Saturday through Wednesday, June 16-20, 2018
Doubletree Resort Paradise Valley Scottsdale
5404 Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona  85250

Key Dates and Deadlines •  Please Check Back for Updates and Additional Activities

• Call for Presentation Submissions:
  • Deadline 15 December 2017.
  • Instructions and sample forms for preparing your submission are noew available.
  • The online submission forms & system will be available mid September 2017.
• Call for Artwork
  • Coming soon
• Registration
  • Opens in mid September.
  • Preliminary information available now.
  • Early Bird, Presenter, Member discounted rates available.
• Accommodations / Room Reservations
  • Open now for block discount room reservations.  Special IASD rates for this resort hotel are $89/night.Reservation cutoff date 1 June 2018.

The Venue is in a beautiful resort hotel  where we have negotiated a low $89 cost per room. It is also a perfect location for attendees who want to stay over a few days to visit the many unique and exciting destination sites in Arizona such as the Grand Canyon, the old Western towns and Native American historical sites. The hotel is 12 miles from the Phoenix Sky Harbor international airport.

The Conference • will feature world-renowned keynote speakers and over 150 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, a Dream Art Exhibition and reception, the annual PSI Dreaming Contest, and the ever popular costume Dream Ball and other special events appropriate to the enjoyment of the location.

Call for Submissions • The online submissions system will open in September. High quality proposals are invited that fall into any of the following tracks: Research and Theory; Clinical Approaches; Dreamwork Practices; Arts and Humanities; Education; Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy; Extraordinary, PSI and Lucid Dreams; Dreams and Health; Culture and History; and Mental Imagery. Submission Categories include: Paper Presentations; Symposia; Panels; Workshops; Special Events; Morning Dream Groups; and Poster Papers.  IASD encourages presenters of all backgrounds to apply and to be sensitive to matters of diversity and disability in their submissions and presentations. All submissions must be made online.

The Annual Conference • will feature world-renowned keynote speakers and over 160 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, a Dream Art Exhibition and reception, the annual PSI Dreaming Contest, and the ever popular costume Dream Ball.

The Program •  is multi-disciplinary,  therefore falls into any of the following tracks: Research and Theory; Clinical Approaches; Dreamwork Practices; Arts and Humanities; Education; Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy; Extraordinary, PSI and Lucid Dreams; Dreams and Health; Culture and History; and Mental Imagery.

Venue • The location is the very beautiful 12th century Rolduc Abbey conference facility in Kerkrade in the southern part of the Netherlands. The site is situated on the Dutch-German border, close to several international airports, including those in Germany and Belgium, providing ease of international travel and sightseeing for those who wish to enjoy touring before and after the conference. We warmly invite you to attend.

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If you have not yet reserved your room at the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center please do so as soon as possible.

We have a discounted block of rooms being held for attendees which we have to carefully manage in order that we do not pay penalties.

The block is released on 15 May and after that discounts would only be available on a space available basis. However this block will be reviewed at the end of April and reduced if it appears that attendees are not reserving the number of rooms anticipated - so we need a good representative count. If rooms are released, and you have not reserved one, our discounted block may run out early which will impact room cost and availability for those who have not reserved.

To reserve your room please call the hotel at 800-468-2722 or 757-481-9000 and ask for the IASD Conference group rate.

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The discounted rate is $139 for singles or doubles and increases only $10 per person beyond that for up to four (the standard rate is about $188 in that time period). Note that the website may show no rooms available for some of the dates due to the effect of our room block - so you must call.

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IASD Conference Committee

The 2015 IASD Annual International Conference will be held on Friday evening June 5 through Tuesday evening June 9, 2015.  The venue is the beautiful Virginia Beach Resort Hotel on the shore at 2800 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. with sweeping views of the Cape Henry Bay. (It should not be confused with the Virginia Beach Convention Center located on 19th St.)

The Dream Conference features world-renowned keynote speakers, over 140 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, the Dream Art Exhibition and reception, a Dream Hike, the annual Dream Telepathy Contest, the ever popular costume Dream Ball and other fun special events appropriate to the beach-side location. Come meet and converse with your favorite authors and personalities as well as a multitude of kindred spirits interested in sharing the joy and benefits of understanding dreams and dreamworking.

The Program is multidisciplinary with a little something for everyone, professionals as well as those simply interested in dreams. It is organized in tracks for the best opportunity to participate in the discipline of interest to you and recordings will be available so that you can catch up on any lectures you may have missed. Sessions include: presentations; symposia; panels; workshops; special events; morning dream groups; and poster papers.  Tracks include: Research and Theory; Arts and Humanities including Dream Theater;  Education; Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy; Clinical Approaches; Dreamwork Practices; Mental Imagery;  Dreams and Health; and Extraordinary, PSI and Lucid Dreams.

The conference is held from the evening of Friday, June 5 through the evening of Tuesday, June 9, 2015.

Online Registration is now available, look for early bird discounts! Note that discounts are available for IASD Members as well as ARE Members and Haden Institute Dream Leadership Training graduates and current students.

Keynote Speakers

The International Association for the Study of Dreams is pleased to announce the confirmation of our keynote speakers and featured presenters for the 2015 Annual Dream Conference.

Jean Raffa

Dream Theatres of the Soul

Jean Raffa, PhD, is a Jungian psychologist and former college professor and teacher at the Winter Park Jung Center. She is an award-winning author of three books which explore the heroic journey into the unconscious depths of the human psyche, including Dream Theatres of the Soul, a practical guide for Jungian dreamwork.

Dawson Church, PhD

Dreams, Memory, Trauma and Resilience: How Emotion Shapes Our Brains

Dawson Church, PhD, is an award-winning author whose books include the best seller, The Genie in Your Genes, linking emotions and genetics. He is the founder of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare, editor of the journal Energy Psychology: Theory, Research & Treatment and manages the alternative medicine site EFT Universe

Jessica Payne, PhD

Sleep, Stress, and Emotional Memory Consolidation

Dr. Jessica Payne is Associate Professor and Nancy O’Neill Collegiate Chair in Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, where she also directs the Sleep, Stress and Memory (SAM) Lab. Payne’s research focuses on how sleep and stress independently and interactively influence human memory, emotion, and mental health.

Featured Presenters

Heather Spence

What Do Dolphins Dream?

Heather Spence is a marine biologist researching dolphins, a PhD candidate in Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at the City University of NY, a founding partner in the Global Research and Arts Center for the Investigation and Advancement of Sustainability Solutions, and leads international collaborative conservation projects in the Mexican Caribbean.

Bob Haden

Using Biblical Dreams to Unlock Your Nightly Dreams

Rev. Bob Haden, MS, is Director of The Haden Institute and author of Unopened Letters From God. He holds Masters degrees in Theology and the Use of Dreams in Spiritual Direction, studied at the Jung Institute in Zurich and is a Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association. He draws upon 30 years of counseling experience.

Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.

Working with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Nightmares

Stanley Krippner, PhD is professor of psychology at Saybrook University, San Francisco, and a past president of IASD. A former Director of the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory in Brooklyn NY, his many books include the co-authored Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans (2007). He was recipient of the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, 2002.

By popular request and in consideration of the Thanksgiving Holiday we are extending the deadline for IASD 2015 Conference Submissions by a week, until 8 December.

(Poster submissions remains the same: 1 February 2015)

IASD encourages presenters of all backgrounds to apply and to be sensitive to matters of diversity and disability in their submissions and presentations. IASD does not discriminate in accepting proposals with respect to race, culture, gender, age, sexual orientation or various forms of disability. Conference sites are chosen, in part, based on their stated compliance with ADA standards and ability to provide accessibility.

The 2015 IASD Annual International Conference will be held on Friday evening June 5 through Tuesday evening June 9, 2015.  The venue is the beautiful Virginia Beach Resort Hotel on the shore at 2800 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. with sweeping views of the Cape Henry Bay. (It should not be confused with the Virginia Beach Convention Center located on 19th St.)

The Dream Conference features world-renowned keynote speakers, over 140 presenters from around the globe, an opening reception, the Dream Art Exhibition and reception, a Dream Hike, the annual Dream Telepathy Contest, the ever popular costume Dream Ball and other fun special events appropriate to the beach-side location. Come meet and converse with your favorite authors and personalities as well as a multitude of kindred spirits interested in sharing the joy and benefits of understanding dreams and dreamworking.

The Program is multidisciplinary with a little something for everyone, professionals as well as those simply interested in dreams. It is organized in tracks for the best opportunity to participate in the discipline of interest to you and recordings will be available so that you can catch up on any lectures you may have missed. Sessions include: presentations; symposia; panels; workshops; special events; morning dream groups; and poster papers.  Tracks include: Research and Theory; Arts and Humanities including Dream Theater;  Education; Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy; Clinical Approaches; Dreamwork Practices; Mental Imagery;  Dreams and Health; and Extraordinary, PSI and Lucid Dreams.