Tuesday

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Registration in the Marriott Medical Center Hotel Lobby

Segment 1

Wednesday, October 25

7:00 am Registration at M. D. Anderson, Hickey Auditorium, 1515 Holcombe, Houston, TX

8:00 am Welcome and Announcements

8:30 am History, Controversy, and Ethical Implications in the Field of Near-Death Studies
Jan Holden, EdD, LPC-S, NCC; Bruce Greyson, MD; Debbie James, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNS, UTMDACC

9:00 am Pleasurable Western Adult NDEs: Circumstances and Contents
Scott Taylor, EdD; Pim van Lommel, MD

10:15 am Break

10:45 am Pleasurable Western Adults NDEs: Aftereffects
Russell Noyes, MD; Peter Fenwick, MD

12:00 pm Lunch — Personal Reflections on the Field of Near-Death Studies
Raymond Moody, MD, PhD

1:30 pm Distressing Western NDEs
Nancy Evans Bush, MA

2:45 pm Break

3:00 pm Western Children’s and Teens’ NDEs
Cherie Sutherland, PhD

4:15 pm Break

4:45 pm Characteristics of Western NDErs
Jeff Long, MD; Jason MacLurg, MD

6:00 pm Evaluations and Closing

6:15 pm Dinner—On your own

Thursday, October 26

7:00 am Registration at M. D. Anderson, Hickey Auditorium, 1515 Holcombe, Houston, TX

8:00 am Welcome and Announcements

8:30 am NDEs throughout History and across Cultures
Allan Kellehear, PhD

9:45 am Break

10:15 am Spirituality, World Religions, and NDEs
Farnáz Ma’súmián, MA

11:30 am Break

11:45 am Explanatory Models of NDEs
Bruce Greyson, MD

1:00 pm Lunch — The Bruce Greyson Research Award Address

2:30 pm Veridical Perception in NDEs
Jan Holden, EdD, LPC-S, NCC ; Sam Parnia, MD, Phd, MRCP

3:45 pm Break

4:15 pm Practical and Ethical Applications of NDE Research for Palliative, End-of-Life, and Other Clinical Care and Educational Settings
Diane Corcoran, PhD, RN ; Debbie James, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNS, UTMDACC

5:30 pm Evaluations and Closing

7:00 pm Banquet – Forever Ours
Janis Amatuzio, MD , “The Compassionate Coroner” Houston Marriott Medical Center Hotel

Presentations will be held at 

M. D. Anderson, Hickey Auditorium, 1515 Holcombe, Houston, TX Unless otherwise noted