First World Congress on Positive Psychology Kicks Off With Talks by Two of the World's...

First World Congress on Positive Psychology Kicks Off With Talks by Two of the
World's Most Renowned Psychologists

- Martin Seligman and Philip Zimbardo -

In Philadelphia, birthplace of positive psychology

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 @ 6:00 PM

Sponsored by The International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)

PHILADELPHIA, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

What: The First World Congress on Positive Psychology, an international
conference, sponsored by IPPA, bringing together experts in positive
psychology from across the globe to present their latest findings, and
applications of positive psychology in a variety of fields - from business to
education to medicine.

*Dr. Martin Seligman & Dr. Philip Zimbardo will kick off the World Congress
with groundbreaking research on how the science of positive psychology is
changing the way we live our lives on an individual, societal, and global
level. They will present new answers in the age-old quest for the good life,
sharing their latest research, insights, and ideas for increasing happiness in
the contemporary world.

The burgeoning field of positive psychology - founded in 1998 by University of
Pennsylvania's Dr. Martin Seligman - focuses on the study and practice of what
is right in the world - the positive emotions, strengths, and virtues that
make individuals, institutions, and communities thrive.

Who:
-- Dr. Martin Seligman (Founder of positive psychology), University of
Pennsylvania Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology & Founding
Director of the Positive Psychology Center
-- Dr. Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford
University
-- Dr. Raymond Fowler, Senior Advisor, IPPA; President-elect,
International
Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP); Recipient of the APA award
for
Lifetime Contributions to Psychology (2000)
-- Dr. Ed Diener, Joseph R. Smiley Professor of Psychology, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; President, IPPA
-- Dr. Christopher Peterson, Professor of Psychology, University of
Michigan; Congress Program Chair, IPPA
-- Dr. James Pawelski, Director of Education and Senior Scholar in the
Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania where he
directs the Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) Program (the
world's first degree program in positive psychology); Executive
Director, IPPA

-- Leading positive psychologists from across the globe: Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi (USA), David Cooperrider (USA), Antonella Delle Fave
(Italy), Giovanni Fava (Italy), Barbara Frederickson (USA), Alexandra
Freund (Switzerland), Michael Frese (Germany), Shelly Gable (USA),
Tony
Grant (Australia), Richard Layard (UK), Yong-Lin Moon (Korea), Robert
Vallerand (Canada), Carmelo Vazquez (Spain), Ruut Veenhoven (The
Netherlands), Joar Vitterso (Norway), & more.

When: Thursday, June 18th6:00 - 8:00 PM(Seligman/Zimbardo lectures)
Thursday, June 18th - Sunday, June 21st(First World Congress on Positive
Psychology)

Where: Sheraton PhiladelphiaCity Center
17th & Race Street, Philadelphia, PA

Contact: Schedule info:http://www.ippanetwork.org, ippamtg@talley.com

*The mission of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) is to
promote the science and practice of positive psychology and to facilitate
communication and collaboration among researchers and practitioners around the
world who are interested in positive psychology. For more information, please
visit http://www.ippanetwork.org.

SOURCE International Positive Psychology Association

Suzie Pileggi of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA),
+1-646-265-9055, or suziepileggi@alumni.upenn.edu