Friday’s schedule features talks and guided meditations by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Jack Kornfield, and five panel discussions with a number of distinguished leaders in the fields of technology and mindfulness.
The Wisdom 2.0 Conference is a revolutionary, new event that launched in April of 2010 that brings together people from a variety of disciplines including technology leaders, Buddhism, neuroscience, and academia. The purpose of the conference to explore how we can live and engage in our technology-rich age in a way that is meaningful to ourselves and to the the world.
You can watch any or all of tomorrow’s conference sessions free on the Wisdom 2.0 Conference website.
The schedule for tomorrow’s events is as follows:
1:00pm – 1:15pm – Introduction by Soren Gordhamer in Hanh Auditorium
Conscious and Connected
1:15 – 1:30 – Guided Mindfulness Practice by Jon Kabat-Zinn
1:30 – 2:30 – The Tech Panel: Consciousness in a Constantly Connected Life
Panelists:
Chris Sacca, Strategic Advisor, Twitter
Kevin Rose, Founder, Digg.com
Eric Schiermeyer, Co-Founder, Zynga
Bradley Horowitz, Vice President, Google
Roshi Joan Halifax, Zen Teacher
Moderated by Soren Gordhamer
2:30 – 3:15 – Slowing Down while Starting Up: Experiments in Conscious Entrepreneurism
Panelists:
Dave Morin, Co-Founder and CEO, Path
Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana
Johnny Hwin, Co-Founder and CEO, Damntheradio
Moderated by Leah Pearlman
3:15 – 3:45 – Break (Snacks and drinks will be served)
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Life
(Two Tracks)
In Hanh Auditorium
3:45 – 4:20 – Inner Experiments at Genentech
Interview with:
Todd Pierce, Vice President of Genentech and Pamela Weiss, Mindfulness Teacher
Interviewed by Soren Gordhamer
In the Grand Hall
Spiritual Activism in the Modern Age
A Conversation with Seane Corn, Co-Founder, Off the Mat Into the World, with Marianne Manilov of Engage Network.
(Back to One Track in Hanh Auditorium)
4:30 – 4:45 – Guided Mindfulness Practice by Jack Kornfield
4:45 – 5:45 – Applied Wisdom Practices: Challenges and Opportunities
Panelists:
Gopi Kalliyil, Group Product Marketing Manager, Google
Seane Corn, Co-Founder, Off the Mat Into the World
Sharon Salzberg, Mindfulness Teacher
Meng Tan, Jolly Good Fellow, Google
Tami Simon, Founder, Sounds True
Moderated by Kaitlin Quistgaard, Editor-in-Chief, Yoga Journal
5:45 – 6:00 – Break
The Power of Presence
6:00 – 7:15 – The Power and Practice of Mindfulness
With Jon Kabat-Zinn and Jack Kornfield
Interviewed by Soren Gordhamer
7:15 – 8:30 – Dinner in Grand Hall
8:30 – 10:00 – Jai Uttal Concert in Hanh Auditorium
02/24/11
