March 2025 – Program Schedule

Program as of February 4, 2025subject to change

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SATURDAY, MARCH 8
Miami to Sea!
12:00 p.m. –
2:45 p.m.

Welcome Sit-Down Lite Lunch | Dining Room, GW 5

2:30 p.m. –
3:15 p.m.
Introduction of Presenters & Opening Ceremony with Jessica Porter, T
3:15 p.m. –
4:15 p.m.
Cruising into Health with Dr. Neal Barnard, T CEU Contact Hour
4:15 p.m. –
5:15 p.m.

Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food with Gene Baur, T CEU Contact Hour

At your leisure
MSC Mandatory Boat Drill, (From Your Cabin on your TV) 
5:30 p.m.
Dinner | Dining Rooms (doors close at 5:45 p.m.), GW 5 & CJ 6 
8:30 p.m.
Welcome Cocktail Party & Live Music, Deck 18

Program schedule subject to change. As of February 4, 2025

CEU Contact Hour = CEU (Contact Hour) Approved

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SUNDAY, MARCH 9
Day at Sea (Gala Night)
7:00 a.m. –
7:45 a.m.

Meditation | Awakening the Self: A Journey Through Consciousness & Chakra Healing with Chelsea McGee, RN, T CEU Contact Hour

7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.
Breakfast | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16
8:00 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.
Seated Breakfast | Dining Room, GW 5
8:45 a.m. –
10:15 a.m.

Cooking Class: Brain Fuel Basics: Simple Prep for Cognitive Wellness with Ayesha Sherzai, MD, CR CEU Contact Hour

9:00 a.m. –
10:30 a.m.

The Seven Stages of Sickness with Kenneth Prange, UL  CEU Contact Hour

10:00 a.m. –
11:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE: The Power Foods Diet: A New Nutritional Approach to Weight Control with Neal Barnard, MD, CEU Contact Hour

10:30 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.

Recovery Panel: Survivors Share Their Health Journey, moderated by Jessica Porter, CR  

10:45 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.

Build Your Body on a Plant-Based Diet with Robert Cheeke, CR CEU Contact Hour

11:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Vagus Nerve Stimulation – The Back Door to the Brain with Ilana Newman, MD, SK  CEU Contact Hour
11:15 a.m. –
12:15 p.m.

How Not to Die: Preventing and Treating Disease with Diet with Michael Greger, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

11:30 a.m. –
1:30 p.m.

Seated Brunch | Dining Room, GW 5

12:00 p.m. –
2:00 p.m.
Lunch: Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16
1:15 p.m. –
2:15 p.m.

Your Body in Balance: How Foods Affect Hormones with Neal Barnard, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

1:30 p.m. –
2:30 p.m.

You Are Here: Creating A Roadmap for the Rest of Your Life with Jan Booth, RN, CR CEU Contact Hour

1:30 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.

Debunking Seven Misleading and Dangerous Sugar Myths with Kylie Buckner, RN & Cyrus Khambatta, PhD, CR CEU Contact Hour

1:45 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.

Deep Dive into Gut Healing with Virginia Harper, SK CEU Contact Hour

2:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.

Integrative Nurse Coaching: Emerging Opportunities with Karen Avino, RN, AE CEU Contact Hour

2:30 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.

KEYNOTE: The Intersection of Health and Planet: Why Food Choices Matter for our Future with Ocean Robbins, CEU Contact Hour

2:45 p.m. –
3:45 p.m.

Hypnosis: Everything You Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask with Jessica Porter, UL CEU Contact Hour

3:30 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.

Cooking Class: Long Live Lentils with Jenne Claiborne, CR

3:45 p.m. –
5:15 p.m.

Panel Q&A: Cruisin’ for Knowledge – Doctor’s Panel Hosted by Sandy Pukel with Drs. Neal Barnard, Michael Greger, and Michael Klaper, T CEU Contact Hour

4:00 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.

Fueling Performance: The Power of a Vegan Diet with Dr. Shabnam Islam, Chef Babette Davis, and Chris Tucker, UL CEU Contact Hour

5:30 p.m.
Dinner | Gala Night – Dining Room (doors close at 5:45 p.m.), GW 5 & CJ 6
7:30 p.m. &
9:30 p.m.

MSC Performance | Premiere: Movies Come to Life, T

8:00 p.m. –
9:00 p.m.

Social Night: Connection Kick-Off Hour & Ice Breaker Games with Erin McIntosh (Meet up by the Jungle Pool), Deck 16

Program schedule subject to change. As of February 4, 2025

CEU Contact Hour = CEU (Contact Hour) Approved

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3/15

MONDAY, MARCH 10

Falmouth, Jamacia (9:00AM – 5:30PM)

7:00 a.m. –
7:45 a.m.

Meditation | Awakening the Self: A Journey Through Consciousness & Chakra Healing with Chelsea McGee, RN, T CEU Contact Hour

7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.
Breakfast | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16

Seated Breakfast | Dining Room (doors close at 8:30 a.m.), GW 5 
8:00 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.

An Intensive Plant-Based Diet for Type 2 Diabetes with Neal Barnard, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

9:00 a.m. –
2:30 p.m.

LEISURE TIME!

12:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.
Lunch | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16
2:30 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.

A Conversation on Maintaining Your Spiritual Well-Being with Rabbi Loring J. Frank, UL 

2:30 p.m. –
3:45 p.m.

Plant-Based Health and Nutrition: Top 10 Things You Want to Know with Robert Breakey, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

3:00 p.m. –
4:30 p.m.

KEYNOTE: Take Pain Control into Your Own Hands: Rapid & Dramatic Pain Relief with Korean Hand Therapy Self-Treatment, Part I with Ilana Newman, MD, CR CEU Contact Hour

3:45 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.

Breaking Free from Addiction Through Daily Food Choices with Sheri DeMaris, UL CEU Contact Hour

4:00 p.m. –
5:15 p.m.

Lifestyle Strategies to Boost Cognition & Prevent Decline with Dean Sherzai, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

5:30 p.m.
Seated Dinner | Dining Rooms (doors close at 5:45 p.m.), GW 5 & CJ 6  
8:30 p.m.

Vegan Ice Cream Social & Dance Party, Deck 18
Sponsored by V-Gelato

Program schedule subject to change. As of February 4, 2025

CEU Contact Hour = CEU (Contact Hour) Approved

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3/15

TUESDAY, MARCH 11
GEORGE TOWN, CAYMAN ISLAND (8:00AM – 4:00PM)
7:00 a.m. –
7:45 a.m.

Meditation | Awakening the Self: A Journey Through Consciousness & Chakra Healing with Chelsea McGee, RN, T CEU Contact Hour

7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.

Seated Breakfast | Dining Room, GW 5

Breakfast | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16

8:00 a.m. –
1:30 p.m.
LEISURE TIME!
12:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.
Lunch | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16
1:30 p.m. –
2:30 p.m.
2:15 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.

KEYNOTE: Dr. Bob’s Eight Keys for Health and Success with Robert Breakey, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

2:45 p.m. –
3:45 p.m.
3:45 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE: What I Wish I learned in Medical School about Nutrition with Michael Klaper, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

4:00 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.
  • Clean and Green: Detoxifying Your Lifestyle to Combat Aging and Chronic Disease with Monisha Bhanote, MD, CR CEU Contact Hour

  • Exploring Minor Cannabinoids: Understanding CBD, CBDA, DELTA-8 THC, and Beyond with Debra Kimless, MD, UL CEU Contact Hour

5:30 p.m.
Seated Dinner | Dining Room (doors close at 5:45 p.m.), GW 5 & CJ 6
8:30 p.m.
Vegan Pizza & Dance Party, Deck 16
Sponsored by Good Planet
10:30 p.m.
MSC’s White Party – (Dress Code: White Outfit), , Deck 18

Program schedule subject to change. As of February 4, 2025

CEU Contact Hour = CEU (Contact Hour) Approved

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3/15

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12
COZUMEL, MEXICO (10:00AM – 6:00PM)
7:00 a.m. –
7:45 a.m.

Meditation | Awakening the Self: A Journey Through Consciousness & Chakra Healing with Chelsea McGee, RN, T CEU Contact Hour

7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.

Breakfast | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16

Seated Breakfast | Dining Room (doors close at 8:30 a.m.), GW 5

8:15 a.m. –
9:15 a.m.

From Inside the System with Gene Baur, T CEU Contact Hour

8:30 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.

KEYNOTE: Silent Triggers: The Hidden Impact of Nervous System Dysregulation on Autoimmune Health with Monisha Bhanote, MD, CR CEU Contact Hour

8:45 a.m. –
9:45 a.m.

Cookware: It’s the Last Place the Food Touches! With Sandy Clubb, UL CEU Contact Hour

10:00 a.m. –
3:00 p.m.
LEISURE TIME!
12:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.
Lunch | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16
2:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.

COOKING BOOT CAMP: Vegan Vibes with Jenne  Claiborne **EXTRA FEE, UL

3:30 p.m. –
4:30 p.m.
Movie: What the Health, an award-winning documentary, T
3:30 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.

Aging Gracefully with Plants with Dr. Shabnam Islam, Chef Babette Davis, and Chris Tucker, CR CEU Contact Hour

3:45 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.

One Simple Trick that Will Change Your Whole Life (Chewing) with Jessica Porter, UL CEU Contact Hour

5:30 p.m.
Seated Dinner | Dining Rooms (doors close at 5:45 p.m.), GW 5 & CJ 6 
8:30 p.m.

Sushi & Dance Party with DJ, Deck 18

10:00 p.m.
MSC Movie Night: Dune, Part 2, Deck 18 

Program schedule subject to change. As of February 4, 2025

CEU Contact Hour = CEU (Contact Hour) Approved

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3/15

THURSDAY, MARCH 13
DAY AT SEA
7:00 a.m. –
7:45 a.m.

Meditation | Awakening the Self: A Journey Through Consciousness & Chakra Healing with Chelsea McGee, RN, T CEU Contact Hour

7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.
Breakfast | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16
8:00 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.
Seated Breakfast | Dining Room, GW 5
8:45 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.

KEYNOTE: Revolutionizing Your Health: Breakthroughs in Food, Science, and Positive Change with Ocean Robbins, T CEU Contact Hour

9:00 a.m. –
10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. –
12:15 p.m.

How to Be an Impactful Vegan with Robert Cheeke, CEU Contact Hour

11:00 a.m. –
12:30 p.m.

Take Pain Control into Your Own Hands: Rapid & Dramatic Pain Relief with Korean Hand Therapy Self-Treatment, Part II with Ilana Newman, MD, AE CEU Contact Hour

11:30 a.m. –
1:30 p.m.

Seated Brunch | Dining Room, GW 5

12:00 p.m. –
2:00 p.m.
Lunch: Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16
1:30 p.m. –
2:30 p.m.
  • KEYNOTE: Revolutionize Brain Health – Nutrition Strategies for a Sharper Mind with Ayesha Sherzai, MD, T

  • Emotional Intelligence: What is it? Why it’s Necessary, and How can it be Developed? With Robert Gaarder, RN, UL CEU Contact Hour
1:30 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.
  • Cooking Class: Sensational Snacks with Jenne Claiborne, CR
  • WORKSHOP: How to Overcome Years of Inflammation, High-Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, and High Blood Sugar Using Specific Ancient Medicinal Plants with Cyrus Khambatta, PhD and Kylie Buckner, RN ** EXTRA FEE, SK
2:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.

Discussion Group: Recovery Panel Follow Up moderated by Virginia Harper, AE  

2:45 p.m. –
3:45 p.m.
  • KEYNOTE: Unlocking Peak Cognitive Performance: The Path to Brain Resilience and Agility Description with Dean Sherzai, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

  • Probiotics, The Digestive System and Natural Immunity with Kenneth Prange, UL CEU Contact Hour
3:30 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.

Panel Q&A: Powered by Plants with Vegan Athletes Robert Cheeke, Alisia Essig, Cyrus Khambatta, Giacomo Marchese, Maxime Sigouin, Dani Taylor, and Ivy Teves, CR CEU Contact Hour

4:00 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.

How Healthy Are You? with Jessica Porter, UL  CEU Contact Hour

4:00 p.m. –
5:15 p.m.

KEYNOTE: You Are What You Eat: Women’s Weight, Body Fat and Life Stages with Rosane Oliveira, PhD, T CEU Contact Hour

5:30 p.m.
Dinner | Dining Rooms (doors close at 5:45 p.m.), GW 5 & CJ 6
7:30 p.m. &
9:30 p.m.

MSC Performance | Young at Heart, T

8:00 p.m. –
9:00 p.m.

Social Night: The Heart of Connection & Authentic Relating Games with Erin McIntosh (Meet up by the Jungle Pool), Deck 16

10:30 p.m.

MSC’s Tropical Party,  Deck 18

Program schedule subject to change. As of February 4, 2025

CEU Contact Hour = CEU (Contact Hour) Approved

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3/15

FRIDAY, MARCH 14
OCEAN CAY, MSC MARINE RESERVE (8:00AM – 8:00PM)
7:00 a.m. –
7:45 a.m.

Meditation | Awakening the Self: A Journey Through Consciousness & Chakra Healing with Chelsea McGee, RN, T CEU Contact Hour

7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.

Breakfast | Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16

Seated Breakfast | Dining Room (doors close at 7:45 AM), GW 5

8:45 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.

You Eat What You Are: Building A Plant-Based Life from the Inside Out with Rosane Oliveira, PhD T CEU Contact Hour

8:45 a.m. –
10:15 a.m.

Cooking Class: Ocean Bounty: Plant-Based Seafood Creations with Chris Tucker, Chef Babette Davis, and Dr. Shabnam Islam, CR CEU Contact Hour

9:00 a.m. –
10:30 p.m.

WORKSHOP: Gut Health Essentials: Building Your Morning and Evening Plant-Based Ritual for Digestive Wellness with Monisha Bhanote, MD ** EXTRA FEE, UL  

10:15 a.m. –
11:30 p.m.

Building Lasting Habits for a Healthy Mind and Body with Dean Sherzai, MD, CEU Contact Hour

10:30 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.

Re-imagining the End of Life: Living and Dying Based on What Matters Most with Jan Booth, RN, CR  CEU Contact Hour

11:00 a.m. –
12:30 p.m.

COOKING BOOT CAMP: Cooking Smarts for Brain and Body with Ayesha Sherzai, MD ** EXTRA FEE, UL  

11:45 a.m. –
12:45 p.m.

Harvesting Health: The Growing Pains and Gains of
Plant-Based Diets with Michael Klaper, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

12:00 p.m. –
2:00 p.m.
Lunch: Marketplace Buffet (AFT), Deck 16
1:00 p.m. –
2:15 p.m.

WORKSHOP: Skinny Genes: Nutrition Strategies for Muscle Gain and Fat Loss at Any Age with Rosane Oliveira, PhD, ** EXTRA FEE, UL

1:15 p.m. –
2:15 p.m.

Remember the “Stress Related” Pillars… with Robert Breakey, MD, CEU Contact Hour

2:00 p.m. –
4:00 p.m.

TALENT SHOW hosted by Erin McIntosh, CR  

2:30 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.

Nourish to Flourish: Unlocking the Power of Nutrition and Lifestyle for Brain Health with Drs. Ayesha & Dean Sherzai, CEU Contact Hour

2:30 p.m. –
4:00 p.m.

COOKING BOOT CAMP: Decadent Raw Desserts with Chris Tucker and Chef Babette Davis ** EXTRA FEE, UL  

3:45 p.m. –
5:15 p.m.

How Not to Age with Michael Greger, MD, T CEU Contact Hour

5:30 p.m.
Seated Dinner | Dining Room (doors close at 5:45 p.m.), GW 5 & CJ 6
8:30 p.m.

Farewell Dance Party with Live Music – See you next year!, Deck 16

Program schedule subject to change. As of February 4, 2025

CEU Contact Hour = CEU (Contact Hour) Approved

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3/15

SATURDAY, MARCH 15
MIAMI (7:00AM)
6:30 a.m. –
7:30 a.m.
Breakfast | Dining Room, GW 5 

 

Program schedule subject to change. As of February 4, 2025

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3/15

Event, class, and meal locations indicated in teal directly following their description.

Venue Locations

DINING ROOMS
GW The Green Wave Restaurant Deck 5
CJ Cala Jondal Restaurant Deck 6

VENUES
T Chora Theater Deck 7 entrance, front of ship
CR Le Cabaret Rouge Deck 7, back of ship
AE Aegean Restaurant Classroom Deck 7, back of ship
SK Skyline Restaurant Classroom Deck 7, back of ship
UL Uptown Lounge Deck 8, back of ship

OUTDOOR CLASSES
JP Jungle Pool Deck 16 & 18, mid-ship Port side
MP Marina Pool Stage Deck 18, back of ship
MS-P Mid-ship Port Side Deck 19, mid-ship
MS-S Mid-ship Starboard Side Deck 19, mid-ship

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Port Side = Left Side
Starboard Side = Right Side
AFT = Back of Ship