Upcoming events
Conferences, seminars and other opportunities to study work and organisational life together.
Group Relations Conference
Authority and Leadership
Independence and Belonging, Difference and Conflict—Individual, Group, and Power Boundaries in an Accelerating Reconstruction of the World
9–11 January 2027Consultant training
12 January · morningExplore Shenzhen
13 JanuaryStaff preparation, including trainee consultants; consultant training
14–17 JanuaryConference
Further event details
Primary Task
To explore authority, leadership, and organizational life through the tension and unity between the individual and the group, boundaries and belonging, difference and differentiation, conflict and power: integration and independence, change and reconstruction, and the possibility of community.
I am Director of the Training Subconference and Associate Director of the Conference.
Taking part
Organised by the China-America Society for the Study of Groups and Organisations (CASSGO) and the Shuimu Huadao Institute of Group Relations. The venue is in Shenzhen, China; precise details and the daily timetable will be shared with accepted participants. Applications require a reference letter. Early-bird fees apply to applications submitted by 11 November 2026; accommodation is separate. The programme has registration details, fees and eligibility for trainee consultants.
Living Together in Difference
Authority, Responsibility, and Ethical Imagination
A conference of the New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems, directed by Dr Mónica Velarde Lazarte. Participants form a temporary learning cooperative to study the conditions under which ethical imagination may be found or lost, and how authority, responsibility, sponsorship, difference and interdependence shape our responses to contemporary dilemmas. A collaborative art installation brings dilemmas from participants’ organisational, community and wider social environments into the conference.
Further event details
Early-bird registration closes on 30 November 2026 ($750); registration closes on 10 January 2027. The brochure includes other fees, scholarship information and practical details. Accommodation and meals are not included.
Social Dreaming · El Niño
Dreaming together in a changing climate
16 November · 17 December 2026
20 January · 22 February · 16 March 2027
The Territory · One hour per encounter
What might our dreams reveal about the world we share? Bring night dreams and the associations they evoke—images, memories, feelings and bodily sensations—to a shared inquiry into El Niño and our changing climate.
An international team of hosts will be convened by Dr Mónica Velarde Lazarte and Lic. Viera Stenning.
Lic. Viera Stenning is a psychologist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist and Social Dreaming host. She is a Group Relations consultant working with individuals, groups and organisations to explore human dynamics and relationships.
Dreaming for a cause. As your contribution, support a local charity helping people affected by El Niño—through a donation or by offering your skills and time.