BRUCE BLOCK: Bruce is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, where he has taught graduate level classes in visual structure for the past 30 years. His book, The Visual Story (2007), now in its second edition, is used worldwide by students and professionals working in motion pictures, television, advertising, and video game design. Bruce also teaches visual structure at the AFI and UCLA, and his seminars on visual structure have been presented to companies including PIXAR Studios, The Walt Disney Company, DreamWorks Animation, Nickelodeon Studios, Hasbro Interactive, Hewlett Packard, Blue Sky Studios, DirecTV and The Binger Film Institute. His credits include production and creative consulting on numerous film projects including As Good As It Gets, What Women Want, Spanglish, The Holiday, Alfie, Stuart Little, The Great Outdoors, Pretty in Pink, The Parent Trap, Father of the Bride I & II, and Baby Boom. You can learn more about Bruce at: http://www.bruceblock.com/.

SEAN ESBJÖRN-HARGENS PH.D.: Sean is an associate professor and founding Chair of the Integral Theory Program at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California. He is a leading scholar-practitioner in Integral Theory and has worked closely with Ken Wilber for a decade operationalizing the integral (AQAL) model in multiple contexts. Sean is a founding member of Integral Institute and currently serves as their Vice President of Applications and Research. He is also the founding Director of the Integral Research Center, the founding Executive Editor of the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, and co-founder of the biennial Integral Theory Conference. Sean is one of the most published authors applying the integral model to a variety of topics, including: Research, education, consciousness studies, intersubjectivity, sustainable development, ecology, science and religion, and play. His articles have appeared in several academic journals, including the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, World Futures, and ReVision. He co-edited Ken Wilber’s book The Simple Feeling of Being, (2004) and is the co-author of Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World (2009) and the editor of Integral Theory in Action (2010). You can learn more about Sean at: http://www.enactintegral.com/home.html. 

JAMES FADIMAN PH.D.: James is a celebrated author, psychological researcher, corporate consultant, and an adjunct professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, which he co-founded. He is also one of the founders of the transpersonal movement, one of the first lecturers at Esalen Institute, and one of the early pioneers in psychedelics research, along with Ram Dass and Timothy Leary. He is the co-author of Personality and Personal Growth (2005) and Essential Sufism (1999), and the author of Unlimit Your Life (1989) and The Other Side of Haight (2004). James’s areas of specialization are transformative fiction, Sufi storytelling, altered states of consciousness, creativity, human potential, personal and organizational problem solving, and transpersonal theory. You can learn more about James at: http://www.jamesfadiman.com.

ARTHUR HASTINGS, PH.D.: Arthur is a Professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology where he is the Research Director for the Institute and the Director of the William James Center for Consciousness Studies. He is also a former faculty Chair for the Residential programs, former Dean and President of the Institute, and a past President of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology. Arthur’s areas of specialization are audio entrainment, altered states of consciousness, hypnosis, parapsychology, research methods, and Integral and transpersonal theory. He has published numerous academic articles and is the author of With the Tongues of Men and Angels (1991). Arthur has conducted pioneering research on audio brainwave entrainment, hypnotic trance induction, channeling, and the psychomantium experience. You can learn more about Arthur at: http://www.arthurhastings.com/.