Friday, July 25th Start Time End Time Activity Location and Details 8:00 am 7:00 pm Registration and Check-in Expo Center, all day 10:00 am 10:15 am Official Inaugural Ceremony Expo Center 10:15 am 7:00 pm Dharma Darshan (A professional exhibition) Expo Center 11:00 am 12:00 pm Welcome Ceremony/Cultural Celebrations Expo Center 12:00 pm 3:00 pm Talks, Presentation, and Workshops Expo Center Session # Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Parallel Session A Vedic Math - Ravi Kumar Meat Consumption - Aaron Gross Spirituality & Ayurveda in Latin America - Dr. L. Suarez Parallel Session B Presentation on India - Robert Arnett Practical App of Ayurveda - Pratichi Mathur Multi-Faceted Sanatana Dharma - M.G. Prasad Parallel Session C The Native American Experience -S.D. Youngwolf Stem Dance Workshop -Stem Dance (2:10 - 2:45) Slideshow of India's Contribution to the World Parallel Session D Importance of Yoga in Modern Life - Nivedita Joshi (2:10 - 2:45) Slideshow of India's Contribution to the World 3:00 pm 4:30 pm The Dharmic Diaspora - American Spirituality Caribbean Diaspora European Amalgamation Australian Views African Elders Dharma Sum of Youth & Education Expo Center 4:30 pm 6:00 pm Reception Hilton/Expo Center 6:00 pm 9:00 pm Opening Plenary Session Expo Center Event Welcome Ceremony/Puja Ritual/Multi-Media Presentation Guest of Honor Speech by the Governor Keynote Speech: Intro to Dharma by Swami Dayananda Snapshot of Dharma & Justice by Rama Jois Snapshot of Dharma & Politics by M.M. Joshi Snapshot of Dharma & Religion by Bawa Jain Snapshot of Dharma & Ancient Science by Dr. David Frawley Message from Deepak Chopra Other Messages from the Masters by Dalai Lama, Kanchi Shankaracharyan Recognitions /Concluding Remarks 9:30 pm 12:30 pm Bhangra/Garba Expo Center Saturday, July 26th Start Time End Time Activity Location and Details 7:00 am 8:00 am Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Discourses: Experiential Harmonizing Activities Meeting Rooms, Hotels 7:30 am 8:30 am Breakfast Hotel (Location TBA) 9:00 am 10:00 am Parallel sessions: Meeting Rooms, Hotels Speakers Topics Nitin Limaye Rights versus Responsibilities Raghuram Brainwaves of a Yogi Subhash Kak, G. Sudarshan Consciousness, Cognition, and Quantum Theory Pratichi Mathur, Dr. L. Suarez Alternative Medicine: Foundations and Frontiers Alka Vyas The Science of Prayer Manohar Shinde Handling Destructive Emotions Swami Shantananda Finding Inner Passions (Personal Dharma) Andy Fraenkel Creativity Workshop Nivedita Joshi Stress Workshops 10:15 pm 11:15 am Parallel sessions: Meeting Rooms, Hotels Speakers Topics Swami Dayananda Family Wars: Reconciling Divergent Views Reuben Thuku How to Start & Maintain Healthy Relationships Swami Tadatmananda Is Fate Playing with Me? (Free Will vs. Destiny) Swami Bhakticharu (ISKON) The Quest for Guidance Nikileshwari Devi Attachment vs. Detachment in Personal Relationships Trikunas Creating Identity & Spiritual Renewal Sheshadri Mantha Dual Identity and Relationships Nitin Limaye Every breath you take 11:30 am 12:30 pm Parallel sessions: Meeting Rooms, Hotels Speakers Topics Fu-Kiau Bunseki It takes a Village to Raise a Child S. Knapp, N. Singh, C. Pragya Practicing Spirituality in Daily Life Andy Fraenkel Sacred Stories: Storytelling and Using Stories for Communication David Courchene (II and III) Bling Bling D. Chatterjee Spirituality in the Workplace Sheshadri Mantha Maximizing Peer Relationships: Conflict Transformation Rani Bhagavad Dasa Family Conflict Workshop R. Sherma, A. Bhargava Dharma, the Single Parent, and Sita 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Lunch Expo Center 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Parallel Sessions: Hotel (Location TBA) Speakers Topics M.M. Joshi Extinction of Knowledge: Vedic Science vs. Fundamentals of Science D. Chatterjee Modern Management and Dharma Bal Apte, Gotham Chopra The Power of One: Youth Acting for Societal Transformation Jeffrey Armstrong Personalities of Mahabharata M. Mehta, A. Sengupta Genetics to Generics: The Dharma of Science D.P. Sinha Do Performing Arts have Responsibilities and Obligations? Tarun Vijay, Sheshadri Chari Journalistic Integrity and the Dharma of the News Rita Sherma The Future of Dharma in America: Conservative, Liberal or Irrelevant? P. Pathak, K. Elst The Importance of Myth and Social Paradigms 3:15 pm 4:15 pm Parallel Sessions: Hotel (Location TBA) Speakers Topics V.P. Nanda Human Rights & Terrorism O.P. Dwivedi Dharma for Sustainable Development & Good Governance Chakrapani Ullal Does Matter Matter? From Astrology to Vastu Shastra B.K. Modi Responsibilities of Multi-National Companies towards the countries they operate in F. Gautier, C. Sharma Civic Dharma & Political Activism Y. Pathak, B. Hebbar Non-Eastern Dharmic Practices Y. Rosser, K. Elst, N. Singh Dharma & Guru, not Dharma & Greg: Misconceptions of Dharma Anant Joshi, Charitra Pragya Dharma towards Animals 4:30 pm 5:30 pm Parallel Sessions: Hotel (Location TBA) Speakers Topics Kiran Bedi Crime & Punishment: Causes of Criminality and Methods of Reform O.P. Dwivedi, V.P. Nanda Population & Environment Rama Jois The Rules of War K. Sastry, Jatinder Kumar Free Trade Debate Bawa Jain Is Religion A-dharmic? Religion in Global Conflicts David Frawley Is Moksha A-dharmic? 6:00 pm 7:30 pm Dinner Meeting Rooms, Hotels 8:00 pm 12:35 am International Concert (featuring Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar & Gingger, Shanti-Shanti, Joseph Fire Crow, STEM Dance, and many others) Expo Center Sunday, July 27th Start Time End Time Activity Location and Details 7:00 am 8:00 am Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Discourses: Experiential Harmonizing Activities Expo Center 8:00 am 9:00 am Breakfast Expo Center 9:00 am 10:15 am Panel Discussion: Inter-Traditional Panel Moderator: David Frawley Expo Center Speaker Group Swami Dayananda Saraswati Hindu Muni Chitrabhanu Jain Reuben Thuku Elders Behram Panthaki Zoroastrian 10:15 am 10:30 am Break Expo Center 10:30 am 11:45 am Panel Discussion: Various Disciplines & Facets of Life Moderator: V.P. Nanda Expo Center Speaker Group Subhash Kak Science Kiran Bedi Social Justice Murli Manohar Joshi Politics D. Chatterjee Business/Management Swami Tadatmananda Religion O.P. Dwivedi Environment 11:45 am 12:00 pm Message from Pramukh Swamiji Expo Center 12:00 am 12:30 pm Break Expo Center 12:30 pm 1:30 pm Concluding Program Expo Center Event Summary of Saturday's events Announcement of Future Plans Key Note Speech Concluding Remarks Vote of Thanks

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