Interested in learning more about our conference history? Be sure to look at our comprehensive list of Past IANDS Conferences.
Presentations, Part I
- Brain Gym: Body/Mind/Spirit Integration for Experiencers and Helpers (Sharon Heller, B.A.)
- Electrical Sensitivity: An Update on How It Can Affect NDEers (PMH Atwater, L.H.D.)
- Can Christianity and the NDE be Reconciled? A Theological Approach (Rev. Judith Cressy, D.M.)
- Transcending Grief: The NDE (Janna Excell, M.Ed.)
- Hypnotic Recall of NDEs: Risk Management Access of Paranormal Info, and Potential Benefits (Janice Miner Holden, Ed.D.)
- George Fox, the Inward Light, and Social Justice (Gracia Fay Ellwood, Ph.D.)
- A Contribution of Frankl’s Logotherapy to Interpretation of NDEs (James C. Crumbaugh, Ph.D.)
- The Near Death Experience – Perspectives and Strategies for Health Care Professionals (Diane Corcoran, R.N., Ph.D.)
- Faith, Medicine, and Near-Death Experience (Michael Sabom, M.D.)
- Panel of Researchers (Corcoran, Morse, & Sabom): A researcher panel consists of several people who are doing research into NDEs talking about their current projects, results, difficulties, etc., with audience participation.
- Experiencer Panel: The experiencer panels are always some of the high points of the conference. Each of the four or so experiencers on the panel tells his or her experience and answers questions from the audience.
- NDEs as Spiritual Emergency: Considerations for Counseling (J.M. Holden, Ed.D. & E. Bodenhamer-Davis, Ph.D.)
- The Healing Effects of NDEs on the Dying and Grievers (B. Horacek, Ph.D.)
- The Meaning of Life (Haisley Long)
- Coping Skills: Three Case Studies (Rev. Judith Cressy, D.M.)
- Heavenly or Hellish, the Value of Near-Death Imagery (P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D.)
Presentations, Part II
- Describing the Light: Attribution Theory as an Explanation of the NDE (M.C. Norton, Ph.D.)
- The Soul, Spirit, and the NDE (George Rodonaia, Ph.D., M.D.)
- To Hell and Back (Maurice S. Rawlings, M.D.)
- Bedside and Beyond: Immediate Intervention and Delayed Disclosure (K. C. Sharp, M.S.W. & R. M. Hoffman, Ph.D.)
- The NDEer and Social Integration (Dianne Jane Morrissey, Ph.D.)
- Experiencer Panel: The experiencer panels are always some of the high points of the conference. Each of the four or so experiencers on the panel tells his or her experience and answers questions from the audience.
- Parting Visions: Meaning and Uses of Death Related Visions and Spiritual Encounters (Melvin Morse, M.D.)
- Workshop for Friends of IANDS Leaders (Nancy Evans Bush, M.A.)
- Phenomenological Case Studies of Four Hispanic and Four Non-Hispanic NDEs (Patti White, Ph.D.)
- Mysticism, Religious Revelation, and the NDE (Ken Vincent, Ed.D.)