You're Invited! Our 40th Annual Dignity Conference!

Dear Linda,

You are warmly invited to our 40th Annual Dignity Conference in Madrid!

This conference comes in two parts, a three-day workshop for in-person participants followed by a one-day public event open to in-person and online participants.

Workshop

Tuesday – Thursday, 17th – 19th September 2024

09:00 – 17:00 (in person)

The first three days of our conference will offer participants (who are with us in person) a workshop format that is very open, allowing for flexibility and self-organizing. We use our time collaboratively, inviting participants to join us without the need to give a formal "presentation," thus fostering a sense of community and dignity-building. Participants are asked to bring their authentic selves, be open to all possibilities, and contribute in a nurturing manner.

We aim to collaboratively shape our conferences, drawing on the principles of Open Space and emphasizing dialogue and dignity, which we term "Dignilogue." Our in-person participants are welcome to attend the entire conference, as we strive to bring together a global community for whom dignity is central.

Public Event

Friday, 20th September 2024, 09:00 – 17:00 (in person and online)

The fourth day is our Public Event with contributions from special guests! We invite in-person and online friends to join us for this engaging Public Event!

To join us, you are invited to read more and register below.

Local Hosts, Conveners, and Coordinators

Associate Professor Saulo Fernández

together with Professor Emeritus José Francisco Morales Domínguez, Faculty of Psychology/Facultad de Psicología, UNED

The conference is hosted by the

Faculty of Psychology/Facultad de Psicología

The National Distance Education University / Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in cooperation with the World Dignity University initiative

Kindly Register Here

Registration Notes

There is no registration fee. We share minimal costs according to each participant's ability to contribute. All of our events are part of an ongoing effort to nurture a global dignity community.

You are invited to fill out our Appreciative Introduction form (Word/PDF), print it out, and bring it with you.

We gratefully count on you to obtain your own tourist visa and make your own transportation and accommodation arrangements. Please see options on the conference website.

If you can't be with us in person, you are warmly invited to attend the Public Event on Friday, 20th September via Zoom. Please note that you would like to attend via Zoom when you register.

Registration is limited and will close Friday, 13th September, 2024. Thank you for registering early!

Evolving Conference Program

The conference has two parts, a workshop part and a public part. Please kindly visit the conference website for the latest information.

1. Workshop with Dignilogues

Tuesday – Thursday, September 17th – 19th, 2024

09:00 – 17:00 (three days, in person)

Escuelas Pías UNED, beautiful Assembly Hall

Calle de Tribulete, 14, 28012 Madrid

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

How to get there: Metro: L3 (Lavapiés) EMT: 27, 34, 36, 41, 119, C1 Cercanías: C5 (Embajadores)

Lavapiés is in the heart of a very central neighborhood in Madrid, a neighborhood full of life, well known for its multicultural mix of very different people living there. Escuelas Pías UNED are located in a historical building destroyed during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), and restored in the 1990s, leaving some of the damage of the war visible.

Description: For the past decade, we have continuously worked to dignify the traditional institution "conference." We therefore aim at co-creating our conferences, adapting the Open Space approach and adding the term dialogue, connecting it with dignity to form the expression "Dignilogue." We invite participants to bring themselves as they are, to be prepared for creative engagement, to enjoy learning and "listening others into voice," and to contribute in the most nurturing way they can.

2. Public Event

'Dignity, Humiliation, and Disability:

Do We Live in a Decent Society for People With Disability?'

Friday, 20th September 2024

09:00 – 16:00 (in person and online)

Musical Presentation: Dignity Anthem

Contributed by Michael Boyer

Appreciative Enquiry: A Methodology for Dignifying Dialogue

Linda Hartling, Director, HumanDHS

Dignity and Disability

The Case of People with Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias that Causes Dwarfism

Saulo Fernández, Associate Professor, Facultad de Psicología, UNED

Returning to Evolved Nestedness, Wellbeing, and Mature Human Nature,

an Ecological Imperative

Darcia Narvaez, Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame

From Humiliation to Dignity: Building a Global Nest

Evelin Lindner, Founding Director and President of HumanDHS

Escuelas Pías UNED, beautiful Assembly Hall

Calle de Tribulete, 14, 28012 Madrid

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

Thank You For Contributing to Our Sustainability

planet earth with thank you in different languages

We are deeply grateful to all who generously sustain HumanDHS through action gifts and economic support!

HumanDHS does not have a paid staff, administrative assistance, or IT services. We are an "extreme, lean, green, but not mean" community, essentially a "do-it-together-with-dignity" community. We do not charge registration fees for events, yet we appreciate thoughtful contributions (according to one's ability).

If you would like to contribute, we warmly welcome your kind support:

Welcome to Our Dignity Conference!

Evelin Lindner, MD, PhDs, Founding President

Linda Hartling, PhD, Director

David Yamada, PhD, Director, WDUi

Uli Spalthoff, PhD, Director of Project Development and Systems Administration

Michael Britton, EdD, PhD, Board Member

Richard Slaven, PhD, Director of Dignifunding

Jane Hilken, MA, Publication Advisor

Fatma Tufan, Senior Partner and Advisor

Rebecca Tabaczynski, Senior Project Leader

HumanDHS Board of Directors

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