ITC 2015

[Balder]

Meta-Integral has just sent out the call for papers for the upcoming 2015 Integral Theory Conference.  The theme for the conference is Integral Impacts: Using Integrative Metatheories to Catalyze Effective Change.

See here for details.

[Edward theurj Berge]

Thanks for the suggestion, something to consider.

[DavidM58]

It's tough to choose on the pre-conference workshops, but I need to make a decision today.  I think I will go with Bruce's workshop in the morning, and Bill Torbert's afternoon workshop, which seems to be related to this thread regarding triple loop awareness. 

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Bill Torbert and Nancy Wallis

Collaborative Developmental Action Inquiry: Practicing Timely Action Research for Efficacy and Transformation

Action researchers bring together action and reflection, theory and practice in participation with others, in the pursuit of practical solutions to issues of pressing concern. Collaborative Developmental Action Inquiry (CDAI), simultaneously, both catalyzes and documents transformational change in persons and organized social entities.  We examine how CDAI more closely integrates theory and practice, as well as action and research, than other current integral meta-theories.  In this paper/workshop/session, we will: 1) establish the significance of CDAI for organizational and leadership practice; 2) introduce key elements of the CDAI approach with mini-practices; 3) illustrate the work with cases, 4) engage audience participation. "

The full day Lectica workshop with Theo Dawson also looks enticing, and of course there is Tim Winton's full day workshop, which I highly recommend, which I've already attended (and co-led).  This workshop would well prepare anyone who was interested in attending my presentation on Patterns for Transition in an Energy Descending World. 

Tim Winton

PatternDynamics One-Day Embodiment Workshop

This workshop will be lead by PatternDynamics™ creator, Tim Winton. It focuses on learning PatternDynamics™ practices through an engaging embodied group process that culminates in a unique state experience of integral awareness. Gain new competencies in purpose-driven, collaborative systems thinking and better decision making designed to help you solve social and organisational challenges in a complex world. Obtain solutions and insights into your current personal and organisational challenges as part of the Workshop process. Join us and learn integral skills for making change at the systems level.

[Ambo Suno]

Thanks, guys.

[Layman Pascal]

I concur strongly with this statement -- and it is a large part of what I'll be presenting from the "Bible of Metatheory".  

In fact I take, unsurprisingly, an even more extreme stance.  As far as my reasoning carries me, both "integral" and participatory" fail to be themselves as long as they experience themselves as an alternative, choice or contested party.  As soon as our left or right foot stands out... then walking becomes trouble.  "We are the feet" is the appropriate mood for both feet if they desire to function.

But of course this is more what I would call a religious issue than a spiritual one...

Balder said:

Only partially.  I do think the Integral tetra-enactive model is well-described as a participatory view, metaphysically, so in that sense I think there is reason for greater alignment between the official "Integral" and "Participatory" camps (which are often at odds), but there are also important differences in their orientations and commitments ... a number of which will get highlighted and explored at the workshop.

[Edward theurj Berge]

I don't see at the ITC site yet the schedule of presentations. Am I missing it?

[Balder]

I don't think they've put up the schedule yet.  It's still in flux (some presenters have withdrawn, for instance, and they are having to adjust the schedule (who gets what length of time)).

[Edward theurj Berge]

So I can't see which presentations I want to take if I choose to volunteer. And I'm supposed to commit to volunteering, or even just attending, without knowing what I want to choose?

[Balder]

Hmm, yeah, that doesn't make sense.  I'll ask about this.

[Balder]

I checked and there's not a complete list available yet -- just a sampling of highlights (see page 2 of this thread).  In late May, a schedule and survey will be sent to volunteers so they can select presentations they'd like to attend.

[Edward theurj Berge]

From that list of presentations I must admit only yours and Bonnie's are of interest to me. And though not listed there I'd be interested in DavidM58's presentation. And your pre-conference workshop, and that's about it so far. I'm still weighing if that's enough of a draw for me to drive up there--over 1100 miles and over 16 hours (too expensive to fly)--work 16 hours, and still pay over $400. Still ruminating but not optimistic.

[Edward theurj Berge]

I have a suggestion that perhaps you can pass on to the organizers. As you know I'm a dancer. There are dance organizations that hold regular dance events around the US and the world. But many of these events, realizing that not everyone can afford to attend in person, at least have live (and later recorded) online telecasts of the events for greatly reduced prices, some even free. It's probably too late for ITC to do this, but maybe not? It's a great idea, generates extra money for the event, and serves a wider community.

PS: Providing the online telecasts does not reduce attendance at said events, which have always been booked and profitable.

[DavidM58]

Here's another partial list of presentations.  Many of these are the same as those listed on page 2 of this thread, but there are at least a couple of different ones (anyone familiar with Cherilyn Morrow? "Astrojazz" looks interesting). Of course, they still don't list Layman, Joe, or myself.

They did tell me this in November: "Our team is excited to provide you the opportunity to present your work at the 2015 Integral Theory Conference. You have been accepted for our new Triad format, which is a 20-minute presentation, along with a 10-minute question and answer session, on the topic you submitted. You will be paired with another conference presenter whose topic is similar in nature, a combination that fills one hour. Triads are a fast-moving format in which each presenter engages listeners on the essential points of their work and invites inquiry into the dynamic tension within and between the topics."

Partial list of presentations at ITC 2015 exploring integral impacts:

• Zak Stein: Desperate Measures: Global Crises of Measurement and Their Metatheoretical Solutions
• Lynette Lee, Randy Martin, Jeff Cohen, and Mark Fischler: Enacting Integral Justice to Catalyze Systemic Change: Barriers and Leverage Points
• Simon Divecha: Sustainability Action Logics: A Methodology for Better Understanding and Application of How We Make Sense of Sustainability Issues to Assist in Dynamically Generating Successful Outcomes
• Andre Marquis: How Can We Assess the Impact of Integral Psychotherapy? Results and Implications from the Integral Psychotherapy in Practice Study
• Linda Berens and Greg Sawyer: Impacting a Whole Organization Using Integrated Type Models and an Integral Approach
• Cherilynn Morrow: AstroJazz — Using Integral Theory to Enhance the Impact of a Live Performance Event that Integrates Music, Imagery, and Education about the Wonders of the Universe 
• Zach Van Rossum: Accelerating Learning Through the Integration of Developmental Assessments: A Look at Best Practices for Embedding LectaTests into Educational Programs
• Lakia Green: Communicating with Impact: Convey Your Integral Vision to Any Audience
• Kent McDaniel: The Virginia Tech Massacre:  A Case Study in Utilizing Integral Metatheory to Effectively Catalyze Changes in Institutions and Systems that Are Resistant to Integrative Meta-Paradigms
• Joanne Rubin: Integral Theory's Impact on Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Dana Carman, Jesse McKay, Danielle Conroy, and Sean Esbjörn-Hargens: The Embodied Impact of a Nine-month Integral Leadership Program on Self, Other, and World
• Andrew Johnson and Michael McElhenie: How Large System Change is Catalyzed by Integrally Informed Personal/Leadership Development
• Dean Anderson: Integral Approaches to Impacting Organizational Transformation
• Annick Hedlund-de Witt: An Integral Awareness of Worldviews and Its Impact in ‘The Real World’: Advancing Reflexivity, Communication, and Policy-making
• Theo Dawson, Matthew Rich-Tolsma, and Gayan Seneviratna: Cultivating the Integral Mind: New Evidence that Well-integrated Neural Networks Catalyze Development
• Alain Gauthier: Exploring the Triple Impact of Evolutionary Co-Leadership
• Dana Carman, Amy Foster, Danielle Conroy, Marcelo Cardoso, and Sean Esbjörn-Hargens: The Be IMPACT Toolkit for Shared Leadership in Organizations