| Wed. Oct, 14, 12:00-1:00pm | Introduction to the 2026 Summit: The Role of Contemplation in the Age of AI, Tia Rich, PhD |
| Wed. Oct, 14, 9:00am-4:00pm | In-person Opportunity to Walk the Labyrinth at Stanford’s Memorial Church. No registration necessary. |
| Wed. Oct, 14, 7:00-8:15pm | We Were Made for These Times: Coming Home to Ourselves in the Age of AI, Kaira Jewel Lingo |
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| Thurs. Oct, 15, 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #1, Embodying Values and Expressing Wise Compassion, Tia Rich, PhD |
| Thurs. Oct, 15, 11:30-12:45pm | Interactive Workshop, Educating for Interbeing: Imagination, Embodiment, and the Education of Compassion, Kaira Jewel Lingo |
| Thurs. Oct, 15, 7:00-8:30pm | Technology and the Human Future: Islamic Contemplative Perspectives on AI and Consciousness, Muhammad U. Faruque, PhD |
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| Fri. Oct, 16, 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #2, Interbeing Meditation: Touching Our Source and Growing Our Connection, Kaira Jewel Lingo |
| Fri. Oct, 16, 10:00-11:15am | Mindfulness, Embodied self-awareness, and Disembodied AI, Shaun Gallagher, PhD |
| Fri. Oct, 16, 12:00-1:15pm | Toward a Developmental Contemplative Science, Philip David Zelazo, PhD |
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| Sat. Oct, 17, 8:30-9:30am | In-person Interactive Workshop, The Power of the Pause, Tia Rich, PhD |
| Sat. Oct, 17, 10:00-11:00am | In-person Interactive Workshop, The Power of the Pause, Tia Rich, PhD |
| Sat. Oct, 17, 2:00-3:15pm | The Narrating Brain: The Default Mode Network, the Self, and Consciousness in the Age of AI, Vinod Menon, PhD |
| Sat. Oct, 17, 4:00-5:15pm | Structured Learning, Unstructured Wonder: Quaker Mindfulness at Summer Camp, Adair Arbor and Sam Green |
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| Sun. Oct, 18, 8:00-8:45am | iPause Guided Practice #3, The Clearing Practice: Quaker-inspired contemplative stillness and silence for service, Adair Arbor and Sam Green |
| Sun. Oct, 18, 4:00-5:15pm | Designing for Safety: AI Ethics, Children's Online Safety, and the Future of Digital Governance, Caitlin Burke, JD, PhD |
| Sun. Oct, 18, 7:00-8:15pm | “Brief as an Atom”: The Cloud’s and the Friar’s “Easy” Contemplative Practices for Befriending Joy in an Age of AI Rage, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD |
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| Mon. Oct, 19, 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #4, Lectio Divina (Becoming Chanting), Dental Floss, and AI: How Contemplation Happens and Why It Matters When Your Intelligence Is Not Artificial, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD |
| Mon. Oct, 19, 12:00-1:15pm | Tibetan Contemplative Practices as Catalysts for a Revolution in Education in the Age of AI and the Attention Economy, Chiara Mascarello, PhD |
| Mon. Oct, 19, 4:30-5:45pm | The Discovery of Who We Are: How we can cultivate basic human values through contemplative education and a rich pluralism, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, PhD, DPhil |
| Mon. Oct, 19, 7:00-8:15pm | Contemplation in an Age of AI: Ever Ancient Ever New, Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD |
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| Tues. Oct, 20, 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #5, Resting in Presence: A Contemplative Practice Inspired by Tibetan Buddhism, Chiara Mascarello, PhD |
| Tues. Oct, 20, 12:00-1:15pm | Moral Attention in Responsible AI Design, Mark Graves, PhD |
| Tues. Oct, 20, 4:30-5:45pm | Interactive Workshop, Applying Secular Ethics in the Era of AI: Practical activities for putting moral philosophy into practice in daily life, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, PhD, DPhil |
| Tues. Oct, 20, 7:00-8:15pm | Buddhist Ways of Being Human in the Age of AI, James Gentry, PhD |
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| Wed. Oct, 21, 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #6, Tonglen (“Giving and taking”): A Buddhist Approach to Developing Empathy and Expanding the Scope of Care, James Gentry, PhD |
| Wed. Oct, 21, 12:00-1:15pm | Flourishing Within, Together, and Worldwide: How brief moments of insight and action empower and uplift us all, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, PhD |
| Wed. Oct, 21, 4:00-5:15pm | Reclaiming Presence and Ethical Grounding in Challenging Times, Diana Winston |
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| Thurs. Oct, 22, 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #7, Envisioning a Positive Future, Diana Winston |
| Thurs. Oct, 22, 2:00-3:30pm | Taoist Wisdom for Today: Fire and Water in an Age of Extremes— Contemplative Harmony and Sustainable Longevity, Dr. Mao Shing Ni |
| Thurs. Oct, 22, 7:00-8:15pm | Personal Ecologies: Contemplation, Reading, and the More-than-Human World, Ariel Evan Mayse, PhD |
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| Fri. Oct, 23, 7:30-8:15am | iPause Guided practice #8, Fire and Water: A Taoist Meditation for Inner Balance, Dr. Mao Shing Ni |
| Fri. Oct, 23, 9:30-11:00am | Interactive Workshop Sowing Seeds in the Field of Consciousness: The teachings of Yemima Avital, Naama Sadan, PhD |
| Fri. Oct, 23, 4:00-5:15pm | What AI Can't Do (Yet) — And Why: The Everyday Role of Creative Leaps in Human Learning, Douglas Guilbeault, PhD |
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| Sat. Oct, 24, 9:20-12:20pm | Morning Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ‘Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma, Contemplative Hikes in Nature |
| Sat. Oct, 24, 12:20-3:20pm | Afternoon Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ‘Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma, Contemplative Hikes in Nature |
| Sat. Oct, 24, 2:00-4:00pm | Interactive Workshop Inner Ecology in Taoism: Practicing Fire-Water Harmony in Daily Life, Dr. Mao Shing Ni |
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| Sun. Oct, 25, 11:00-12:00pm | In-person and online University Public Workshop, Divine Love As a Source of Power, Rev. Dereca Blackmon |
| Sun. Oct, 25, 12:15-1:15pm | In-person and online iPause Guided Practice #9, Mantra as Medicine: How Spiritual Spoken Word Heals Our Busy Minds, Rev. Dereca Blackmon |
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