Healthways

Well-Being

Summit

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Dan Buettner,  National Geographic writer, internationally recognized explorer,  and The New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest.

Daniel H. Pink, Author of four provocative, bestselling books on the changing world of work.

His first book, Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself, was a Washington Post bestseller that PublishersWeekly says “has become a cornerstone of employee-management relations.” In his latest book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Pink shows us that the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph. D., The pre-eminent international authority on social network effects in health.

A physician and social scientist and a Professor of Medicine, Sociology, and Healthcare Policy at Harvard University, Christakis was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009.  His work is widely cited in both  academic and popular publications.  He is co-author of Connected: The Surprising Power of Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives. 

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"'Connected' is [in the category of] works of brilliant originality that stimulate and

enlighten and can sometimes even change the way we understand the world"

NY Times Book Review

Buettner founded Blue Zones, a project that researches

the world’s best practices in health, happiness and

longevity and shares that information to help people

live longer and better. Since January 2009, Buettner has

led a successful project in Albert Lea, Minn. to implement community

and social changes that improve quality of life and increase each resident’s life

expectancy by at least two years.

Buettner has appeared as a longevity expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning

America, The Today Show, ABC World News, CBSs The Early Show, the Dr. Oz Show

and CNN.

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"Dan Buettner takes us on a journey to explore the secrets of longevity and in so doing introduces us to a world of joy in aging ... at 91, this is very good news!"   

- Walter Cronkite

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"Pink has a knack for teaching in such an entertaining way that you'll forget

you are learning."  - Lexi Feinberg, Forbes.com

Deepak Chopra, M.D., The New York Times bestselling author and Founder of The Chopra Foundation.

With more than fifty books translated into over 35 languages, Deepak Chopra is acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest leaders in the field of mind body medicine. Time Magazine heralds Deepak Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as ‘the poet-prophet of alternative medicine’.  Dr. Chopra is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Adjunct Professor at Kellogg School of Management and Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization.

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“Dr. Chopra moves us from the mundane lives that trap many of us to the sacred insights offered by our souls”  - Mehmet C. Oz