Events & Activities

Join this celebration of WVD with prominent speakers from India and around the world giving us powerful insights into the different practical ways that we can bring our values to life in all aspects of our daily lives – in the personal and family sphere, in our spiritual lives, in our lives at work or in education, and as good citizens and engaged members of society. Organised by Universal Spirituality and Humanity Foundation, Public Police NGO and West Bengal Federation of United Nations Associations

Imagine if educational establishments equipped young people with a values foundation which could stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives, empowering them to make their own choices and decisions? This session provides an overview of a values program for schools and universities. It takes us through a step-by-step guide which helps to identify what is important to you, translates this into a set of behaviours, and supports you to apply the approach every day, drawing on mindfulness, psychology, neuroscience, affirmation, action learning, and habit creation. Organised by Servicebrand Global.

We are all global citizens now. Is that a good thing? What does it actually mean? Can we remain loyal to our local communities while embracing a global identity? Is there a risk of losing our unique cultural identities in the process? We may know what ‘experts’ think about these questions, but what do ordinary people think? In the week before WVD hundreds of ordinary people around the world will give their considered answers and at this event we will look at and discuss their insights. Organised by World Speech Day and World Values Day

What’s your experience with AI (artificial intelligence)? Often people say we are doomed because AI will take away our jobs. Others are trying to use AI to make things faster, cheaper and easier. These are two ends of a scale: one with pessimism and fear, the other with ambition and drive. So, what about the middle? Can we make sense of AI and how it relates to the core of who we are as human beings: our values? What does AI mean for us in all aspects of our lives? How can it help us bring our values to life and do good in our world? Organised by Bells Solutions

As a mind-body practice, sophrology invites us to explore our values in an embodied way, making it easier to keep those values alive in our daily activities. Join this short sophrology practice using dynamic relaxation, breathing exercises and guided meditation for a more conscious, embodied connection with a personal value, and discover how it can be more present in your daily life. Perhaps you’ve heard of sophrology, but not had the opportunity to experience it? Here’s your chance! One of several such events organised by the International Sophrology Federation.

Healthcare systems worldwide are teetering, inducing constant anxiety for those expected to deliver services as well as those who rely on healthcare systems to navigate physical and mental threats to wellbeing. This interactive webinar will explore the value of generosity as an optimistic response to healthcare permacrisis. What are the limits of generosity as an ethical action? How might acts of generosity affirm or deny modes of interpersonal relationships in professional contexts? Can generosity sustain relationships of care in these precarious times? Organised by Human Values in Healthcare Forum

Alan Williams and World Kindness Movement colleagues look forward to the World Kindness Movement General Assembly and share a preview of the new field of kindnetics: the study of acts of kindness and the social energy they create. Organised by World Kindness Movement

What’s your experience with AI (artificial intelligence)? Often people say we are doomed because AI will take away our jobs. Others are trying to use AI to make things faster, cheaper and easier. These are two ends of a scale: one with pessimism and fear, the other with ambition and drive. So, what about the middle? Can we make sense of AI and how it relates to the core of who we are as human beings: our values? What does AI mean for us in all aspects of our lives? How can it help us bring our values to life and do good in our world? Organised by Bells Solutions

As a mind-body practice, sophrology invites us to explore our values in an embodied way, making it easier to keep those values alive in our daily activities. Join this short sophrology practice using dynamic relaxation, breathing exercises and guided meditation for a more conscious, embodied connection with a personal value, and discover how it can be more present in your daily life. Perhaps you’ve heard of sophrology, but not had the opportunity to experience it? Here’s your chance! One of several such events organised by the International Sophrology Federation.