feb. 6 Morning

      Plenary

0730   John Ewing: The Human Operating System

0830   Al Collins: Neurofeedback As A Purushartha Practice ("for The Sake Of The Self")

Break for 15 min: 9:15 - 9:30 Stretch and exhibit break

0930   Valdeane Brown: Awakening Bodhicitta: A Fundamental Framework For Understanding The Transformative Potential Of Neurofeedback

1015   Ed O'Malley: Psychoneurenergetics And Neurofeedback: A Bridge Between East And West?

1045   Richard Soutar: Measuring Transformation

Break for 15 min: 11:05-11:20 Stretch and Exhibit Break

1200   Allen Roland: THE NEED FOR A RADICAL EMPIRICISM / SEEING THROUGH THE HEART

1220   Robert Schram: "Thought Control/Modification Through Meditation"

Monday, Feb. 6 Afternoon

      Workshop

1400  120 minutes Colleen Turner: Everyday Olympics: Coach Yourself To Achieve Breakthrough Outcomes By Shifting Paradigms

1400  120 minutes Allen Roland: UTILIZING VISUALIZATION TO FACILITATE INNER TRANSFORMATION

1600  120 minutes Robert Schram: Maximize Life By Living For Peace, Harmony, And Joy