8:00am-

8:50am
10:15am-
10:30am
ROOM
Clancy
Auditorium
Mathews Theatre
C
Contextual
Medicine SIG
Meeting - Purssey
& Karekla* (12:15-
1:00)
Mathews Theatre
D
RFT SIG Meeting -
M. Villatte* (12:15-
1:00)
CLB Theatre 1
CLB Theatre 2
CLB Theatre 3
Mathews 102
(level 1)
Leadership,
Organisations
and Public Policy
SIG Meeting -
Collis (12:15-1:00)
Mathews 107
(level 1)
Mathews 123
(level 1)
Mathews 309
(level 3)
ACT Italia
Chapter Meeting -
Miselli & Presti
(12:15-1:00)
Mathews 310
(level 3)
Yoga Meets ACT
(1)- Morrissey
Stahl &
Schoendorff*
(Workshop)
Social Work ACT
SIG Meeting -
Hamilton (12:15-
1:00)
Contextual Medicine Special Interest Group
Symposium 1 (12)-Purssey, Biglan, Wilson*, & McNally
(Symposium)
Opening Session (2)-
Ciarrochi*, L. Hayes*, & Cairns
(Invited Lecture)
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The 21st Century Scientist-Practitioner (5)-Luoma*,
LeJ eune, Walton, & Ehrnstrom (Panel)
ACT and Parent Training for Developmental
Disabilities and Autism (13)-Miselli & Presti
(Workshop)
SESSIONS PLENARY
Body in ACTion: Why and How to Apply Body-
Based ACT Interventions (11)-Rovner (Workshop)
ACT for Psychosis: Recent Evidence (10)-Oliver, S.
Hayes*, Farhall, Morris, White, & Thomas (Symposium)
IGNITES (7)-Lowe, Sandoz*, Mudd, Larsson, Meagher,
Olaz, Stump, & Morissey Stahl (Ignites)
Self-as-Context in Context (3)-Schoendorff*, Robb*,
Luciano*, Tirch, & Atkins (Panel)
What is the Significance of Gender in Contextual
Behavioural Science? (4)-Silberstein, Batten*, Curtin,
& Wright (Panel)
ACT and Career Success (6)-Collis & Ciarrochi*
(Workshop)
ACT for College Students (8)-Pistorello* (Workshop)
Wise Choices: ACT for People with Symptoms of
Borderline Personality Disorder (9)-Morton
(Workshop)
Wednesday, July 10 (Morning)
10:30am-Noon 9:00am-10:15am Noon-1:15pm
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5:45pm-
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Mathews Theatre
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Mathews Theatre
D
CLB Theatre 1
CLB Theatre 2
IGNITES (30)-Schoendorff*,
McNally, Walton, Mudd, &
Whitehead (Ignites) (4:45pm-
5:45pm)
CLB Theatre 3
A Framework for Intentional
Cutural Change (31)-Biglan &
Embry (Invited Lecture) (4:45pm-
5:45pm)
Mathews 102 (level
1)
Mathews 107 (level
1)
Mathews 123 (level
1)
Mathews 309 (level
3)
Mathews 310 (level
3)
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Wednesday, July 10 (Afternoon)
4:30pm-5:45pm
SESSIONS
Do You Know Your ABC's from Your RFTs? (21)-O'Hora (Workshop)
PLENARY
Compassion, Self-
Acceptance, and Pro-
Sociality (14)-S. Hayes*
(Invited Lecture)
Lessons Learned from Running
Clinical Trials in 'Real World' Settings
(17)-Walton, Smout, Koerner, Luoma*,
L. Hayes*, & Pistorello* (Panel)
Let's Talk about Sex ACBS! (18)-Curtin & Collis (Workshop)
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Taking the Next Steps: Functional
Contextual Approaches (27)-Brock*,
Walser*, Sawyer*, Burke, & Bilich (Panel)
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Introduction to FAP: Using Behavioral Principles to Create Intense and Curative Therapeutic
Relationships (15)-Tsai & Kohlenberg (Workshop)
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Clinical RFT: Building Meaning & Motivation (25)-J . Villatte & M. Villatte* (Workshop)
ACT for Functional Somatic Syndromes and
Health Anxiety (20)-Frostholm & Hoffman J ensen
(Workshop) (2:45pm-4:30pm)
Seeing It and Feeling It (19)-T. Bowden & S. D.
Bowden (Workshop) (2:45pm-4:30pm)
The Nine Mistakes New ACT
Therapists Make and How to Avoid
Them (16)-Walser*, Batten*, Robb*, &
Brock* (Panel)
Current Perspectives in RFT: From Theory
to Practice (26)-Duguid, S. Hayes*,
Sandoz*, Trneke*, Luciano*, & Cairns
(Panel)
ACT with Parents (28)-Rayner, Miselli, &
Hanieh (Symposium)
Living from Inside the Skin (29)-Gregg*,
Horwath, Ciarrochi*, Frostholm, Hoffman
J ensen, & Dewar (Symposium)
RFT Research in Australia: First
Steps (23)-Duguid, Ciarrochi*, Atkins, &
Styles (Symposium)
Contextual Control and
Transformation of Function During
the Expansion of Relational
Networks (24)-Kovak, Wilson*, &
Luciano* (Symposium)
ACT for Psychosis (22)-Morris, White, Thomas, Mitchell, & Oliver (Workshop)
8:00am-
8:50am
10:15am-
10:30am
ROOM
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Chapter/ SIG
Support
Meeting - S.
Hayes*
Evolution Science
SIG Meeting - S.
Hayes* (12:15-1:00)
Mathews Theatre
D
Getting ACT Out to
the Public SIG
Meeting - Curtin
(12:15-1:00)
CLB Theatre 1
CLB Theatre 2
CLB Theatre 3
Mathews 102
(level 1)
Mathews 107
(level 1)
Mathews 123
(level 1)
Mathews 309
(level 3)
Mathews 310
(level 3)
Yoga
Awareness
and Movement
Based
Mindfulness
(32)- Martin,
J ackson, &
Morrissey Stahl
(Workshop)
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RFT and the Symbolic Inheritance Stream (34)-S.
Hayes*, J ablonka, Cairns, & Luciano* (Panel)
ACT for ADHD (43)-Shesto (Workshop)
ACT Behind Bars (41)-Brillhart (Workshop)
As Easy as ABC (39)-Moyer, Wilson*, Lebleu, & Fusilier
(Symposium)
ACT in Groups (44)-Wright (Workshop)
The Development and Trial of an ACT Framework (42)-
Sheffield, Sofronoff, Brown, & Whittingham (Symposium)
Compassion in Context (35)-Gilbert, Luoma*, Brock*,
Tirch, & Silberstein (Symposium)
ACTing with Technology (38)-Ciarrochi*, Horan,
Savvides, Batink, & Bricker (Symposium)
ACT in Developing Nations (40)-White, Ebert, & Saban
(Symposium)
A New ACT Protocol for the Treatment of
Interpersonal Problems (37)-Lev (Workshop)
9:00am-10:15am 10:30am-Noon Noon-1:15pm
Thursday, July 11 (Morning)
PLENARY SESSIONS
Learning in Heredity and
Evolution (33)-J ablonka
(Invited Lecture)
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A Match Made in Functional Contextual Heaven (36)-
Schoendorff*, Tsai, Gregg*, Skinta, & Rovner (Panel)
2:30pm-
2:45pm
4:15pm-
4:30pm
Follies
Night!
ROOM
Clancy Auditorium
Learning to Jump (61)-Bricker
(Invited Lecture) (4:45pm-
5:45pm)
Mathews Theatre
C
An Evolutionary Perspective
on Adolescent Problem
Behavior (62)-Dishion (Invited
Lecture) (4:45pm-5:45pm)
Mathews Theatre
D
CLB Theatre 1
CLB Theatre 2
CLB Theatre 3
Mathews 102
(level 1)
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Evaluating Mindfulness and
Acceptance (63)-Karekla*,
J ackson, de Rivas, & J i
(Symposium) (4:45pm-5:45pm)
Mathews 107
(level 1)
Mathews 123
(level 1)
Mathews 309
(level 3)
Mathews 310
(level 3)
How Well does ACT Work? (54)-
Karekla*, Bricker, Karayianni, A-
Tjak*, & Smout (Symposium)
From the Cradle to the Grave of Fusion (52)-
Larsson (Workshop) (2:45pm-4:30pm)
The Contextual Science of
Compassion (48)-Tirch, Gilbert,
Atkins, Schoendorff*, Silberstein, &
Wright (Panel)
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Functional Contextual Global Health: One
Size does not Fit All (59)-Smout, White,
Hanieh, & Malicki (Symposium)
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The Shaping Game: Contextual Therapy Beyond the Treatment Package (56)-Georgescu
(Workshop)
To Start Learning RFT (55)-Trneke* (Workshop)
Fundamental Research and
Applications of RFT (53)- Cairns,
O'Hora, Pritchard, & Presti
(Symposium)
The Role of CBS in Evolution Science (46)-S.
Hayes*, J ablonka, Wilson*, Dishion, & Biglan
(Panel) (2:45pm-4:30pm)
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Getting Down Under the Hexaflex: A Clinical Workshop Exploring Perspective Taking (51)-
Sawyer* & Brock* (Workshop)
Creating a Context to Provide ACT-based Contextual Behavioral Supervision:
Fundamentals and Practice (50)-Batten* & Walser* (Workshop)
Addressing Complex Clinical
Presentations (60)- A-Tjak*, Gloster,
Brockman, Van Orden, & Reyes Ortega
(Symposium)
Thursday, July 11 (Afternoon)
1:15pm-2:30pm 2:45pm-4:15pm 4:30pm-5:45pm
PLENARY SESSIONS
Evolutionary and
Social Contexts for
Compassion Focused
Therapy (45)-Gilbert
(Invited Lecture)
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Mastering the Metaphor: An
Experiential Workshop (49)-
Ehrnstrom (Workshop)
Contextual Behavioral Approaches (57)-
Lebleu, Sandoz*, Ciarrochi*, & Presti (Panel)
Bushfires, Power Struggles, and Mind
Struggles (58)-Konza & Donovan
(Workshop)
ACTing on Your Values When Facing Struggle
(47)-Kjelgaard*, & J acobsen (Workshop) (2:45pm-
4:30pm)
8:00am-
8:50am
10:15am-
10:30am
ROOM
Clancy
Auditorium
Mathews Theatre
C
Mathews Theatre
D
CLB Theatre 1
CLB Theatre 2
CLB Theatre 3
Mathews 102
(level 1)
ACBS BeNe:
Belgian-Dutch
Chapter Meeting -
A-Tjak* (12:15-
1:00)
Mathews 107
(level 1)
Chicago Chapter
Meeting -
Georgescu (12:15-
1:00)
Mathews 123
(level 1)
Mathews 309
(level 3)
LGBTQA First
SIG Meeting -
J asper & Skinta
(12:15-1:00)
Mathews 310
(level 3)
Yoga
Movement and
Breath Work to
put your ACT
into Action
(64)- Lawrence
(Workshop)
Danish ACBS
Chapter Meeting -
Kjelgaard* (12:15-
1:00)
SESSIONS
Child and Adolescent Adaptation to
Context (76)-Ciarrochi*, Dishion, Biglan, &
L. Hayes* (Panel)
ACT in Inpatient Mental Health Settings
(67)-J acobsen, Mitchell, Heggdal, Lillelien,
& Svergja (Panel)
Do you have to be cognitively flexible in
order to be psychologically flexible? (71)-
Ciarrochi*, Cairns, Kangas, Whiting, &
Wong (Symposium)
Contextual Medicine Special Interest
Group Symposium 2 (72)-Purssey,
Gloster, Karekla*, & Rovner (Symposium)
Integrating ACT and FAP with the Matrix (70)-Schoendorff* & Bolduc (Workshop)
The RFT of Meditation (66)-Luciano*,
Tirch, Trneke*, & Atkins (Panel)
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ACT for the next generation (80)-
McNally, Miselli, Black, Hancock, Koo,
Munro, & Hainsworth (Symposium)
The effect of brief component ACT
training on personally relevant issues
(73)-Larsson & Sandoz* (Symposium)
Bridging ACT into Your Practice and
Into Your Community (77)-Hamilton,
Kjelgaard*, & Morrissey-Stahl (Panel)
Loving Kindness in Clinical Settings (74)-
Malicki & Dudek-Glabicka (Workshop)
Applications of CBS to the Workplace
(81)-Collis, Atkins, Richards, Batten*, &
Moran* (Symposium)
Functional Contextual Pharmacology:
ACT on Drugs Matrix Collaborative (78)-
Purssey (Workshop)
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Implementation of ACT with Serious
Mental Illness (79)-Thomas, Morris,
O'Donoghue, Butler, Farhall, Bacon, &
Mitchell (Symposium)
Doing ACT with Kids (69)-Presti & Stewart (Workshop)
Friday, July 12 (Morning)
Noon-1:15pm
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SESSIONS
Developing Your Skills as an ACT Trainer (68)-Walser*, Harris*, Luoma*, & Nielsen* (Workshop)
ACT for Addiction: Inside and OutIts Not Just About Substances (65)-Wilson* (Workshop)
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Clinical RFT: Fostering a Flexible Sense of Self (75)-M. Villatte* & J . Villatte (Workshop)
9:00am-10:15am 10:30am-Noon
2:30pm-
2:45pm
4:15pm-
4:30pm 4:30pm-5:45pm
Optional
Cruise
ROOM
Clancy Auditorium
Mathews Theatre C
ACTing with Technology (93)-Horan,
Ciarrochi*, Walser*, Batink, Martin,
Picozzi, Pistorello*, & L. Hayes* (Panel)
Mathews Theatre D
How can mindfulness and the model
of Psychological Flexibility be
utilised? (94)-Boorman, Biglan,
Andrews, Grove, & Atkins (Panel)
CLB Theatre 1
IGNITES (95)-Malicki, Morton,
Whittingham, Moyer, Eggers, & Lebleu
(Ignites)
CLB Theatre 2
CLB Theatre 3
Mathews 102 (level 1)
Mathews 107 (level 1)
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Mathews 123 (level 1)
Mathews 309 (level 3)
Mathews 310 (level 3)
Using ACT and FAP to Create Compassionate Intentions in the Psychotherapy
Setting (91)-Wright & Curtin (Workshop)
Working with Mindfulness (85)-
Hegarty (Workshop)
ACT for Psychosis (84)-White,
Morris, Oliver, Mitchell, & Thomas
(Panel)
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Innovations in ACT for Smoking
Cessation Research (86)-Bricker,
S. Hayes*, J ones, & Heffner
(Symposium)
RFT Bridges Waves with Pragmatism as Supports (87)-Robb* (Workshop)
CBS in Behavioral Medicine (89)-Gregg* (Workshop)
Exploring Adolescent
Development through the Lens
of CBS (90)-L. Hayes*, Ciarrochi*,
Marshall, & Forsyth (Symposium)
The 'New' Self-as-Context: Beyond " The Observing Self" (83)-Harris* (Workshop)
Working with Difficult Moments: Behaviorally Speaking (92)-A-Tjak* & Koerner
(Workshop)
Self-Compassion from an ACT Perspective: An Intellectual and Experiential
Exploration (88)-Tirch & Luoma* (Workshop)
Friday, July 12 (Afternoon)
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PLENARY SESSIONS
Love is Not the Only
Way to Make Love (82)-
Ciarrochi* (Presidential
Address)