Positive neuroscience – combining research, practice and community
30. – May 31, 2026, Trier | Broadway Cinema
The members of the European Forum for Positive Neuroscience (EUPONS) are coming together in person for the first time. Two days full of impulses, exchange and shared perspectives for the future of Positive Neuroscience in Europe.
Saturday – May 30, 2026
Inspiration & Community
12:30 – 13:00 | Arrival & Reception
Welcome by Andrea Badry
Keynote by Michaela Brohm-Badry
13:45 – 14:00 | EUPONS at a glance
Overview of the structure and key topics of EUPONS, Christine Wall-Pilgenröder
14:00 – 15:10 | Impulses from the EUPONS Community – Part I
Short impulses from key topics
- Bertram Strolz: The art of Polynesian sailing and what education has to do with seafaring
- Sandra Collomb: “You Don’t Feel What Happens – You Feel What Your Brain Predicts”. Rethinking leadership, wellbeing and performance
- Jo Aschenbrenner: Peace within us – even if the Second World War echoes in us war granddaughters
- Caprice Innauer: When shame controls our behavior
- Lisa Reis: Design Your Day: How we are neuropsychologically reinventing our work
- Ernst Althaus: EMPOWERING LEARNERS: Balancing digitality and relationship work
15:10 – 15:40 Break & Networking
15:40 – 16:40 | EUPONS in dialog
Moderated exchange in small groups on central topics of the community.
In several discussion rounds, participants from different areas come together to discuss perspectives from research and practice.
The focus is on several central topics in which the participants can actively participate. The aim is to develop new ideas, share experiences and provide impetus for further cooperation within EUPONS.
16:45 – 17:00 | End of the day
Joint conclusion of the first day.
Singing together with Waltraud Jäger at the end of the program.
Evening program
Dinner together in Trier.
Space for personal exchange, networking and discussions in an informal atmosphere.
Sunday – May 31, 2026
Deepening & perspectives
Admission from 9:30 a.m.
10:00 – 10:10
Welcome & short review of day 1
10:10 – 11:20 I Impulses from the EUPONS Community – Part II
Short impulses from central topics of the EUPONS Community
- Dominika Wach: Taking over the well-being of female entrepreneurs
- Kerstin Lulei: Get out of the sun! We need more lights in the system!
- Daniel Gfrerer: Psychophysiology meets positive psychology: methodical assessment of stress, vascular function and PERMA
- Markus Götz: The pleasure and burden of adapting
- Heinrich Gotzig: From Signal to Outcome: Twin Modeling in the Avantar Approach
- Michael Munzel: Surpassing yourself with safety
11:20 – 11:55 | Speakers’ Corner
Open stage for contributions from the community.
Participants are invited to contribute their own topics, perspectives and questions that are currently on their minds in short contributions to the plenary session.
11:55 – 12:20 Break
12:20 – 13:05 | Panel discussion, moderated by Christine Wall
“From research to impact: How can transfer to practice and society succeed?”
In an exchange between different perspectives, participants will discuss how findings from research can be effectively transferred to practice and society.
13:05 – 13:40 | Future workshop
Looking ahead together.
Participants are invited to actively contribute to key questions on the future of EUPONS
13:40 – 14:00 | Conclusion & outlook
Prof. Michaela Brohm-Badry