Program Information

Please note that the program information for the 2012 Conference - Dreams and Imagination: Healing Pathways is subject to change.

Thursday Conference Program Schedule

TimeActivity
2pm - 9pm Conference Registration
5:15pm - 6pm Welcome Reception (Foyer Southern Cross Hall)
6pm - 7:15pm Dinner in the Dining Room  (For residential attendees and for attendees who have purchased  diinner meal) 
7:15pm - 7:45pm Conference Opening and Overview
7:45pm - 8:30pm

Keynote Presentation

Dreamlines, Songlines, Lifelines
Jody Grundy, (IASD Chairperson)
8:30pm - 9pm Entering the Labyrinth

Friday Conference Program Schedule

Time   
7am - 8:45am Breakfast
7am - 8am

Dream group 1

Facilitator
Heather Keens

Dream group 2

Facilitator
Simon d’Orsogna

Dream group 3

Facilitator
Dr Sven Doehner

Dream group 4

Facilitator
Lesley Hamlyn
8:45am - 9am

Conference Overview
9am - 10am

Keynote Presentation

Spinning on a Dream Thread: Primordial Vision, Ecopsychology and the Aboriginal Dreaming.
David Tacey (PhD)
10am - 10:30am Morning tea
10:30am - 12:30pm

Panel

Imagining Climate Change
Sally Gillespie;Dr Jonathan Marshall; Dr Lisa Roberts

Workshop

Martian Enquiry in Dreamwork
Margaret Bowater

Papers

Exploring Aspects of personal and group transformative changes in long-term dreamgroups
Dr Susan Benson and Dr Diane Rickards (60 mins)

 

A sound imagination: Creative Meetings with the Unexpected. 
Dr Sven Doehner (60 mins)
12:30pm - 2pm Lunch in the Dining Room  ( For residential attendees and for attendees who have purchased  lunch meal) 
2pm - 3:30pm

Panel

Using Dreams and Imagination to Respond Creatively to Ecological Degradation
Dr Lorraine Shannon; Professor Kumi Sato; Kim Satchell (Kangaloon Group for Creative Ecology)  

Workshop

Chakra Dance: Rhythm for your Soul
Natalie Southgate

Papers

Healing Dragon Dreams
Jeremy Seligson (45min)

 

Borrowed Imagination
Leonie Reisberg (45min)
3:30pm - 4pm Afternoon Tea
4pm - 5pm

Workshop

Embodied Imagination and Healing Practices
Robert Bosnak

Paper

Dreams and Ceramic Art

Joy Bye (30 mins)

Peter Cameron (30 mins)

 

Video

Dreaming of Nature, and  the Nature of Dreaming
Dr Kelly Bulkeley
5pm - 5:45pm

Open space

A facilitated, collaborative learning approach which harnesses and acknowledges the power of individuals within groups to self-organise and create learning agendas and experience for themselves
5:45pm - 6pm Open time
6pm - 7:30pm Dinner in the Dining room ( For residential attendees and for attendees who have purchased  diinner meal) 
7:30pm - 9 pm

Special Event (Sharing the Art Space)
 
A conversation with Peter Cameron, Artist in Residence, about Art and Imaginal Spaces An interactive art installation. (Dr Lisa Roberts) Pattern Recognition, Primal Forms, Dreams, and Climate Change

Saturday Conference Program Schedule

Time   
7am - 8:45am Breakfast
7am - 8am

Dream group 1

Facilitator
Heather Keens

Dream group 2

Facilitator
Simon d’Orsogna

Dream group 3

Facilitator
Dr Sven Doehner

Dream group 4

Facilitator
Lesley Hamlyn
8:45am - 9am

Conference Overview
9am - 10am

Keynote Presentation

Working with Dreams, Trauma and Physical Illness
Robert Bosnak 
10am - 10:30am Morning tea
10:30am - 12:30pm

Panel

In Dreams the Land Speaks to Us
Jody Grundy; Erla Ronan;Dr Ben Zion Weiss

Workshop

Mandala of Dreams
Felicity Oswell

Papers

Ancestral visitations unto the fourth Generation
Dr Judith Pickering (45 min)

 

The Coming Guest. CG Jung’s Augury and the 21st Century
Dr John woodcock (45 min) 

 

Dreaming and Liminality: Examining the ways dreams helps us cross a life-changing threshold
Dr Geoff Navara (30 min)
12:30pm - 2pm Lunch in the Dining Room ( For residential attendees and for attendees who have purchased  lunch meal) 
2pm - 3:30pm

Workshop

A Slice of Time
Leonie Reisberg

Workshop

Working with Dreams
Craig Jarman

Papers

Getting to Topic, Phd’s, Dreaming & the Hermeneutic Circle
Dr Claire Jankelson (45 min)

 

Explorations in Dreaming in the Land of Dreamtime from a Process-oriented Perspective.

Jennifer  Fox (45 min)
3:30pm - 4pm Afternoon Tea
4pm - 5pm

Workshop

Kinaesthetic Modelling
Simon D’Orsogna

 Workshop

The MAPIN Strategy: a mindfulness based approach for connecting with nature

Dr Peter White

 

Papers

Jung, Alchemy, History, and Imagination
Dr Jonathan Marshall  (60 min)

 

 
5pm - 5:45pm

Workshop

Kinaesthetic Modelling continues

Workshop  

The Mapin Strategy continues

Open Space/Art Room is Open
5:45pm - 6pm Open time
6pm - 7:30pm Dinner in the Dining Room ( For residential attendees and for attendees who have purchased  diinner meal) 
7:30pm - 9 pm

Dreams within Story and Story within Dreams  with Donna Jacobs Sife

Sunday Conference Program Schedule

Time   
7am - 8:45am Breakfast
7am - 8am

Dream group 1

Facilitator
Heather Keens

Dream group 2

Facilitator
Simon d’Orsogna

Dream group 3

Facilitator
Dr Sven Doehner

Dream group 4

Facilitator
Lesley Hamlyn
8:45am - 9am

Conference Overview
9am - 10am

Workshop

Invitation to Dream a Healing Dream
Jeremy Seligson

Paper

Under a Spell: Fairytales as Inspiration
Sarah Gibson

Panel

Embodied Imagination Practice in an Australian Setting.

Jennifer Hume, Michelle Morris,Mary Murray, Jessica Rose, Patrica Rose
10am - 10:30am Morning Tea
10:30am - 12pm

Special Event

Conference Gathering: A Collaborative Conversation and Enquiry
12pm - 12:30pm

Closing Ceremony

Walking the Labyrinth
12:30pm Optional Light Lunch in the Dining Room ( For Residential Attendees)

Who is theDream Network Australia

Dream Network Australia Inc. is an association that has formed to share knowledge and information about dreams and dreaming. As a community of interest, we are dedicated to furthering the personal exploration, research and scientific study of dreams.

Our Vision includes:

  • An Educational ProgramSeminars, lectures, workshops, conferences, discussion groups and other educational and social programs.
  • Resource SharingA website for discussion groups and the sharing of information, news and resources.
  • Network BuildingBuilding relationships and links, locally and internationally, with other like-minded associations and organisations.