Groundbreaking Circle of Honor Speakers
17 Enlightening Sessions
On all types of Spiritually Transformative Experiences
All times listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
- 10:30 AM | Opening Meditation: Awake, Aware, and Alive!
- Dana Taylor
- 11 AM | Cultural Legacy of the Near-Death Experience after 50 Years
- Dannion Brinkley
- 12:30 PM | Mediterranean Awakenings
- Carolina Alexandra Fahlbusch, MBA, Dr. Efrat Shokef, PhD, Daniele Foffa, M.Phil., Andy Hilton
- 2 PM | 21st Century Living is about Change, Guided Information Systems & Light
- Rev. Dr. Norma Edwards
- 3:30 PM | Exploring Consciousness
- Kimberly Meredith, Meredith Narissi, MS, Michelle Holling-Brooks, Jeremy E. McDonald, M.Ed.
- 5 PM | Roadmap to the Great Awakening
- Dr. Yvonne Kason, MD
- 6:30 PM | Near-Death Experiencers
- Holly Porter Dr. h.c., Leena Zafary, Gary L Wimmer, Sharon Sananda Kumara
- 8 PM | STE Experiencers
- Lola Marie Scarborough, PhD, Rev. Catherine Chapey, Jean-Michel David, MA, Stephen Paul Chong, M.Ed.
- 9:15 PM | Chakra Awareness Meditation
- Dr. Brian Sackett, PhD
- 10:30 AM | Opening Meditation
- Rabbi Yoel Glick
- 11 AM | Childhood Near-Death Experiences Transform Lives
- Dr. P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D.
- 12:30 PM | STE Ground Breakers
- Dr. Emma Bragdon, PhD, Father Nathan Castle, O.P. MA, MDiv
- 2 PM | Spirituality & Healing
- Dr. Steven Robert Vazquez, PhD, Dr. Priscila Alvarenga Antunes, MD, Clóvis Aurelio Vervloet, Dr. John Calvin Chatlos, MD, Dr. Doug J Moore, Ph.D.
- 3:30 PM | Researching STEs
- Dr. Alex Burdyga, PhD, Andy Johns, Valerie Leigh Varan, MS, Dr. Jeffrey Overall, Ph.D.
- 5 PM | Spirit Guidance & the Afterlife: Lessons from multiple Near-Death Experiences
- Shaun Lether
- 6:30 PM | Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STE) Experiencers
- Dan Bena, MS, Jeremy Pierson, Rebecca Kastl, Chenée Fournier
- 8:00 PM | Supporting STE Experiencers
- Kristi Ottis, MS, Sunshine Grace, MA, Katherine A Gillett, Helen Ye Plehn, MA
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Patron Co-Sponsors
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Become a Patron Co-Sponsor of SAI Conference 2026
Support SAI’s Conference 2026 with a donation of $250 US or more, and we will recognize your network as a “Patron Co-Sponsor”:
- Prominently display your network’s name in the special “Patron Co-Sponsor” section of the SAI Conference 2026 website—with our thanks.
- Include your logo & website (with hotlink) on our SAI Conference special Patron Co-Sponsor listing.
- Show a prominent slide multiple times per day during the SAI Conference 2026 breaks, listing all Patron Co-Sponsors with their logos/URLs.
- Display our thanks to Patron Co-Sponsors on a closing slide of each conference video with a Patron Co-Sponsor listing
- Provide tax-receipt documentation for donations as tax-deductible in the USA.
To become a SAI Conference 2026 Patron Co-Sponsor:
- First, make a donation to SAI of $250 US or more, using our special SAI Donation link:
- Write in the comment that your donation is for a Patron Co-Sponsor for SAI Conference 2026.
- Your tax receipt will immediately be emailed to you after your donation is made.
- Then, let us know via email at info@spiritualawakeningsinternational.org that you made your donation. Include your website URL and logo to be shown in your Patron Co-Sponsor listing. (If you wish us to list your name only without a logo or URL, let us know.)
- After we receive your donation and listing information email, we will add your Patron Co-Sponsor listing on our SAI Conference 2026 website, with our deep gratitude.
* Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STE) was first coined by Dr. Yvonne Kason MD in 1994.












