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World Happiness Fest 2023 - Miami

Join the largest, most diverse, and polycentric forum of happiness and wellbeing in the world.

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09:00 EDT

Forest Bathing Walk / Caminata de baño de bosque Kayaking RampLiliana Nunez Connect and Start Sharing - Coffee and Tea time Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main Stage

09:30 EDT

Ropes Course - Movement and Leadership Ropes Course

10:00 EDT

Opening Session. Happiness = a Gift. Meet Burning Man Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageHarley K. Dubois • Luis Gallardo A new education for a happier world - Education Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageIzarbe Lafuerza Beyond Happiness and Meaning: Psychological Richness Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageGillian Mandich Brutally Beautiful: Life is brutal and beautiful but seeing and creating the beautiful bits are on us Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageHeather Zoccali Buddhism, Physics and Happiness - Technology Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageEmily Gresham • Robert Hacker Eudaimonia and Academia: A Panel Discussion - Education Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageJuan Carlos Espinosa • Dr. Wendy Guess • Joseph Lichter • Niurca Márquez • Amber Webber Gratitude: the missing piece and the missing peace. Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageVibha Happiness = a Gift. Meet Burning Man Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageHarley K. Dubois Happytalism. Building New Narratives to Rising Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageLuis Gallardo HIERO: Embrace Your Personal Power Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageZoe Nikirk How to Cultivate Work Life Balance Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageAhmed Abdellah • Alicia Boymelgreen (Aron) Languishing: How to Overcome It and Thrive Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageDalismar Morales Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence in Education - Lili Steiner Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageLili Steiner Permission to Feel; a Breathwork Journey with Sarah MacMillan Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageSarah MacMillan Replenishing Earth. How do we get to Net Positive? Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageTia Kansara The Great Reconnection: - Health & Mental Health Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageJessa de la Morena The Science of Happiness Through Leisure Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageEmily Messina • Lauren Ortega • Tania Santiago Perez • Tonia Porter • Amelia D. Saul

10:05 EDT

Zumba - Health and Happiness in Action Panther SquareCristian Gaviria • Natalia Montalvo Kayaking - Movement and Leadership Kayaking Ramp

11:00 EDT

ONLINE - Designing a New Planetary Narrative ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitSangeeta Sahi

11:05 EDT

Meditation and Breathing techniques Panther Square

12:00 EDT

Facilitation and Activation Circles + Break ONLINE - Richard Tarnas. Has the Human Species Entered an Initiatory Rite of Passage? The Moral Drama of Our Time. ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitRichard Tarnas Food Trucks - Healthy and Mindful Eating of your choice :-) Room 155 - Happiness Stage

13:00 EDT

Elevating Well-Being through Coaching - Business, Work, Leadership Wolfe Ball Room 244 A - Freedom StageValeska Martins • Victor Gonzalez Galeano • Katherina Capra • Suely Piraino Argianas • Shakti Radhakishun Discover Your Calling! Re-inventing Your Life at ANY AGE! - Spirituality, Consciousness, Religion Wolfe Ball Room 244 B - Here and Now StageDr. Sungu Armagan • Marlene Groomes • Charles Scott • Darren Cantrelle • Geoffrey Meru • LOURDES BOTANA Experiencing Joy - A Deep Dive into Ways to Experience Joy - Education Room 155 - Happiness StageJenia Morrison What’s on Your Plate: A Panel Discussion with Student Leaders - Education Room Bay Vista 223 - Kindness StageSophie Loureiro I am happiest when you see me: Avatars, Authenticity, and User Experience in Extended Reality. - Media & Communications ACADEMIC 2 - Lee Caplin iSTAR, AC2 101Elizabeth Marsh • B.J. Duncan • Laura J. Kurtzberg ONLINE - Jeremy Narby. Plant teachers and the web of life. ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitJeremy Narby "Building a Brighter Future: Celebrating Progress and the Expansion of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" Room Bay Vista 221 - Gratitude StageJason T. Smith • Dr Paula Hopkins • Emmanuele Bowles • Karen Costello-Wilder Which interactions do I control? An engineering perspective based on active systems Panther Square

14:00 EDT

Happiness at Work: How to Reduce Burnout and Increase Well-being and Success Wolfe Ball Room 244 B - Here and Now StageMichal Strahilevitz • Raj Raghunathan • Andrea Chan Worthy To Rise in Life Room Bay Vista 223 - Kindness StageJanelle Wisdom Reconnect To Your Career Journey Wolfe Ball Room 244 A - Freedom StageSabrina Woods ONLINE - Ye Ye Luisah Teish. Obatala's Mistake and other stories. ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitYe Ye Luisah Teish. Iyanifa. Enabling Organizational Happiness through Positive Leadership Room Bay Vista 221 - Gratitude StageMohit Mukherjee

15:00 EDT

Break + Facilitation and Activation Circles ONLINE - Luis Gallardo on Happytalism. The emergence of new paradigms ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitLuis Gallardo Mandalas for Peace and Happiness Wolfe Center Ball Room - Happiness Main StageSilvia Parra

15:30 EDT

Get Your Happiness Groove On: Building community through Dance - Arts, Nutrition, Movement Zumba StageDr. Wendy Guess What can we learn from the world's happiest country? and GNH? - Public Policy, Economy, Governance Wolfe Ball Room 244 B - Here and Now StageAlex de Carvalho • Sonam Tobgye • Nicolas Boyon Uniting Spirituality and Social Justice to Create a Thriving World.-SPIRITUALITY-SOCIAL JUSTICE Room Bay Vista 223 - Kindness StageArathi Ramappa • Laura Guren Rodriguez • Matt Anderson Happiness Simulation for Organizational Happiness - Business, Work, Leadership Wolfe Ball Room 244 B - Here and Now StageRaj Raghunathan

16:00 EDT

ONLINE - Steven Forrest. Children of the Earth and Sky ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitSteven Forrest

16:30 EDT

Facilitation Circles

17:00 EDT

ONLINE - Saamdu Chetri. Mindfulness - the source to happiness ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitSaamdu Chetri Sharing and Networking for Impact - Movement External Food Court and Pond - The Epicurean Garden Create your Happiness Cocktail, Share the Experience. Wolfe Ball Room 244 B - Here and Now Stage

18:00 EDT

ONLINE - Carl J. Calleman. The Living Universe. The New Theory of Origins. ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitCarl J. Calleman

18:30 EDT

La Felicidad: Secreto de La Vida - Insight Comedy con Mirna G. González (In Spanish) Mary Anne Wolfe TheaterMirna G. González

19:00 EDT

ONLINE - Nithya Shanti. Learning From Nature: Accessing Freedom, Ease & Flow. ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitNithya Shanti

20:00 EDT

ONLINE - Craig Chalquist. Loreology: An Alchemy of How Fictions Change Reality. ONLINE - Mothership Earth SummitCraig Chalquist