A T Mann's 2012 Lecture & Teaching Schedule
April 3-7, 2012 in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Forum for Architecture, Culture and Spirituality
The Forum for Architecture, Culture and Spirituality is an international scholarly environment established in 2007 to support architectural and interdisciplinary scholarship, research, practice, and education on the significance, experience and meaning of the built environment. In addition to the papers, I will be doing an experiental workshop on the Chichen Itza site just after the Spring Equinox 2012 together with Margarida de Lima and Charles Bernstein.
For more information on ACS, see our website.
A T Mann is giving a lecture and workshop in Scottsdale January 20-21, 2012
FRIDAY LECTURE,
Family Systems and Life Time Astrology
The events and psychological developments of our life unfold in sequence around the horoscope circle, but they actually begin at conception, when your mother and father make love to conceive you and are embedded during gestation. Your early parental relationships and the family system into which you are born are primary factors in your personality and essential being. Each planet can be identified with those people around you, beginning with the Sun as your father, and the Moon as your mother. Discover the dynamics of your early family life in the horoscope using a unique time scale.
SATURDAY WORKSHOP, 1:30 – 4:30. Admission is $10 for members, $15 for non-members.
Astrology and the Art of Healing
"Astrology and the Art of Healing" approaches healing and astrology in a new and revolutionary way. Conventional medicine treats symptoms with surgery and drugs rather than healing the root causes of illness. Complementary therapies attempt to address the whole self, which can raise awareness of and even counteract the imbalances that create disease. This workshop attempts to relate inner causes with our "four bodies" in order to affect healing. Physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual therapies relate to stages of your life process, from conception through birth, and from childhood to old age and death. Many horoscopes show how to understand the origins of health imbalances in your life, but correlations to appropriate therapies can support the expertise of your doctors. Learn how to integrate these two streams of information for your ultimate well-being.
Date: LIFE*TIME ASTROLOGY Master Class, Sunday, Jan 22, 2012, 1 – 5pm
Location: The Astrology Store, 5735 W. Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301
(S. side of Glendale, a few doors east of Subway) Admission: $40Date: ASTRO-LOCATION FENG SHUI Master Class, Mon, Jan 23, 2012, 7 - 9pm
Location: To Be Determined, Updates HEREDate: MANDALA ASTROLOGICAL TAROT, Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012, 7 – 9pm
Location: The Astrology Store, 5735 W. Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301
(S. side of Glendale, a few doors east of Subway) Admission: $25A T Mann in 2012
An architecture graduate of Cornell University and an astrologer since 1972, Tad is author of eight astrology books including “The Round Art” and “A New Vision of Astrology.” His revolutionary astrological ideas link astrology with biology, the new physics, esoteric spirituality, eastern religion, psychology and myth. From this rich, energetic network of philosophies, perspectives, and possibilities, a system emerges that redefines experiential time in life by using a unique logarithmic time scale that dates events from before conception to old age and beyond.
Tad has served on the NCGR Board, and was designer and editor of the new NCGR Research Journal. Currently, he is a member of the organizing board of UAC2012, due to be held in New Orleans next May. He’ll soon begin directing a two year research experiment and documentary in collaboration with the Dalai Lama’s foundation to explore meditation and neuroscience and The Art and Science of Happiness. The project will also comprise a 90 minute documentary and two TV programs.
His latest books are: “The Mandala Astrological Tarot” (reprint 2009), “Sacred Landscapes” (with photographer Lynn Davis 2010), The Language of the Sacred Trees (Summer 2012), and the 2012 ATMann Mandala Calendar.
Tad will be available for appointments and classes Sunday through Wednesday following our January program. Please schedule with him at atmann@atmann.net.
A T Mann is giving a lecture and workshop at
TAG–Tucson Astrologers' Guild on January 13-14, 2011
FRIDAY, January 13, 7:30 p.m. $10 members, $15 visitors
Astrological Reincarnation:
The Foundation of Psychological AstrologyReincarnation describes the spiritual history of the soul and is the source within us of the gods and goddesses and our historical antecedents and our past lives – the archetypes of the collective unconscious. The origin of psychological astrology may be explained through the astrological Reincarnation Time Scale, which allows past incarnations to be dated and your soul’s path to be charted from the natal horoscope.
Case histories of famous and creative people show that our past incarnations may be used in the eternal present as a foundation of creativity and psychological understanding — they are the archetypes, or gods and goddesses in our lives. Meet aspects of your lower and higher self in time. (The Divine Plot: Astrology and Reincarnation was published in 1986 & 1991; Elements of Reincarnation was published in 1995; also material from an unpublished manuscript, The Eternal Return.)SATURDAY WORKSHOP, January 14, 1 – 5:00 p.m. $20 members, $25 visitors
Astrological Reincarnation Workshop — Clarifying Our Karma
In the workshop, the events and influences in our life can be traced back to previous times in history when we incarnated the qualities of each planet we carry now. For example, the sign of our moon shows when and how in history our emotional reality was formed. We bring these time traces into the present time and attempt to integrate them into a coherent whole, whether unconsciously or with intention. The horoscope therefore shows our present life against our former lives. We are even determining our next cycle of incarnations by our life action now!
A table allowing you to date your planetary incarnations will be given to all participants to the weekend workshop. Bring your horoscope and those of friends and family members. Knowledge of astrology is not necessary.@ UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH,
4821 E. 22nd St., Tucson, AZ. (just east of Swan Road.)
For information call 520-625-5762
or email Gael Chilson gaelchi@dishmail.net, or go to www.tucson astrologersguild.org
The Astrological Association, Cambridge, UK Sep 17—19, 2010
and the Theosophical Society in London Sep 20, 2010
10th International Astrological Conference in Belgrade, Serbia in March 2010
Planetary Revolution: Geocosmic Alchemy II
Is Coming to Cambridge, MA, February 25—28, 2010
Astrology and the Akashic RecordWhen the Theosophists, Rudolf Steiner, Edgar Cayce and others described the Akashic Record as the source of their foresight and wisdom, they implied access to another dimension of existence or Universal Mind that contained information about our individual and collective past and future. When we correlate the spiral movement of the solar system in time with the heliacal structure of the DNA molecule, it becomes easy to see that we all contain all the information of the Akashic Record, in every cell in our body. Learn to discover and access this marvellous resonant process of knowing. See my Astrological Reincarnation Report for tarot.com to test this idea out......
First Annual Comparative Astrology Conference 2009

"Astrology, Mythos and Spirit: Bridging East and West"
Prof. Robert Thurman, A. T. Mann, Jhampa Kalsang, Komilla Sutton, Jhampa Shaneman, Alexander Mallon
Sept 17-20 2009
Menla Mountain Retreat Center, Phoenicia, NY (near Woodstock)
This unique and fascinating astrology conference will bring Robert Thurman (Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University and President of Tibet House U.S.) together with stellar Eastern and Western astrologers to discuss a variety of topics relating to cross-cultural astrology (specifically Tibetan and Western) as well as the relationship between astrology, mythos, and spirituality. Tibetan astrology in itself brings together four different astrological traditions, and it is essential to their medical tradition. Western astrology, while not considered a hard science, has had a profound role to play in the western psyche throughout the ages. Each astrologer will give an introductory presentation on his or her specific area of expertise, followed by a series of panel discussions led by a moderator, classes taught by individual panelists or in pairs, as well as question and answer sessions with the participants.
For more information or booking, contact Michael Burbank
Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center
375 Pantherkill Rd., P.O. Box 70 , Phoenicia, NY 12464
845-688-6897 ext.7513 fax: 845-688-6895
See the poster for the Menla conference
ISAR 2009 Conference, "Astrology's Value to Society"
August 19—24, 2009
Oakbrook Hills Marriot Hotel and Resort in Oakbrook Hills, IL outside of Chicago
Essential Knowledge About Gestation
Thursday, Aug. 20, 5:00 PM — 6:15 PM
We tend to ignore the fact that our life begins at Conception. During Gestation we are imprinted with our genetic inheritance and reincarnation histories while inside our mother. From here the events and psychological developments of our life unfold in sequence around the horoscope circle from conception to old age. Learn how to decode these earliest important influences in the horoscope as they directly affect your creativity, sexuality and relationships for the rest of your life. Available from me as a CD.

The Mystery of Time in Astrology
Saturday, Aug. 22, 11:30 AM — 12:45 PM
Time constrains us to certain ultimate rules that govern our life. Our life in time begins at conception; however our time sense changes as we age according to a precise and knowable pattern and mathematics. Our fundamental ideas about time are often incorrect and perpetuate the wounds we carry. In attempting to heal these wounds inflicted by time, we may discover the path which leads beyond time. But first, understand for the time of your life. Available from me as a CD.
Info: http://www.isarastrology.com
A T Mann Lecture & Workshop in San Francisco
San Francisco Astrological Society (SFAS) — Evening Lecture 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm, May 28th 2009
"Astrology and Healing"
Fort Mason, Building C, Room C-230, San Fransisco's Marina district
Cost - $12.00 non members. $7.00 for members.

The natal chart shows times early in life when critical health problems originate. It also provides clues to their re-balancing. The idea of LifeTime Astrology is that we can discover and work with influences that originate from your conception and gestation. We then use psychotherapy and other emotional or physical therapies to effect centering and healing. LifeTime Astrology enables an astrologer to recommend therapies for work on deep–seated life issues and their resultant problems by using a Wheel of Therapies that correlates healing mechanisms with stages of your life process. (Astrology and the Art of Healing was published in 1988 and is available through Paraview Editions.)
San Francisco Chapter NCGR — All Day Workshop, May 30th 2009

"Astro Location Feng Shui"
For the San Francisco Chapter of NCGR
10:30AM--5:30PM Room C205 in Building C at Fort Mason0:30
When you combine your own astrology Local Space chart with the octagonal Feng Shui bua gua you get a unique and powerful way to affect and modify your environment so that it works for you on every level. It relocates your birth chart to the places where you live and work. Each planet has its own angle unique to you and once you discover these hidden keys, you can play with the energies that swirl around you and bring new life to your finances, energies, health, happiness, love-life and identity. This combination of east and west is profound and easy to understand. Bring your horoscope and floor plans of your house, apartment or office. The talk is illustrated.
Follow this link for information
The Inaugural Forum for
Architecture, Culture and Spirituality
March 24 – 26, 2009 at the Mt. Angel Abbey Retreat House, St. Benedict (near Salem), Oregon
The symposium location of this monastery was chosen for its contemplative site and architecture, which includes a library designed by Alvar Aalto. Click on the image below for their website.
My seminar is Tuesday evening, March 24th:
“Sacred Symbolic Architecture:
Time, Orientation and Meditation.”
World sacred sites and architecture utilize symbolism inherent in geometry, plus the dynamics of time. Thus orientation, proportion and flow are keys for the siting, shape, ecology and design of sacred places, including whole cities. Tibetan Buddhist deity meditations are guided imageries that invoke realms of the sacred mandala that are cosmoses and worlds and are profoundly architectural in their mechanism and intent. Explore various inner components of design education.
The Forum for Architecture, Culture and Spirituality is an international scholarly environment established in 2007 to support architectural and interdisciplinary scholarship, research, practice, and education on the significance, experience and meaning of the built environment. For more information on ACS, see our website.
This meeting offers the opportunity for the ACS community to share, discuss, and explore practices, pedagogies, and studies within the multifarious subject areas of architecture, culture and spirituality. We envision that the intimate size of this gathering (25 participants) will result in focused, engaging, and joyful discussions in an environment conducive to inspiring communication, learning and insight. The intention is to foster a different type of atmosphere than traditional conferences typically offer.
Astrological Society of Austin Texas (NCGR Chapter)
Evening Lecture October 9th 2008 — "A New Vision of Astrology"
All Day Workshop Saturday October 11th, 10AM - 5PM — "Life Time Astrology"
All Day Workshop Sunday October 12th, 10 AM — 5 PM — "Astrology and the Art of Healing"
For more information on times, locations, cost, etc., please contact Donna Woodwell for more information
May 14-21, 2008
UAC 2008,Adams Mark Hotel in Denver
The Association for Astrological Networking (AFAN), the American College of Vedic Astrology and the Council of Vedic Astrology (ACVA/CVA), the International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR) and the National Council of Geocosmic Research (NCGR) all co-sponsor this event.
I will be giving two talks at UAC:
Tibetan Buddhism and Western Astrology
The core concepts of Tibetan Buddhism such as impermanence, emptiness and samsara are extremely relevant to Western astrological practice and philosophy of wanting to help others. Concepts such as emptiness, impermanence, dharma and "afflictive emotions" teach us much about how we live our lives and can be experienced through the horoscope. A. T. Mann edited the text of the DVD of the Dalai Lama’s "Kalachakra Tantra Teachings," which is the most astrological of the higher initiations of Tibetan Buddhism. Learn how to begin to integrate Tibetan Buddhist principles into your astrology and your life.
Monday, May 19th, 04:30 PM – 5:45 PM: Session 16
Astrology, Geometry and Your Healing Environment
Sacred space incorporates astronomical, mythic and geometric patterns, reflecting ancient traditions rooted in Cosmos. The sacred images and proportions carry cosmic principles that heal us at home. Lifetime and psyche synchronize planetary rhythms and geometries. Geometry and number are the primary source of magical thought, linking humanity to cosmos. Learn how to bring planetary energies into your world to promote healing and integration. An illustrated talk.
I have CDs of these talks available — contact me.
Teaching in Bali for nine days of masterful tarot and astrology teaching
with A T Mann and Juliet Sharman-Burke
Astrology in Bali, November 14—23, 2007
Juliet Sharman-Burke (creator of the Mythic Tarot with Liz Greene) and Tad Mann (creator of the Mandala Astrological Tarot) are experts in tarot and astrology, both having studied, written and taught extensively on the subjects for many years. They have each created and produced their own unique tarot decks, as well as being published authors of astrology and tarot books. They are highly respected among their peers and students.
There will be a wonderful depth and richness from having two very different, yet complementary perspectives available to the group. They will teach individually and at times together. The workshops will include mythological and historical studies, meditations, guided imagery and other psychological work, astrological referencing and background, and work with various techniques for using the tarot as well as creating your own tarot deck by the authors who have created theirs.
The 2007 "Astrology in Bali"
Tour of Borobudur, Java
November 24th-25th was very successful indeed!
A T Mann guided a group of 35 on an exclusive tour of the great 9th century Buddhist temples of Borobudur in the mountains of Java, Indonesia. The architecture of the temples is a mandala, a contemplative image of wholeness, into which we will journey. Within sight of two ancient volcanoes, this area is astoundingly beautiful. You will be shown the architectural and spiritual significance of this complex of temples by A T Mann, an architect, astrologer and feng shui expert.
See my website for the photos I took in Java and Bali
Contact Evelyn Roberts or Heaven and Earth Workshops for further Astrology in Bali workshops.

The E-Vam Institute in New York City
"Tibetan Buddhism and Western Astrology"
A talk by A T Mann on Saturday February 17, 2007 from 2-4PM
E-Vam Institute New York, 1455 Lexington Avenue (at 94th), 2nd Floor
Contact Janine Ptaszek janine@evam.org for more information
NCGR New York City Conference
June 10, 2006
The
Mandala Astrological Tarot
"Astrology and...."
Combining the horoscope with complementary arts and practices.
Saturday, June 10th, 2006, 9AM to 7PM
Hunter College — West Bldg., 6th Floor Conference Hall
Lexington Avenue at 68th StreetNY NCGR Members: $115 At the door
Non-members: $140 Pre-registration, $160 At the door, 9:00 RegistrationNon-members can choose to apply the $45 difference toward a one-year membership to NCGR. Benefits include discounts on all conferences, bi-monthly newsletter from the National chapter, quarterly newsletters from the NYC chapter, an annual journal, free membership meetings, and library privileges, workshops and discussion groups.
11:30 to 12:45 A T Mann
The Mandala Astrological TarotIn 1972, Tad Mann designed and painted a square tarot deck with circular mandala images, which integrates Egyptian, Medieval, Gnostic and archetypal imagery with an astrological structure. Guided meditations and explanations of the cards, their symbolism and the ways in which they may be used to guide our inner and outer process.
Contact Michael Lutin in New York City, 212 529 6464 or email website@astrologynyc.org

ISAR
2005 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
Connecting with the universal design:
Honoring the diversity of astrological paths
August
17-21, 2005
Indian Lakes Resort, Bloomingdale, Illinois
I will be involved in two panel discussions, the storytelling evening and one lecture:
Friday August 19th, 16:30-17:45 — What is Astrology?
Friday August 19th, 20:30 - 21:30 — Storytelling Evening
Saturday August 20th, 2:30-3:45— Great Cycles of the Goddess
Whether the beginning of the Age of Aquarius or the end of the Mayan calendar, major astrological cycles catch our attention in an age of world flux and chaos. As time itself is the domain of the Goddess, cosmic cycles are relived as we recreate history through our lives. We are history!
For more information see: www.isarastrology.com/2005
2005 North Western Astrology Conference in Seattle
May 27-30th 2005
I will be giving two lectures and a post conference all-day workshop
Friday Lecture May 27th from 4:15—5:30 "Buddhism and Western Astrology"
Sunday Lecture May 29th from 4:15—5:30 "Chaos Theory, Junk DNA and Astrology"
Monday Workshop May 30th from 10—4:30 "Sexuality and the Horoscope"
Our sexuality is rooted in the most essential events and psychological developments of our life that happen around our conception, when our mother and father make love to conceive us. Their early relationship, their sexuality and the family system into which you are born are primary factors in your personality, sexuality and essential being — the foundations of our emotional and creative life. Discover how to see the dynamics of your early family life in the horoscope — easily seen and dated using a time scale — and the physical and psychological interpretation of those events.
Contact Laura Gerking for details at main@astrologyetal.com
Voice
Information — (206) 545-2912
FAX for Information — (206) 548-1134
September
25-28, 2003
Los Angeles Convention Center, USA
In the 5,000 year history of Yoga . . . there has never been an event like this … until now.
Yoga
Expo will celebrate the extraordinary growth of yoga in the Western World,
with information, demonstrations, seminars, workshops and exhibits.
The Expo will provide a vivid experience of the profound changes
this ancient, yet very modern health and fitness program
can produce in every aspect of life.
2-3 PM Saturday & Sunday — Chakras & The Yogic Body: An Astrological Perspective
Phone:
310-838-5600
Fax: 310-838-5615
Email: Info@YogaExpo.com
Website: www.YogaExpo.com
The International Centre for Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability is an educational platform for the future, facilitating shifts in perception through ongoing circles of exchange. It educates creative professionals in the concepts of sustainability and how to implement its principles. It stimulates those in business, science and policy fields to utilise the challenge of sustainability in a creative way. ICIS is a unique initiative that crosses traditional professional boundaries to provide a forum for progressive and enlightened dialogue, information and action for thinking ahead.MC03
Spring 2003
Creativity Through Visions, Legends and StorytellingExploring new openings for innovation and creative thinking. Could the combination of creativity and wisdom create a new paradigm for design and architecture in terms of methodology and process? How can we be innovative and creative in our work and lives? Should we apply a different kind of creative thinking in the 21st century? Leading practitioners around the world are searching for more effective ways to engage the human spirit and imagination that underpin all successful enterprises and some have rediscovered the ancient art of storytelling.
This six-day master class led by experts will enable participants to reconnect with their innate capacity for storytelling, explore the mythic dimensions of their own stories and visions and develop their capacity for creativity and creative thinking. The master class will include exercises in expanding the concept of creativity and will in various forms and processes seek to address the above questions and issues relating to creativity, innovation and holistic thinking. The participants will be exposed to various models, manifests and concepts for creativity and creative thinking and will discuss how to implement these in professional and personal lives.
Tad Mann, Architect,
Writer and Astrologer, US
Geoff Mead, Organisational Consultant and Storyteller, UK
Date: Spring 2003
Place: Kursuscenter, Gilleleje, DK
Cost: 10.000 Dkk/1.346 Euros +VAT (DK only) includes master class, food, accommodation
and facilities.
Max 25 participants
The International Tarot Society presents:
World Tarot Congress III
"Tarot: Past, Present and Future"
May 10-12th, 2002

The Mandala Astrological Tarot

A T Mann's "Mandala Astrological Tarot" cards were originally painted in 1972, and repainted for publication in 1986. They are circular mandala images within square cards. The cards may be rotated and placed on either of the four astrological angles: upright (MC), upside down (IC), leaning left (ASC) and leaning right (DSC). Each card is a stage-set or initiation chamber for a level in the process of achieving wholeness. All colors are coded magically and the images are derived from traditional medieval, Egyptian, Rosicrucian and other mystical languages.
Oregon Astrology Association, Portland, OR, October 12th, 2001
"Dated Solar Returns"
The Solar Return is a useful tool for astrological updates. Here is a new technique for dating the relocated solar return year from the ASC that rewards you with more accurate dating of events throughout the year, the ability to rectify the natal birth time, and provides a structure for clients to understand their astrological mechanisms in practice. The symbolism of the astrological birth day is also explored we can improve our awareness of life and participate more meaningfully in how it evolves.
"Family Systems and Life Time Astrology"
Workshop, Saturday, October 13th, 2001
Events and psychological developments of our life unfold in sequence around the horoscope circle, but they actually begin at conception, when your mother and father make love to conceive you. Their early relationship and the family system into which you are born are primary factors in your personality and essential being. Discover the dynamics of your early family life in the horoscope, easily seen and dated. The sequence of your important inner and outer events can be dated accurately by using a transparent overlay of a unique time scale and the physical and psychological interpretation of those events is Your Story.The synthesis of astrology, psychology and biology brings a new dimension to astrology and is simple to understand and use as a guide for your life development. You will understand and learn to work with yourself, your family and your life process as a whole of related parts. Bring (360º wheel) horoscopes on transparencies.
This original material will be included in Tad's upcoming book, "A New Vision of Astrology" in 2002.
Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning

"Architecture Art & Planning: Cornell's Catalyst for Creativity"
Friday, June 9th and Saturday, June 10th, 2000
The 35th Reunion and Symposium features eleven members of the Class of '65 involved in creative careers. This event is supported in part by a grant from the Cornell Alumni Federation. The multimedia exhibition consists of photographs. architectural plans and models, paintings, drawings, sculptures, an invention, books and a video of all eleven members, including A T Mann.

Naropa University School of Continuing Education
Summer 2000, Boulder, CO
CANCELED
"Sacred Design: Bringing the Cosmos Home"

At the evening lecture, A T Mann will discuss the origins, history and symbols of sacred design, illustrated with slides. The workshop will be a deeper exploration of the sacred through experiential work, guided imagery and provocative visual journeys. We will learn to identify, decode and begin to create sacredness around us and to nurture the sacred in our environment, reflecting what we carry within. Discover how what you gather around you signals your inner process: choice and knowledge can dramatically enhance and deepen your quest. Design experience is not required, although an open heart and mind are ideal tools.
For further information or booking:
Laney Wax, Curriculum Designer, Naropa University School of Continuing Education laney@naropa.edu
Sponsored by the Boston Chapter of NCGR, 15th April 2000
"The Spirit of Space: Astrology and Design"
The foundations of Feng Shui, lost in the distant past, are rooted in a Chinese Taoist philosophy that celebrates spiritual energy at work in nature. The Spirit of Space is a rediscovery of the primary art of humanity's harmony with nature. This deep logic of working harmoniously with space and movement exists within our astrological world view. Correct use of these principles promotes better health, more beautiful spaces in which to live and work, and a greater degree of inner peace and wealth. This work will not only harmonize your working and living spaces, but also will lead to improved health, wealth and well being.
Chinese Feng Shui principles and devices are often effective due to the improved intention they bring to our awareness. A twelve-sided astrological code identifies the basic mechanisms of movement in space, formulates their dynamics, and transforms these principles into good design. We will create a new way of working with our living, work and play space so that we re-discover the cosmic alignments of "The Spirit of Space."
Friday, 28 May 1999, 4:15-6 PM, San Francisco, Free Admission
"The Heavenly Roots of Sacred Architecture"
The Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness Forum
California Institute for Integral Studies.
Graduate Education for Mind, Body and Spirit
1453 Mission Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
The core of sacred architecture is the relationship between cosmos and individual, a relationship that is essential for us to re-establish in our architecture today. Physics and mythology share their common origin in such cosmic memory systems, utilizing correspondences that literally re-organize the brain and integrate one with the cosmos.
The PCC Forum is a series of lectures and dialogues that is an opportunity for creative and inquiring minds to come together and share ideas and experiences.