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Day 1 Activities: Experience ���㽶��Ƶ: Nature as Rx

Come experience ���㽶��Ƶ's profound sense of place that translates mental health and wellbeing theories into integrative practice.

Option 1:

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Hiking Holt's Ledge

Join a moderately rigorous out-and-back 3.5-mile hike. Part of the Appalachian Trail, journey along the ���㽶��Ƶ Skiway for a 360-degree view of local mountain peaks and peregrine falcons.

Option 2: choose 1 per block

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Hiking Gile Mountain

Join a beginner-friendly 1.4-mile hike through woodsy trails and climb a firetower for a 360-degree view of local mountain peaks.

Forest Bathing Among the Pines

Join a gentle, guided forest walk along the river, grounded in the science-backed practice of shinren-yoku, to restore reciprocity with the more-than-human world.

Paddling on the Connecticut

Join a river adventure down the Connecticut River with kayaks or canoes with New Hampshire on one side and Vermont on the other.

Please note: This activity will only be available if the water temperatures remain above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Option 3:

12:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Hiking Balch Hill

Join a beginner-friendly one-mile hike through woodsy trails with a moderate incline to a summit meadow and birdwatching.

Forest Bathing Among the Pines

Join a gentle, guided forest walk along the river, grounded in the science-backed practice of shinren-yoku, to restore reciprocity with the more-than-human world.

Paddling on the Connecticut

Join a river adventure down the Connecticut River with kayaks or canoes with New Hampshire on one side and Vermont on the other.

Please note: This activity will only be available if the water temperatures remain above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Day 1: A Day of Experience: Practicing the Whole Person Approach to Youth Wellbeing

2:30–3:30 p.m. 
Light Snacks & Refreshments

3:30- 4:30 p.m. 
���㽶��Ƶ Grown Initiatives: Outdoors

Introduction & Welcome: Sian Leah Beilock (President, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Panelists:

Bruce Sacerdote ’90 (Prof. Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Tommy Clark, M.D. ’92, MED ’01 (Grassroots Soccer)

Phil Ginsburg ’89 (General Manager, Recreation & Parks Department of San Francisco)

4:30-5:30 p.m. 
���㽶��Ƶ Grown Initiatives: Whole Student Wellbeing

Moderator: Bruce Sacerdote ’90 (Prof. Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Panelists:

Klaus Mladek (Prof. German Studies & Comparative Literature, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Diane Gilbert-Diamond ’98 (Prof. of Epidemiology, Medicine and Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Mary Lou Aleskie (Executive Director, Hopkins Center, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Willow Nilsen (Nature as Rx, Associate Director ���㽶��Ƶ Outdoor Programs)

5:30-6:30 p.m. 
Food & Conversation

Day 2: Revealing the Crisis: Evidence, Engagement & the Decline in Youth Well-being

8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome & Introduction

David Blanchflower (Prof. Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Sian Leah Beilock (President, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Lisa McBride (Associate Dean for DICE Office, Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement, Geisel School of Medicine, ���㽶��Ƶ)

8:45-10:15 a.m. 
Surgeons General Panel

Moderator: Nora D. Volkow, M.D. (Director of National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health)

10:30-11:30 a.m. 
The Challenge Before Us: Declines in Youth Mental Health Around the Globe

Moderator: Jean Twenge (Prof. Psychology, San Diego State University)

David Blanchflower (Prof. Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 
The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt (Prof. Stern School of Business, NYU)-Virtual Participant

1:45-3 p.m. 
The Collapse in the Mental Health of the Young

Moderator: David Blanchflower (Prof. Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Jean Twenge (Prof. Psychology, San Diego State University)

3:15-4:30 p.m. 
History of Social Crises & Pandemics

Moderator: John M. Barry (New York Times Best-Selling Author)

Panelists:

Nick Christakis (Prof. Sociology, Yale)

Darrin McMahon (Prof. History, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Graham Burnett (Prof. History, Princeton)

4:30- 5:30 p.m. 
Declining Test Scores & What to Do About It

Moderator: Jean Twenge (Prof. Psychology, San Diego State University)

Panelists:

Doug Staiger (Prof. Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Tom Kane (Prof. Education & Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education)

Day 3: From Insight to Action: A Global Agenda for Youth Well-Being

8:15-9:15 a.m. 
The Global Mental Health Problem: A UN Perspective

Pedro Conceicao (UN Director of the Human Development Report)

9:15-10:30 a.m. 
From Whence the Problem? Not Bowling at all?

Moderator: Prof. Bob Putnam (Public Policy, Harvard)

Panelists:

Prof. Jean Twenge (Psychology, San Diego State University)

Prof. Maurizio Pugno (Economics, University of Cassino, Italy)

10:45-11:30 a.m. 
Keynote Address: What Makes a Satisfying Life

Moderator: Prof. Alex Bryson (Quantitative Social Science, University College London)

Prof. Andrew Clark (Paris School of Economics)

11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. 
Keynote Address: Commercially Addressing Mental Health Disparities

Moderator: Estavan Garcia, M.D. (Chief Health & Wellness Officer, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Julia Bernstein ’07 (Chief Operation Officer, Brightside Health)

1-1:45 p.m. 
Measuring Global Mental Health

Moderator: Prof. David Blanchflower (Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Tara Thiagarajan (Founder, Sapien Labs)

1:45-3 p.m. 
Children & Mental Health: Views From the Front Lines

Moderator: Jim Sargent, M.D. (Geisel School of Medicine, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Panelists:

Njeri Karianjahi, M.D. (University of Nairobi, Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Kenya)

Susanne Tanski, M.D. (PCP, Pediatrics at ���㽶��Ƶ Health)

JoAnna Leyenaar, M.D. (Children’s Inpatient Pediatrics at ���㽶��Ƶ Health)

Jen McLaren, M.D. (Children's Psychiatric Services at ���㽶��Ƶ Health)

3-4:15 p.m. 
���㽶��Ƶ Grown Solutions: Technology & AI

Moderator: Prof. Bruce Sacerdote (Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Dr. Lynn E. Fiellin (Geisel School of Medicine, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Prof. Andrew Campbell (Computer Science, ���㽶��Ƶ)

Dr. Lisa Marsh (Center for Technology & Behavioral Health at Geisel)

Dr. Nicholas Jacobson (Center for Technology & Behavioral Health at Geisel)

4:30-5:30 p.m. 
Public Policy Around the World

Moderator: UN

Panelists: TBD

5:30-5:45 p.m. 
Summation

Prof. David Blanchflower (Economics, ���㽶��Ƶ)