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Maria Cristina De Barros (Brazil)
Dr. Maria Cristina De Barros has a Degree in Psychology at the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo (1989), a Masters degree in Developmental Psychology at the same institution (1999) and a PhD in Sciences of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry of FMUSP (2022).

Cristina specialized in Transpersonal Psychology at the Portuguese-Brazilian Transpersonal Association (ALUBRAT) in 2004. As a member of the Brazilian Society of Psychooncology, she was a representative of this association for the South region and professor in the Graduate Program of Distance Learning at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS).

Dr. De Barros is currently ALUBRAT’s vice president and director of Lazuli, where she facilitates individual psychotherapy sessions, courses and workshops. She is member of the International Commission of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA), and a founding member of ATI-Asociación Transpersonal Iberoamericana.

Les Lancaster (UK)
Dr. Les Lancaster has been instrumental in the growth of Transpersonal Psychology in his home country of the UK and internationally. He has previously served as Chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society, as President of the International Transpersonal Association, and as a Board member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology. Les is Emeritus Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, where, with colleagues, he initiated postgraduate programmes in Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology in the early 1990s. Les is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Sacred Science Circle. Les is also a Founding Director and Dean of the Alef Trust, an Honorary Research Fellow in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester, and Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Les’ research has encompassed cognitive neuroscience, consciousness, and mysticism.

Joyce Hope Scott (USA)
Dr. Joyce Hope Scott is Clinical Professor of African American Studies at Boston University, a former-Scholar of the Oxford Round Table and former Fulbright Senior Professor to Burkina Faso and the Republic of Bénin, West Africa. She is Co-Founder/Co-Director of the International Network of Scholars and Activists for Afrikan Reparations (INOSAAR) & President of the Boston Pan African Forum (BPAF); Invited Expert Consultant for the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for the implementation of Human Rights Council Resolution 43/1; organizer of "Restorative Justice and Societal Repair: Symposium on Global Racism and Reparations," Boston University (2020); and principal organizer of the International Conference "Return to The Source: The Future of Reparations and Reparatory Justice for Enslavement of African People," (2018) Porto-Novo, Republic of Bénin; and "African Fellow" at the Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development (UMass/Boston). Prof. Hope Scott is recipient of many awards and recognitions and author of numerous publications including: Journal of African American History.National and International Perspectives on Movements for Reparations. Vol. 103 Number 1⁄2. Special Issue (Guest Ed. with Nicola Frith, 2018); "Contentious Discourses: Signifying on the Law in African American Writing."Journalism & Mass Communication Vol. 5 No. 4, (April 2015); "Subversive Language and the Carnivalesque in Toni Morrison’s Novels." The Cambridge Companion to Toni Morrison.

Roger Walsh (USA)
Dr. Roger Walsh MD, Ph.D. DHL is professor emeritus of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology at the University of California. His research focuses on topics such as meditation, psychological well-being, wisdom, and our global crises.

His books include Essential Spirituality: The Seven Central Practices, The World of Shamanism, and The World’s Great Wisdom. His research and writings have received over twenty national and international awards, while his teaching has received one national and six university awards. He is a student, researcher, and teacher of contemplative traditions, and an authorized lama in Tibetan Buddhism. With John Dupuy, he cohosts the podcast Deep Transformation: Self-Society-Spirit with listeners in over 130 countries, www.deeptransformation.io.

His more curious careers include having been a circus acrobat, and having had an extremely brief and unsuccessful career as a standup comedian. For more information see www.drrogerwalsh.com

Mikhail Mianie (Ukraine)
Dr. Mikhail Mianie, President-founder of the author’s scientific and educational Center SYSTEM by Acad. MIANIE M.Yu.: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY. 1. Ph.D., Grand Ph.D., Prof., Acad. of EAEN, MDA, ICA, RANS, HABA, transpersonal psychologist (certified by EUROTAS), knight, senator of IKU. 2. AWARDS: Orders "Star of the Scientist", "Lomonosov", "For Merits in Science", St. A. Nevsky "For Labor and Fatherland" I class, "Order of Friendship", etc. 3. Blessing-Gratitude from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Vatican, 2009, Prize of John Paul II. 4. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice: in 2008 and 2012. 5. Creation of the author’s SYSTEM – since 1993. 6. MAIN WORKS over: 20 theories, 20 books and brochures, 50 articles, 7000 acad h of study programs. DATE OF BIRTH – 01/02/1964. SOCIAL EDUCATION: "Kharkiv Institute of Radio Electronics" – 1984/88, Postgraduate course – 1989/92. SPIRITUAL EDUCATION: Yoga Academy – 1990/92. Teacher – 1990/92. Vice-Rector – 1992.

Marilyn Schlitz (USA)
Dr. Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D., M.A., M.B.A., is an acclaimed social scientist, awardwinning author, and charismatic public speaker. She has conducted clinical, laboratory and field-based research into consciousness, human transformation, and healing. Her books include Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life; Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine; and Death Makes Life Possible (and companion film by same title). Having taught at Stanford, Harvard, and Trinity University, she is currently Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University, CEO/President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Schlitz has published hundreds of articles in scholarly journals and popular publications, and has lectured extensively in diverse venues, including the United Nations, Smithsonian Institution, Commonwealth Club, and community groups across the world.

Pier Luigi Lattuada. (Italy)
Dr. Pier Luigi Lattuada, M.D., Psy.D., Ph.D., is a medical doctor, psychologist and psychotherapist. Dr. Lattuada is the president of EUROTAS – Global Transpersonal Network and ITI – Integral Transpersonal Institute in Milan. He is the director of the Training School in Transpersonal Psychotherapy recognised by MIUR and of the Advanced Training in Transpersonal Counselling. Dr. Lattuada is Faculty at Meridien University, and director of Integral Transpersonal Psychology Program at Ubiquity University. He is a former faculty at Sofia University. In the 1980s he founded Biotransenergetics, an Integral Transpersonal Psychotherapy we may also define as a poetic act since it teaches creativity in the art of self- giving in the face of psychophysical discomfort, in the direction of Self-realisation. He also directed the Lifegate Holistic Clinic of Milan. He has been composing poetry since the age of 16 and has written and published over 20 books on transpersonal psychotherapy, integral medicine and Biotransenergetics.

Carroy Cuf Ferguson (USA)
Dr. Carroy (Cuf) Ferguson, has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston College. He has been President or Co-President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology for many years, making history in 2006 as the first African American and first person of color to be President of this national Association since its founding in 1962 by world-renown psychologists in the field like Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers. He is a tenured Full Professor of Psychology and former Dean at University of Massachusetts-Boston, currently serves as Human Services Program Director and Human Service Internship Coordinator, is a co-founder of two visionary organizations (Interculture, Inc. and Associates in Human Understanding), is a cofounder of Massachusetts’ historic Commonwealth Diversity Fellows Program, has been a clinical practitioner for over 35+ years, is a member of a number of boards, is a human relations, multicultural, and organizational development consultant, and workshop facilitator, is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and is a published author of books, articles, and other writings (e.g., Evolving The Human Race Game: A Spiritual and Soul-Centered Perspective; A New Perspective on Race and Color: Research on An Inner vs An Outer Orientation To Anti-Black Dispositions; Transitions in Consciousness from an African American Perspective: Original Essays in Psycho-Historical Context;  and Innovative Approaches to Education and Community Service: Models and Strategies for Change and Empowerment).