Programme for Printing

Thursday 23 January
09.00 - 10.30
Congress Centre - Dischma WorkShop
09.00 - 11.00
Congress Centre - Wisshorn WorkStudio
09.15 - 10.00
Congress Centre - Jakobshorn
80 mindfulness
Meditation: Why the
Hype?
Mindfulness meditation increasingly attracts leaders
with the promise of alleviating stress, maintaining
focus and spurring creativity. How can mindfulness
meditation be applied to health, education and
leadership?
Session objectives:
- Explore mindfulness interventions in health
- Understand mindfulness applications in education
- Discuss mindfulness-based techniques in
leadership
76 decision-making
Making Better Decisions
Traditionally, economics focused on how
individuals would act if they were rational;
behavioural economics studies what they actually
do. In this context, what are the practical
applications for public policy and personal conduct?
Session objectives:
- Understand the impact of scarcity on
decision-making
- Discuss the lessons of modern psychology for
economics
- Explore potentials and limitations of behavioural
engineering
82 creative mind/shafak
Inside the Creative Mind:
Elif Shafak
An intimate interview with novelist Elif Shafak on
her stories of women, minorities, immigrant
subcultures, youth and global souls that blend
Western and Eastern traditions of storytelling. Her
award-winning novels, which are translated into
over 30 languages, include The Bastard of Istanbul
and The Forty Rules of Love.
This session is on the record.
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