9:00 - 9:15 am
        Introduction and conference logistics
            William Damon

9:15 - 10:15 am
        Question 1: What kinds of purposes tend to inspire young people, either here and now (21st Century USA), or in any other historical and cultural contexts?

            9:15 - 9:35 am - Lene Jensen (Catholic Univeristy of America)
            9:35 - 9:55 am - Richard Shweder (University of Chicago)
            9:55 - 10:15 am - Group Discussion

10:15 - 10:30 am
        Break

10:30 - 12:00 pm
        Question 2: How (and through what kinds of biological, cultural, educational, familial, spiritual, or any other kinds of influences) do young people discover purposes?

            10:30 - 10:50 am - Jonathan Haidt (University of Virginia)
            10:50 - 11:10 am - Robert Roeser (Stanford Univeristy)
            11:10 - 11:30 am - Margaret Beale Spencer (University of Pennsylvania)
            11:30 - noon - Group Discussion

12:00 - 1:00 pm
        Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 pm
        Question 3: What role does purpose play in human development (during youth, adulthood, any and all segments of the life-span)?

            1:00 - 1:20 pm - Robert Emmons (University of CA, Davis)
            1:20 - 1:40 pm - Peter Benson (Search Institute)
            1:40 - 2:00 pm - Dan McAdams (Northwestern University)
            2:00 - 2:30 pm - Group Discussion

2:30 - 2:45 pm
        Break

2:45 - 4:15 pm
        Question 4: Are noble purposes acquired in the same manner as ignoble ones - and is this a distinction that is important, and possible, to make?

            2:45 - 3:05 pm - Richard Lerner (Tufts Univeristy)
            3:05 - 3:25 pm - Dan Perlstein (University of CA, Berkeley)
            3:25 - 3:45 pm - Linda Wagener (Fuller Theological Seminary)
            3:45 - 4:15 pm - Group Discussion

4:15 - 5:30 pm
        Discuss areas of consensus and directions for future research