Day Two
Friday, October 13th
8:30 – 9:15 AM
Memorial Church
Morning Coffee
Stop by for a cup of coffee or tea and an opportunity to connect with other attendees, discuss goals for the remainder of the conference, and prepare for an invigorating and enriching day of learning and collaboration.
Concurrent Sessions
9:30 – 10:50 AM
Early Relational Health: Forming the Roots of Connected Communities
Sever Hall
Creating Connection in Community Spaces
Memorial Church
Civic Life and Participation
Smith Campus Center Conference Suite
11:00 AM
Memorial Church
Connecting in a Disconnected World: Where do we go from here?
Join Simone Heng, Human Connection Specialist and Author of “Let’s Talk About Loneliness” for this discussion about the changing way we connect as a society.
11:05 AM
Memorial Church
Keynote Remarks
iGen: Social Connection and Loneliness Among the Smartphone Generation
12:00 – 1:15 PM
Faculty Club
Programmed Lunch
Too often, as leaders in the field, we spend our time talking about connection without actually experiencing it. In doing so, we miss a critical opportunity to forge deeper relationships with other potential allies and co-conspirators whose names we’ve known only in passing, and to hone the very same muscles we ask others to exercise. Join us for a lunch-time conversation hosted by The People’s Supper, and the chance to step beyond our CVs and share the stories make us who we are.
Concurrent Sessions
1:30 – 2:40 PM
Economic Prosperity and Social Connection
Sever Hall 214
Adolescents and Young Adults: Responding to the Social Disconnection Crisis
Memorial Church
Coming Home: Learnings from Two Decades of Promoting Veterans’ Connection and Belonging
Smith Campus Center Conference Suite
3:00 PM
Memorial Church
Fireside Chat with Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D.
Concurrent Sessions
4:00 – 5:30 PM
Religious and Spiritual Engagement
Sever Hall
The Promise and Peril of Digital Technology
Smith Campus Center Conference Suite
Loneliness, Isolation, and Aging
Memorial Church
5:30 – 6:10 PM
Memorial Church
Evening Keynote
*Remarks will be Pre-Recorded*
7:30 PM
Evening Reception: The Arts and Connection
Join us for an evening reception at Harvard Art Museums. Our theme for the evening will be how the arts can serve as a bridge for connection.
Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and drinks, time to connect and reflect, and, for the first hour, access to the first floor of Harvard Art Museums’ exquisite collection. We’ll hear remarks from Sunil Ilengar and Jeremy Nobel and a performance from jazz and contemporary vocalist Farayi Malek.
7:30 PM
Harvard Art Museums
