Beijing 2008

Pre-Congress Workshop August 24 in Beijing 2008

Ben Furman, M.D., Finland

The Solution focussed paradigm

Ben Furman, international wellknown developer of solution focussing methods for individuals and organizations, is a Psychiatrist and Psychoterapeut from Finland, co-director of Helsinki Brief Therapy Institute. For the international community he is most known for his Lectures all over the world and for his books translated to more than 10 languages. Among the titles can be mentioned: "It's never too late to get a happy childhood", "Solution Talk", "Kids skills", "Success together - handbook of reteaming coaching".

Besides his work among the general population to change focus from problems to solutions he has also developed specific models for different areas like "The Twin star" (teaching solution focussed Leadership and Communication) "Reteaming" (Coaching - Cooperation), "Kids Skills" (for children). He is also Finland's "Dr Phil" with his own TV-program (since 1999) where he takes up human relations, conflicts etc.

The workshop will introduce the basic ideas behing the "Solution focussed paradigm" and give examples from the various applications of the paradigm.

Monday August 25 in Beijing 2008

Opening of the Congress
Session nr 1
09.00-10.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Lars-Eric Uneståhl - Sweden
Founding ISMTE President, Chairman of the International Organization Committée
The 1st Congress on Excellence in Sport and Life
BREAK 10.30-11.00
Session nr 2
11.00-12.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Terry Orlick, Canada
Former ISMTE President, Member of the International Organization Committée
In Pursuit of Excellence in Sport and Life
LUNCH BREAK 12.30-14.00
Session nr 3
14.00-15.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Olle Anfelt, Sweden
Mental Training and coaching of Swedish Olympic Teams during 32 years
BREAK 15.00-16.00
Session nr 4
16.00-17.30 Auditorium
Keynote speaker
Ben Furman, Finland
Solution focussing - the new paradigm
BREAK 17.30-18.00
Session nr 5
18.00-19.30 Auditorium
Keynote speaker
Keith Henschen, USA
Mental preparation of US Olympic Teams, NBA Teams etc.

Thusday August 26

Workshop day 1
Session nr 6
09.00-10.45 Room A-D
WORKSHOPS
Room A

Igor Ardoris, Sweden
The soul defence model, mental training, martial arts and eastern philosophy.
Room B
Wittkuhn & Vermei & Bloem, Netherlands
How systemic designed performance can take you to the Olympics.
Room C
Norma Alonso, Mexico
Emotionality in coaching for the achievement of goals.
Room D
Dagmara Budnik & Maria Kazmierczak, Poland
Mental training in the context of personal attributes. Conclusions for personality and individual differences psychology.
BREAK 10.45-11.15
Session nr 7
11.15-13.00 Room A-D
WORKSHOPS
Room A
Rolf Nyfeler, Switzerland
Learning to Learn.
Room B
Lars-Eric Uneståhl, Sweden
Integrated Mental Training, History, Philosophy, Principles, Methods and Application areas.
Room C
Terry Orlick, Liza Benz, Laura McEwen, Jennifer Dalton & Sara Pattterson, Canada
Positive Living Skills for children and Youth.
Room D
Hui-Feng, Taiwan
A study of the competing model strategy on recreational sport constraint scale: Confirmatory factor anaysis and implication.
BREAK 13.00-14.30
Session nr 8
14.30-16.15 Room A-D
WORKSHOPS
Room A
Bernhard Trenkle, Germany

Hypnosis, Humor, Rehabilitation and Growth.

Room B
Terry Orlick & Dan Nadeau, Canada

Turning Fear into Focus: In life Threatening Work and High Risk Sport
Room C
Lasse Gustavson, Sweden

Survival strategies after accidents or catastrophies.
Room D
Alexander Dokun, Canada
Challanges of street soccer in children, Kenya & Nigeria cases as case study.
BREAK 16.15-16.45
Session nr 9
16.45-18.30 Room A-D
WORKSHOPS
Room A
Chair:
Ben Furman, Finland

Reteaming, a-step-by-step solution-focused method of coaching teams and individuals.
Room B
Chair:
Richard Bennet, Australia

Mental mastery for games excellence - enhancing focus and self belief among elite olympians and paraolympians.
Room C
Chair:
Ahmed Elroby & Hisham Ismail, Egypt
Influence the perception of the use of mental exercises teiche amended on the accuracy of the performance of free throw and some mental aspects of basketball players.
Room D
Chair:
Mohammad Tagi Aghdasi, Hatav Alipanahi, Iran

Comparision of some social skills of female athletes and non-athletes students.

Wednesday August 27

Session nr 10
09.00-10.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Lena Leissner, Sweden
Sleeping for Excellence
BREAK 10.30-11.00
Session nr 11
11.00-12.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Shaul Livnay, Israel
Do I Care to excel?
LUNCH BREAK 12.30-14.00
Session nr 12
14.00-15.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
David Wark, USA
Alert Hypnosis
BREAK 15.30-16.00
Session nr 13
16.00-17.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Nicole Ruysschaert, Belgium
Mental Training and hypnosis for effectiv stressmanagement
BREAK 17.30-18.00
Session nr 14
18.00-19.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Kjell Fagéus, Sweden
Mental Training for Music Excellence

Thursday August 28

Workshop day 2
Session nr 15
09.00-10.45 Room A-D
WORKSHOPS
Room A
Nicole Ruysschaert, Belgium
Hypnosis and Mental Training in Stress Management.
Room B
Verena Skaupy, Germany
Keeping cool, when the heat is in! Mental strategies and techniques from professional sports for business.
Room C
Henrik Mattsson, Sweden
The performing art of public speaking.
Room D
Ludmila Rogaleva & Valery Malkin, Russia
Psychoforming training as means social adaption of offenders.
BREAK 10.45-11.15
Session nr 16
11.15-13.00 Room A-D
WORKSHOPS
Room A
Michel Gagne - Malasia
The power of clarification - Key to Communication.
Room B
Terry Orlick & Lisa Benz & Jennifer Dalton & Sarah Patterson, Canada
Excelling in diffferent contexts: Performers perspectives.
Room C
David Wark, USA
Alert Hypnosis for Excellence in Life.
Room D
Marek Graczyk & Dagmara Budnik, Poland
Portrait of a psychologist, his role and task realization in the light of opinions expressed by olympic training coaches and athletes.
LUNCHBREAK 13.00-14.30
Session nr 17
14.30-16.15 Room A-D
WORKSHOPS
Room A
Matthias Mende, Germany
Accessing ideal perfomance ego-states in sports and the performing arts ny hypnosis.

Room B
Sirliani Chroni, Greece
Train and/or Thust. How athletes talk to themselves.

Room C
Eva Karlsson, Elene Uneståhl, Sweden
NLP in practice.
Room D
Bruce Jackson, Christopher Barden, USA
Building centers for human performance and academic excellence within the College/University setting.
BREAK 16.15-16.45
Session nr 18
16.45-18.30 Room A-D
WORKSHOPS
Room A
Rich Gordin & Keith Henschen, USA
Mental Training in high Performance areas.

Room B
Shaul Livnay, Israel
Hypnotic means of enhancing "being" towards the improvement of "doing": strategies in the enhancement of performance and sense of wellbeing and flow.
Room C
Leif Ögård, Sweden
A good life with parkinson.
Room D
Dr. Anja Ferrari-Malik
Strategic body awareness: a body-mind training method to reach peak performance in sport – and life.

Friday August 29

Session nr 19
09.00-10.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Rich Gordin, USA
Mental Preparation of US Olympic Teams, Professional Golfers etc.
BREAK 10.30-11.00
Session nr 20
11.00-12.30 Auditorium

Keynote speaker
Joseph O'Connor, Brazil
How coaching works.
LUNCH BREAK 12.30-14.00
Session nr 21
14.00-17.00 Auditorium
Excellence For The Future
Final Discussion Panel
High Performance Training.
Final Discussion Panel
Life Skills Training for children and youth.
Final Discussion Panel
Life Skills Training for Adults.
Final Discussion Panel
Life Skills Training for Seniors.
Banquet 20.00