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His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama at Shechen Monastery, Bodhgaya, India

“Towards the Age of Altruism?”

Event date: March 2nd 2010, at 7PM

Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish street, London W1G 7LP

Matthieu Ricard and Pr Richard Layard will debate about the role of altruism in our times.
In our times, altruism is no more a luxury, but a necessity. It provides the best way to reconcile the three time scales of the fast moving economy, the mid term of the quality of life, and the long term of the environment. All this provide entry points, from personal transformation to cultural changes, to bring about to a more compassionate society.
Matthieu Ricard will sign his last book, “The art of Meditation”, Atlantic books, after the conference.
All the profits will be devoted to the Shechen-Karuna humanitarian projects in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bhutan.
Pour information: tardyanne@gmail.com


The "daily meditation" conference

Event date: Monday, March 15, 2010

Location: Beaulieu, Switzerland

The Buddhist association Rigdzin Switzerland will organize a public conference on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Beaulieu in Switzerland : "The daily meditation" with Matthieu Ricard and Alexandre Jollien.
During this conference, the two speakers will share on topics such as compassion, altruism or meditation, which are the foundations of the Buddhist spiritual practice.
Profits will be donated to the association Karuna-Shechen, humanitarian projects in the Himalayan regions.
Find all the information on the site www.rigdzin.ch

Photographic exhibition

23rd edition of the Riedisheim photo week

Event date: March 13th to 21st 2010

Location: Cité Hof and Wallach, Riedisheim, France

From March 13th to 21st 2010, Matthieu Ricard will attend the 23rd edition of the Riedisheim photo week. The largest photo event in eastern France will praise all shutterbugs.
On the agenda: 3 guests, 3 photo competitions, a scholarship photo, trainings, meetings ...
Photos by Matthieu Ricard will be displayed at the Cité Hof and Wallach.
A conference will be held Saturday, March 13th (full program to come).
More information on www.spr-photo.fr

Workshop / Lecture / Speech

Mind and Life XX Conference, Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems

Event date: April 9-11, 2010

Location: Kongresshaus, Zurich Switzerland

The ongoing global financial crisis shows clearly just how vulnerable economic systems are to human behavior, particularly to corruption and greed. This strongly suggests that other qualities, such as empathy, pro-social motivation, altruism and compassion may play an essential role in our increasingly competitive global economic system.
But can we really imagine an economic system that delivers prosperity and welfare, or is competition an unavoidable consequence of the human race? How can we, as individuals, help form a society that is both productive and resolves actual societal and environmental problems? What have the sciences to contribute - if anything at all?
By bringing together some of the world’s leading minds, the Mind and Life XX Conference highlights the benefits and limitations of altruism and compassion in economic systems. This offers a unique opportunity to follow a high-level, interdisciplinary exchange of scientists and economists focusing both on individual thinking and the structure of economic systems.
Thus, the conference will build bridges between different disciplines and serve as a catalyst for new research projects and economic initiatives promoting personal responsibility, fairness and compassion.

Speakers and Pannelists
Economics
Ernst Fehr, Ph.D., University of Zürich (Switzerland)
Robert Frank, Ph.D., Cornell University (USA)
Lord Richard Layard, Ph.D., London School of Economics (England)
Psychology
Daniel Batson, Ph.D., University of Kansas (USA)
Neuroscience
Tania Singer, Ph.D., University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Richard Davidson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
Philosophy and Contemplative Science
Tenzin Gyatso, The XIV Dalai Lama
Matthieu Ricard, Ph.D., Shechen Monastery (Nepal)
Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D., Upaya Institute (USA)
John Dunne, Ph.D., Emory University (USA)
Applied Economics
Sanjit Bunker Roy, Barefoot College (India)
William Drayton, J.D., Ashoka Foundation (USA)
William George, M.B.A., Harvard Business School (USA)
Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter, M.B.A., Forma Futura Invest Inc. (Switzerland)
Thierry Lombard, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie (Switzerland)
Anthropology
Joan Silk, Ph.D., University of California (USA)
Interpreter: Thupten Jinpa
Moderators: Gert Scobel, Joan Halifax, Matthieu Ricard
www.compassionineconomics.org