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Dr. Moody will speak in the evening on Thursday, August 28th, followed by Q & A with the audience. Then enjoy the compelling film, Raymond Moody’s Afterlife, produced by Paul Perry who has worked with Moody for 38 years, co-writing five books and capturing his wisdom in three popular movies.
In 1975, Raymond Moody, MD, published his groundbreaking book, Life After Life, and opened the contemporary field of near-death studies. Our conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of this seminal work.
DATES: August 27 – 31, 2025
(Wednesday, August 27th is pre-conference day)
LOCATION: Oak Brook Hills Resort and Conference Center
3500 Midwest Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523
ALL registrations include Video Replay Access for 180 Days!
To receive the MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT you will be able to renew an expired membership or join with a new membership when you REGISTER for the conference.
For Live Streaming registrations: You will receive two emails with the passcode to access the Live Stream landing page, one sent on Wednesday morning and one sent on Thursday morning one hour before the Conference begins (i.e., Thursday, August 28 at 7 AM Central Time).
Video Recordings: All registrants who register to attend the Conference or Live Streaming, including those who attend only on individual days, will have access for 180 days after the Conference to all sessions that are recorded.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS are offered on Wednesday, August 27th. EVENING WORKSHOPS are offered at this conference on Friday and Saturday evenings. Purchase your workshop tickets at registration. Scroll down to WORKSHOPS section for all the details.
LUNCH WITH SPEAKER ($55) is a popular event at our IANDS Conference each year! Join your favorite speaker for a delicious meal and great conversation for lunch on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Round tables will seat up to 9 guests plus the table’s host. Secure your seat now, as many tables sell out early! Choose your meal selection when you purchase your ticket(s) at registration.
Scroll down to LUNCH WITH SPEAKER section see which speakers are hosting tables for each day and view the meal options.
THE FUNDRAISING BANQUET DINNER is an elegant evening with wonderful food, special guest speakers, and beautiful music. Help us create a bright future for the IANDS community! Choose your meal when you purchase your ticket.
HEALING SESSIONS are individual 20-minute session(s) which allow you to try or re-experience a variety of healing modalities. Purchase your tickets when you register.
BOXED LUNCHES ($26) PRE-ORDER only, not available during conference. Three daily options (drop down to view)
Select during registration:
(coming soon)
Select at registration:
– Herb Roasted Natural Chicken w/Rosemary Jus, Silky Whipped Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus, Lemonade
– Roasted Cauliflower Steak w/ Roasted Mushrooms, Chive Pesto, Grilled Asparagus, Lemonade
Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell
Betty Guadagno
Kathy McDaniel
Rebecca Kastl
Masati
Stacey Lynn Cripps
Evan Mecham
Select at registration:
– Herb Roasted Natural Chicken w/Rosemary Jus, Silky Whipped Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus, Lemonade
– Roasted Cauliflower Steak w/ Roasted Mushrooms, Chive Pesto, Grilled Asparagus, Lemonade
Select at registration:
– Grilled Sirloin Steak -Chimichurri, Chef’s Choice of Seasonal Vegetables, Boursin Smashed Potatoes, Lemonade
– Portobello and Roasted Vegetable Stack w/ Red Pepper Coulis, Buttered Broccolini, Lemonade
Mark Anthony
Ishtar Howell
Sarina Baptista
Vinnie Tolman
Christian Sunberg
Chase DeMayo
Jesse and Eliot Estrin
William Peters and Monica Williams
Shaun Lether
Select at registration:
– French Breast of Chicken w/ Champagne sauce, Rice Pilaf, Honey Glazed Baby Carrots, Lemonade
– Vegan Portobello & Vegetable Napoleon w/Red Pepper Coulis with Wild Rice Blend, Lemonade
Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell
Dr. Bruce Greyson
Connie Fusella
Vinnie Tolman
Alysa Rushton
Masati
Dr Jeffrey and Jody Long
Tricia Barker
Reiki Level I Certificate-Provided Training – Dr. Jen Vogtmann, OTD, OTRL ($139 Ticket)
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (pre-conference)
Jen Vogtmann invites you to embark on a powerful journey of healing and transformation through Reiki Level I training and attunement. With deep compassion and wisdom as an intuitive healer and Reiki master, Jen teaches how beliefs and thoughts shape our energy, often manifesting as imbalances that create emotional and physical suffering. In this session, you’ll discover how to shift these patterns by raising your vibration and connecting to the loving guidance of spirit. Through hands-on practice, attunement, and heartfelt instruction, Jen empowers you to embrace the profound healing energy within yourself to nurture your journey and extend this gift to friends, family, pets, and the world around you. This transformative experience offers a safe and sacred space to release what no longer serves you, realign with your true essence, and open the door to deeper love, harmony, and spiritual connection.
Jen Vogtmann is an occupational therapist and holistic healing practitioner dedicated to integrating complementary therapies into wellness. With years of experience, she helps individuals embrace alternative healing techniques, including Reiki, to support physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. As a Reiki Master, Jen offers training for personal healing, spiritual growth, and energy work. She incorporates Reiki into her practice as an end-of-life doula, providing comfort and compassionate care during life’s transitions. Whether supporting caregivers, those grieving, or individuals on their healing journeys, she fosters transformation, balance, and renewal. Deeply connected to nature’s healing presence, Jen advocates for compassionate, mindful, and holistic end-of-life care. She invites you to explore Reiki’s transformative power and discover how these gentle yet profound practices can cultivate peace, spiritual communication, and well-being for you and your loved ones.
Jen Vogtmann invites you to embark on a powerful journey of healing and transformation through Reiki Level I training and attunement. With deep compassion and wisdom as an intuitive healer and Reiki master, Jen teaches how beliefs and thoughts shape our energy, often manifesting as imbalances that create emotional and physical suffering. In this session, you’ll discover how to shift these patterns by raising your vibration and connecting to the loving guidance of spirit. Through hands-on practice, attunement, and heartfelt instruction, Jen empowers you to embrace the profound healing energy within yourself to nurture your journey and extend this gift to friends, family, pets, and the world around you. This transformative experience offers a safe and sacred space to release what no longer serves you, realign with your true essence, and open the door to deeper love, harmony, and spiritual connection.
Scott Taylor, EdD – The NDE Path to Human Evolution ($50 Ticket)
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (pre-conference)
NDErs have tell us that humans are on the cusp of evolution. Most of the stories tell us what is the end of this transformation. Rarely, if ever, are we shown the path to that evolution. Dr. Taylor has spent over 45 years exploring the nature of our metamorphosis. Most importantly, he has learned how to teach that path to others. This workshop will introduce you to binaural beat meditation, bi-location and the skills necessary to connect with and live from a place of expanded consciousness and in unity with the loving consciousness of is the universe. Spend two hours learning this meditative technique so you can continue your evolution at home. This workshop is a wonderful introduction to meditation for beginners and a helpful adaptation for practiced meditators.
Scott Taylor is the president of the Expanded Awareness Institute. EAI helps people curious about NDEs and shared death experiences (SDEs) explore what those experiences means to them and to our culture. Scott’s gift is the ability to make the exploration of the nonphysical universe accessible to the curious. He is author and voice of six best-selling albums of guided meditations on NDEs in his Into the Light series. Scott is a popular faculty member of The Shift Network. He is retired president and faculty member of the Monroe Institute. His NDE YouTube podcast, The Afterlife Files, is ranked in the top 8% worldwide. Scott is a shared death experiencer, researcher, speaker, facilitator, kilted IANDS emcee, and guide on how all of us can use meditation to enter and explore the spaces of NDEs and SDEs.
Sonia Barkallah – Movie -Témoins [Witnesses] + Panel + Meal ($50 Ticket)
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM (pre-conference)
French documentarian Sonia Barkallah recently released her film, Témoins [Witnesses], in French with English subtitles. The film features near-death experiencers (NDErs)—witnesses to the afterlife—and people who have witnessed veridical perception in NDEs—in which NDErs perceived things that they couldn’t have known through normal means yet were later verified as accurate. Released in Europe in late 2024, this film is being shown at the IANDS conference for its North American premiere. In this workshop package, after audience members view the film, they will enjoy a boxed meal and discussion with fellow audience members, followed by a question-and-answer session with Sonia, reactions to the film by a panel of NDE researchers and another by healthcare professionals, and closing remarks by Sonia. Be among the first to view this groundbreaking work and be inspired by its European NDEr testimonials and stimulated by the ideas it presents to further confirm the reality of NDEs. Dominique Caplier will be Sonia’s interpreter.
Sonia’s movie event overview 2:30-2:35 Welcome 2:35-4:30 Movie 4:30-5:15 Boxed Meal 5:15-5:45 Q&A w/Sonia 5:45-6:15 Research Panel 6:15-6:45 Healthcare Panel 6:45-7:00 Closing w/ Sonia
Sonia Barkallah is a French filmmaker who explores near-death experiences (NDEs). She organized two major international NDE conferences in Martigues (2006) and in Marseille (2013), gathering experts like Dr. Raymond Moody. In 2010, she directed Untimely Departure, a documentary now used in French hospitals for educational and therapeutic purposes. Her 2021 book, Et si cela vous arrivait? (What if this happened to you?), recounts her personal journey with NDEs. In 2024, she released Witnesses, a docu-drama on the subject.
Mark Anthony JD, Psychic Explorer’s Spirit Communication Gallery Event ($90 Ticket)
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (pre-conference)
or
Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM – 7:45 PM
Mark Anthony JD, Psychic Explorer’s Spirit Communication Gallery Event is for anyone who is open to connecting with their loved ones in spirit. This uplifting, healing and amazing session conducted by one of the worlds most gifted mediums, not to be missed. This session is approximately two hours. Mark gives a brief orientation (10 -15 minutes) on how spirits work with him, so connections flow for the recipients, attending. He says a prayer opening up to his gift allowing the spirits to come forth and connects random attendees with their loved ones in spirit. He closes the session with another prayer and opens to a Q&A with reflection of the collective consciousness for all that witnessed and experienced the Spirit Communication Gallery. (90 minutes of spirit communication with 15-minute orientation and 15- minute Q&A at the end. Mark will stay for a book signing after the event.
Mark Anthony, JD Psychic Explorer (Psychic Lawyer®) is a fourth-generation psychic medium, and Oxford educated attorney with a background in science, quantum physics, near-death experiences, history, archaeology, philosophy, and theology. Mark was designated notable graduate of England’s Arthur Findlay College of Psychic Science and Visionary of the Year by Best Holistic Life. He is an Honoree of Spiritual Awakenings International Circle of Honor, OMTimes and iSpirit Media presented him the OMMIE Award for Best Psychic Medium. Mark examines mystical locations around the world to explore ancient ruins, mysteries, and supernatural phenomena. Mark headlines at Conferences nationwide and appears internationally on TV and Radio. He co-hosts the weekly livestream show “The Psychic & The Doc” on Transformation
Chaz Ebert and William Peters – Shared Death Experience ($29 Ticket)
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM (pre-conference)
(coming soon)
Chaz Ebert (coming soon)
William Peters is a psychotherapist and the founder of the Shared Crossing Project whose mission is to positively transform relationships to death and dying through education and raising awareness about extraordinary end-of-life experiences (shared crossings) and their healing benefits. William is a global leader in shared death studies and end-of-life phenomena. He teaches methods to facilitate the shared death experience and to assist experiencers in meaningfully integrating their experiences. His work is informed by his two NDEs and a variety of shared crossings. William’s book At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better is published by Simon & Schuster. William is currently working with an Oscar-nominated filmmaker to produce the first feature-length documentary on the shared death experience.
The NDE Effect Activating a Higher State of Being- Masati ($50 Ticket)
Friday, August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
What if the transformative power of a near-death experience (NDE) wasn’t just for those who’ve had one? In this immersive session, Masati explores the deeper mechanics of NDEs—why they happen, how they shift frequencies, and how we can harness their effects without facing the brink of death. Blending cutting-edge insights with experiential techniques, this workshop reveals how NDEs act as catalysts for accelerated awakening, recalibrating internal frequencies, and unlocking latent human potential. Whether you’ve had an NDE, are drawn to their mysteries, or seek a profound shift in your life, this session offers a path to activating heightened awareness, presence, and limitless possibility. Step beyond fear, transcend limitations, and embody the elevated frequency that NDEs reveal—right here, right now.
Masati came back from multiple NDEs to share wisdom and remarkable abilities that break through the limitations of psychology, willpower, and current self-improvement methods. He has changed countless lives by helping people shift at their core frequency, resulting in drastic life transformation beyond physical logic. Masati’s method, The XI Code, is the next generation of human advancement that utilizes the power of frequencies not only to improve your life but to massively transform it. He has worked with business leaders, medical and healthcare providers, professional athletes, celebrities, the Royal Families in UAE and Monaco, Fortune 500 Executives that include Capitol Records, Cardinal Health, Starbucks, Facebook, Fox, CCTV, CIA, Forbes, Microsoft, FedEx, Australia Post, China Petroleum, and more. Masati also donates his time to assist schools, hospitals, special needs groups, local communities, and people from all walks of life.
Divine DNA Repatterning – Alysa Rushton ($50 Ticket)
Friday, August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
In this workshop, Alysa will address eight topics: Understanding divine DNA—how your energetic blueprint holds the key to healing and transformation; Rewriting your cellular memory—identifying and clearing inherited patterns, traumas, and limiting beliefs; Activating dormant DNA codes—awakening your higher potential for health, abundance, and spiritual growth; Working with holograms—using the holographic matrix to scan and heal different layers of your energy field; Aligning with your soul’s blueprint—tapping into your divine purpose and restoring harmony at a deep level; Practical healing techniques—hands-on exercises to shift energy, raise vibration, and unlock self-healing; Connecting with higher frequencies—Working with divine light, sound, and intention to amplify healing; and Reprogramming for success—How to consciously shift your DNA to manifest a new reality in any area of life.
Alysa Rushton, also known as the “Divine Superpowers Activator,” is a near-death survivor and energy intuitive considered one of the world’s most cutting edge thought leaders on conscious life creation and ascension. She is also the founder of the internationally accredited Divine Light Energy Healers Academy where she teaches coaches, healers, and entrepreneurs how to see, sense, and recode energy at the holographic energetic levels, DNA, belief, emotional, and body levels for lasting results and total transformations. Alysa has inspired thousands of light leaders, students, clients, and listeners from all over the globe to step into their true identity as a Divine being of light and activate their superpowers. When she’s not teaching or speaking internationally, she can usually be found swimming with the sea turtles near her home on the Big Island of Hawaii or hiking in the mountains of Arizona—her home away from home.
Sharing Sacred Experiences: A Writing Workshop to Harnesses the Power of Your Story – Bridget Cook-Burch ($50 Ticket)
Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM – 7:45 PM
Bridget’s accelerated coaching places you on the trajectory to writing your story with transformational impact! Write your extraordinary lessons from your NDE/SDE/STE or other transpersonal experience. First, create something tangible, in black and white, as a healing witness for yourself. Then, if you choose, take it a step further and share it publicly. This workshop includes powerful, professional tips for writing and sharing your story. As a bestselling author and mentor, Bridget’s greatest passion is helping you to discover the importance of your sacred story and to become a leader in your own community and worldwide. Bridget’s own intense NDE set her on the path to discover how sacred storytelling can release anxiety and lead to your power and joy. She encourages the sharing of your remarkable spiritual experiences and will coach you towards an inspirational story that shatters limits, transcends borders, and creates a lasting legacy.
Bridget Cook-Burch’s clients call her “The Book Whisperer.” A New York Times bestselling author, mentor, speaker, and publisher known for riveting stories of transformation, her work has been showcased on Paramount+, Oprah, Dateline, Netflix, GMA, and NPR, among others. Bridget’s own intense NDE changed her life—and the story she was telling herself. This transformation set her on the path to discover other extraordinary stories. As CEO and Founder of Your Inspired Story, Bridget offers safe space and deep experiential learning, especially for those with sacred experiences. A passionate humanitarian, Bridget is co-founder of SHEROES United and holds a prominent role on the Executive Committee for the Statue of Responsibility. Her greatest passion is for you to discover the importance of your story, becoming a bestselling author and leader in your own community and worldwide.
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IANDS is the original organization dedicated to supporting experiencers, educating interested people, and researching the near-death and related spiritual experiences.
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