the 41st annual SSF-IIIHS int’l conference
International Conference 1 Schedule
C1 = Conference 1 • CW = College Week • C2 = Conference 2 • Sx = Session x
LL = Lunch & Learn • ADW = All-Day Workshop
CONFERENCE 1, SESSION 3
Sat., Aug. 13, 2016 •
2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. • $40
Moderator: Elaine Valdov, PhD
• Rajiv Parti, MD: “Dying to Wake Up: Seven Eternal Truths for Spiritual Transformation” (Lecture: 1 hr)
Dr. Parti, author of Dying to Wake Up: A Doctor’s Voyage into the Afterlife and the Wisdom He Brought Back, introduces Seven Eternal Truths to transform “diseases of the soul” such as separation consciousness, grief, addiction, chronic illness, and more. (Follow-up workshop:
CW-S1c)
• Cairo P. Rocha, PhD: “Memory & Cognitive Function in Chinese Medicine: Part I” (Lecture: 1 hr)
Discover ancient traditional Chinese medicine’s therapeutic paths to improving memory and cognition. (For Part II, please see
CW-S7c)
• Anthony Cicoria, MD: “What is Consciousness?” (Lecture: 1 hr)
Using my own near-death/out-of-body experience as a platform, I will travel through current thought about where consciousness comes from, integrating medical research and quantum physics.
• Jeffrey Long, MD: “God and the Afterlife: The Latest Findings from the Largest Near-Death Experience Study Ever Reported” (Lecture: 1½ hrs)
Dr. Long presents his current groundbreaking investigation of the content of NDEs that address humankind’s “Big Questions”: Does God exist? Is there an afterlife? What is the meaning and purpose of earthly life? Remarkably, NDEs offer extraordinarily consistent information that does not seem explainable by pre-existing cultural or religious beliefs.