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Symposium October 2010
Featuring renowned scientist Paul Ekman, inspiration for Fox TV’s Lie to Me, and other leading scientists and negotiation experts from law, business, and public service, this live symposium explores several related topics around the hub of emotion and negotiation. Leading scholars will address what we know about the way emotion affects negotiation, how we can better manage emotion, and finally, where does attention and management of emotion take us. Is it a tool for greater cooperation? Ethics? Does it keep us from being duped? Better outcomes for society and for ourselves?
This symposium builds on earlier Harvard symposia on mindfulness, (video–part 1, part 2, part 3) and the upcoming Berkeley symposium on mindfulness, but takes a broader view of emotion and digs deeper into cutting-edge scientific research.
8:30 – 9:00 AM | Sign-In
9:00 – 9:15 AM | Welcome
Dean and Chancellor Frank H. Wu
9:15 – 10:15 AM | From Papua New Guinea to Lie to Me to Compassion and the Dalai Lama:
Paul Ekman, Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco Medical School, scientific advisor to Fox TV’s Lie to Me, and author of the book Telling Lies, interviewed by Clark Freshman, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
10:15 – 10:30 AM | Break
10:30 – 12:00 PM |
The Science of Emotion and Dispute Resolution:
Connections and Perspectives:
Connections and Perspectives:
Peter Carnevale, Professor, University of Southern California School of Business, will discuss the history of research on emotion and negotiation from years of simulated negotiations—and the newest technology of studying negotiation with computer-generated images.
Michael Wheeler, Harvard Business School Professor, will share his research on psychoanalytic perspectives on negotiation from interviews with people and their images of negotiation.
Michael Wheeler, Harvard Business School Professor, will share his research on psychoanalytic perspectives on negotiation from interviews with people and their images of negotiation.
12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 PM |
The Science of Working with Emotion: Mindfulness and
Other Types of Meditation:
Other Types of Meditation:
Shauna Shapiro, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, and co-author of a recent American Psychology Association book The Art and Science of Mindfulness, will discuss scientific studies of mindfulness meditation.
Erika Rosenberg, Scientific Consultant, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, and advisor to the Stanford Compassion Project, will discuss research on meditative and contemplative techniques studied in the Shamatha Project, a controlled intervention trial of the cognitive, emotional, and neurophysiological effects of sustained meditation.
Cliff Saron, Associate Research Scientist, University of California, Davis, will discuss other findings of the Shamatha Project, including the effects on the ability to pay attention.
Erika Rosenberg, Scientific Consultant, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, and advisor to the Stanford Compassion Project, will discuss research on meditative and contemplative techniques studied in the Shamatha Project, a controlled intervention trial of the cognitive, emotional, and neurophysiological effects of sustained meditation.
Cliff Saron, Associate Research Scientist, University of California, Davis, will discuss other findings of the Shamatha Project, including the effects on the ability to pay attention.
2:30 – 2:45 PM | Break
2:45 – 4:45 PM |
Choices and Consequences of Working with Emotion:
Compassion, Lie Detection, and Deal Making:
Compassion, Lie Detection, and Deal Making:
Charlie Halpern, Scholar in Residence at UC Berkeley School of Law and author of Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom, will explore using mindfulness as an important skill for lawyers in dealing with all dimensions of lawyer's work. See Berkeley's conference website for related materials. (Video on Meditation and the Practice of Law)
Clark Freshman, Professor of Law, Hastings College of the Law, will discuss how emotion and lie detection may lead sometimes to greater compassion, sometimes to better deals, and sometimes to exploitation.
Jason Meek, Adjunct Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, will discuss how emotion and contemplative practices affect his teaching and work as a lawyer and advisor to businesses.
Madeleine Bernhardt, Adjunct Professor, Berlin School of Economics and Law, will provide an international perspective to how the science of emotion can be applied in courts, arbitrations, and court settlement negotiations.
Clark Freshman, Professor of Law, Hastings College of the Law, will discuss how emotion and lie detection may lead sometimes to greater compassion, sometimes to better deals, and sometimes to exploitation.
Jason Meek, Adjunct Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, will discuss how emotion and contemplative practices affect his teaching and work as a lawyer and advisor to businesses.
Madeleine Bernhardt, Adjunct Professor, Berlin School of Economics and Law, will provide an international perspective to how the science of emotion can be applied in courts, arbitrations, and court settlement negotiations.
5:00 – 6:00 PM | Reception in the Skyroom, 100 McAllister Street, 24th Floor
Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch, reception, and 6 hours of MCLE credit. Space is limited.
The O’Brien Center of UC Hastings College of the Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider, and certifies that this activity has been approved for 6 hours of MCLE credit.
The O’Brien Center of UC Hastings College of the Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider, and certifies that this activity has been approved for 6 hours of MCLE credit.