Segment 2

Friday, October 27

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

8:00 am Welcome Address

8:30 am A Thirty Year Perspective: Medicine's Changing Views Towards NDEs
Pam Kircher, MD

10:00 am Break

10:20 am Concurrent Session 1

1. On the Continuity of Consciousness
   Pim van Lommel, MD
2. Panel: Combat NDEs
   Diane Corcoran, PhD, RN , Moderator
3. Panel: NDEs and Suicide
   Bruce Greyson, MD , Moderator

11:30 am Concurrent Session 2

1. Recent Veridical Perception Research in U.S. and U.K. Hospitals
   Jan Holden, EdD, LPC-S, NCC, Moderator;  Peter Fenwick, MD, Bruce Greyson, MD, Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, MRCP
   
2. Psychological and Therapeutic Aspects of NDEs: From Potential to Transformation
   Sylvie Déthiollaz, PhD
3. Panel: Childhood NDEs
   Pam Kircher, MD , Moderator

12:30 pm Lunch—On your own

2:00 pm Concurrent Session 3

1. A Five-Year Prospective Hospital Study of NDEs in Wales
   Penny Sartori, PhD
2. Sharing Near-Death Experiences: A Therapeutic Use of Self
   Deborah Q. Wilkinson, EdD, RN
3. The Search for God and Afterlife in the Age of Science
   Ken Vincent, EdD

3:10 pm Concurrent Session 4

1. Panel: NDEs and Consciousness Research
   Jan Holden, EdD, LPC-S, NCC , Moderator; Peter Fenwick, MD, Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, MRCP,  Penny Sartori, PhD,  Pim van Lommel, MD
2. Why NDEs Bring Comfort to the Ill and Bereaved
   Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino
3. Leading IANDS Local Groups: Insights from Decades of Experience
   Kimberly Clark Sharp, MSW
   

4:20 pm NDErs’ Panel A

5:20 pm Evaluations and Closing

5:30 pm Dinner—On your own

7:30 pm End of Life Care
Alex Peralta, Jr, MD - at the Houston Marriott Medical Center Hotel

Saturday, October 28

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

8:00 am Welcome Address

8:30 am Nearing-Death Awareness in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Maggie Callanan, RN, CRNH

10:00 am Break

10:20 am Concurrent Session 1

1. NDEs and REM Intrusion
   Jeff Long, MD, & Jan Holden, EdD, LPC-S, NCC
   
2. Sense of Contact with the Deceased: Experiences of Police, Firefighters, and Emergency Medical Personnel
   Richard E. Kelly, EdD, LCPC
3. Let’s Talk About It
   Diane Corcoran, PhD, RN , & Debbie James, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNS, UTMDACC

11:30 am Concurrent Session 2

1. Panel: Caregiver Challenges
   Debbie James, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNS, UTMDACC
   Moderator
2. Panel: The Effect of NDEs on Couple Relationships
   Rozan Christian, PhD, LPC, Moderator
3. Who in the World is Interested in NDEs?
   PMH Atwater, LHD

12:30 pm Lunch—On your own

2:00 pm NDErs’ Panel B

3:00 pm Break

3:20 pm The Role of Anomalous Experiences in Healthy Grief
Bruce Horacek, PhD

4:20 pm Evaluations and Closure

6:45 pm Celebration/Party - Houston Marriott Medical Center Hotel

Presentations will be held at 

M. D. Anderson, 1515 Holcombe, Hickey Auditorium, R11, of the Clark Clinic Building, Houston, TX Unless otherwise noted