The Symposium
Leadership is changing.
The question is: how.
"The traditional leadership model — built on control, exhaustion, and constant acceleration — is reaching its limits."
Organizations are under strain, people are dysregulated, and systems lose coherence. In high-responsibility environments — healthcare, public safety, large-scale leadership — a leader’s inner state is transmitted directly into the system.
The Heart in Leadership highlights an alternative pathway already practiced by organizations and individuals who recognize that the old model has run its course. Grounded in over 400 published research studies, this is not philosophy — it is applied science.
A live event designed to spark fresh thinking and inspire purposeful action — through real-world stories, practical frameworks, and proven strategies shared by leaders who have applied them in demanding environments.
What You Will Gain
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Direct learning from people who apply these principles daily, including senior executives, innovative leaders, public safety professionals, and other high-responsibility practitioners.
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Clear real-world examples of how inner self-regulation shapes decisions, teams, and entire systems.
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Simple, evidence-based techniques that support mental clarity, reduce cognitive and emotional overload, and strengthen resilience under stress.
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Practical ways to apply these tools within your own business, organization, structure, or team.
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A methodology for transferring inner coherence into everyday professional and personal life, making results more consistent and repeatable.
Key Benefits
Why Attend
A gathering of leaders, practitioners, and change-makers shaping the future through practical tools, measurable insight, and authentic influence.
Leadership in Action
Go beyond ideas and explore how leadership is practiced in real organizations, institutions, and environments where trust, pressure, and responsibility shape outcomes.
Research You Can Apply
Engage with evidence-based insight that connects physiology, resilience, decision-making, and performance to the practical demands of leadership.
Case Studies from Real Systems
Learn through examples drawn from healthcare, public service, business, and other applied settings where leadership is tested under real conditions.
Workshops with Practical Value
Take part in sessions designed to move from insight to application, with methods and frameworks that can be used in teams, organizations, and everyday practice.
HeartMath in a Broader Context
HeartMath remains a central part of the program, integrated into a wider conversation on leadership, coherence, performance, and real-world implementation.
Communication, Multiple Capitals, and Results
Explore how authentic communication, trust, and broader forms of value creation across multiple capitals can strengthen culture, improve effectiveness, and support meaningful growth.
Confirmed Lineup
Meet the Speakers
A carefully curated group of global thought leaders, institutional voices, and respected practitioners — each bringing a distinct lens on science, human potential, and leadership transformation.
Deborah Rozman
HeartMath Inc.
President & CEO of HeartMath Inc. Behavioral psychologist and leading authority on heart coherence and emotional regulation.
Live
Gregg Braden
Author & Speaker
NY Times bestselling author. Pioneer in bridging science and human potential. A defining voice on resilience and coherence.
Online
Arianna Huffington
Thrive Global
Founder & CEO of Thrive Global. One of the world’s most influential voices on sustainable leadership and human performance.
Live
Howard Martin
HeartMath LLC
EVP Strategic Development, HeartMath LLC. One of the world’s foremost voices on heart intelligence and coherence science.
Live
Dr. Rich Safeer
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Chief Medical Director of Employee Health & Well-being at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Science-backed leadership and wellbeing.
Live
Harpreet Bhan
Heartfulness Institute
Senior leader at the Heartfulness Institute. Decades of experience in inner transformation and large-scale leadership development.
Live
Nipun Mehta
ServiceSpace
Founder of ServiceSpace. A rare lens on purpose, generosity, and human connection as a genuine leadership force.
Live
Lucas Donat
CMO / Marketing Leadership
Award-winning CMO with deep expertise in authentic brand communication, marketing strategy, and purpose-driven performance.
Live
Roel Leduc
Dutch National Police
From the organization that trained 55,000+ Dutch police officers in HeartMath — the largest institutional deployment in Europe.
Live
Program Themes
What We Will
Explore Together
Three days of keynotes, strategic conversations, and interactive sessions — structured around the core pillars of heart-based leadership.
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Proven Techniques for Coherence and Regulation
Learn the evidence-based techniques behind coherence, self-regulation, and heart-centered leadership. Participants leave with practical techniques they can begin using immediately.
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Wellbeing and Performance Inside Healthcare Systems
Explore how practical wellbeing approaches have been applied within a major medical environment — with clear lessons adaptable across sectors.
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Multiple Capitals and Renewable Organizational Value
Examine how organizations build broader forms of capital by strengthening message, culture, trust, relationships, and contribution — alongside financial outcomes.
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Large-Scale Application in Public Service
See how a heart-based program was implemented across 65,000 police officers in the Netherlands, what results it produced, and what leaders can learn from it.
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Heart Coherence in Large Organizations
Explore how heart coherence — a distinct, measurable physiological state — is being applied in large organizational settings to strengthen focus, resilience, and decision-making quality in everyday leadership.
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Authentic Communication, Growth, and Market Leadership
Learn how authentic communication has helped companies grow into unicorns and become public companies in the United States — plus a practical methodology for discovering the authentic message of any organization or brand.
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Sustainable Performance and Healthier Ways of Working
Explore how healthier models of leadership improve clarity, energy, decision-making, and long-term effectiveness — while reducing exhaustion and disconnection.
Programme
Agenda
Three days of keynotes, panel discussions, and parallel workshops — designed to move from insight to application.
Keynote / Talk
Workshop (2h)
Break / Networking
Who It Is For
Built for Leaders
Who Influence Systems
This symposium is for people whose role directly shapes other people — from the boardroom to the hospital ward, from the coaching room to the command center.
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CEOs, Founders & Senior Executives
Leaders responsible for direction, performance, culture, and decision-making in organizations facing complexity, growth, and constant pressure.
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Healthcare & Wellbeing Leaders
Professionals working in medical, clinical, and wellbeing environments where leadership quality directly affects people, systems, and outcomes.
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Public Safety & Institutional Leaders
People operating in high-responsibility systems where clarity, regulation, trust, and performance under pressure are operational requirements.
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HR, People & Organizational Development Leaders
Those responsible for culture, team effectiveness, leadership development, wellbeing, and the human side of organizational performance.
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Coaches, Trainers & Facilitators
Professionals who guide others and want practical, evidence-based methods they can bring into leadership, coaching, and development work.
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Communication, Brand & Marketing Leaders
People shaping trust, message, culture, and perception inside organizations, brands, and agencies through more authentic and effective communication.
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Researchers, Scientists & Applied Practitioners
Those working at the intersection of science, human performance, organizational behavior, and practical implementation.
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Entrepreneurs & Emerging Leaders
People building organizations, teams, or new initiatives who want to grow with greater coherence, resilience, and clarity from the outset.
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In an era of increasing complexity, inner mastery becomes a genuine strategic advantage. The leader who can regulate from within shapes the field around them.
HeartMath European Symposium 3.0
Secure Your Place
Reserve Your Seat
Three days of insight, application, and connection in Athens. Choose the experience that fits your role and goals.
Online Pass
€250
per person
- ✓Attend live from your location
- ✓AI subtitles in 8 languages
- ✓Recordings available for 2 months
- ✗No workshop access
Live Pass
€380
per person
- ✓Attend live in Athens
- ✓Access to all workshops
- ✓AI subtitles in 8 languages
- ✓Recordings available for 2 months
- +Accommodation, transport & meals available at extra cost
Full Pass
€850
per person
- ✓Attend live in Athens — premium seating
- ✓All meals & coffee breaks included
- ✓Meet & Greet private dinner with the speakers
- ✓All workshops & recordings included
- ✓Request a HeartMath Europe Audit for your organization
Certification Pass
Double Certification
November 2–8, Athens
- ✓7-day intensive training
- ✓HeartMath Coach & Trainer Certification
- ✓Immediately after the Symposium
- ✓Athens, Greece
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Group tickets are available at extra discounts and additional benefits. Please fill in this form.
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All tickets include AI subtitling in 8 languages: German, Dutch, Greek, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, and Italian.
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Special discounts are offered for Educational Institutions and students under 25 years old. Please fill in this form.
The Venue
DAIS Conference Center
Located in the heart of Marousi, one of Athens’ most dynamic northern suburbs, the DAIS Conference Center is a world-class multiplex venue with a 414-seat auditorium, professional sound and lighting, simultaneous translation cabins, and a spacious foyer — the ideal setting for three days of intensive learning, dialogue, and connection.
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151 Mesogeion Street, Paradissos, Marousi 151 26, Athens, Greece
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October 30 – November 1, 2026
How to Get There
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By Metro: Take Line 1 (Green) to Marousi Station, then board local bus 030 or 040 and alight at Ekpaideutiria Douka stop — right outside the venue.
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By Bus from Athens Centre: Take the A7 Kannigos–Kifissia bus to Kanatadika, then transfer to bus 446 (Ano Vrilision) and alight at Sxoleio — right outside DAIS.
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By Car: Follow Kifisias Avenue towards Kifisia. At the Kifisias Ring, turn right onto Xeimaras Street, then left onto Amarousiou–Xalandriou Street. Turn right onto Sorou Street — DAIS is at the end of the street.
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Hotels nearby: Several 4 and 5-star hotels are located within a 10-minute walk or short taxi ride, including options along Kifisias Avenue and in the Marousi area.
DAIS Auditorium
414 seats · Professional Sound & Lighting · Simultaneous Translation
414
Seats
470
Sq.m. Auditorium
October 30 – November 1, 2026 · Athens, Greece
This is where
leadership transforms.
Three days of immersive content, world-class speakers, and practical frameworks — designed for leaders who are ready to lead from the inside out.
Symposium
Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2026
Venue
DAIS, Athens
Certifications
Immediately After
