TALKING EMOTIONS

4 experts, 4 fascinating talks.

All you’ve ever wanted to know on behavior, intelligence, technology, interaction, lies and more.

Our world is governed by emotions.

Whatever your situation you will always be faced to your own and to other people’s emotional states.

Can we master them? Improve them? Recognize emotions? What is changing?

Neuroscience, technology, research, social observation have brought a new light on human behaviour.

Program

Emotions Matter! Why you should use your emotional intelligence at home and at work

Dr Marcello Mortillaro

Senior Scientist, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences

Emotions are not mysterious events that just happen to us. They are the product of evolution and are powerful and vital tools that we should be able to master and understand.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize and manage our emotions, and it can be improved.

Dawn of behaviour technology

Ghita Ramdhiansing

Researcher and Expert on Behaviour Patterns

Interaction is now more complex than ever before. Emotions’ detection technology is going to change how we live and work.

Dealing with people was easier in the past because roles and profiles were clearly defined. With time it became more complex and now, due to technology, discoveries in neuroscience and emotions we are in the era of big changes in the way we interact with each other and also with technology.

Working with emotions

Erika Rosenberg, Ph.D

Consulting Scientist, Senior Teacher at Stanford , Berkeley and UC Davis

Emotions can be binding and painful, but they can also be great teachers. In this conversation, I will discuss how we can learn to use mindfulness and compassion to learn from our emotions, appreciate their transient nature, and free ourselves from the tendency to cling to both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. We will explore the meditation methods and other skills training that can help us find more ease and emotional balance.

Erika will join in a recorded interview.

Body patterns of emotions: neurophysiology, credibility and awareness

Diego Ingrassia

Master Coach and International Trainer

What are the elements to identify tiny emotional activations?
What is the universality of emotions and their function?

Which relationship is there between emotions and lies?

The psychological model of lies and truth.

How can you understand and predict the behavior of your interlocutor?