Experience Wellbeing 360, the virtual event to improve your health and wellbeing with the help of experts from all over the world.
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Get to know what science has discovered about wellbeing and apply it to your everyday life. Become part of the thousands of people that will enjoy conferences, 360º talks, Q&As, interviews and other activities free of charge that involve five main axes: Positive Organizations, Positive Education, Meaningful Life, Positive Families, and Thriving Cities.
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The Institute for Wellbeing and Happiness of Tecmilenio University has more than 9 years of experience organizing events in Wellbeing. Since last year, due to the contingency, the modality of the face-to-face event has changed to a virtual event, managing to cross borders so that more people around the world can join Wellbeing 360.
Martin Seligman is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where he focuses on positive psychology, learned helplessness, depression, and optimism. He is a best-selling author of several books, including Flourish. He received the American Psychological Society’s William James Fellow Award for basic science and Cattell Award for the application of science, and two Distinguished Scientific Contribution awards from the American Psychological Association. In 1996, Seligman was elected President of the American Psychological Association by the largest vote in modern history. His current mission is the attempt to transform social science to work on the best things in life – strengths, positive emotion, good relationships, meaning, and human flourishing.
Professor Lea Waters AM, PhD, is an Australian academic, psychologist, author and speaker who holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology and is an world expert in School Psychology and Parenting. She is the Director of the school program Visible Wellbeing and has developed several e-wellbeing resources for teachers to deliver to students via online and virtual classrooms.
Lea’s online family program the Strength Switch is based upon her acclaimed parenting book, 'The Strength Switch', which was the top release on Amazon in the parenting category, listed among the Top Reads for 2017 by Berkeley University’s Greater Good Science Center and one of the Top Five Books for Parents and Children in the UK’s Top Five site. It has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Hungarian, Arabic, Spanish, French and Russian.
Lea's work is featured in The Wall Street Journal, TIME, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Toronto Globe, The Guardian (UK and Australia), and more. Her TEDx talk, Warning: Being positive is not for the faint hearted!, explores how we can use social media to have a positive impact on others’ wellbeing and has been viewed more than 130,000 times.
Professor Waters is the Founding Director of the Centre for Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne, where she has held an academic position for 24 years. She also holds a position on the Science Board of The University of California, Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
Lea has published over 110 scientific publications and has been awarded academic prizes for research excellence by the American Academy of Management and the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.
In 2015, Professor Waters was listed as one of Australia’s Top 100 Women of Influence by the Financial Review. In 2020, Lea was honoured by the Governor General of Australia and named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) which is one of the highest civilian honours in Australia. She was made a member based on her leadership to psychology, education and the mental health sector in Australia.
Lea is the recent Past President of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) (2017-2019) and is currently a Board member of IPPA as well as being the Patron for Flourishing Education Japan and the Ambassador for the Positive Education Schools Association.
Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer. He taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership. Today, Tal consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. The topics he lectures on include leadership, happiness, education, innovation, ethics, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, and mindfulness. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and have appeared on best-sellers lists around the world.
Tal is a serial entrepreneur, and is the co-founder and chief learning officer of Happiness Studies Academy, Potentialife, Maytiv, and Happier.TV.
An avid sportsman, Tal won the U.S. Intercollegiate and Israeli National squash championships. Today, for exercise, he swims, dances, and practices Yoga. He obtained his PhD in Organizational Behavior and BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Harvard.
Angela Duckworth is the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and faculty co-director of Wharton People Analytics.
A 2013 MacArthur Fellow, Angela has advised the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs.
Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a summer school for low-income children that was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study and, in 2018, celebrated its 25th anniversary. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and a math and science teacher at public schools in New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia.
Angela completed her undergraduate degree in Advanced Studies Neurobiology at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude. With the support of a Marshall Scholarship, she completed an MSc with Distinction in Neuroscience from Oxford University. She completed her PhD in Psychology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.
Angela’s TED talk is among the most-viewed of all time. Her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance is a #1 New York Times best seller. Angela is also co-host, with Stephen Dubner, of the podcast No Stupid Questions.
Fred Kofman is an executive coach and advisor on leadership and culture. PhD. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He is founder and president of the Conscious Business Center. Fred founded his global consulting company, Axialent, which delivered leadership programs to more than 15,000 executives around the world. In 2018, Fred accepted a position as Vice President at Google in charge of advising the CEO's office on leadership and culture. And during the same year he partnered with Tecnológico de Monterrey to create the Center of Conscious Leadership. Previously, he was Vice President of executive development at LinkedIn. Fred is the author of the trilogy Metamanagement (2001), Conscious Business (2006) and The Meaning Revolution (2018).
Rosalinda Ballesteros Valdés is the director for the Institute for Wellbeing and Happiness at Universidad Tecmilenio, considered the first Positive University.
At Tecmilenio she previously had the position of Vice-president for High School Education, she designed the Positive Education Curriculum for 28 Tecmilenio High Schools (more than 15,000 students).
Dr. Ballesteros-Valdés holds a PhD in Humanistic Studies by Tecnológico de Monterrey in México and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.
She has 20 years’ experience in education and curriculum design. Dr. Ballesteros-Valdés worked extensively in peace education programs, from Education for Peace International and Peace begins with children in México.
Masaya Okamoto works as researcher and Mindfulness instructor at the Institute for Wellbeing and Happiness at Tecmilenio University.
Integrating his extensive teaching experiences across cultures in meditation and mindfulness with his past studies in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Manchester and the University of Hong Kong, he serves to contribute to research and education in mindfulness integrated with character strengths and virtues for an integral flourishing of the Earth community.
He started the practice of Meditation at the age of 3, Yoga at the age of 6, Qigong and Tai Chi at the age of 12. In the last 10 years, he has taught and led numerous courses, workshops, teacher trainings, and retreats of Meditation and Mindfulness as well as related disciplines in integral wellbeing, holistic education and health, and integral human development in various countries, notably in Japan, Hong Kong, the UK, France, Switzerland, Finland, India, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, the USA, and Mexico. In addition to daily meditation practices, he has completed numerous 12-day intensive Vipassana Meditation trainings and a 49-day intensive meditation training. In addition to Meditation and Mindfulness, he is also a teacher of Qigong, Tai Chi, and Yoga.
His life-long search on universal virtues as well as perennial and integral wisdom for the evolution of consciousness and culture led him to study MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London to contribute better to Positive Mindfulness Education and to the world’s first Positive University (Tecmilenio University).
More recently he has been leading a massive train-the-trainer implementation of an 8-week program Mindfulness-Based Strength Practice (MBSP) and creating a new 16-week certificate program of Virtuous Mindfulness for Integral Wellbeing.
More than 37 years dedicated to communication have made Fernanda Familiar's leadership in Mexico and LATAM exponential. Known at the time as "The life journalist", she managed to get into a very human work through her interviewees and the social work she does every day.
For 21 years, she has been the host of the successful MULTICAST show ¡Qué tal Fernanda!, which is broadcasted by Grupo Imagen Multimedia; it has allowed her to be placed among the first places of rating at a national level.
Recognized national and international speaker.
She is currently in charge of the Communications Commission of IWFMéxico.
Author of several best sellers under the Grijalbo label.
She has received several awards and recognitions that make her a leader in her field: Fernanda's interviews are memorable.
Today she is one of the most empowered women in Mexico, helping hundreds of women to give them the tools to progress. She was recently recognized as an Exceptional Leader 2021 by La Lista News and the International Women's Forum made up of 7000 leaders in 34 countries.
Recently named Honorary Member of the Rotary Club Mexico, a space dedicated exclusively to men, today Fernanda Familiar is invited to be the first woman to break the glass ceiling.
In 2021 she was named by Líderes Magazine as a woman out of series.
Founder and CEO of the Chilean Institute of Positive Psychology, since 2001, pioneer and leader in positive psychology in Chile and LATAM.
Organizational and Clinical Psychologist graduated from the University of Chile with the highest academic distinctions of his promotion.
Psychologist member of the Rescue Team of the 33 miners of the San José Mine.
Author of the book "Los 33 de Atacama y su Rescate. Psicología Positiva en Acción y algunas historias no contadas". Origo Ediciones, Santiago, Chile, 2010.
Author of the book "Nuestro Lado Luminoso. 12 Años de Psicología Positiva” published in 2011. It is the first book of Positive Psychology in Chile and one of the first in Latin America.
Author of the book “De Pastores a Lobos. Aportes desde la Psicología Positiva a una Iglesia en crisis”, published in 2019.
Speaker at the World Congresses of Positive Psychology.
Creator and Academic Director of the first Masters specialized in positive psychology applied to coaching and positive psychology applied to psychotherapy,
Member of the Institute of Coaching, affiliated to Harvard Medical School.
Member of the Advisory Council of the Harvard Business Review.
Psychologist affiliated with the IPPA (International Positive Psychology Association) and the APPA (American Psychological Association).
Member of the advisory board of the Institute of Wellbeing and Happiness Sciences of the Universidad Tecmilenio and the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Former Chairman of the Human Resources Committee of the Association of Banks and Financial Institutions in Chile.
He has been HR Manager in important national and multinational companies with operations in Chile.
He has been a professor of Emotional Intelligence and Positive Psychology in the most important universities in his country.
He is a consultant in executive coaching and positive leadership topics for management teams of national and multinational organizations, both in Chile and abroad.
Bachelor’s Degree in psychology and Master’s in education by Universidad Tecmilenio, institution in which has collaborated as social science professor with high school and university students, as mentor for high school students and National Leader of the Student Wellbeing and Development program.
Nowadays, he works as Instructional Designer at the Institute for Happiness and Wellbeing of Universidad Tecmilenio, in which has developed diverse educational experiences and interventions for the application of positive psychology in educational and organizational settings, promoting skills and tools that help people become their best self.
His life purpose is to design learning experiences with the objective of helping people in the development of academic and wellbeing skills that help them increase their levels of wellbeing.
Dr. Ortiz received her training at the Texas Medical Center in Houston TX, she is a general surgeon and has wide experience in research, medical translation and teaching including research fellowships in both national and International institutions such as The Multiple Sclerosis National Society and The Menninger Clinic for behavioral sciences. She is been working as an advocate for Mental Health among Health professionals since residency while doing Psychiatry rotations and work at The Ben Taub Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. She now continues to spread this work among the students in Tecmilenio and Tecnologico de Monterrey System.
Professor Barbara L. Fredrickson received her Ph.D. from Stanford University and is currently Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she directs both the Social Psychology Doctoral Program and the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory. She is Past-President of both the International Positive Psychology Association (2015-2017) and the Society for Affective Science (2020-2021). Dr. Fredrickson is most known for her Broaden-and-Build Theory of positive emotions, foundational in both affective science and positive psychology. She has published >130 peer-reviewed articles and her general audience books, Positivity (2009, Crown) and Love 2.0 (2013, Penguin) have been translated into dozens of languages. Dr.Fredrickson also teaches a free, on-line course through Coursera, which has attracted more than 316,000 learners across ~200 counties, with the pandemic year, 2020, attracting record numbers. Through this and other means, her scientific work influences scholars and practitioners worldwide, within education, business, healthcare, the military, and beyond. Demonstrating her high impact, in 2019, she was identified as in the top 0.01% of scientists (across 22 scientific fields) in terms of career-long scholarly impact. Dr. Fredrickson’s contributions have also been recognized with numerous honors, including the inaugural Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology (American Psychological Association), the Career Trajectory Award (Society of Experimental Social Psychology), the inaugural Christopher Peterson Gold Medal (International Positive Psychology Association), and the Tang Prize for Achievements in Psychology, awarded to recognize exceptional career contributions to the well-being of humanity.
I took my first yoga class at the age of 24 and from there I took classes intermittently for the following years. In 2016 I decided to create a teacher training in the yoga capital of the world, Rishikesh, India. From that point on, my personal practice has been mainly Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
I have 500 hrs. of certification by Yoga Alliance and I have had the luck of being able to practice hand-to-hand with Sharath Jois, grandson of Pattabi Jois, who is the greatest authority in the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga method, at his institute in Mysore, India.
Yoga changed my life because, apart from being a tool that reduces the stress levels, improves sleep, and keeps the body in shape, it provides a sense of inner calm and connection with your body, with your mind, with the present and with all the beings that surround me.
Gilda Scarfe is the CEO and Founder of Positive Ed a leading and innovative educational consultancy using research to develop, implement and evaluate mental toughness, wellbeing and 21st century skills in schools through programmes design and pedagogical approaches.
She has been responsible for the organisation and implementation of the Positive Psychology/Education strategy at several grammar schools in the UK, Singapore, UAE and Thailand and has supported the strategic direction and implementation of Illuminate Education a non-profit organisation promoting Positive Education initiatives.
Gilda’s research focuses on character education, emotional intelligence in education, leading change, positive education, strategic planning in education and wellbeing education. Passionate about improving wellbeing and mental toughness in education through innovative yet simple and clear interventions, Gilda is always keen to bridge the gap between academics and practitioners in making a practical and powerful impact to the world of education.
Gilda is member of IPPA (International Positive Psychology Association), APA (American Psychology Association) and MEPA.
A highly sought-after speaker Gilda has delivered several keynotes, workshops and symposia in MENA Region, Asia, Europe and the United Kingdom on a range of topics from positive psychology and educational leadership to curriculum innovation and pedagogical development.
B.Cs. Mgmt., M.A., PhD Innovation and Educational Technology
More than 20 years’ experience in Higher Education. Serves as Academic VP for Universidad Tecmilenio since 2011, where he designs the experience for more than 60,000 students to help them develop their purpose in life and competencies to achieve it.
Luis leads projects in Educational Innovation, designing programs related to innovation in Competence Based Learning, and is fully involved in the design of Tecmilenio’s wellbeing and happiness ecosystem.
Luis leads projects in Educational Innovation, designing programs related to innovation in Competence Based Learning, and is fully involved in the design of Tecmilenio’s wellbeing and happiness ecosystem.
He is certified in Positive Psychology and Positive Organizations. An innovator, passionate about education and family oriented person. He believes that is possible to transform a country through education and works every day with that in mind.
Kim Cameron is William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations in the Ross School of Business and Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education. His past research on organizational virtuousness, downsizing, effectiveness, corporate quality culture, and the development of leadership excellence has been published in more than 130 academic articles and 15 scholarly books. His current research focuses on virtuousness in and of organizations--such as forgiveness, gratitude, kindness, and compassion--and their relationship to performance.
He is one of the co-founders of the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan and has served as Dean at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, Associate Dean in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, and Associate Dean and department chair at the University of Michigan. He was recognized as among the top ten organizational scholars in the world whose work has been most frequently downloaded on Google.
Founder & President of the World Happiness Foundation and World Happiness Fest. Author of Happytalism and The Exponentials of Happiness. Director of the Gross Global Happiness program at the United Nations University for Peace. Luis Gallardo is a social innovator and entrepreneur with the higher purpose of elevating the vibration of the planet by developing ideas, connecting thought leaders, activists and communities and increasing awareness on the science of happiness, holistic education and smart innovation.
Over the years Luis has been an advisor to CEOs, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, Nobel Laureates, political and institutional game changers on strategic personal positioning and brand building. That access to the brightest and most conscious individuals has inspired him to understand that the world needs new lenses to realize growth and how humans and societies can thrive.
Luis has worked too in the corporate world as a global executive and has been a protagonist of the transformation of industries such as professional services and the internet. Luis has been an international observer with the UN and OSCE in post- armed conflicts establishing democracy and the right to vote.
For Luis Happiness is a human right and a life choice, an enabler of human development and social innovation. That’s why he is committed to creating, with initiatives such as bē and the World Happiness Foundation and World Happiness Fest, spaces for academics, activists, social innovators, scientists, governmental leaders, institutions and leaders, in general, to share and learn, to feel, understand and act towards a happier world and thriving societies.
Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds
Davidson’s research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices. He has published over 440 articles, numerous chapters and reviews and edited 14 books. He is the author (with Sharon Begley) of "The Emotional Life of Your Brain" published in 2012 and co-author with Daniel Goleman of “Altered Traits” published in 2017. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2006. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017 and appointed to the Governing Board of UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in 2018.
Fundador y Director del Center for Healthy Minds
La investigación de Davidson se centra ampliamente en las bases neuronales de la emoción, el estilo emocional y los métodos para promover el florecimiento humano, incluida la meditación y las prácticas contemplativas relacionadas. Ha publicado más de 440 artículos, numerosos capítulos y reseñas y editado 14 libros. Es autor (con Sharon Begley) de "The Emotional Life of Your Brain" publicado en 2012 y coautor con Daniel Goleman de "Altered Traits" publicado en 2017. Fue nombrado una de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo. por la revista Time en 2006. Fue elegido miembro de la Academia Nacional de Medicina en 2017 y nombrado miembro de la Junta de Gobierno del Instituto Mahatma Gandhi de Educación para la Paz y el Desarrollo Sostenible de la UNESCO (MGIEP) en 2018.
Mindful Life Founder
Dr. Race is a bestselling author, founder of Mindful Life ™ , two-time TEDx speaker, host of Train Your Brain in BYLR Radio and Solvasa’s Mindfulness expert. A world-renowned expert in the field of mindfulness, Kristen’s programs and services are rooted in neuroscience and designed to build resilience to stress and create a brain state that helps us live our lives better, something that is more relevant than ever in the world of COVID.
Kristen’s work focuses on making mindfulness practices accessible and easily incorporated into our daily lives. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, USA TODAY, CNN and Real Simple Magazine, and she has trained 50,000 leaders in her method worldwide.
World Happiness Foundation Board Member
He has been honored as one of the world’s leading marketing thinkers. He received his M.A. degree in economics (1953) from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. degree in economics (1956) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), and has received honorary degrees from 22 universities including Stockholm University, the University of Zurich, Athens University of Economics and Business, Budapest School of Economics and Administrative Science, the Kracow School of Business and Economics, and DePaul University.
World Happiness Foundation Board Member
Dr. Vandana Shiva is trained as a Physicist and did her Ph.D. on the subject “Hidden Variables and
Non-locality in Quantum Theory” at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. She later shifted to
inter-disciplinary research in science, technology and environmental policy, which she carried out at the
Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India.
In 1982, she left to set up her Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy in
her home town of Dehra Dun in the foothills of the Himalaya.
World Happiness Foundation Board Member
Former Minister of Education in Bhutan. Thakur S Powdyel is an educator by choice, convictionand passion. His abiding interests include, inter alia, education as the noble sector, institutionalintegrity, national self-respect, gross national happiness, environment and sustainabledevelopment. My Green School: An Outline reflects his vision of holistic education as an instrument for human and societal flourishing, and is translated into several languages worldwide.
Mexican diver and 2016 World Champion, born in Merida, Yucatan; 4-time Olympic finalist, started at 3 years old in swimming and at 7 years old in diving. 3-time Pan American champion and the only Mexican with a perfect dive in an international competition (Pan American Games, Guadalajara 2011). He is a multiple medalist in national and international events in children, youth and first force categories. He has a degree in Business Administration, has been a sports commentator of his discipline in Olympic Games broadcasts, a motivational speaker and participates constantly in several activities of social impact.
He currently trains with Ma Jin, a Chinese national, and has a list of dives with a high degree of difficulty. From 2014 to 2016 he has won 22 medals in total; 11 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals.
Anne is Principal of Ravenswood School for Girls in Sydney and Chair Elect of the Positive Education Schools Association (PESA).
Anne holds Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws (with honours) degrees, as well as a Graduate Diploma of Education and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) degree from the University of Pennsylvania, in which she achieved a distinguished capstone (thesis) award, under the supervision of Professor Martin Seligman. Anne is currently completing a PhD on applying positive psychology principles in education under the supervision of Professor Lea Waters and Aaron Jarden, through the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education.
Anne is one of the pioneers of positive education having commenced work in this area as a recipient of a Churchill Fellowship in 2004, during which she conducted research while based at Cambridge University on how to foster resilience in learning. Anne has since led the implementation of Positive Education in three schools - as Deputy Headmistress of St Catherine's in Sydney, Principal of Seymour College in Adelaide and now as Principal of Ravenswood in Sydney.
This year, Anne was one of just five educators globally (including Sir Anthony Seldon, Simon Murray, Stephen Meek and Steve Pilch), as well as the only female recipient, awarded for her pioneering work and internationally recognised leadership in the field of positive education.
In 2018, Anne was awarded the prestigious Australian Speech and Communication Association Award for Excellence, and as a young teacher, was awarded The Teachers' Guild of NSW Award for Excellence in The Early Years of Teaching (2003).
Experience designer
Social entrepreneur, experience designer, storyteller, speaker and consultant. Founder and co-director of Tierra de Artistas, a social innovation agency that detonates Mexican artisan ventures based on collaborative social design. Co-founder of Merecido Mezcal, an artisanal mezcal project that generates work for 20 artisan families in Oaxaca. In addition, Frida has significant experience in Design Thinking methodology, social innovation, human development, global citizenship and peace education.
Social entrepreneur
MBA, industrial and experience designer, teacher, lecturer and consultant. She is passionate for sustainable development and permaculture. Co-founder and Co-director of Tierra de Artistas, social innovation agency that detonates Mexican artisan ventures based on collaborative social design. Co-founder of Merecido Mezcal, an artisanal mezcal project that generates work for 20 artisan families in Oaxaca.
Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer. He taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership. Today, Tal consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. The topics he lectures on include leadership, happiness, education, innovation, ethics, self- esteem, resilience, goal setting, and mindfulness. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and have appeared on best-sellers lists around the world.
Tal is a serial entrepreneur, and is the co-founder and chief learning officer of Happiness Studies Academy, Potentialife, Maytiv, and Happier.TV.
An avid sportsman, Tal won the U.S. Intercollegiate and Israeli National squash championships. Today, for exercise, he swims, dances, and practices Yoga. He obtained his PhD in Organizational Behavior and BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Harvard.
Member of the royal family of Jordan.
I passionately advocate for Emotional Wellbeing and actively pursue its implementation in educational programs and parenting styles. Understanding our emotions allows us to embrace our humanity and connect to others from a common ground, bringing us together in magical ways. I believe every individual has innate strengths and great value to share in the world that can be discovered through conscious living; in pursuit of their Kyan - their Essence.
Order of Australia recipient, Professor Lea Waters AM, PhD, is an Australian academic, psychologist, author and speaker who holds a PhD in Organisational Psychology and is a world expert in School Psychology and Parenting. She is the Director of Visible Wellbeing, the Founding Director of the Centre for Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne, and holds a position on the Science Board of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
Lea’s online family program the Strength Switch is based upon her acclaimed parenting book, 'The Strength Switch', which was the top release on Amazon in the parenting category and has been published in ten languages.
Lea’s TEDx talk, Warning: Being positive is not for the faint hearted!, explores how we can use social media to have a positive impact on others’ wellbeing and has been viewed more than 130,000 times.
In 2020, Lea was named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her leadership in psychology, education and the mental health sector in Australia.
Lea is the recent Past President of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) (2017- 2019) and is the Patron for Flourishing Education Japan and the Ambassador for the Positive Education Schools Association.
Ryan M. Niemiec, Psy.D. is a leading international figure in the education, research, and practice of character strengths that are found in all human beings. He’s education director of the renown VIA Institute on Character, a nonprofit organization in Cincinnati, Ohio, that leads the global advancement of the science of character strengths. Ryan is an award-winning psychologist, certified coach, annual instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of 11 books, over 100 academic papers, and several-hundred user-friendly articles. His books include the bestselling consumer book, The Power of Character Strengths, the popular stress workbook The Strengths-Based Workbook for Stress Relief, the 2020 workbook The Positivity Workbook for Teens, and Positive Psychology at the Movies. He’s also author of the two leading practitioner- focused books in positive psychology – Character Strengths Interventions and Mindfulness and Character Strengths. The latter book contains the evidenced-based program he founded, Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP), used by practitioners and researchers across the globe. He created VIA’s first character strengths certification program – MBSP Certification – in 2021.
Ryan has been interviewed by a number of luminaries including the legendary Larry King in 2020. He’s given over 1,000 presentations on positive psychology topics, including a character strengths world tour in 2009-2010, a TEDx talk in 2017, a speaking tour of Australia, a keynote at a Harvard conference, and invited presentations at conferences across the globe. He is Fellow of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) and serves on their Council of Advisors. He is currently co-founder and president of the Spirituality/Meaning Division of IPPA.
Founder and CEO of the Chilean Institute of Positive Psychology, since 2001, pioneer and leader in positive psychology in Chile and LATAM.
Organizational and Clinical Psychologist graduated from the University of Chile with the highest academic distinctions of his promotion.
Psychologist member of the Rescue Team of the 33 miners of the San José Mine.
Author of the book "Los 33 de Atacama y su Rescate. Psicología Positiva en Acción y algunas historias no contadas". Origo Ediciones, Santiago, Chile, 2010.
Author of the book "Nuestro Lado Luminoso. 12 Años de Psicología Positiva” published in 2011. It is the first book of Positive Psychology in Chile and one of the first in Latin America.
Author of the book “De Pastores a Lobos. Aportes desde la Psicología Positiva a una Iglesia en crisis”, published in 2019.
Speaker at the World Congresses of Positive Psychology.
Creator and Academic Director of the first Masters specialized in positive psychology applied to coaching and positive psychology applied to psychotherapy,
Member of the Institute of Coaching, affiliated to Harvard Medical School.
Member of the Advisory Council of the Harvard Business Review.
Psychologist affiliated with the IPPA (International Positive Psychology Association) and the APPA (American Psychological Association).
Member of the advisory board of the Institute of Wellbeing and Happiness Sciences of the Universidad Tecmilenio and the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Former Chairman of the Human Resources Committee of the Association of Banks and Financial Institutions in Chile.
He has been HR Manager in important national and multinational companies with operations in Chile.
He has been a professor of Emotional Intelligence and Positive Psychology in the most important universities in his country.
He is a consultant in executive coaching and positive leadership topics for management teams of national and multinational organizations, both in Chile and abroad.
Vice-Chancellor of Innovation and Transformation of Tecmilenio University Vice-Chancellor of Innovation and Transformation of Tecmilenio (from March 2021; Vice-Chancellor of Digital Education from June 2020 to February 2021). Previously, Leader of the Strategic Initiative for Learning Platforms and Digital Acceleration (January – July 2020), Academic and International Dean of the Business School (July 2017 – May 2020) and Visiting Professor of the School of Humanities and Education (2016) of the of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Co- founder of Teamlabs , a company that develops learning labs and a member of the international network of entrepreneurial education Mondragon Team Academy .
PhD in Environmental Biology, I developed a university career (leader of research group, professor, Dean and co-founder of 3 spin-offs) in Spain from 1990 to 2010. My expertise include natural resource and ecosystem management, marine animal biology for conservation and fisheries management, community-based environmental governance, earth observing systems and ecological modelling. With this background in sustainability and environmental sciences my interests have expanded towards business management, digital culture, innovation and education. I have co-founded 10 companies and startups focused in environmental management, education, technology and design, and strategy and innovation consultancy.
I has been advisor of different organizations, such as the European Cultural Foundation and the Venture Board of Ashoka España . I collaborated actively with several universities, among others Director of the Chair of Digital Economy of the Escuela de Organización Industrial and Director of the Master of Strategic Design of the Istituto Europeo de Design (IED) Madrid.
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine at Yale University. His grant- funded research focuses on the role of emotions in learning, decision making, creativity, relationship quality, wellbeing, performance, and organizational climate; the measurement of emotional intelligence; and the influence of emotional intelligence training on key life outcomes. Marc has published over 150 scholarly articles, received numerous awards, and is featured regularly in popular media outlets such as the New York Times, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, and The Today Show. He also is on the board of directors for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
Marc is the lead developer of RULER, a systemic, evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that has been adopted by over 3,000 public, charter, and independent pre- school through high schools across the United States and in other countries, including Australia, China, England, Italy, Mexico, and Spain. Research shows that RULER boosts academic performance, decreases bullying, enriches classroom climates, reduces teacher stress and burnout, and enhances teacher instructional practices. Marc regularly consults with large companies on best practices for integrating the principles of emotional intelligence into training and product design. He is co-founder of Oji Life Lab, a corporate learning firm that develops innovative digital learning systems for emotional intelligence.
Marc speaks to tens of thousands of people each year and has been the keynote speaker at over 500 conferences around the world, including the White House, U.S. Departments of Education, Justice, and Defense, the Surgeon General’s office, the New York Times, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as dozens of education conferences. Marc is the author of Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help our Kids, Ourselves, and our Society Thrive, published by Celadon (Macmillan), which has been translated into 20 languages.
Lorena is an Industrial and Systems Engineer, and Master in Strategic Prospective from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Her academic training includes stays in France (Grenoble) and Sweden (Stockholm), as well as training programs in Bilbao, Barcelona, Boston and New York. She has participated and led strategic planning and action programs and projects in private, public and social fields, and she is certified by Newfield Consulting as Senior Ontological Coach. She collaborated in the DistritoTec since its birth and currently is the manager thereof.
Sergio holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin and is a former mayor of Medellin, world renowned for his extraordinary innovative achievements in transforming his city after years of being an epicenter of violence and organized crime. He was governor of Antioquia and candidate for vice-president and president of Colombia. He is one of the most brilliant and respected politicians in Latin America. He currently serves as Director of the Center for Public Appreciation and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey.
DEEPAK CHOPRA™ MD, FACP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a modern-day health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is an Adjunct Professor of Urology at Mount Sinai, Professor of Internal Medicine at University of Central Florida, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his 91 st book, Total Meditation (Harmony Books) helps to achieve new dimensions of stress-free living and joyful living. Chopra has also released several podcasts including Now for Tomorrow (Religion of Sports), Infinite Potential (Cadence13) and Daily Breath (Cadence13), a Webby Award winner. This fall, he will launch the new podcast, Deepak Chopra’s Mind Body Zone: Living Outside the Box on Audible, which will feature thought-provoking conversations with Chopra and influential leaders from around the world. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” www.deepakchopra.com
Rector, Universidad Tecmilenio, México
Industrial Engineer from Universidad Panamericana and MBA from IPADE. After 20 years of professional trajectory in multinational companies including Procter & Gamble, Boston Consulting Group, Allied Domecq and SCA, he joined Tecnologico de Monterrey in 2013 as Vicepresident and is Rector of Universidad Tecmilenio since 2020.
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