Deepak Chopra:
Deepak Chopra, M.D. is perhaps the most well known advocate for and world leader in mind and body medicine. He is the founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, where he is also Director of Educational Programs. In an effort to combine Eastern and Western healing, Chopra lectures around the world to major corporations and organizations such as the World Health Organization, the United Nations, London 's Royal Society of Medicine and a number of major U.S. medical institutions. He is also a prolific author with more than 35 books and 100 audio, video and CD-ROM titles.

Esquire Magazine named him one of the top ten motivational speakers in the country, and Mikhail Gorbachev said of him: "Deepak Chopra is undoubtedly one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time." Attendees of Pacific Symposium experienced his insight and knowledge first-hand during his lecture "Unconditional Life," in which he spoke on the wisdom of Indian philosophy. His work and teachings at venues such as Pacific Symposium are changing the way the world views mental, physical, spiritual, emotional and social wellbeing.

Ted Kaptchuk:
Ted Kaptchuk, OMD, earned his doctorate in Oriental medicine from the Macau Institute of Chinese Medicine in 1975. He is now the associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at Boston 's Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School . He was possibly the most anticipated speaker of the 14 th annual Pacific Symposium. In his keynote address, Kaptchuk provided the 'pearls of wisdom' he is known for, exploring the idea that although TCM and biomedicine have become intertwined, mutual respect, patience and the ability to question our beliefs are key components to the future development of medical care in America. He is author of the book, The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine , which is a popular textbook at OM colleges. Kaptchuk has written widely on the topic of traditional Chinese medicine, including over 100 scientific and medical articles and was once a professor at PCOM.

Andrew Weil:
Dr. Andrew Weil is a world-renowned pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. His impressive background and depth of knowledge made his lecture at Pacific Symposium a highly anticipated event. He addressed attendees on what Western doctors can learn from Eastern medicine, a topic that is much involved in the ideology of integrative medicine.

Weil holds an A.B. degree in botany from Harvard University and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School . For 15 years he has served the Harvard Botanical Museum as an ethnopharmacology research associate. He is director of the Program in Internal Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson where he is also a clinical professor of internal medicine. He is the best-selling author of books such as Dr. Weil's Guide to Optimum Health , and editor-in-chief of Integrative Medicine , a professional journal. He recently founded the Weil Foundation, a not-for-profit organization to support integrative medicine.

In recognition of his countless contributions to the fields of ethnomycology, ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology Weil had an entheogenic Psilocybe mushroom named in his honor, the Psilocybe weilii (1995).

Kiiko Matsumoto:
Kiiko Matsumoto, L.Ac., is internationally known for her scholarly work on acupuncture and the interpretation of Classical Chinese texts. She has published three fundamental books on acupuncture in the U.S. and has another in press. She regularly publishes articles in the Ido-No-Nippon acupuncture magazine in Japan and has made two video series for this company. Matsumoto is mostly known for her ability to integrate the work of very important Japanese masters, among them Master Nagano, Master Kawai and Dr. Manaka, into a coherent, clinically effective style. She regularly teaches acupuncturists around the world and the United States . She brought her vast clinical experience and powerful teaching style, which are her trademark, to Pacific Symposium 2004 in her lecture "Classic Chinese Philosophy: the pathways of healing."

Alex Tiberi:
As one of the early pioneers of Oriental medicine in the United States , Alex Tiberi is an accomplished practitioner and teacher of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as well as a wide variety of acupuncture styles including Korean Constitutional, Japanese Energetics and Five Element. Tiberi studied acupuncture at the Oriental Medical Institute in Boulder , Co., the Institute for Acupuncture Studies in Cambridge , Mass. , and Northeastern School of Acupuncture in Watertown , Mass. He apprenticed with Dr. Soh, a master Korean acupuncturist. He teaches beginning and advanced acupuncture theory at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and is the chair of the Department of Oriental Medicine and vice-president of the board of PCOM. He is a regular speaker at Pacific Symposium, sharing his expertise through lectures such as his 1999 "Facial Pain: Muscles, Nerves, Motor and Trigger Points on the Face" and his 2004 talk on TCM and pediatric learning disorders such as ADD, ADHD, autism and Down's.