MIAMI, Aug. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The World Happiness Summit (WoHaSu) today announced that the inaugural summit, a unique three-day event focusing on the key elements of wellbeing with the goal of increasing global happiness, will take place on March 17-19, 2017, in Miami, Florida.
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Ismael Cala, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Shawn Achor, Michelle Gielan, and Enric Corbera along with the world's leading experts in the science of happiness, as well as activists, philosophers, positive psychologists, spiritual leaders, economists, policy makers and cultural icons will make Miami the capital of happiness next year.
"We are creating a movement dedicated to increasing awareness on happiness as a life choice; WoHaSu is a new forum focused on how to improve GNH (Gross National and Personal Happiness) instead of GNP (Gross National Product)," said Luis Gallardo, social entrepreneur and founder of the World Happiness Summit. "It is important to understand that happiness is reached through a holistic combination of abstract elements, like mindfulness and virtue, and material elements like work, personal liberties, good governance and social bonds."
WoHaSu is the first event of its kind as the summit unites the different thought leaders and disciplines of the key components of happiness under one roof. It is an extraordinary occasion and platform to explore best practices, policies, challenges and partnerships around increasing happiness in our communities, cities and around the world.
Miami, crowned "happiest city to work in the United States" by to Forbes magazine, will welcome over 10,000 expected attendees and reach many more via video cast. The summit has the support of the United Nations International Day of Happiness, Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Center, Kellogg Innovation Network, The University of Miami, Greater Good Science Center at Berkley University, Mindfulness Without Borders, Action for Happiness, The Institute for Global Happiness, GoodThink, Wholebeing Institute, Experience Happiness, among others.
The event will also hold one of the biggest yoga activations on the beaches of Miami Beach and Zumba enthusiasts from around the world will participate in a huge dance party. In order to fill the nights with happiness, day events will close with concert performances by leading international music artists.
The World Happiness Summit (WoHaSu) is based on the following dimensions:
Pre-Summit H-20 Institutional Work Stream (March 16, 2017)
The World Happiness Summit will host an invitation only meeting of high-level government and business leaders as well as leading academicians and members of non-governmental institutions from around the world to discuss the best ways to build wellbeing. The H-20 term is symbolic of the 20 Happiest Countries sharing best practices with countries, cities, communities and organizations to develop policies to promote happiness as well as discuss challenges that need to be met.
Main Summit (March 17-19, 2017)
A group of extraordinary thinkers will guide participants in a dynamic three-day journey to understand how the six key elements of the wellbeing - purpose, whole conscience and social, financial, community and physical wellbeing - affect the way people perceive and reach happiness.
Corporate Work Stream (March 17-18, 2017)
Economists and corporate professionals will discuss the economic effects of happiness at work, the impact on productivity and how to increase employee positive engagement. More than 87% of employees are unhappy at work. According to Entrepreneur.com, dissatisfied employees make 37% fewer sales, are 31% percent less productive, have 51 percent more turnover and are 300 percent less innovative than their happier peers.
Academic Work Stream (March 19, 2017)
Co-hosted by WoHaSu, the University of Miami and Tecmilenio from Monterrey, Mexico, this stream will unite eminent academicians from around the world to share advances and best practices towards increasing the impact of global happiness across specialties, institutions and borders.
The first World Happiness Summit is open to the public and will take place on March 17-19, 2017 at the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater. For ticket information, including early-bird discounts, please visit: www.happinesssummit.world.
The World Happiness Summit (WoHaSu) is a movement dedicated to increasing awareness on happiness as a life choice, as a human right and as an enabler of human development and social innovation. The world needs new lenses to understand growth and how humans and societies can thrive. WoHaSu brings together game-changers and shapers focused on how to improve Gross National, Social and Personal Happiness.
Media Contact: Karen Guggenheim, World Happiness Summit, 305-804-9693, karen@happinesssummit.world
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