The Four Seasons Hotel
September 17 and 18, 2003


LIVING IN THE PSYCHOSPHERE

DESCRIPTION
Bombarding life forces and heightened sensitivity to the individual “psyche” suddenly breeding whole new businesses and products, from drugs to counseling, in the workplace, the family, the military, the university, and in our personal lives.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
• Who’s winning and who’s losing in the battle for our minds?
• How far does the psycho-sphere extend? Where does it take us?
• What will our children expect when we define “peace of mind?”

PANELISTS

Moderator:
Alexis Gelber, Director of Special Projects
Newsweek

Panelists:
Nancy Etcoff, PhD, Instructor and Clinical Associate
MGH Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Helen Fisher, PhD, Anthropologist & Research Professor
Rutgers University, Department of Anthropology
Priscilla Kehoe, PhD, Neuroscientist & Academic Administrator
University of California, Irvine, School of Biological Sciences
Ethel Person, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University
& Author, Feeling Strong: The Achievement of Authentic Power
Linda Stone, Former Corporate Vice President
Microsoft


TREND PAPERS:
1. Living in the Psychosphere