International Dream Conference 2011 in Amsterdam

After several years of preparation, we are excited to announce the International Dream Conference in Amsterdam, which will be held on July 25-29, 2011.
The theme will be:
Dreamwork: Unity and Honouring Diversity.

We have already spoken with several internationally renowned speakers and authors , as well as our Dutch dreamworkers, who will be lecturing and doing workshops on a wide variety of subjects:

  • Fields of anthropology, sociology, parapsychology, philosophy, theosophy, psychology, theology and (comparative) religious studies (including Islam and Native American shamanism) as well as others
  • Cultural patterns, differences and similarities in dream interpretation and cultural rituals
  • Gender aspects in dreamwork
  • Spirituality, mindfulness and peace
  • Theatre, dance, art and film


We expect to have participants from many different parts of the world: South Africa, South America, Japan, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Canada, the USA and Europe.

The main language at this conference will be English, but we would also like to invite speakers of Dutch, French or Spanish to attend and participate in these languages.

This conference will be interesting for academics and people who are interested in the study of dreams in conjunction with university studies, for dreamworkers and for laypeople who are interested in the study of dreams and their meaning.

Please take a moment to pre-register on the website www.dreamconference2011.nl and for more information you can click through to our new website www.dreamconference2011.com

We are looking forward to making this conference an unforgettable experience.

This dream conference will be sponsored. Because of this, we intend to cover some of the costs of travel for people coming from certain non-European countries and to provide a fee to a number of presenters at this dream conference.

We will have more information in the near future with the details about the conference program as well as information about sightseeing in our beautiful city.

Kind regards,

the Organizing Committee:

drs. Hermine Mensink advisor, hostess & dream ball organisation
drs. Joke Wijnen hostess & dream ball organisation
Tineke Kornaat program manager
Ben Wardenburg conference manager
drs. Claire Birkhoff PR radio, TV and other media
Peter van den Dungen catering coordinator
Dounia Ket catering support
Elise Stolk catering support
drs. Ferrie Veen coordinator on behalf of Association for Dreamwork
drs. Henk Snaterse budget & database manager
Andrea Koch database manager
drs. Jetty Iestra art events
Lina Fregeres art events
Linda Mastrangelo art events
Victoria Rabinoweh art events
Maeve Preece art manager
Kim Vergil (Canada) art manager
Marianne Martens registration manager
Matthias Rijntjes web design/master
drs. Andy Baker art & web support
Nico van Rumt financial executive
drs. Reinout Spaink PR coordinator




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Amsterdam canal ring on Unesco list

Amsterdam's 17th century canal rings have been placed on the Unesco world heritage list, the UN organisation announced on Sunday 1 August 2010.

The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new ‘port city’ built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. It comprises a network of canals to the west and south of the historic old town and the medieval port that encircled the old town and was accompanied by the repositioning inland of the city’s fortified boundaries, the Singelgracht. This was a long-term programme that involved extending the city by draining the swampland, using a system of canals in concentric arcs and filling in the intermediate spaces. These spaces allowed the development of a homogeneous urban ensemble including gabled houses and numerous monuments. This urban extension was the largest and most homogeneous of its time. It was a model of large-scale town planning, and served as a reference throughout the world until the 19th century.

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