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Media Coverage

Meaning Conference 2012 and its speakers have been featured in a number of media sources.

(This list will be updated as new articles are published).

Video Clips

Articles

 

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Meaning Conference Photos

Thank you to all speakers, presenters, organizers, volunteers, and participants for a rich and meaningful conference!

Meaning Conference photos by Charles McLafferty can be found here.

Meaning Conference photos by Lilian C. J. Wong can be found here.

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Keynotes Interviewed on Global News

Several of our Keynote Speakers were invited to speak about the spree-shooting phenomenon on Global News. Click here to watch.

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Sharing Accommodation

For those wishing to reduce accommodation cost by sharing a hotel room, you may want to visit our Meaning Conference Event page on Facebook. Through posting, you can connect with others who are looking to share a room.

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Conference Schedule

A tentative conference schedule has been posted. Click here for details.

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Meaningful Living Groups

Positive Psychology News Daily recently published an article on our Meaningful Living Group. Click here to read. Through the Meaning Conference, you have the opportunity to become a Meaningful Living Group facilitator. Be part of this grassroots mental health movement by starting a group in your own community.

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Film Screening & Public Lecture – Viktor and I

Join us on the evening of Friday, July 27th for our opening reception and a free public lecture and film screening by Alexander Vesely, Austrian filmmaker and grandson of Viktor Frankl. For more information about this event, click here.Viktor & I Poster

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Film Screening – A Drop of Sunshine

Aparna Sanyal will be screening her film, A Drop of Sunshine, on Thursday, July 26 at 7 pm. This will be the North American premiere of this award-winning film. Click here for details.

A Drop of Sunshine Poster

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Student Submission Winners

Student Competition Winners

1st Place:   H’Sien Hayward, Harvard University.
Title:  Adaptation to adversity: Does money or meaning matter more?

2nd Place: Yerin Shim,Colorado State University.
Title: Understanding sources of meaning in life through auto-photography.

3rd Place: Eric Kim,University of Michigan.
Title: Purpose in life and reduced stroke in older adults.

 

Top 5 Runners Up

  •  A. Passmore
    Title: Eco-Existential Positive Psychology.
  • N. Lekes
    Title: Prioritizing intrinsic value: Impact on self-growth, wellbeing, relationships and community.
  • S.L.Seah
    Title: Materialism and social collectivism at the crossroads: Personal meaning in Asian societies.
  • K. Weihs
    Title: Finding meaningand purpose in life and research: Charlotte Buhler’s Bestimmung and the existential postive psychology tradition.
  • D. Novoa
    Title: Meaning afterspinal injury: Examining changes over time and comparing across different people.
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Lifetime Achievement Awards

The International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM) will honor the following psychologists with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Award Banquet:

  1. Christopher Peterson of University of Michigan
  2. Richard Ryan of University of Rochester
  3. Emmy van Deurzen of the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (London, UK).

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

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  • POST-CONFERENCE INFORMATION

  • Media Coverage

    Meaning Conference 2012 has been featured by a number of major media sources. Click here to view interviews & articles about the conference.

  • Conference Presentations

    Select conference presentations are available for download here.

  • Meaning Conference Photos

    Photos from the Meaning Conference can be found here (photos by Charles McLafferty Jr.) and here (photos by Lilian C. J. Wong).

  • Conference Feedback

    Click here to read about the experiences of conference attendees & presenters.

  • Conference Evaluations

    We encourage all conference attendees to evaluate the conference as a whole as well as the individual sessions they attended. Click here for the General Evaluation form and here for Session Evaluation form.

  • Conference Flyer

    Click here to view the Conference Flyer.

  • Press Release

    Check out our latest press release on the Meaning Conference here

  • The Meaningful Living Project