The 44th Annual SSF-IIIHS Int’l Conference
The Next Step Forward “on Earth as it is in Heaven”

The IIIHS, UN DPI/NGO, The ICCC, The SSF

The Conference Layout

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Our ten-day conference is divided into “sessions” of two to four hours, with individual sessions featuring up to five speakers. There are 29 sessions in total, grouped into three large sections: Weekend 1 (with 7 sessions), College Week (with 15 sessions), and Weekend 2 (with 7 sessions). The Weekend 1 section begins on Friday evening, followed by morning, afternoon and evening sessions on Saturday and Sunday. The College Week section follows, extending from Monday to Friday with morning, afternoon and evening sessions on each day, and concluding with the Friday afternoon session. The Weekend 2 section opens with the Friday evening session, and is followed by morning, afternoon and evening sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Many sessions feature preludes and/or postludes that are included in the price of the session. The presentations in Weekend 1 (Sessions 1 – 7) run consecutively; the presentations in College Week (Sessions 8 – 22) and Weekend 2 (Sessions 23 – 29) run concurrently, so you must choose only one of the simultaneous presentations.

You can purchase sessions individually, or take advantage of package discounts for the Full Conference, the Weekend 1 section, the College Week section, the Weekend 2 section, or any full day of three sessions. In addition, there are a few optional activities (luncheons, all-day workshops, three-day workshops, etc.) that are charged separately (indicated by the term “extra-registration”).

Here's a tree view of the Conference layout:

  • Weekend 1
    • Session 1
      • Friday Evening: Opening Ceremonies; Michael E. Salla, PhD
    • Session 2
      • Saturday Morning: P.M.H. Atwater, LHD; Rev. Mikel Lizarralde, PhD; Lori-Anne Gardi
    • Session 3
      • Saturday Afternoon: Lilly Rahmann, PhD; Susanne Hufnagel, MD; Gibraan Hanna; Robert W. Alcorn, MD
    • Session 4
      • Saturday Evening: Eben Alexander, MD, & Karen Newell; Véronique Bohbot, PhD; (Marilyn Rossner’s Trance Prophecy)
    • Session 5
      • Sunday Morning: Larry Burk, MD; Raul Valverde, PhD; Gaelynn Lea; (Gravesite Celebration for Fr. John)
    • Session 6
      • Sunday Afternoon: Jeffrey Long, MD; Stephen T. Sinatra, MD; Amit Goswami, PhD, & Valentina Onisor, MD; Raymond Moody, MD
    • Session 7
      • Sunday Evening: Ordination of SSF Interfaith Ministers
  • College Week
    • Session 8
      • Monday Morning: Larry Burk, MD; Jeffrey Long, MD; Eben Alexander, MD, & Karen Newell; (Amit Goswami, PhD, Valentina Onisor, MD, 3-Day Workshop)
    • Session 9
      • Monday Afternoon: P.M.H. Atwater, LHD; Stephen T. Sinatra, MD; Michael E. Salla, PhD
    • Session 10
      • Monday Evening: Sam Semir Osmanagich, PhD; Gaelynn Lea; Rajiv Parti, MD; Panel on Life-After-Death
    • Session 11
      • Tuesday Morning: Raymond A. Moody, MD; Gibraan Hanna; Elaine Valdov, PhD; (Amit Goswami, PhD, Valentina Onisor, MD, 3-Day Workshop)
    • Session 12
      • Tuesday Afternoon: Sam Semir Osmanagich, PhD; Barbara Stone, PhD; Kyriacos Markides, PhD
    • Session 13
      • Tuesday Evening: Gaétan Brouillard, MD; Natacha Renata Kimberly; Panel on Interfaith Perspectives; Emilie Desmond
    • Session 14
      • Wednesday Morning: Rev. John White; Hasu Patel; Daniel Richard, LM; (Amit Goswami, PhD, Valentina Onisor, MD, 3-Day Workshop)
    • Session 15
      • Wednesday Afternoon: Olga Mandodari, PhD; Emily Markides, PhD; Rev. Mikel Lizarralde, PhD
    • Session 16
      • Wednesday Evening: Shaykh Abdul Haqq; Natasha Azrak, Nutrt; Yvon Dubé; Susanne Hufnagel, MD
    • Session 17
      • Thursday Morning: Susan A. Remek, PhD; Rev. John White; Valentina Onisor, MD; Ginette Kemp, PhD & Linda Kemp, PhD
    • Session 18
      • Thursday Afternoon: Manuel Matas, MD; Aqeela Safder, PhD; Valentina Onisor, MD; Imran Fazil, PhD
    • Session 19
      • Thursday Afternoon: College Graduation Ceremonies; (Benefit Spirit & Psychic Tea)
    • Session 20
      • Thursday Evening: Bishop Kevin Daniels, DMin; Carmen Aguirre, PhD; Hannah Brockow; Jorge Malpica Esparza
    • Session 21
      • Friday Morning: Ibrahim Karim, DrSc, represented by Lamya Badrawi; Rev. Mary Hooten-Bivens, PhD; The Mystic Voices; Rev. Africa Martin, PhD
    • Session 22
      • Friday Afternoon: Douglas James Cottrell, PhD; Rev. Karin Reimers, PhD; Frances Kucharsky, MA; Shadia Habib, ND
  • Weekend 2
    • Session 23
      • Friday Evening: Weekend 2 Opening Ceremonies; John G. Ryan, MD; Douglas James Cottrell, PhD; Jean-Marc Girard
    • Session 24
      • Saturday Morning: Constant A. Madon, PhD; Rev. P.T. Wilson, DMin; (Neale Donald Walsch All-Day Workshop)
    • Session 25
      • Saturday Afternoon: Rev. Raul Valverde, PhD
    • Session 26
      • Saturday Evening: Freddy Silva; Nauman Naeem, MD; Mauro Damian Poloni & Paola Cordoma Poloni, LM
    • Session 27
      • Sunday Morning: Vinesh Saxena; Gian Carlo Zazzeri; Rev. Kathy Nyitrai, ND
    • Session 28
      • Sunday Afternoon: Derek LaCroix, QC; Mary Swaine, PhD; Sonal Bhatt, MD (Ayurveda)
    • Session 29
      • Sunday Evening: Festival Celebration of the Spirit

You can jump to any session using the menu at the top of each page (click Sessions and then the session number you want to check out), or by clicking on a session link on the tree above. Alternatively, you can browse through the session pages sequentially by using the links at the bottom of each page. The presenters names on the session pages link to their short bios on the presenters pages. Conversly, at the end of each bio, there are links to each session where that speaker appears, so that you can jump back and forth.


Discover what’s waiting for you at this year’s event!