Known as the founder of PP, is a leading authority in the fields of PP, resilience, learned helplessness, depression, optimism, pessimism, and also on interventions that prevent depression and build strengths and well-being. Has written more than 300 scholarly publications and 30 books. Dir. of the Penn PP Center, Zellerbach Family Prof. of Psyc. in the Dep. of Psyc., Dir. of the Master of Applied PP. He is expanding PP to education, health, and neuroscience, and has applied his research to groups like Soldiers, corporations, athletes, and every-day people. His goal is to make the world happier.

Helena Marujo é doutorada em Psicologia. É Professora Associada no ISCSP/ULisboa, onde exerce os cargos de Coordenadora da Cátedra UNESCO em Educação para a Paz Global Sustentável e do Mestrado em Políticas de Desenvolvimento de RH, Coordenadora-Adjunta da Unidade de Gestão de RH e de Coord. Executiva das Pós-graduações em Psicologia Positiva Aplicada e em Educação para a Paz Global Sustentável. É investigadora do CAPP, membro do Conselho Consultivo da IPPA e Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos e Intervenção em Psicologia Positiva. É associada do TAOS Institute e membro do TILAC.

One of the European leaders in PP, author of a series of books, she founded and headed the first MSc in Applied PP (MAPP) in Europe and the European Network of PP. Besides heading MAPP in the UK, she teaches Positive Management in France and consults around the world as a director of Positran, a consultancy specializing in the applications of evidence-based methodologies to achieve lasting positive transformation. She’s passionate about practical applications of PP to coaching, business and education, having developed her own approach and trained thousands of professionals around the world.

Henrique Bueno is a specialist in Positive Psychology, CEO and founder of the Wholebeing Institute Brazil and Vice President of International Business at the Wholebeing Institute Global, where he also serves as a professor in Brazil and in the United States. He is also an international speaker, facilitator of happiness, leadership and communication programs and guest professor at several universities, such as FAE Business School, ISAE-FGV, ESPM, Positivo, Univel and Sustentare.

Gustavo Arns é o idealizador do Congresso Internacional de Felicidade - evento anual que atrai milhares de pessoas do Brasil Inteiro. Idealizador do Centro de Estudos de Felicidade com sedes no Brasil, Canadá e Argentina e presidente da Escola Brasileira de Ciências Holísticas. É Coordenador de curso no ISAE e na Universidade Positivo. Professor de Pós-Graduação nos cursos de Filosofia e de Psicologia Positiva da PUC-RS.

James and Suzie (Pileggi) Pawelski are authors of the best-selling book Happy Together. James is a Positive Psychology Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he co-founded the world’s first MAPP Program with Martin Seligman. The Founding Executive Director of the International Positive Psychology Association, he is leading a grant investigating links between well-being and the arts and humanities. Suzie is a well-being writer and consultant specializing in the science of happiness. Her 2010 Scientific American Mind cover story, "The Happy Couple," was the catalyst for their book.

Michael Steger is the Founder and Director of the Center for Meaning and Purpose, and Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University. He also serves as an Extraordinary Professor by North-West University in South Africa. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Macalester College, his MS in Counseling from the University of Oregon, and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and Personality Psychology from the University of Minnesota. For more than 15 years he has researched how people flourish by living a meaningful life. He has published more than 100 articles and book chapters, and 3 books.

University Research Chair Professor in Genetics and Wellbeing at VU University, Amsterdam. Master in Physiological Psychology. PhD in Behavior Genetics. Supported by funding of Netherland Organization for Scientific Research, the EU, and the European Research Council, she conducts and supervises several research projects to gain sight into the underlying sources of variation on Wellbeing and its overlap with Psychopathology. She envisions that with a focus on positive aspects the public health syst. will be broadened, so that the aim will no longer be to only help to heal the ill but also to increase overall happiness.

Visiting Research Scientist at the Yale University Child Study Center and Assistant Professor at Sewanee: The University of the South. Dr. Coffey focuses on the ways childhood relationships (e.g., with parents, teachers) and emotions help children to overcome adversity and thrive from infancy to adulthood. His studies can span 3 or more decades. He has partnered with organizations to build in-person, classroom, and online interventions to promote well-being for children and caregivers. He earned a PhD in Positive Developmental Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Social Work.

Associate Professor in the Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University. She co-founded the Positive Psychology concentration at Claremont and with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi co-directs Claremont’s Quality of Life Research Center, a research institute dedicated to the study of positive psychology, the science of such human strengths as creativity, intrinsic motivation, and responsibility. Throughout her career, she has investigated positive psychology in a developmental context, including engagement and creativity, mentoring and good work, and aging well.

Director of Public Health at the Directorate of Health in Iceland. Governmental expert on mental health for EU Health Programme. PhD in public health, her research focus on the epidemiology of happiness, mental wellbeing and flourishing as well as the impact of the economic crises on happiness and mental wellbeing. She is affiliated with the Wellbeing Institute (Cambridge), Director of Graduate Diploma Programme on Positive Psychology (University of Iceland) and the current president of the European Network for Positive Psychology.

Dina Pozzo is the Founder & a Director of insium. A highly skilled facilitator, speaker & coach, she creates a shared learning journey of curiosity & discovery, challenge & encouragement. Her aim is to broaden minds & build capability & confidence, empowering individuals to implement plans of action for sustainability & positive impact. Her passion to build courage started when completing her Master in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne, leading her to become an accredited Dare To Lead™ facilitator which is Dr Brené Brown’s courage-building program.

Doutor em Educação pela Universidade de Massachusetts e pós-graduado em Terapia Familiar pela Uni. de Sevilha. Docente do Instituto Sup. de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da ULisboa, e coordenador científico da pós-graduação em Psicologia Positiva Aplicada. Investigador integrado do C. de Administração e Políticas Públicas nos temas de psicologia positiva, liderança, intervenção comunitária e inquérito apreciativo. Membro do conselho consultivo da International Positive Psychology Association, e Associado do Taos Institute, do TIE-Taos Ibérico e do TILAC-Latin America Council.

Formado em Marketing e Gestão de Negócios e Gerenciamento Avançado pela Harvard Business School. Ao longo de 25 anos, tem sido empreendedor e executivo, desempenhando diferentes funções de alta gerência em diversos setores. Nos últimos 10 anos, concentrou-se no desenvolvimento executivo, especialmente em Liderança. Como formador e coach, apoiou executivos a terem sucesso em novos papéis, novas geografias, processos de crescimento e desafios pessoais. Sempre apaixonado por Pessoas, abriu duas empresas, onde se dedica a desenvolver e criar novas metodologias e projetos de aprendizado e treinamento.

Dr. Margarita Tarragona is the president of the Mexican Positive Psychology Society, is on the board of advisors of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) and part of the leadership team of IPPA´s Clinical Division. She is a lecturer in Positive Psychology for the University of Pennsylvania´s online degree programs, as well as at ITAM and the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Margarita incorporates scientific findings on flourishing from positive psychology with collaborative and narrative practices to help people live full lives.

Marco Sacchelli is a Psychologist with a master’s degree in Psychology (Università Unimarconi di Roma) and an Executive Master of Applied Positive Psychology (ULisboa). He is the founder of Educazione-Positiva.com, a website with courses and workshop on positive education for parents and teachers, and the Founder of Happiness on the Road, the first bookshop on wheels with books about happiness and workshops organized in streets, square and parks. He also works with Happiness in school, an organization of workshops for students based on Positive Psychology. His main goal is to spread awareness on topics such as gratitude, emotions, art, storytelling, positive relationships and joyful teaching.

Miriam Akhtar is a leading practitioner of positive psychology and a contributor to The World Book of Happiness. She graduated with Distinction from the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the University of East London. She works as a trainer, coach and consultant through Positive Psychology Training (www.positivepsychologytraining.co.uk). Miriam is the author of 6 books including Positive Psychology for Overcoming Depression, What Is Post-traumatic Growth and The Little Book of Happiness. She is engaged in training up the next generation of positive psychologists in ULisboa.

Conferenciante, Coach, Escritora, Artista. Formadora en Indagación Apreciativa y en Meditación. Doctora, por la Univ. de Barcelona. Prof. de la Facultad de comunicación y relaciones internacionales, Univ. Ramon Llull. Fundadora y directora del Inst. Diálogos e Indagación Apreciativa. Coordina numerosos proyectos, programas, seminarios y retiros internacionales que combinan las habilidades del liderazgo con el uso del arte y las técnicas de la meditación creativa, diseñadas para despertar y ejecutar la identidad propia, el potencial creativo y disfrutar de una vida más plena.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering at University of Fortaleza and MBA in Telecommunications at IBMEC, in Fortaleza, Brazil. Trained in Executive Coaching by IBC and Master’s degree in Applied Positive Psychology at ISCSP, University of Lisbon. Coordinador of Graduate Course on Positive Psychology at Facine College. Co-founder of MQS gestão de pessoas and DAAD Educação e Gestão, a company that has an external brand geared towards people with more than 20 years working in the corporate market with programs for the development of behavioral skills, it has applied a positive psychology approach for over eight years. At the Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology, Daniele developed the practical project Sustainable Organizational Happiness (SOH). She has applied a SOH scale, making changes to promote happiness and well-being, individually, collectively and in the workplace.

Irma Eloff is a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria. She is also the Chairperson of the Council of 'Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns'. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a founding member of the South African Positive Psychology Association. In 2012 she was chosen amongst the top three Most Influential Women in Business and Government in South Africa in the Education category. She is editor of 4 books co-author of the book 'Life Skills & Assets'. She has held visiting professorships at Yale University, in the USA and the University of Innsbruck in Austria.

DPhil in Economics from Oxford University, and editor of the World Happiness Report. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), member of the Advisory Board of the International Positive Psychology Association, and longtime teacher and researcher in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia.

He coaches men to greater success and happiness at work and at home. Graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a Ph.D. in psych, he received the award for Best Exec. Coach in Danville for 2020 and Best Social Content in 2019. He has spoken to organizations such as Stanford Medical School, U.C. Berkeley, and UPS, and has coached executives at Kaiser, Twilio, Okta, Stanford Univ., AirBnB, Bank of America, and more. His areas of expertise are high performance, stress and anger management, the Man Box Culture, PP, and creating happy, thriving relationships. He hosts The Evolved Caveman podcast.

Miriam Rodrigues, Psicóloga, Especialista em Psicologia Clínica e Medicina Comportamental pela UNIFESP. Idealizadora da Educação Emocional Positiva, programa psicoeducacional de competências socioemocionais e habilidades para o bem-estar presente em todos os estados brasileiro. Autora e coautora de mais de 20 livros nas temáticas de Psicologia Positiva, Educação Emocional e Terapia Cognitiva. Supervisora clínica.