Oct 15, 2024

DECULT 2024


All sessions are recorded and will be released to online ticket holders and attendees later.

DAY ONE – 19 October 2024

08:00 – 09:00: ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION

Tūranga – Christchurch Central Library, Cathedral Square (Gloucester St entry)

09:00 – 09:35:
WELCOME CEREMONY – WITH HON DR DUNCAN WEBB
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

09:35 – 10:30
KEYNOTE: DR JANJA LALICH

Cults 101: Influence and harm of high control groups
Main Room – TSB, 
live-streamed (NZDT)

10:30 – 10:50: COFFEE BREAK

10:50 – 12:00

Kids in Cults: From damage and silence to justice and repair

Adam Dudding, Dr Janja Lalich, Maria Esguerra, Luke Hollis, Dr Caroline Ansley 
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

10:50 – 11:25
Bible study with a hook: Shincheonji’s recruitment
Laura Muir
Spark Room (ground floor)

11:25 – 12:00
Toxic tantra: Surviving and suing MISA’s yoga guru
Bec Sonkkila
Spark Room (ground floor)

12:00 – 13:00: LUNCH & BOOK SIGNING

13:00 – 14:10

Rabbit Hole Resistance: Cults, disinformation, and online radicalization
Stephen Judd, Prof Ekant Veer, Ulrike Schiesser, Adam Elmasri, Dr Nicole Matejic 
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

13:00 – 13:30
The Truth about The Truth: Secrets and cover-ups of the 2x2s
Laura McConnell Conti
Spark Room (ground floor)

13:35 – 14:05
Groomed by Bill Gothard: Taking IBLP’s leader to court
Rachel Lees
Spark Room (ground floor)

14:10 – 14:15: 5 MIN TRANSITION

14:15 – 15:25

Rock the Watchtower: Former Jehovah’s Witnesses speak up
Anusha Bradley, Lara Kaput, Scott Homan, Shayne Mechen, Micki McAllen (Apostate Barbie)
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

Intrusive Brethren: Intergenerational harm within the PBCC
Craig Hoyle (“Excommunicated”) 
with Lindy Jacomb
Spark Room (ground floor)

15:25 – 15:50: AFTERNOON TEA & BOOK SIGNING

15:50 – 16:30

Insights from a federal cult information agency
Ulrike Schiesser
Main Room – TSB
, live-streamed (NZDT)

16:30 – 17:10

Cult Survivor Story Jam
Lindy Jacomb and others
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

17:10 – 18:00: GUEST DEPARTURE Library closes at 18.00

18:00 – 21:00: CONFERENCE DINNER Ticketed event

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DAY TWO – 20 October 2024

08:30 – 09:00: ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION
Tūranga – Christchurch Central Library, Cathedral Square (Gloucester St entry)

09:00 – 09:10

WELCOME – WITH DAME SUE BAGSHAW
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

09:10 – 10:00

KEYNOTE: DR GILLIE JENKINSON
Walking Free from trauma and abuse: A model for cult recovery
Main Room – TSB, 
live-streamed (NZDT)

10:00 – 10:05: 5 MIN TRANSITION

10:05 – 11:15

Courage and action: What to do about Gloriavale?
Liz Gregory, Virginia Courage, Pearl Valor, Dennis Gates
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

Issues with ISTA, high on Highden: From LGAT to mystery school
Bronwyn Rideout + Dave Booda
Shany Kedar + Mordechai Braunstein (virtual)
Spark Room (ground floor)

11:15 – 11:40: MORNING TEA & BOOK SIGNING

11:40 – 12:50

A new media narrative: Survivor-focussed cult reporting
Sarah Steel, Prof Ursula Cheer, Bec Sonkkila, Natalie Malcon, Anusha Bradley, Dhyana Levey
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

11:40 – 12:00
Human experiment: The lasting shadow of Centrepoint
Adam Dudding
Spark Room (ground floor)

12:00 – 12:50
Health neglect in cults: Medical needs of survivors
Dr Caroline Ansley
Spark Room (ground floor)

12:50 – 14:00: LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00

Invisible rainbow youth: Purity, conversion and coming out in cults
Andre Afamasaga, Craig Hoyle, Luke Hollis, Dr Janja Lalich
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

Reflection & connection 1: Debriefing for all attendees
Jim Goodwin
Activities Room (next to Main Room – TSB)

Reflection & connection 2: Debriefing for former cult members
Dr. Gillie Jenkinson
Spark Room (ground floor)

15:00 – 15:10: 10 MIN TRANSITION


15:10 – 16:00

Care and Collaboration: Cult victim support organizations
Lindy Jacomb & Tore Klevjer
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

16:00 – 16:10

Where to from here? Our Vision for Decult 2025
Anke Richter & Dennis Parker
Main Room – TSB, live-streamed (NZDT)

16:10 – 16:20
Closing and waiata with Lisa Tui Aroha

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