About the Conference

 
The two-day event will occur on Thursday, April 30 & Friday, May 1, 2026.  The focus of the second conference on Tai Chi & Qigong as Whole Person Health is, ‘Deepening Our Physiological Understanding of Mind-Body Integration’. 
 

Location

This conference will be held at the renowned Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, surrounded by the culture and tradition of the Harvard and Fenway neighborhoods. This is a perfect contemporary location to elevate the TCQ Conference and its collaborative research and sessions. 
 
 

Audience

We anticipate attracting participants from around the world for this in-person event. The conference aims to attract a diverse group of international scholars, practitioners, and healthcare administrators and policymakers to not only address the current evidence base of  Tai Chi, Qigong, and related mind-body practices, but also to explore topics integral to its growing and emerging role in whole person health, nationally and internationally. We intend the dialogue of this conference to be relevant across multiple mind-body disciplines and movement-based practices. 
 
 

Program

In addition to keynote and plenary presentations, the agenda will include invited abstracts for poster and oral presentations, theme-centered symposia, and opportunities for networking and socialization. Performances and experiential sessions led by experts in the Boston area of Tai Chi and Qigong will add important context to the event.