Youth Europe - Heartfulness Primary

ABOUT

Youth 2.0 Europe aims at inspiring us to explore within, embrace our intuitions and evolve towards our ideals. Even in these changing times, we have an opportunity to choose our response, learn to cope and understand how we can contribute to the world.

This event is a three-day series of interactive lectures and workshops that encourages us to find ways of putting inspiration to practice. Our young and diverse team has really enjoyed organising this event, and we hope it strikes a chord with you!

Experience

The Youth 2.0 experience is a mix of fun and learning. No radical transformation can occur in a short span of three days. However, participants are bound to benefit from a multitude of perspectives and ideas.

The event includes thought-provoking conversations, creativity workshops, goal mapping tools, meditation tasters and energy flow exercises.

We are confident that the entire experience will be stimulating, and will add something of value to everyone.

EXPLORE

Introspect and reconsider your personal narratives.

On day 1, we embark upon a journey and open ourselves to new possibilities.

EMBRACE

Accept, love, and be kind without any exceptions!

Day 2 is bold and challenging, but certainly rewarding.

EVOLVE

‘Evolve’ means different things to each of us personally. How do we sync our personal evolution to that of society?

Day 3 is about taking a step forward in striking a balance between the “me” and the “we”.

EXPLORE

Introspect and reconsider your personal narratives.

On day 1, we embark upon a journey and open ourselves to new possibilities.

EMBRACE

Accept, love, and be kind without any exceptions!

Day 2 is bold and challenging, but certainly rewarding.

EVOLVE

‘Evolve’ means different things to each of us personally. How do we sync our personal evolution to that of society?

Day 3 is about taking a step forward in striking a balance between the “me” and the “we”.

AGENDA

EXPLORE

Friday, 26 June

14:00 – 20:00 CET

Mindset for growth, exploring careers, physical exercise, demystifying meditation, art workshop…

EMBRACE

Saturday, 27 June

11:00 – 18:30 CET

Emotional intelligence, interpersonal relationships, professional development, performing arts …

EVOLVE

Sunday, 28 June

12:00 – 19:00 CET

Social work, sustainability, mind-body integration, community building…

Event Schedule

MEET OUR PANELLISTS

Pierre Ravan

Artist, DJ & Producer Karavan

Pierre is a Heartfulness Meditation trainer, certified Yoga teacher and one of the first “Spiritual House” DJs in the world. He incorporates meditation into his music by conducting meditation sessions for his audience before his performances and is the official DJ for many influential fashion houses like DKNY, Cavalli, D&G, etc.

Paridhi Singh

Trainee Solicitor

Paridhi is a trainee solicitor in England and volunteers at Citizens Advice London. She has worked as a Management Consultant for Accenture, undertaken development work with the UNDP, Sri Lanka, and the CSD, Bulgaria. She is also a certified Yoga instructor.

Thorkild May

CEO & founder KROM Kendama

Thorkild started playing kendama in 2009 and founded KROM Kendama in 2010. He won the freestyle kendama World championships in 2014. Today, KROM Kendama is the leading kendama brand in the world with retailers in 38 countries with six world champs on the pro team, supporting the kendama community worldwide.

Angus Nelson

Actor and Musician

Angus is a 21-year-old from Scotland, currently beginning a career in politics. Being a young adult in a career where almost everyone is above the age of 30 allows him to enlighten us about specific challenges in leadership and decision making.

Young Artists from Germany

Ruben Müller is a Fine Arts master student. Wiebke Herrmann is a freelancer Painter. Katrina L. Pennington and Nima Emami are currently studying Painting at the Fine Arts Academy of Dresden since 2016. They are all current or former students of Prof. Christian Macketanz, at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden.

Amir Hossein Imani

Mindfulness & Heartfulness Trainer

Amir is the co-founder/director of Omega Wellbeing and founder/director of the only
hospital-based MBSR programme in the Middle East. He is a senior certified Mindfulness teacher at UMASS Medical School, an expert in mind-body integration for balanced living and has trained with Dr Jon Kabat Zinn, Joseph Goldstein and Larry Rosenberg.

Betzabel Falfan

Dancer, Performer and Actress

Betzabel is an actress and dancer with a Master’s degree in Indian classical dance. She has performed in Mexico, France, Iran, India, Ethiopia, Turkey and Ukraine. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Mythology and Dance Linguistics at Universidad Autónoma de México and training professionally in the Feldenkrais
method at Centre Feldenkrais Cantal.

Nigel Moya

Founder, Flow leadership Dynamics

Nigel is the founder and CEO of Flow Leadership Dynamics an organisation helping thousands of people create the life of their dreams through transformational workshop experiences. He is known for his passion and enthusiasm for life as well as for his unique ability to quickly see his clients blind-spots.

Vasco Gaspar

Author, Speaker & Facilitator Human Flourishing

Certified in a wide range of awareness-based technologies and trained directly by some of the world’s greatest specialists, Vasco has been working with individuals, teams and organisations all over the world inspiring change and transformation. An avid nature lover he spends most of his time travelling and in silence.

Kim Polonius

Professional life coach e-cube.one

Kim is a trainer for Team performance workshops. She is a Digital & Cultural transformation manager and a Senior Contract Manager at a Fortune 500 company.

André Nickl

Team Performance coach e-cube.one

André is a Digital Creator and Project Manager at Linde AG. He is also a Heartfulness trainer.

Jay Lakhani

Director Wellbeing foundation

Jay is a qualified Theoretical Physicist, specialising in Quantum Physics. He has spent the last thirty years connecting ideas at the cutting edge of science with a deeper vision of Hindu philosophy and Spiritual Humanism.

Joshua Pollock

Author and Musician

An accomplished classical violinist, Joshua Pollock, has performed and taught throughout the world. He holds two Master’s degrees from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK and has frequently collaborated with award-winning musician A. R. Rahman.

Benjamin Le Vesconte

Coach and Educator Vivobarefoot

Ben is a Functional Exercise Specialist and Personal Trainer, who has coached thousands of walkers and runners to improve their technique. He works alongside medical professionals to help individuals across all ages and abilities. Ben delivers courses in the UK, Europe and North America.

Alain Desvigne

CEO AMARENCO Group

Alain is co-founder and CEO of AMARENCO group, a leading global solar power producer focusing on agricultural transition. In the last 20 years, he has focused on international development and investment in water and low carbon energy infrastructure. Previously, he led SOLON France and has been the general
manager at Samsung green energy.

Magdalena Malinowska

Certified NVC Trainer Empathic Way Europe

Magdalena is a Certified NVC Trainer helping people create satisfying professional and personal relationships by deepening their communication skills. She helps companies, NGOs and individuals to implement NVC. She founded Empathic Way Europe to promote honest & clear self-expression and listening to others with respect & empathy.

Mark Anthony Milton

Founder and Director Education 4 Peace (E4P)

Mark is the Founder & Director of Education 4 Peace (E4P) foundation. E4P promotes the integration of skills in self-awareness, listening and mastery of emotions in the academic and sports education curriculum of youth. He has co-authored Master of your Emotions – Football, a Path to Self-Awareness and Peacefulness.

Davy Alexandre Gay

Deputy Manager EGIS Group

Driven by his passion and curiosity for balanced relationships, Davy spent time learning various skills like Transactional Analysis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, etc. to understand fundamental human needs. To him, “Human 2.0” is an inside augmented human, before it reflects on the outside.

Laurence Besançon

President Ici et 2 mains

Laurence has been involved with social enterprises for the past 15 years while excelling in international marketing fields. Inspired by her experiences with Social enterprises, she founded an NGO(Ici et 2 mains) and manages the social innovation centre (Le quai des possibles)that helps develop social enterprise startups.

Eva Vandest

Lawyer & AgriPV advisor Amarenco (solar IPP)

Eva has donned colourful caps in her career, an international dancer, a yoga trainer, public law expert and expert in solar energy. Through her experience in different fields, she believes that personal fulfilment is deeply linked to a better world.

Christian Duerr

Founder & Managing Director Isar Estate

Maintaining an excellent work-life balance is Christian’s forte. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Isar Estate, a Munich based Real Estate Company. He is a happily married man with 3 children. He is also a Heartfulness trainer and one of the directors of Heartfulness Institute e.V., in Germany.

Elizabeth Denley

Editor of Heartfulness Magazine

Elizabeth holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Biological Sciences and is the founding editor of the Heartfulness Magazine. She is a skilled non-fiction writer and interviewer with a sound history of working in the publishing industry. She has been involved in values and ethics education with a particular emphasis on communication and teamwork.

Avani Patel

Student

Avani Patel is a second-year Biomedical Science student at university. Having practised Heartfulness meditation for almost 5 years now, she has used it as a tool to stay focussed and balanced, especially during stressful times.

Sharanya Iyer

Student

Sharanya is in her final year of university studying Communications and Media and has recently completed an internship with Air France-KLM. She has been a Heartfulness practitioner for just over 6 years and has found it especially beneficial in navigating through various aspects of her life.

Clémentine Raphel

Youth Ambassador Education 4 Peace

Pursuing a degree in the Science of Education and training to be a Kundalini Yoga guru, Clémentine is honing her skills to tackle one of the gaps in today’s education system – how to deal with one’s emotions. She has chosen a personal and professional path that will let her follow her passion for Self-discovery in multiple dimensions.

Annelies van’t Westeinde

Heartfulness yoga

Annelies is a Cognitive Neuroscience PhD student who enjoys studying the human brain and the universe. She believes that it is essential to balance all levels of existence for an integrated experience of life. She loves teaching Heartfulness Yoga as it helps people relax, calm their minds and align themselves with their inner voice.

Janne Hartikainen

Artist and music producer

Janne is a visual artist and music producer from Helsinki. A Heartfulness practitioner since 2011, he uses his work to express his inner processes and communicate with the world around him. Over the last 15 years, Janne has widened his expression to include DJing and producing electronic music.

Aleksandra Geric

CEO, Moonwise

Aleksandra’s company helps individuals and organisations transition to a more conscious way of living and working. She brings together her experience in software development and ongoing training in psychology, emotional intelligence, leadership and spiritual practice to offer solutions through her company.

Camila Hurtado

Allianz SE, Leadership Development Consultant

Born and raised in Colombia, Camila is a psychologist, family therapist and executive coach, currently working in leadership development. Having lived all over Europe, she has learned to embrace diversity, and her mission is to create a safe space for people to tap into their potential and use their strengths to live a fulfilled life.

Armen and Hasmig

Stega, Co-Founders

Stega: A Perfect Union was co-founded in 2016, to mitigate the widespread effects of burnout and trauma on social change makers.They combine the practice of yoga and meditation, eastern philosophy and neurobiology research to integrate sustainable, restorative practices in organisations and individuals.

Arnaud CLAVEAU

Qi-Gong & Sophrologue Trainer

Arnaud Claveau has been practising Qi-Gong for 15 years, and Sophrologie since he was a child. He has undertaken professional training in these practices and couples them with Naturopathy, massage and dance to achieve good health. He has successfully trained Opera and choir singers, dancers, corporates and many others.

Sylvain Wubs

Sports teacher and movement coach

Sylvain started parkour in 2007, climbing in 2017 and has been practising Heartfulness for five years. He has trained at Paul Petersens Idrætsinstitut to become a sports teacher and movement coach. His experiences in parkour and climbing inspire his coaching style.

Melinda Varfi

Co Founder Impact Hub, Budapest

Melinda believes in the power of communities and is passionate about a sustainable society. For 8 years, she has facilitated dialogues with participatory methods such as “Art of Hosting” and “Theory U”. She is a Warrior for Human Spirit student in Meg Wheatley’s program for the last 4 years.

Sandy Brueckner

Digital Transformation Expert

Sandy spearheads Digital & Cultural Transformation at a Fortune 500/Dax30 Company. She is a senior expert and coach for Agile methodologies and new ways of working. Sandy is also a certified Iyengar® Yoga Teacher.

Ana Munguia

Head of operations, Allianz SE

Ana works as an Environment Officer, in charge of reducing carbon footprint and resource consumption of its operations and she took over the leadership of the operations department becoming the youngest executive in the company. Parallel to her work, she is a certified professional coach, passionate about people and cultures.

Pipina Katsaris

Head of Field Office Samos, UNHCR Greece

A lawyer specialising in international and criminal law, Pipina works to protect vulnerable people. She has monitored high-profile war crime trials in regions of conflict, and strengthened the capacity of their judicial mechanisms. She is also active in refugee law and protection, and has authored the book “The Law of War Crimes”.

Katherine Randel

Co-Founder & COO Spangle X Matte

Katherine is a trusted advisor and solutions-oriented partner with a diverse skill set that would adapt well to any team, organization, or film. She was employee #1 of the World Economic Forum’s San Francisco Office, the Co-Founder to Ascent Leadership Networks, and the Special Advisor to the President at Purpose, to name a few.

Sunil Dovedy

Adizes Principal Associate, Professional Director

Throughout his career, Sunil has continually been involved in the creation and management of high-performance teams and has a varied background in the Software, Manufacturing and Service industries. He oversees the professional practices of the Adizes Institute in the Americas and India with special emphasis on program delivery quality.

EVENT PARTNERS

FAQ

Should I attend all three days?

Not necessarily. Tune into any session that catches your eye.

Can I still attend if I am not yet 18?

Participants are required to be above 18, for this event.

Can I attend if I am over 35?

Yes, this is for the young at heart.

Where can I watch the sessions?

Catch us on Facebook live and Youtube.

What is Youth 2.0?

Read our “About” section 🙂

What is the registration fees?

Your interest and an Internet connection!

Will I have to pay to access specific sessions?

No, this is a free event. We don’t discriminate between our sessions 😛

What is Heartfulness?

Heartfulness is a global non-profit organisation teaching simple relaxation and meditation. Please read more about it here.

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For further information or questions about the event, follow:

youth2.0@heartfulness.org

Unleash your potential

EXPLORE | EMBRACE | EVOLVE

26th – 28th June 2020

ABOUT

Experience

EXPLORE

Introspect and reconsider your personal narratives.

On day 1, we embark upon a journey and open ourselves to new possibilities.

EMBRACE

Accept, love, and be kind without any exceptions!

Day 2 is bold and challenging, but certainly rewarding.

EVOLVE

‘Evolve’ means different things to each of us personally. How do we sync our personal evolution to that of society?

Day 3 is about taking a step forward in striking a balance between the “me” and the “we”.

AGENDA

EXPLORE

Friday, 26 June

14:00 – 20:00 CET

Mindset for growth, exploring careers, physical exercise, demystifying meditation, art workshop…

EMBRACE

Saturday, 27 June

11:00 – 18:30 CET

Emotional intelligence, interpersonal relationships, professional development, performing arts …

EVOLVE

Sunday, 28 June

12:00 – 19:00 CET

Social work, sustainability, mind-body integration, community building…

MEET OUR PANELLISTS

Pierre Ravan

Artist, DJ & Producer Karavan

Paridhi Singh

Trainee Solicitor

Thorkild May

CEO & founder KROM Kendama

Angus Nelson

Actor and Musician

Young Artists from Germany

Amir Hossein Imani

Mindfulness & Heartfulness Trainer

Betzabel Falfan

Dancer, Performer and Actress

Nigel Moya

Founder, Flow leadership Dynamics

Vasco Gaspar

Author, Speaker & Facilitator Human Flourishing

Kim Polonius

Professional life coach e-cube.one

André Nickl

Team Performance coach e-cube.one

Jay Lakhani

Director Wellbeing foundation

Joshua Pollock

Author and Musician

Benjamin Le Vesconte

Coach and Educator Vivobarefoot

Alain Desvigne

CEO AMARENCO Group

Magdalena Malinowska

Certified NVC Trainer Empathic Way Europe

Mark Anthony Milton

Founder and Director Education 4 Peace (E4P)

Davy Alexandre Gay

Deputy Manager EGIS Group

Laurence Besançon

President Ici et 2 mains

Eva Vandest

Lawyer & AgriPV advisor Amarenco (solar IPP)

Christian Duerr

Founder & Managing Director Isar Estate

Elizabeth Denley

Editor of Heartfulness Magazine

Avani Patel

Student

Sharanya Iyer

Student

Clémentine Raphel

Youth Ambassador Education 4 Peace

Annelies van’t Westeinde

Heartfulness yoga

Janne Hartikainen

26^th – 28^th June 2020