Keynotes

Michael Chaskalson

Michael is an honorary lecturer at Bangor University, where he is a member of the Core Teaching Team at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice in the School of Psychology. He is also on the faculty of the Executive Masters in Positive Leadership and Strategy at the IE Business School in Madrid. Michael is the founder and Chief Executive of Mindfulness Works, and is one of the world's foremost proponents of the use of mindfulness in workplace settings.

Dr Peter Malinowski

Peter’s research is concerned with the investigation of psychological and (neuro-) physiological mechanisms and effects of mindfulness and meditation practices. Towards this end he established an international network of collaborations, pursuing a multi-disciplinary, multi-method approach, including measurements of behavioural performance, self-report questionnaires, electrophysiological parameters (EEG) and a variety of physiological parameters. Much of this work is based on Dr Malinowski’s extensive experience in experimental/cognitive psychology and expertise in EEG research.

Dr Tamara Russell

Tamara is a clinical psychologist, neuroscientist, martial artist and mindfulness trainer.  She works as an academic and clinician, exploring the use of mindfulness to help individuals respond more skilfully to challenging emotional material. She is the creator of the Body in Mind Training Framework, a body-based mindfulness training which allows individuals to become more in tune with bodily reactions and responses, increasing awareness and promoting mental and physical well-being. She has delivered Body In Mind Training across a number of NHS Trusts as well as to health care workers internationally. Her academic work focuses on the evaluation of adaptations of mindfulness for different clinical groups including eating disorders and bipolar illness and healthcare staff.  See more information at www.mindbodymot.com.

Professor Geoffrey Samuel

Geoffrey is an Emeritus Professor in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University, Director of the Body, Health and Religion (BAHAR) Research Group, and an Honorary Associate of the Department of Indian Sub-Continental Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. From September 2012 to April 2013 he was Tung Lin Kok Yuen Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, in Canada. He is President of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine (IASTAM), and was until recently co-editor of IASTAM's journal Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity.