One session has these three leading authorities speaking on whether the biopsychosocial model should be the philosophical model for all health care:

• Serge Robert, PhD Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Human Sciences University of Quebec at Montreal, who has lectured and published prolifically on the philosophy of science and health since the 1980s.
  

• Guy Riekeman, DC, President, Life University, Marietta, Georgia, USA, one of the chiropractic profession’s most dynamic and popular lecturers.
  

• Alan Breen, DC PhD, Professor of Musculoskeletal Health Care, Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, Bournemouth, England. Dr. Breen gave an enthusiastically received philosophy lecture at the Paris Congress in 2001 – few are as wise, and have such good power points.

This session is moderated by Dr. Gerard Clum and includes panel and audience discussion. Dr. Clum later moderates a second session which opens with a lecture titled Teaching Philosophy in Chiropractic Education Today by Ashley Cleveland, DC MA from Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City Campus. Dr. Cleveland, whose master’s degree is in English, comes from a college known for its strength in philosophy and is an extremely articulate and compelling speaker on this subject.

She is followed by the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College’s Howard Vernon, DC PhD speaking on Acupuncture and Yoga – To What Extent Do They Have A Similar Philosophy Of Health To Chiropractic? Do you know? The answer to this? Come and hear from someone who does and is always entertaining. Third speaker in this session is Gilles Lamarche, DC formerly of Canada but now fulltime with Parker Seminars in Dallas, Texas and, as a highly successful clinicians and lecturer, is talking on The Role of Philosophy in Chiropractic Practice.

Finally, keynote speakers at the Saturday plenary session that ends the academic program include Dr. Gerard Clum, President, Life College of Chiropractic West and Past President of the World Federation of Chiropractic. His topic is Where We Have Come From and the Road Ahead. Few who have heard Dr. Clum would disagree with the conclusion that he is one of the most compelling speakers of his generation.