▣ 5.1 Rationale for the Naming of Past Conferences:
An informal series of workshops have been offered over the years. There have
also been two series of conferences and congresses; the first starting in 1970 was named the
International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration.
When we met in Keystone, CO, in 1994, the group decided to meet every two years, ideally
alternating between a Canadian location and an American location. Hence, when
I hosted the next conference, held in Alberta in 1996, I called it the Second
Biennial Conference.
⚀ First – Keystone, Colorado (1994)
⚀ Second – Banff (Kananaskis) Alberta, (1996)
⚀ Third – Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois. (1998)
⚀ Fourth – Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. (2000)
⚀ Fifth – No conference in the biennial series was held this year, instead,
Norbert Duda hosted the Fifth International Conference in Fort Lauderdale
(2002).
▣ The International Conference Series and the Biennial Conference Series streams merged in 2002.
At the meeting in Fort Lauderdale (2002), the group decided that the two conference
series should be merged. It was suggested that in the future:
⚀ International
meetings be referred to as Congresses,
⚀ National meetings could be referred to
as Conferences and that
⚀ Regional meetings be called Workshops.
▣ International Congresses:
⚀ Sixth – Calgary, Alberta (2004)
⚀ Seventh International Congress – Calgary, Alberta (2006)
⚀ Eighth International Congress – Canmore, Alberta (2008)
⚀ Ninth International Congress – St. Charles, IL. (2010)
⚀ Tenth International Congress – Denver, CO. (2012)
⚀ Eleventh International Congress – Canmore, Alberta (2014)
⚀ Twelfth International Congress – Calgary, Alberta (2016)
⚀ Thirteenth International Congress – Naperville (2018)
⚀ Fourteenth International Congress – Boston (2021)
⚀ Fifteenth International Congress – Denver (2022)
▣ Notes:
⚀ SEDI = Supplemental Edmonton Dąbrowski Index
⚀ The Sixth International Congress 2003: In the Direction of Mature Personality
Toward Positive Disintegration" was scheduled for Lublin, Poland. September
11 – 14, 2003. This meeting was planned but did not take place.
⚀ Another Polish series was created:
■ SEDI: 76-26: The 1st International Scientific Symposium - Kazimierz Dąbrowski and His Work in Modern Psychology. On the tenth anniversary of the death of Fr. Professor Franciszek Leśniak Lublin, 18-19 October 2013.
■ SEDI: 76-30: The 2nd International Scientific Symposium Kazimierz Dąbrowski and His Work in Contemporary Psychology. Lublin - Poland, April 20-21, 2018.
⚀ SEDI: 76.1: "First International Conference on the Theory of Positive
Disintegration" Laval University, Department of Psychology, Quebec. August
26-30, 1970.
■ SEDI: 76.1.1: Introduction
■ SEDI: 76.1.2: Program
■ SEDI: 76.1.3: Participants
⚀ SEDI: 76.2: "Second International Conference on Positive Disintegration"
Loyola College, Montreal. December 27-31, 1972.
■ SEDI: 76.2.1: Brochure
■ SEDI: 76.2.2: Overview of TPD
■ SEDI: 76.2.3: Program
■ SEDI: 76.2.4: Handout
⚀ SEDI: 76.3: "Third International Conference on the Theory of Positive Disintegration"
University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. November 7-11, 1980.
Proceedings: Norbert Duda, Editor (Published in 1981).
■ SEDI: 76.3.1: Brochure
■ SEDI: 76.3.2: Proceedings
⚀ SEDI: 76.4: "The Kazimierz Dąbrowski Memorial Conference" University
of Alberta, Edmonton. November 26-27, 1982.
■ SEDI: 76D – 1: Program
⚀ SEDI: 76.5: "Fourth International Conference on the Theory of Positive
Disintegration" Warsaw, Poland, June 19 (?) 1987. NOT SCANNED / NOT DONE
IN WORD (No information held).
⚀ SEDI: 76.6: "Kazimierz Dąbrowski's Paradigm of Emotional Development"
("First Workshop"). Ashland, Ohio. June 6-10, 1990.
⚀ SEDI: 76.7: "Second Annual Workshop on Dąbrowski's Theory of Emotional
Development and its Implications for Giftedness" Ashland, Ohio. June 26-30,
1991.
⚀ SEDI: 76.8: "Third Annual Workshop on Dąbrowski's Theory of Emotional Development
and its Implications for Giftedness" Ashland, Ohio. June 24-28, 1992.
⚀ SEDI: 76.9: "Fourth Annual Workshop on Dąbrowski's Theory of Emotional
Development and its Implications for Giftedness" Williams Bay WI. June
25-27, 1993.
⚀ SEDI: 76.10: "A Gifted Globe: World Congress on Gifted and Talented Education"
Toronto, Canada. August 8 to 14, 1993. (Sessions held on Dąbrowski).
⚀ SEDI: 76.11: "Dąbrowski Retreat" Keystone, Colorado. June 9-11, 1994.
■ SEDI: 76.11.1: Invitation letter
■ SEDI: 76.11.2: Second letter
■ SEDI: 76.11.3: Third letter
■ SEDI: 76.11.4: Program
■ SEDI: 76.11.5: Retreat Notes
⚀ SEDI: 76.12.1: "Dąbrowski's Theory of Emotional Development Implications
for Giftedness, Counseling & Empirical Study, Fifth Annual Workshop. Madison,
WI. June 14-18, 1995.
⚀ SEDI: 76.12.2: "Fifth National Workshop on Dąbrowski's Theory of Emotional
Development and its Implications for Giftedness". Madison, WI. June 15-18,
1995. NOT SCANNED / NOT DONE IN WORD (No information held).
■ SEDI: 76.13.3: Proceedings "The Second Biennial Conference on
Dąbrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration" ("Perspectives on the
Self Within a Dąbrowskian Context: A Multi-Disciplinary Conference") Banff
(Kananaskis), Alberta. May 22-26, 1996. Proceedings: Bill Tillier (Ed.).
⚀ SEDI: 76.14: Exact title? "Dąbrowski's Theory of Emotional Development Implications
for Giftedness, Counseling & Empirical Study Sixth Annual Workshop. Madison,
WI. June 7-9, 1996. NOT SCANNED / NOT DONE IN WORD (No information held).
⚀ SEDI: 76.15: "Seventh Annual Workshop on Dąbrowski's Theory" Madison
WI. June 6-8, 1997. NOT SCANNED / NOT DONE IN WORD (No information held).
■ SEDI: 76.16.2: Proceedings "The Third International Symposium
on Dąbrowski's Theory" ("Texturizing and Contextualizing Dąbrowski's
Theory") Kendall College, Evanston IL. July 10-12, 1998. Proceedings: Cheryl
Ackerman (Ed.).
■ SEDI: 76.17.3: Proceedings "The Fourth Biennial Advanced Symposium
on Dąbrowski's Theory" ("The Labyrinth: Safe Journey and Homecoming")
Mount Tremblant, Quebec. July 7-9, 2000. Proceedings: Bouchet, N. & Toth,
J. (Eds.).
■ SEDI: 76.18.4: Proceedings Institute for Positive Disintegration in Human Development. Fifth International Conference. Positive Disintegration: The theory of the future. 100th Dąbrowski Anniversary Program on the Man, the
Theory, the Application and the Future. Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida. November
7 10, 2002. Proceedings: Norbert Duda, Editor.
⚀ SEDI: 76.19: "Sixth International Conference 2003 Poland: In the Direction
of Mature Personality Toward Positive Disintegration" Lublin, Poland. September
11 – 14, 2003. This conference did not take place.
⚀ SEDI – 76.25: The Tenth International Congress of the Institute for Positive Disintegration in Human Development, July 19-21, 2012, Denver, CO.
■ SEDI – 76.25.1 Conference brochure
■ SEDI – 76.25.2 Questions for Dąbrowskian Experts
⚀ SEDI – 76.26: The 1st International Scientific Symposium - Kazimierz Dąbrowski and His Work in Modern Psychology. On the tenth anniversary of the death of Fr. Professor Franciszek Leśniak Lublin, 18-19 October 2013.
⚀ SEDI – 76.27: The Eleventh International Dąbrowski Congress, July 24-26, 2014, Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Creativity: Transforming Perceptions of Reality.
⚀ SEDI – 76.29: The Thirteenth International Dąbrowski Congress. July 12th - July 14th, 2018, at the Chicago Marriott Naperville, in Naperville, IL, USA. Developmental Potential and the Complexity of Change
⚀ SEDI – 76.30: The 2nd International Scientific Symposium
Kazimierz Dąbrowski and His Work in Contemporary Psychology.
Lublin - Poland, April 20-21, 2018.
⚀ SEDI – 76.31: The Fourteenth International Dąbrowski Congress 2021 Boston, virtual. An online only discussion hosted by Josh Shane. No proceedings or other information provided.
⚀ SEDI – 76.32: The Fifteenth International Dąbrowski Congress 2022. The University of Denver will host the congress in-person and with an online option, Monday-Tuesday, July 18-19, 2022 by the Office of the Daniel L. Ritchie Endowed Chair in Gifted Education, Dr. Norma Hafenstein.
The following proceedings are available on the 501 download.
