5:00 - 6:00 pm
Cocktail reception
6:00 - 6:30 pm
Introductory remarks
Arthur Schwartz, The John Templeton Foundation
6:30 - 7:00 pm
Conference welcome
William Damon, Stanford University
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Dinner
Monday, March 24 - East Vidalakis Dining Room, Schwab Center
8:30 - 9:00 am
Continental breakfast at the Schwab Center
9:00 - 9:15 am
Introduction and conference logistics
William Damon
9:15 - 10:15 am
Question 1: What kinds of purposes tend to inspire young people, either here and now (21st Century USA), or in any other historical and cultural contexts?
9:15 - 9:35 am - Lene Jensen (Catholic Univeristy of America)
9:35 - 9:55 am - Richard Shweder (University of Chicago)
9:55 - 10:15 am - Group Discussion
10:15 - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 - 12:00 pm
Question 2: How (and through what kinds of biological, cultural, educational, familial, spiritual, or any other kinds of influences) do young people discover purposes?
10:30 - 10:50 am - Jonathan Haidt (University of Virginia)
10:50 - 11:10 am - Robert Roeser (Stanford Univeristy)
11:10 - 11:30 am - Margaret Beale Spencer (University of Pennsylvania)
11:30 - noon - Group Discussion
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Question 3: What role does purpose play in human development (during youth, adulthood, any and all segments of the life-span)?
1:00 - 1:20 pm - Robert Emmons (University of CA, Davis)
1:20 - 1:40 pm - Peter Benson (Search Institute)
1:40 - 2:00 pm - Dan McAdams (Northwestern University)
2:00 - 2:30 pm - Group Discussion
2:30 - 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 - 4:15 pm
Question 4: Are noble purposes acquired in the same manner as ignoble ones - and is this a distinction that is important, and possible, to make?
2:45 - 3:05 pm - Richard Lerner (Tufts Univeristy)
3:05 - 3:25 pm - Dan Perlstein (University of CA, Berkeley)
3:25 - 3:45 pm - Linda Wagener (Fuller Theological Seminary)
3:45 - 4:15 pm - Group Discussion
4:15 - 5:30 pm
Discuss areas of consensus and directions for future research
