SOUND OF CARE
A Global Online Symposium Exploring What Becomes Possible When Care Leads the Way
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September 18 - 20, 2026
FREE to Attend
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We believe humanity is capable of creating a more caring and sustainable future. The Sound of Care brings together diverse voices, lived experiences, emerging science, and collective wisdom to explore how that future can begin within ourselves, our communities, and the systems that shape our world.
TOGETHER WE EXPLORE
TWO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How do we create a world where care leads the way in all sectors of society?
How do I personally express and apply care in my life and work?
WE NEED YOUR VOICE.
Those questions have brought together a remarkable group of heart-centered thinkers, scientists, educators, physicians, artists, innovators, students, and everyday citizens from many nations, from all generations and all walks of life, who care deeply about the future we are creating together.
LEARN
SHARE
The Sound of Care is a participatory experience and the beginning of a vibrant and impactful Care First community.
Register For The Sound Of Care Symposium
Register to join with us live on Zoom Sept 18 - 20. There is no fee to participate.
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Before the event begins, you are invited into our online community. Here, you will have the opportunity to connect with presenters and fellow changemakers from around the world, explore curated resources, and respond to our two essential questions.
WITNESS CARE IN ACTION
Join participants from around the world for 10 hours of inspiring conversations, music, reflection, and collaboration exploring what becomes possible when care leads the way.
There's something you need to know
Meaningful societal transformation requires a transformation in the way we each understand ourselves and the world around us. Participants will leave this experience with a new appreciation for life itself, and for the ways in which we are all connected.
The deepest place to create change is in the mindset or paradigm that gives rise to the system itself.
The Sound of Care symposium begins from this perspective.
Because lasting change does not begin only with institutions and systems.
It begins with the human consciousness.
What becomes possible when...
We feel more connected to one another
We lead with our hearts
We shift from fear to support and collaboration
Care is not a liability. It is a practical, measurable, participatory force for transformation.
The Community Experience
Those who choose to engage before the symposium begins, may enter our online community where meaningful connection and collaboration takes place
Participants are invited to reflect on important questions and explore Care First World Magazine – Volume 7, featuring articles from many of our presenters to enrich the conversations ahead.
Some participants may be invited to share their reflections LIVE during the symposium as part of the collective conversation.
Together, we will share wisdom, lived experience, vision, knowledge, research results and human capability.
JOIN THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCEA Global Event
The Sound of Care symposium is designed to be experiential, relational, and ongoing.
Music, video, guided meditation, and moments of reflection are woven throughout the symposium, creating a spacious experience where ideas can be felt, shared, and meaningfully integrated.
Those who participate more fully can:
Build meaningful relationships with thoughtful, purpose-driven people from around the world
Engage in meaningful conversations across sectors
Share reflections and ideas related to the symposium's two essential questions
Begin building collaborations before the event begins
Participate in an ongoing vibrant community within the Global Heart Sync platform after the symposium concludes
Meet The Presenters
Louis Böhtlingk
Scotland · Founder of Care First World Magazine and the Sound of Care Symposium
In 2023 he started Care First World magazine to share the Care First message and uplifting news to strengthen hearts in these challenging times. Living from our hearts offers a genuinely hopeful perspective towards the future of humanity.
www.magazine.carefirstworld.com
Riane Eisler
USA · Social Systems Scientist and Pioneer of Partnership-Based Societies,
Center For Partnership Systems
Sound of Care Presenter
Eisler is author of many books, including The Chalice and the Blade, now in its 57th US printing and 30 foreign editions, The Real Wealth of Nations, hailed by Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu as "a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking," and Nurturing Our Humanity, Oxford University Press, 2019, co-authored with Douglas P. Fry.
Eisler’s innovative whole-systems research offers new perspectives and practical tools for constructing a less violent, more egalitarian, gender-balanced, and environmentally sustainable future, showing we have an alternative to our unsustainable present course. She is President of the Center for Partnership Systems and Editor in Chief of the online Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies published at the University of Minnesota. She keynotes conferences worldwide, has taught at many universities, has written hundreds of articles and contributions to both scholarly and popular books, pioneered the application of human rights standards to women and children, has addressed the UN General Assembly, and consults to businesses and governments on the partnership model her work introduced.
www.rianeeisler.com and www.centerforpartnership.org
Dr. Mitch Abrams
Canada · Physician, CCARE Certified Compassion Educator, Co-Founder Global Heart Sync, NexGenHealth Foundation
Sound of Care Presenter
Mitch Abrams MD, FRCPC, is a Canadian radiologist, educator, TEDx and keynote speaker, and founder of NexGenHealth Foundation. He is a Certified Educator of Applied Compassion through Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE). He earned his medical degree and radiology specialty at Dalhousie University, completed a fellowship in cross-sectional imaging at the University of Toronto, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He serves as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and previously held the role of Chair of Diagnostic Imaging at Cambridge Memorial Hospital.
Following his own experience with open-heart surgery early in his medical career, Dr. Mitch - as he is affectionately called by his students - began to understand that there is far more to healing than our Western medical model supports. He embarked on an interdisciplinary investigation into the scientific foundations of resilience, compassion, psychophysiology, contemplative neuroscience, and the biopsychosocial model of health. For more than a decade, he has translated this work into evidence-informed educational initiatives designed to improve healthcare provider well-being, strengthen patient care, and promote community resilience.
Dr. Mitch is the creator of the H.E.A.R.T.™ Curriculum (Heart Education and Resilience Training) and cofounder of Global Heart Sync™ (GlobalHeartSync.org) - an initiative exploring the role of heart coherence in fostering individual well-being and social connection. Through RADD ART™ (Radiologist-Developed Autonomic Rewiring Therapy), he also integrates art, music, and science to support sustainable funding for mental health education and resilience research.
Dr. Abrams serves as a Scientific and Curriculum Advisor to Luminara.Institute and supports the global Synchronistory® initiative, collaborating with interdisciplinary leaders across healthcare, education, science, technology, and the nonprofit sector to advance compassionate, evidence-informed approaches to human flourishing. He is honored by the opportunity to help lead the Sound of Care Symposium and support the expansion of a Care First World.
Satish Kumar
UK · Peace-pilgrim, life-long activist, and former monk · Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine
Sound of Care Presenter
A world-renown author and international speaker, Satish founded The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity that seeks to inform and inspire a just future for all. He was the Editor of the charity’s change-making magazine, Resurgence & Ecologist, for over 40 years, making him the UK's longest-serving editor of the same magazine. He continues to serve this publication as Editor Emeritus.
Now in his 80s, Satish has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration, social justice, and spiritual fulfilment.
Satish would like to offer you 20% off membership of The Resurgence Trust. When you join, you will receive a range of membership benefits including the hope-inspiring, bi-monthly Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, and support Satish (and the charity he founded) in protecting the future of people and planet. Find out more about Satish’s work and this offer.
Thera Van Osch
Netherlands · Feminist Economist
Sound of Care Presenter
In the past 15 years she worked as an independent researcher, advisor, and trainer for the European Commission (EC), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), the Council of Europe (CoE), several UN Agencies, bilatoral organisations for international cooperation, Academies and NGOs. In 2023 she received the award of ‘Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau of His Majesty, King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands’ for promoting women’s rights and the improvement of women’s position on the labour market and in society. Currently she is engaged as a feminist economist in the UNDP programme ’EQUANOMICS Global Learning Lab on Gender Equal Economies’.
Dr. Patricia Klauer
Mexico/USA · Pioneer in Conscious Economics · Data Architect · Founder, Aligned Intelligence
Sound of Care Presenter
Dr. Klauer cofounded Social Fusion in 2002, an incubator for social entrepreneurs, and has served as both board member and adviser to Impact Hub Global. As a member of the Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship, she contributes to their 'Aligned for Impact' data harmonization program and co-authored data governance principles for cross-sector data collaboration. She also co-authored the Attention Economy policy brief with the United Nations Network of Economists (UNEN) and New Economies for Sustainable Development (NESD), and released 'The Universal Principles of the Conscious Attention Economy'.
Patricia lives in a lakeside village in Mexico, where she co-founded FoodBank Lakeside to address regional food poverty through partnerships with local grocers and community volunteers. Her work across all domains is animated by a single aspiration: a future where humanity lives in mutual benefit with all beings and with nature.
Sandra Bohtlingk
Scotland · Spirit Doll Maker. Soul Reader. · Co-Editor for 'Care First World Magazine'
Sound of Care Presenter
My Spirt Dolls are aimed at show-casing a deeper more personal side of ourselves known to us or, as yet, not known. My Soul Readings are based upon the same field of development. Who are we really. What lies deeper within. And, what are we missing? I have no special titles as such. I believe I avoided them actually and preferred finding out what really makes me tick in the present moment. As co-editor for Care First World Magazine, I enjoy the world of stories. The journey we can experience be it through our own story or that of another’s. Stories are like a big puzzle that is expressing itself through colour, sound imagination feelings growth and so on. With so much to explore in life it is impossible to get bored.
Jody Bresgi
Canada· Co-Founder & Director of Educational Initiatives, Strategic Partnerships & Research,
NexGenHealth Foundation
Sound of Care Producer
Working alongside her life and business partner, physician Dr. Mitch Abrams, Jody co-develops programs and initiatives that integrate the science of the brain, heart, and human connection with compassion science, art, music, and mind-body practices. Together they have co-developed the H.E.A.R.T.™ program (Heart Education and Resilience Training), Global Heart Sync™, and RADD ART™ (Radiologist Developed Autonomic Rewiring Therapy). Along with a wonderful global team of Care First leaders, Jody has helped lead the development of The Sound of Care Symposium.
Jody holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Film and Video from York University, an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at Western University, and is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner, graduating as valedictorian from the Institute of Holistic Nutrition. She is also a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator and has managed Phase III and IV clinical trials, bringing a strong foundation in evidence-based healthcare to all of NexGenHealth's initiatives.
Jody is passionate about translating emerging science into practical experiences that help individuals and communities cultivate greater well-being, resilience, and compassionate action. Jody serves as an advisor to Luminara.Institute and supports the global Synchronistory® initiative, collaborating with teams across academia, healthcare, education, and the nonprofit sector.
www.GlobalHeartSync.org | www.NexGenHealth.solutions
Ron Kertzner
USA · Executive Coach Exploring the Meeting Place of Heart, Awareness, and Leadership,
ChoicePoint Consulting
Sound of Care Presenter
As co-founder of ChoicePoint Consulting, Ron’s passion is helping individuals and organizations rediscover the intelligence of the heart as a foundation for wise action, meaningful relationships, and lives of greater purpose. Throughout his 30 year career, Ron has coached and facilitated leaders at organizations including Google, Intuit, PayPal, General Electric, Ancestry, the Clinton Foundation, and state and local governments.
Earlier in his career, Ron worked in public service and civic leadership, supporting initiatives with the U.S. Congress, the United Nations, and numerous nonprofit organizations. These experiences deepened his conviction that the challenges facing our organizations, communities, and world cannot be solved by better strategies alone—they require a deeper level of human consciousness, compassion, and connection..
Mark Laisure
USA · Co Founder Life Changes Network and VP of Partnerships at WORLDS
Sound of Care Advisor
My career began on Wall Street, where I gained invaluable experience in the world of finance and venture capital. During this time, I honed my analytical skills and developed a deep understanding of team and market dynamics, and strategic decision-making. Presently I am founder or advisor to multiple immersive production and development companies including WORLDS / Vortex Immersion, designers of transformative 360 immersive entertainment experiences dubbed "Community VR,” — Impossible Creative; integrated IP studio in immersive 360 entertainment, Creator of the “WonderRoom” and — Arena.TV (turnkey, scalable, real-time, collaborative, streaming environments. Additionally, fueled by my passion for connection, community and mental health and wellness, I am the Executive Producer & Co-Host of The LIFE CHANGES Show, which, in its 16th year, invites our audience to explore and embrace the only constant…Life Changes!!
Throughout my career, I’ve been a founder or guiding force within several ventures including; Inktomi Corporation (acquired by Yahoo!), MILCOM (now Arsenal Venture Partners,) Teranex (video processing acquired into Black Magic Design), Mesh Networks (mobile wifi, acquired by Motorola,) Theseus Logic (clock-less semiconductor, acquired by Camgian,) Skycross (award-winning antenna technology) Zeros & Ones, Inc / Voyant Intl (digital convergence) and ONEHOPE Wine (cause commerce) I've had the privilege of working with wildly talented teams and collaborating with industry giants to create innovative products, content and experiences, that resonate with diverse audiences.
My journey has blessed me with the scars of experience and wisdom earned as well as awards such as a Prime Time Emmy for technological innovation in film and television processing, R&D 100 award (The Oscar's of Inventing) and Businessweek Magazine Product of the Year.
Steve Schueth
USA · Sustainable, Responsible, Impact investment industry expert
Sound of Care Presenter/Advisor
through 2017 and served as Executive Producer of The SRI Conference on Sustainable,
Responsible, Impact Investing for nearly twenty years. He is a director and former board chair of The Alliance Center in Denver, Colorado.
Ivan Ransom
Mexico · Sustainability Ambassador and Youth Mentor of the POP Movement
Sound of Care Contributor
Ivan currently serves as a Sustainability Ambassador and Youth Mentor at the POP Movement, where he develops educational courses, books, workshops, videos, and international initiatives that empower young people to become environmental leaders. His experience also includes communications, impact investing, circular economy projects, peacebuilding, and collaboration with global organizations and institutions. Through his writing, research, mentoring, and creative projects, he seeks to make complex global challenges accessible, inspire meaningful action, and help build a healthier, fairer, and more sustainable future.
Ricardo Delgado Lander
Brazil · Journalist, Brand Manager and Youth Mentor at the POP Movement
Sound of Care Contributor
Alongside my advocacy, I specialize in strategic storytelling, having drafted speeches for global leaders, contributed to more than 11 books on climate leadership, and edited How to Inspire Action and Lead with Impact. My work has been recognized through invitations to speak at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and the Misk Global Forum, as well as nominations for the R.K. Pachauri and John “Mac” McQuown Awards. Across every role, my focus remains the same: using communication to empower communities and inspire meaningful change.
Maurits Hoenders
Netherlands · Professional intuitive trainer & coach
Sound of Care Presenter
For the past 15 years he has worked with civil servants and young professionals. Since 2012 he has worked for the Professional Honour Foundation. In 2017 he co-founded De Vuurmakers, a cooperation that provides leadership programs for young civil servants. His goal is to inspire (young) public professionals to connect to their True Selves, find their purpose and do the Work they’re meant to do. Maurits has been part of the Care First Network for many years and is an editor for the Care First Magazine.
Sydney Harvey Griffith
USA · Executive Director, Kinship Earth; Steward, Planetary Party Protocol; Co-Founder, Permatours
Sound of Care Presenter
Her work with Kinship Earth also involves co-creating bioregional activations - experiences that support local communities to build coherence and resiliency, including by creating their own unique flow funds: local pools of money that a community raises, pools, and deploys together. These bioregional activations are guided by the Planetary Party Protocol - both a process communities move through together (SEE => SENSE => ACTIVATE => CELEBRATE => REGENERATE) and a living ecosystem of people and organizations devoted to serving life and regeneration. The Protocol aligns communities, capital, culture, and governance at the bioregional level to accelerate regenerative development and planetary awakening.
Closer to home, Syd is moving land out of private ownership and into collective stewardship where she lives, while supporting land projects to do the same around the world. This work is a remembering: land is not property but kin, and we are not separate from Earth. We are one with Her and all beings.
Gabriella Kapfer
Portugal · Educator · Musician · Instrument maker · workshop facilitator · co-founder of Resounding Earth and Care First World
Sound of Care Performer
www.resoundingearth.com
Heather Cowen
Portugal · Educator, Musician, Workshop facilitator & host, Co-Founder of Resounding Earth
Sound of Care Performer
Jahna Perricone, CMF
USA · Creator & Composer of The Journey: From Formlessness to Form · UCLA Certified Mindfulness Facilitator · Mindful Expression & Voice Educator: intersection of mindfulness, sound healing, and voice pedagogy
Sound of Care Performer
Jahna is the co-creator, composer, producer and vocalist of the award-winning immersive film The Journey: From Formlessness to Form, created with her partner and spatial sound expert, Michael Perricone. Conceived as a well-being full-dome experience, the film combines luminous imagery, mindful narrative, and deeply resonant original music to guide audiences through themes of transformation, renewal, and the power of new beginnings. Her voice serves as a central emotional force within the work - ethereal, grounding, and transportive- creating what has been described as a form of “vocal alchemy.”
Jahna’s artistic collaboration with Michael Perricone is central to her creative world. Together, they are visionary partners in life and sound, creating immersive Transformances™ that weave ancient Himalayan singing bowls (300-600 yrs old), sacred gongs, ethereal vocal toning, bells, chimes, flute, guitar, original composition, and guided mindfulness into deeply layered sonic environments. Their work explores mindful sound as a pathway to connection, wellbeing, and expanded awareness, bringing together timeless acoustic traditions with modern immersive sound design and technology. Together, Michael and Jahna have presented their award-winning sound and cinematic experiences at cultural institutions and immersive venues including LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art:), SXSW, The Getty, Hammer, Fowler and Pacific Asia Museums, as well as planetariums, retreats, and immersive arts spaces worldwide.
In addition to her collaborative work, Jahna is a featured vocalist in the film, Lear Rex, with Al Pacino. Across all mediums, she remains devoted to creating experiences where voice, sound, stillness, and story converge, offering audiences an invitation to listen more deeply, reconnect with themselves, and discover the transformative power of resonance.
| www.michaelandjahna.com |
Michael Perricone, WGA, C.A.S., IATSE
USA · Multidisciplinary Artist, Filmmaker, Composer, and Award-Winning Sound Designer · Director, Composer and Sound Designer of The Journey: From Formlessness to Form
Sound of Care Performer
As the co-creator of the award-winning fulldome film The Journey: From Formlessness to Form and Transformances™ with vocalist and mindfulness practitioner Jahna Perricone, he combines advanced spatial audio techniques, binaural soundscapes, frequency-based compositions, and ancient sonic practices to support states of relaxation, awareness, creativity, and transformation.
Through his work in film, music, and immersive sound journeys, Perricone explores the intersection of neuroscience, resonance, and human connection—revealing sound as a powerful pathway for embodied experience, emotional renewal, and expanded consciousness.
| www.michaelandjahna.com |
Tess Cacciatore
USA · Award-Winning filmmaker and Creator of Yumi’s Universe - a children’s IP to promote kindness · CEO/Founder Global Women’s Empowerment Network
Sound of Care Contributor
Tess is a Member of WIM (Women in Management) Global Committee, as well as a past recipient of the Filmmaking & Storytelling Award in 2023. WIM is headquartered in Sri Lanka and is a global network of women in business.
Her 2023 film *The Rescue* won 23 film festivals worldwide, including the Cannes World Film Festival Social Justice Award and Best Female Director, Whistleblower Film Festival (DC), City of Angels Film Festival (LA), Berlin, Toronto, iFest Film Festival (LA) and more. Tess is passionate about the protection of women and children and has dedicated her creative skills to raise awareness about sex/human trafficking, domestic violence, mental health, and more.
Tess has spoken at the United Nations (Geneva & New York) and appeared on major national TV, like: The Today Show, Dr. Phil and numerous local and international TV shows, radio shows, and podcasts. Along with her original talk show GWEN TALKS on i-Heart Radio. She has also received the Communicator Award of Distinction for Social Awareness in Filmmaking. She was previously recognized at the United Nations (Geneva) for the Fete d' Geneva for Edu-tainment 2001,the Mobile Excellence Award (2012) for the GWEN Alert safety app, Congress & State Assembly awards in states New York & California.
Tess is a keynote speaker and panelist at the United Nations (New York and Geneva) SXSW, Digital Hollywood and others. Tess is an award-winning songwriter and she has been a multiple nominee at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards and is a 2024 Hollywood Independent Music Awards nominee for Best Original Song, "Gotta Do The Right Thing." “Chasing the Sun” won Best Children’s Song” for Hollywood Independent Music Award for Yumi’s Universe.
She is a media-credited journalist at the United Nations and also a WIM Global Leadership Committee member and Top50 Global Award Winner.
Tess has spent 25+ years advocating for human rights across five continents, using film and technology to drive change.
Wynn Waggoner
Producer · Editor · Co-Founder of Yumi's Universe LLC
Sound of Care Contributor
In 2024 Wynn and Douglas were introduced to Yumi’s Universe by, Tess Cacciatore, their friend and the creator of Yumi. Shortly thereafter, they experience a watershed moment while on a trip to Japan for World Peace Week. Yumi’s Universe, focuses on children’s Peace education. The theme takes Yumi with her best friend Jay, along with her four animal friends around the globe in their Mystical Magical Orb-ship sharing kindness with other cultures. The international group they were with excitedly embraced their goal for children everywhere to experience peace education. The overwhelming response was, “oh my, this is just what we’ve been waiting for...Yumi is the perfect Global Ambassador for Children’s Peace and Kindness education”; the timing is perfect! That moment showed Wynn and Douglas the level of international interest and the need they would begin to address. Yumi’s Universe, LLC was created and the growth of Yumi and her peace and kindness travels began.
Wynn resides in the clear mountain air just west of Boulder, Colorado, with her husband Douglas.
Douglas Waggoner
USA · Producer · Editor · co-founder of Yumi's Universe LLC
Sound of Care Contributor
Douglas is also the creator of the Birdscape™. These artistically designed nesting boxes and bird feeders were created to give back to the birds their natural environment, compete with the protection they seek. Each is created as an arrangement of natural elements to accommodate the needs and characteristics of specific birds. He explains them as “returning to the birds what is fundamentally theirs: a natural environment where they can successfully nurture, protect and raise their family.” People see them as art with an everchanging window into nature. As unique art pieces, each is signed and numbered and accompanied by a “Certificate of Authenticity” Waggoner’s work has been featured in over a dozen publications including Garden Center Magazine and the cover of Garden Décor Magazine.
In 2024 Wynn and Douglas were introduced to Yumi’s Universe by, Tess Cacciatore, their friend and the creator of Yumi - an animated character. Shortly thereafter, they experience a watershed moment while on a trip to Japan for World Peace Week. Yumi’s Universe, focuses on children’s Peace education. The theme takes Yumi with her best friend Jay, along with her four animal friends around the globe in their Mystical Magical Orb-ship sharing kindness with other cultures. The international group they were with excitedly embraced their goal for children everywhere to experience peace education. The overwhelming response was, “oh my, this is just what we’ve been waiting for…Yumi is the perfect Global Ambassador for Children’s Peace and Kindness education”; the timing is perfect! That moment showed Wynn and Douglas the level of international interest and the need they would begin to address. Yumi’s Universe, LLC was created and the growth of Yumi and her peace and kindness travels began.
A native of northern Minnesota, the artist currently makes his home in the mountains west of Boulder, Colorado with his wife Wynn, where he has created some of the finest pieces of natural sculptured art available today.
Our Programme
Friday · September 18, 2026
Building a Caring Economy · The Caring Human Being · A Care First Economy
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM BST (UK)
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT (NYC/Toronto)
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PDT (LA/Vancouver)
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CEST (Central Europe)
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SOUNDING CARE
4:00 pm BST | 11:00 am EDT | 8:00 am PDT | 5:00 pm CEST
Sounding Care, a musical intro with Gabriella Kapfer and Michael Perricone (pre-recorded) and “Come With Roses in Your Heart” sung by Heather Cowen and Gabriella Kapfer (live)
Louis Böhtlingk, Dr. Mitch Abrams, Jody Bresgi — Welcome
4:15 pm BST | 11:15 am EDT | 8:15 am PDT | 5:15 pm CEST
Riane Eisler — “Building a Caring Economy”
4:40 pm BST | 11:40 am EDT | 8:40 am PDT | 5:40 pm CEST
Thera Van Osch — “Paradigm Shifts in Economic Thinking”
5:00 pm BST | 12:00 pm EDT | 9:00 am PDT | 6:00 pm CEST
a small break (15 min)
5:15 pm BST | 12:15 pm EDT | 9:15 am PDT | 6:15 pm CEST
“A Care First Economy” with a Care First panel.
5:50–6:00 pm BST | 12:50–1:00 pm EDT | 9:50–10:00 am PDT | 6:50–7:00 pm CEST
Closing of the day
Saturday · September 19, 2026
Care for Ourselves · Care for the Earth · Care for Each Other · Participant Contributions · Breakout Conversations
4:00 PM – 8:30 PM BST (UK)
11:00 AM – 3:30 PM EDT (NYC/Toronto)
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT (LA/Vancouver)
5:00 PM – 9:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
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CARE FOR OURSELVES
4:00 pm BST | 11:00 am EDT | 8:00 am PDT | 5:00 pm CEST
Musical Opening with Jahna Perricone and Michael Perricone
4:05 pm BST | 11:05 am EDT | 8:05 am PDT | 5:05 pm CEST
Louis Böhtlingk — Welcome
Self Care First panel with Louis Böhtlingk, Maurits Hoenders, and Sandra Bohtlingk
4:20 pm BST | 11:20 am EDT | 8:20 am PDT | 5:20 pm CEST
Presentation Dr. Mitch Abrams: “From Separation to Coherence.”
4:50–5:00 pm BST | 11:50 am–12:00 pm EDT | 8:50–9:00 am PDT | 5:50–6:00 pm CEST
small break
5:00 pm BST | 12:00 pm EDT | 9:00 am PDT | 6:00 pm CEST
Dr. Mitch Abrams — “Laser Protocol”
5:15 pm BST | 12:15 pm EDT | 9:15 am PDT | 6:15 pm CEST
15 min break
CARE FOR THE EARTH
5:30 pm BST | 12:30 pm EDT | 9:30 am PDT | 6:30 pm CEST
POP Family
5:50 pm BST | 12:50 pm EDT | 9:50 am PDT | 6:50 pm CEST
Sydney Harvey Griffith — “Flow Funding, Bio Regions & Planetary Party”
6:10 pm BST | 1:10 pm EDT | 10:10 am PDT | 7:10 pm CEST
30 min break
CARE FOR EACH OTHER
6:40 pm BST | 1:40 pm EDT | 10:40 am PDT | 7:40 pm CEST
Caring Societies Panel
6:50 pm BST | 1:50 pm EDT | 10:50 am PDT | 7:50 pm CEST
Sharing the input of all participants towards the two essential questions
7:10 pm BST | 2:10 pm EDT | 11:10 am PDT | 8:10 pm CEST
Hearing seven participants speak
7:30 pm BST | 2:30 pm EDT | 11:30 am PDT | 8:30 pm CEST
15 min break
7:45 pm BST | 2:45 pm EDT | 11:45 am PDT | 8:45 pm CEST
Breakout rooms and sharing
8:20–8:30 pm BST | 3:20–3:30 pm EDT | 12:20–12:30 pm PDT | 9:20–9:30 pm CEST
Closing
Sunday · September 20, 2026
Elegant Simplicity · Animation Surprise! · Experiencing Our Hearts · Completion & Ongoing Community Vision
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM BST (UK)
11:00 AM – 2:30 PM EDT (NYC/Toronto)
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT (LA/Vancouver)
5:00 PM – 8:30 PM CEST (Central Europe)
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BUILDING THE FUTURE
4:00 pm BST | 11:00 am EDT | 8:00 am PDT | 5:00 pm CEST
Musical Opening with Jahna Perricone and Michael Perricone
Louis Böhtlingk — Welcome
4:05 pm BST | 11:05 am EDT | 8:05 am PDT | 5:05 pm CEST
Satish Kumar — “Elegant Simplicity”
4:30 pm BST | 11:30 am EDT | 8:30 am PDT | 5:30 pm CEST
Animation Surprise: Yumi, Happy Heart, POPPix and Dr. Heart videos. Panel Discussion
5:00 pm BST | 12:00 pm EDT | 9:00 am PDT | 6:00 pm CEST
15 min break
5:15 pm BST | 12:15 pm EDT | 9:15 am PDT | 6:15 pm CEST
Ron Kertzner, Louis Böhtlingk, Dr. Mitch Abrams & Jody Bresgi: Experiencing the heart
5:45 pm BST | 12:45 pm EDT | 9:45 am PDT | 6:45 pm CEST
Dr. Mitch Abrams — “Global Heartbeat”
6:15 pm BST | 1:15 pm EDT | 10:15 am PDT | 7:15 pm CEST
15 min break
6:30 pm BST | 1:30 pm EDT | 10:30 am PDT | 7:30 pm CEST
Completion and Follow Up
7:15–7:30 pm BST | 2:15–2:30 pm EDT | 11:15–11:30 am PDT | 8:15–8:30 pm CEST
Closing Ceremony
How This All Began
"On December 30th, 2025, I received an email from Riane Eisler with the words: ‘Care has been the subject of my books and articles for a long time.’ Riane shared her concern about the worldwide devaluation of care. As I crossed into 2026, I had a deep sense that this would become a year devoted to the theme of care — and that we would gather people together from around the world to explore what becomes possible when care truly leads the way.”
— Louis Bohtlingk
On 19 March 2026, Riane Eisler was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in recognition of four decades of work on the care economy, gender equity, early childhood investment, and long-term human wellbeing. It was hosted by California’s governor Gavin Newson.
Riane inspired us to initiate a global launchpad for a vital new economy that cares for people and the planet. Her publications on systemic transformation of society explain how societies change by organizing relationships from intimate to international levels.
The Sound of Care emerged from a growing vision to help bring the conversation of care into the mainstream — not only as an ideal, but as a practical foundation for the future of humanity. It is intended not just as a one-time symposium, but as an impactful conversation and community that continues to grow over time.
Global Heart Sync is the home of the Care First Community
We envision this community becoming the foundation of a global Care First movement—one that inspires individuals and organizations to place the wellbeing of people and the planet at the heart of decision-making.
The Global Heart Sync Vision
A world where science-backed heart-centred practices become part of everyday life to support human flourishing and connection.
Global Heart Sync is an initiative of the nonprofit NexGenHealth Foundation, created to help people recognize humanity's innate capacity to connect, synchronize, and create positive change within ourselves, with one another, and throughout the world.
The Sound of Care is the beginning...
...of a growing global movement and collaborative ecosystem dedicated to helping place care at the center of how humanity lives, leads, relates, and creates the future together.
If this invitation resonates with you, we welcome you to engage with us.
Together, we can help cultivate the conditions for a more connected, compassionate, coherent, Care First World.
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