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By all accounts the First International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society was very well received and successful in attracting a truly international knowledge community.

If you participated, thank you for your contribution to the Religion and Spirituality in Society Conference from 15-17 February, 2011 at the University Center Conference Chicago, Chicago, USA. Regardless of how far you traveled, your discipline area or professional focus, your involvement advanced the conference’s commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue and knowledge sharing. We greatly appreciate the addition of your particular perspective and expertise to the discussion.

We would also like to thank the conference virtual participants who, although unable to attend the conference, join the conference community by submitting their papers and contributing to the refereeing process.

Delegates who attended the conference as well as virtual delegates may upload their presentations and videos to the Common Ground YouTube site. Information about uploading your presentation may be found at: http://religioninsociety.com/conference-2011/online-presentations/ . You can also be a part of our Common Ground YouTube community by joining the conference group and becoming a subscriber at: http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPublishing?feature=chclk#p/p (click on the yellow “subscribe” button near the top left corner of the screen). In addition, you are invited to join our online conversation by subscribing to our monthly email newsletter and RSS feeds at http://religioninsociety.com/conference-2011/. We also have a Facebook community at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Religion-in-Society/117804228260568 and a Twitter feed at: http://www.twitter.com/religionsociety .

We would like to give our sincere thanks to our outstanding conference plenary speakers, Dr. Wendy Doniger, Dr. Robert McKim, Dr. Sara Anson Vaux, and Steve Shoemaker.

Please mark the date for the 2012 Religion Conference in your calendars. It will take place in Vancouver from 20-22 February  and we hope to see you there. Please keep checking our website for updates at http://www.religion-conference.com . In addition, if you have suggestions for the direction of the conference, future locations, or potential speakers, please feel free to contact us at support@religioninsociety.com – we do hope that you will continue to stay involved in the conversation.

Once again, thank you all for your involvement in the Inaugural Religion and Spirituality in Society Conference and for continuing to stay involved in the Religion and Spirituality in Society community.

Please join us in welcoming Professor George Bond to the group of plenary speakers for the 2011 Religion Conference.

George Bond is a professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University. He specializes in Buddhist studies and the history of religion. He works primarily on Theravada Buddhism studying the textual tradition and the practice of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.  He has been a recipient of the Charles Deering McCormick Professorship of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University.

He is the author of numerous publications including: The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka,and Buddhism at Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment and the Sarvodaya Movement.

He has served as president of the Midwest region of the American Academy of Religion and as co-chair of the Buddhism Section of the national American Academy of Religion. He has been an officer and a board member of the American Institute for Sri Lanka Studies.