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Dr. Victor Chan
Born in Hong Kong and educated in Canada and the United States, Victor Chan began his career as a particle physics researcher before transitioning into a distinguished scholar and author. In 1972, a chance encounter with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, blossomed into a 50-year friendship. Together, they co-authored two books and shared a mission of fostering global compassion and cultural understanding. Chan has traveled extensively through Tibet and the Himalayas, dedicating his life to bridging Eastern and Western thought through dialogue and scholarship.

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Dr. David Baum
Conversation architect Dr David Baum guides conversations to transform for good. Clients include Oprah, Jane Goodall, HH The Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King, Ken Burns, the Philadelphia Flyers and a host of fabulous organizations, world changing projects and country presidents. Whether in the jungles of Ecuador, the Himalayas of India or the board rooms of fortune 50 companies, he wakes every morning with a key purpose—to create meaning for himself and others through connection and conversation.

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