Streamed live from Puerto Rico, the program features a mix of sessions in both English and Spanish. While live translation won’t be provided during the broadcast, translated recordings of all sessions will be shared after the event. The full program schedule will be sent to all registrants.
Our Core Intentions
- Bridging Science and Heart: Hear about the latest neuroscience findings to deeply understand how students learn, ensuring our teaching methods support healthy, vibrant cognitive and emotional growth.
- Nurturing Inner Resilience: We’ll share evidence-based strategies that cultivate self-regulation, empathy, and genuine well-being for everyone in the educational community.
- Cultivating a Culture of Care: We will champion compassion-centered education, exploring its transformative power to reshape school culture and create a warm, safe emotional atmosphere in every classroom.
- Building a Global Community of Practice: We are creating a space for teachers, researchers, and advocates to connect and collaborate, driving the innovative, sustainable practices that make well-being the heartbeat of education.
Confirmed speakers include…
Dr. Ignacio Morgado Bernal is professor of Psychobiology at the Institute of Neuroscience in the Faculty of Psychology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he is also the founding dean. He teaches physiological psychology at several universities in Spain and Latin America and conducts experimental research on memory retrieval through electrical brain stimulation. He has been a professor at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience for several years. He was recently awarded a prize by the Spanish Association of Psychology and has been recognized as one of the top 10 neuroscientists in Spain.
Myriam Mongrain is a clinical psychologist and Full Professor of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Canada. She earned her PhD from McGill University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis, specializing in Social and Personality Psychology. Her work has contributed to the field of positive psychology, evaluating the benefits of interventions based on compassion, gratitude, and optimism in large community samples—strategies that have been shown to reduce depression, particularly in people with high levels of stress.
Dr. Chris Germer is a clinical psychologist and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In 2010, he co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff, which has been taught to more than 250,000 people worldwide. He co-authored two books on MSC with Neff: The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program. Chris dedicates most of his time to giving lectures and workshops on mindfulness and self-compassion around the world. He is also the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion and co-edited two influential books on therapy: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy.
Dr. Fabián Román is a physician and psychiatrist with a doctorate in cognitive neuroscience. He is the Director of the Ibero-American Network of Cognitive Neuroscience, coordinator of the Neuroeducation Research area at the University of Barcelona, and academic coordinator of the PhD program in Psychology with a specialization in Applied Cognitive Neuroscience at Maimonides University. His focus is on strengthening inter-institutional ties and promoting excellence in academic projects within the field of applied neuroscience. His commitment is reflected in his leadership in developing advanced training programs for professionals and educators, geared towards enhancing their professional, teaching, and research skills.
Dr. Claudio Araya is a clinical psychologist and holds a PhD in Psychotherapy Research from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He is an assistant professor and researcher at Adolfo Ibáñez University. He works on developing a practical and relational perspective on mindfulness and compassion, along with its application in diverse contexts, especially in situations of psychosocial vulnerability. He is the author of two books: The Greatest Advance Is to Stop: Mindfulness in Everyday Life (2010) and Common Humanity (2019). He studies the implications of shared humanity practices, integrating a phenomenological perspective and considering the context of psychosocial vulnerability.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 33 languages, and include Making Great Relationships, Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture – with over a million copies in English alone. He’s the founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, as well as the co-host of the Being Well Podcast – which has been downloaded over 25 million times. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard.
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