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Conferences and Meetings

If you know of any conferences or meetings that may be of interest to researchers investigating Positive Organizational Scholarship, please contact us at positiveorg@umich.edu.
 

Upcoming Events

The 2nd Annual Happy Healthy Lawyers: The Business Case for Happiness
Ann Arbor, MI, November 24, 2008

The business world has long viewed the health and happiness of its employees as essential to maintaining a competitive edge. Legal employers, in contrast, have been slow to accept this notion, treating workplace initiatives designed to improve attorney well-being—such as flexible schedules, gym memberships, and intensive mentoring programs—as costly and indulgent. This conference makes “the business case for happiness” in the legal workplace, examining how and why these types of initiatives boost not only attorney well-being, but the bottom line.

San Francisco, November 24-25, 2008

What is happiness? Is it possible? What holds us back from it? How to find happiness in the midst of suffering and sadness? How to forgive? How to bring happiness to others?

Over four days—the two-day conference and two days of pre- and post-conference workshops—40 of the best minds in psychology, philosophy, science, education, business, the arts, medicine, and politics will provide answers to these fundamental questions and explore techniques for achieving happiness and well-being, for ourselves and others.

Stauffer Symposium on Applied Psychology
Claremonth Graduate University, January 24, 2009

This day-long event will celebrate the emerging positive social and human sciences, and push their boundaries. Leaders and leading scholars from across the positive science landscape will discuss Applying the Science of Positive Psychology to Improve Society. Speakers will include: David Cooperrider, Jane Dutton, Kim Cameron, Barb Fredrickson, Christopher Peterson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and others.

Happiness and Its Causes
Sydney, Australia, May 14-15, 2009

The conference is aimed at those with a professional or personal interest in understanding and developing or potential to be happy.

Listings for past events in 2006-2008

Listings for pre-2006 events