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Re-imagining Connections in the Changing World


The world is changing. The way we connect must change with it.

AI is reshaping work. Technology is transforming interaction. Communities and workplaces are becoming more diverse, distributed, and complex.

Yet one question remains:
How do we create connections that truly matter?
The 10th IAF India Annual Facilitators Conference is an invitation to explore that question together.


More than a conference, it is a space for facilitators, leaders, coaches, practitioners, and changemakers to pause, connect, experiment, and learn across perspectives and sectors.

Together, we will explore the shift: From transactions → to relationships
From information → to meaning
From silos → to collaboration
From individual brilliance → to collective wisdom


Through experiential sessions, powerful conversations, diverse perspectives, and innovative facilitation practices, we will explore how connection can become a catalyst for change.
Because facilitation is not simply about bringing people together.
It is about creating the conditions for something new to emerge.

Theme That Drives Our Conference


Re-imagining Connections in the Changing World
Different voices. Diverse perspectives. Infinite possibilities. One connected future.

"Connections are the bridges between ideas, possibilities, and the future we create together."

As we unveil the theme for the 10th IAF India Annual Facilitators Conference, we invite you to reflect on a profound truth:
In a world shaped by AI, disruption, and constant change, our greatest opportunity lies in how we connect—with people, ideas, communities, and possibilities.


This year's theme is an invitation to rethink how we build relationships, nurture communities, and co-create the future. It reminds us that while the world around us changes rapidly, meaningful connections remain the foundation of collaboration, innovation, and collective impact.


Conference Focus


What if the most powerful response to a changing world is to change the way we connect?

The 10th IAF India Annual Facilitators Conference brings together facilitators, leaders, coaches, practitioners, and changemakers to explore this question at a time when the world is being reshaped by AI, rapid technological change, complexity, uncertainty, and increasingly diverse perspectives.

We are more connected than ever. Yet meaningful connection is becoming harder to create.

The conference invites us to move beyond simply connecting people to creating the conditions for trust, dialogue, collective intelligence, and meaningful action.

This is more than a conference.
It is a living laboratory for facilitation—a space to experience new approaches, challenge assumptions, exchange practices, engage in courageous conversations, and learn across sectors and perspectives.

Through immersive experiences, powerful conversations, experiential sessions, and collective exploration, we will examine how facilitation can become a catalyst for stronger relationships, better decisions, deeper collaboration, and meaningful change.
Because facilitation is not simply about bringing people together.
It is about what we make possible when they connect.
The 10th IAF India Conference is an invitation to pause, question, experiment, and re-imagine.

To ask not only:
“How do we facilitate better?”
but:
“What kind of future can we create when we connect better?”

Come with your questions.
Bring your experiences.
Challenge your assumptions.
Meet perspectives different from your own.
Connect differently. Think collectively. Create what comes next.

What’s In Store For You

And perhaps the most important thing…

Come with your curiosity.
Come with your questions.
Come ready to connect.
Leave with new possibilities.


Conference Core Team

Conference Schedule

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Conference Sessions

2nd Oct 2026 | Concurrent Sessions: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

SESSION CODE Timing Session Title Facilitators

SESSION #1

S1A 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Deepening Connections Vinisha Jayaswal, Sanjay Dugar CPF-M
S1B Re-Wire to Re-Think Connections Dr. Pradeep Salgaonkar,CPF, Dr. Seema Salgaonkar
Sold Out Garbha to Garden - Reconnecting with the Source of all Connections Narasimhan V,IAF Endorsed Facilitator, Deepa Mahesh
S1D The Second Conversation: Surfacing What Isn't Said Danish (Dan) Shaikh
Sold Out THE B❒X®: Designing Connection in a Changing World. Jimbo Clark, Farah Ismail, CPF, Kavitha Talreja

2nd Oct 2026 | Concurrent Sessions: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

SESSION CODE Timing Session Title Facilitators

SESSION #2

S2A 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM The Screenplay in the Room AND Designing Facilitation with Story Structure Preetha Raaghav, CPF, Ramesh Srinivasan,IAF Endorsed Facilitator
S2B The Yellow Zone Revolution Aparna Ponnappa, Preethi Subramanian
S2C THE OPEN SKY, THE SINGLE NEST - A Tagore-inspired Facilitation Lab for Re-imagining Connections Chander Sharma, Roopshree Surana
S2D Apples & Oranges, Sense & Sensibilities Roop Anand R, Dr. Shreya Govind
S2E The Geometry of Belonging: Mapping the Dimensions of Connection Murali Padmanabhan, Rampriya Sridharan

3rd Oct 2026 | Concurrent Sessions: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

SESSION CODE Timing Session Title Facilitators

SESSION #3

S3A 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM The Invisible Thread - Re-imagining Human Connections Sushma Banthia, Shivani Mansingh
S3B Redesigning human connections in a paradoxical world Ganesh Dalvi, CPF M, Vahista Anklesaria
S3C The Connection Ladder : (what AI can carry, and where only the human can stand) Kavi Arasu, Dr. Nalini Rajesh, Bhavana Arora, Yabeejan K
S3D WIRED. RELATIONALLY ADEPT. BETTER CONNECTED. Omsanthosh Mahendhiran, Sangeetha. A
S3E Comfortably Uncomfortable: A growth mindset approach to embracing identity and building connections. Madhujit Singh, Paritosh Sharan

3rd Oct 2026 | Concurrent Sessions: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

SESSION CODE Timing Session Title Facilitators

SESSION #4

S4A 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Indra's Net - The Interlace of Navaratnas Vanisree G, Radhika R
S4B Deep Roots, Open Branches: Re-imagining Connections in a Changing World Mareena Alexander, Hardy Alexander
S4C Collective edge - Codevelopment Action Learning Jawad Ahmed, CPF, Bharti Maru
S4D Facilitating the Unsaid during Reimagining Connections in the Changing World Sreeram C A, Ramesh Raja M
S4E Standing in the Divide - Who Are We Becoming ?? MP Sriram, Deepti V
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