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We are working extremely hard to create an engaging conference experience and are proud to show you our (very nearly finalized) program below.
Wednesday 2nd October (pre-conference event)
8:00 Departure to Xochimilco
9:00-14:00 Xochimilco OD Project
14:30 Departure to Frida Khalo Museum
15.00-16:00 Frida Khalo Museum visit
16:30 Departure to Hotel
17:00-19:00 Dinner (attendees responsible for their own dinner arrangements)
19:30 Welcome cocktail at Blue Bar, Hotel Camino Real
Thursday 3rd October
07:00-08:00 Breakfast at the Hotel
08:00- 09:00 Spiritual moment with a Mexican Shaman
09:00 Opening Ceremony / Plenary Session
IODA Video
Flags Ceremony
Noble Kumawu, President of IODA, Welcome Address
Host, Adriana De la Fuente, Welcome Message
Song by Frank Rambaek
Quilt Ceremony
09:40 Session: President Vicente Fox Q.
Message: Dr. Yoloxóchitl Bustamante, Ex Principal IPN (Instituto Politécnico Nacional) & State Minister of Educacion
09:50 Session: Germán Escorcia
10:30 Round Table Discussion
- Xochimilco
- Aeroméxico
- Potzolcalli
- INFRA
11:30 COFFEE BREAK
12:15 Concurrent Sessions
ROOM 1
Noble Kumawu (Ghana) Session: Strategic Planning Intervention for Multiple Organizations: The Case of HBHN in Ghana
ROOM 2 A) Paul Schmidt Schroth (USA) Session: Building the Desired Culture Change Through Effective Leadership B) Tímea Ágota Rózsa & Diana Miskó (Hungary) Session: Let’s Meet at our Boundaries! and Find our Power to Act ROOM 3 A) William Zybach (USA) Session: Looking at Self and Clients Through The Ancient and Modern Lens of Archetypes. B) Carlos Castañeda (Mexico) Session: NASA, Houston Tx. An Investigation on Human Behaviour ROOM 4 A) Noha El-Banna (Canada) Session: How to Catalyze Generative AI in OD B) Gus Gustafson (USA) Session: Transforming Lives at the Individual, Team, Organizational & Social Levels |
17:00 Departure to Chapultepec Castle
17:30 Visit to the Castle
18:30 Richard Beckhard Award Ceremony
Marc Silverman Award Ceremony
Nobel Price Award: Rigoberta Menchú’s Address
Special Address: Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation Chair, Anita Menchú
Music / Cocktail
22:30 Departure to Hotel
Friday 4th October
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
08:30 Departure to Mexico Congress Hall
09:30 Visit of Mexico Congress Hall
10:45 Green Hall | Welcome Session
Presentation: Congressman
Presentation: Gloria Kumawu
Presentation: José Campoverde
Presentation: Noble Kumawu: Thankful words to our host at the Congress
12:00 Departure to Downtown Mexico City
13:00 Lunch at Mercaderes Restaurant
15:15 Visit of Bellas Artes Palace
16:00 Departure to company visits
16:30- 18:45 Company Visits:
- Aeroméxico
- INFRA
- Potzolcalli
19:45 Garibaldi Mariachi Plaza (Music and Mexican show | cash bar)
23:00 Departure to Hotel
Saturday 5th October
07:00-08:00 Breakfast
08:00-09:00 Meditation Session
09:00-11:30 Concurrent Sessions
ROOM 1
A) Noha El-Banna (Canada) Session: Implementing a Culture Change
B) Jim Maddox (USA) Session: JUMP – From OD practitioner to global OD consultant!
ROOM 2
A) Marcela Arraigada (Chile) Session: Coaching and its Influence in OD.
B) Preston Vernard Lindsay (USA) Session: Systemic Dysregulation: Interrogating the Psychological Impacts of Organizational Trauma & the Marginalization Among Multicultural Organizational Stakeholders
ROOM 3
A) Magda Hernández (USA) Session: Future of Wellbeing: A Holistic Approach for Employee and Student Success
B) Gus Gustafson (USA) Session: Founder & CEO – Socially-Responsible Leadership Advisors
ROOM 4 TBC
12:15 – 13:00 COFFEE BREAK
13:00-14:00 Keynote Session
Conclusions & Connections
14:00-15:00 Closing Ceremony
17:00 Departure to Anthropology Museum
17:30-19:00 Visit of Anthropology Museum
19:00-21:30 Pre-hispanic Ceremony
Ritual Dinner
Farewell Words
22:30 Departure to the Hotel
Sunday 6th October (optional post-conference event)
08:00 Departure to Teotihuacan Pyramids
09:30 Visit of Teotihuacan Pyramids (Getting immersed into their way of living)
12:00 Lunch at La Cueva
14:30 Departure to Mexico City (Hotel)