Keynote 1
Farhad Karamally
Farhad Karamally, CEO Funverks, is an Organization Development Consultant, a published author, a leadership facilitator, and an entrepreneur who strives to get companies to create transformational breakthroughs for companies by leveraging human genius, creativity, and change management initiatives.
Over the past couple of decades Farhad has worked for several corporate giants like Coca-Cola, British American Tobacco, Barclays Bank, Nestle, and Standard Chartered Bank and in February 2020 he was awarded the Excellence in Finance—leaders award by FiNext.
Topic: Navigating tough times—the mental survival kit.
Don’t tell us you haven’t been through a rough patch. We get it, life is beautiful, but it can also sometimes feel like a nightmare you just want to wake up from.
If you’ve been there, this keynote is for you. As our first speaker, Farhad will walk us through navigating these curveballs in life with grace and resilience, how to create a powerful mindset to help you grow and learn from tough situations, and finally, how to heal.
Especially, how to heal.
Learning objectives:
- Why tough times are important
- Why mindset matters
- Self-management during a rough patch.
- How to build a powerful mindset to help you learn, grow, and heal from turbulent times.
Keynote 2
Tamara Sosa
Tamara Sosa is a counselling psychologist practicing in Glenvista. She specializes in couple and family therapy, helping her clients build healthy, genuine, and trusting relationships. Her main goal with her clients is to help them find their true identities and recognize beauty and contentment in their own unique journeys.
Topic: Your happiness and personal power!
Been on a life-long quest to achieve greater happiness and personal agency? To some level, we all have! However, if you haven’t exactly found it, you may have been looking in the wrong places. Tamara is going to tell us exactly what research says about happiness and personal power in our second keynote.
Learning objectives:
- The truth about happiness and personal power
- Why it matters
- What top experts say about acquiring it.
Ready or not!
Break—15 Minutes
Suhaee Abro
Suhaee Abro is a Pakistani actress specializing in classical dance and the founder of the Podcast series ‘when we move’ with the aim to create conversation, and spread awareness regarding dance, and connection with the heart, mind, and life.
Topic: Flow—Dance, the heart, and the mind.
Been sitting in your seat for a bit too long? Ready to take your energy up a little bit and get movin’? We got you! In this segment, Suhaee will guide you through movements, dance, and breathing exercises that you can use to bring more calmness, positivity, and happiness into your life.
Keynote 3
Louise Cunningham
Louise Cunninghum was born in the UK but has travelled and worked abroad for many years. She has had the privilege of teaching, coaching and training internationally for over eight years and is now an ICF certified life coach, an NLP Practitioner and Time Line Therapist and has a post-graduate certificate in learning and development. Her greatest passion in life is understanding human consciousness and how humanity evolves on a spiritual and intellectual level. She believes everything we experience in life begins in the mind and that’s why we need to take care of our minds!
Topic: The purpose of life—why we’re here.
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding the purpose of life
- Difference between living, and living a life of purpose
- What our lives mean to us, at an individual level.
Ready to be inspired?
Collaborators On-board
Conference Agenda
| Registration | 11:00 - 11:30 AM | U’ve Been Psyched Team |
|---|---|---|
| Opening Ceremony Welcome, Opening Remarks & Norm Setting | 11.30 - 11:45 AM | Hosts: Arslan Larik Anusha Somani |
| Keynote Navigating tough times—the mental survival kit. | 11:45 AM - 12:25 PM | Speaker: Farhad Karamally *Insert designation* |
| Keynote Your happiness and personal power! | 12:30 - 1:15 PM | Speaker: Tamara Sosa |
| BREAK | 1:15 - 1:45 PM | |
| Flow—Dance, the heart, and the mind. | 1:45 - 2:05 PM | Suhae Abro |
| Panel Discussion Let’s talk about it: Creating healthier communities! | 2:05 PM - 2:50 PM | Moderator: Anusha Somani Panelists: Mark Southwood (Clinical Psychologist) Tamara Sosa (Counselling Psychologist) Jurie Wessels (Psychometrist & Life Coach) Muniza Ali (Life and Relationship Coach) Arjumand Raza (Psychotherapist) |
| Keynote The purpose of life: Why are we here? | 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM | Speaker: Louise Cunninghum |
| Closing Ceremony | 3:30 - 3:45 PM | Hosts: Arslan Larik Anusha Somani |