We are excited to announce the next Meaning Conference, to be held in Toronto, Ontario July 24-28, 2008. The topic of this year's conference will be "Death and Dying: The Last Frontier of Positive Psychology". It will bring together academics, researchers, practitioners, educators, students, and policy makers from different countries to exchange the latest knowledge and ideas in Positive Psychology and how it relates specifically to death and dying. In addition to keynote and invited speakers, there will be workshops, symposia, paper sessions and opportunities for dialogue.

Please check back soon, as the schedule of events, keynote/invited speakers, registration forms, location information, and other news will be posted regularly.

Meaning Conferences organized by the International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM) have established a reputation for addressing significant, timely themes through bringing together leading researchers and practitioners around the world. For Meaning Conference 2000, the theme was "The Quest for Meaning in a New Millennium"; for Meaning Conference 2002, the theme was "Freedom, Responsibility and Justice"; and for Meaning Conference 2004, the theme was "Transforming Loss, Suffering and Death." The common thread of all Meaning Conferences is the application of cutting-edge research in psychology, psychotherapy, counselling, education and medicine to urgent issues confronting the world.

Invited speakers at previous conferences have included Dr. Irvin Yalom (Stanford), Dr. Howard Gardner (Harvard), Dr. Donald Meichenbaum (University of Waterloo), Dr. Jordan Peterson (University of Toronto), Dr.Arun Gandhi from India, Dr. Chi Chieh-Fang (National Changhua University of Education) and Dr. Harold Koenig (Duke University Medical School).

Call For Papers
The main conference theme is Death and Dying: The Last Frontier of Positive Psychology and Spiritual Care, but we also welcome submissions on a wide range of topics related to our traditional conference themes including the positive psychology of meaning and spirituality, humanistic-existential psychology, Logotherapy and meaning-oriented research and therapies.
Full call for papers

Robert Neimeyer will speak at the 5th International Meaning Conference in Toronto in July 24-27

Dr. Neimeyer is a leading authority on the subject of death and coping with loss. His keynote address will be entitled "Grieving as Meaning-Making Process" and his pre-conference workshop will be on "Lessons of Loss: Grief and the Quest for Meaning".

More information on Dr Neimeyer