"Relationship: Integrating the Science and Spirit of Healing"

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
4:00-8:00pm - True North Conference Registration
7:00pm - Opening Invocation, Rev. Leonora Montgomery

7:30pm - 9:00pm
"Creative Power of Emotions"
Evelyn Rysdyk and C. Allie Knowlton, MSW, LCSW, DCSW

Thursday, October 16, 2008
7:00-8:00am - Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 9:30am
"Role of Prayer, Faith, Spirituality and Religion in Healing"
Mark Houston, MD

9:30am - 10:30pm
"Using the Functional Medicine Matrix"
Joseph Pizzorno, ND

11:00am - 12:00
"The Mystery of Listening: Using Music to Cultivate Presence"
Gary Malkin

12:00pm - 1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm - Concurrent Breakout Sessions
3:30pm - 5:00pm - Concurrent Breakout Sessions

6:00pm - Hosted Dinners (in and around Portland)

Friday, October 17, 2008
7:00-8:00am - Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 10:00am
"The Challenged Brain: Using Biomarkers to Understand & Treat Autistic Spectrum Disorders"
Patrick Hanaway, MD

10:30am - 12:00pm
"The Ecology of the Child: A Post-Modern View of Pediatric Mental Health"
Scott Shannon, MD

12:00pm - 1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm - Concurrent Breakout Sessions
3:30pm - 5:00pm - Concurrent Breakout Sessions

6:30pm - “Swingin’ Cityside Supper” - Dinner and Entertainment featuring the Tom Snow Quartet

Saturday, October 18, 2008
7:00-8:00am - Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 9:30am
"Living Medicine" - Gladys McGarey, MD

9:30am - 10:30pm
"The Wisdom of The Matrix: Regulation, Balance and Harmony"
Martha Stark, MD

11:00am - 12:00pm
"All My Relations: Ten Thousand Models for Healing"
Susan Chernak McElroy

12:00pm - 1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm - Concurrent Breakout Sessions
3:30pm - 5:00pm - Concurrent Breakout Sessions
5:00pm - 5:30pm - Closing Ceremony