Conference Schedule

Tuesday June 3, 2025

  • Registration will be in the Auditorium at Emory UniversityGoizueta Business School located at 1300 Clifton Rd N E, Atlanta, GA 30322.

    • Housing with Heart: Shaping a Future of Dignified Living: Room 304

    • Designing Dignity-Centered Organizations: Room 201

    • Equity, Justice, and Joy through Resilient Partnerships: Room 204

    • Heartbeat on the Street: Designing a Street Medicine + Nutrition Program: Room 231

    • Participatory Experiential Future of Government Services: Room 500

  • We will make our way to the Auditorium for the Opening Keynotes

  • Chris McCarthy and Amy Heymans will open us up in the Auditorium. They will be followed by keynotes Dr. Monique Smith and Matthew McCurdy.

  • Lunch will be held in the Dining Hall which is a 10 minute walk from the Goizueta Business School.

  • Systems Lessons: Auditorium

    • Empathy Engineered: Crafting AI Solutions for Family Care Givers

    • Project 101

    Empathy & Drivers: Room 304

    • Sticking Around: Youth Empowerment Through Ecosystem Design

    • Flipping the Narrative for Cancer Survivorship

    The Hope Lab: Room 201

    • Impossible Futures & the Ethics of Hopelessness

    • Hope in Creative Destruction

    Something New: Room 204

    • Design is Not Enough: Iterating a Practice for Maximum Impact

    • The Future Needs New Eyes

    Bridges to Change: Room 231

    • Researchers as Language Processors: Building a Shared Mental Health Response to Mass Firearm Violence

    • The BRIDGE Canvas: Human-Centered AI for Healthcare

  • Meet new folks in the Commons area for coffee and a chat!

  • Adan Bean and Kati Olinger will share their poetry and music with us. Then we will hear from keynotes Rachael Dietkus and Hillary Carey.

  • Attendees at the conference will determine what sessions will be on the agenda for the next day and who will lead them.

  • Join us for a fun gathering of your new friends with some yummy snacks and drinks!

  • Sign up in the lobby to meet with new folks at fun and casual impromptu dinner gatherings.

  • Everyone will have the opportunity to make their selections for Open Space sessions they would like to attend in the Auditorum.

  • Multiple Rooms: See Time-Space Matrix on-site.

  • Multiple Rooms: See Time-Space Matrix on-site.

  • Multiple Rooms: See Time-Space Matrix on-site.

  • Lunch will be held in the Dining Hall which is a 10 minute walk from the Goizueta Business School.

  • All conference goers will share their learnings from the Open Space sessions in the Auditorium.

  • In the Auditorium, our closing Keynote Susannah Fox will share her thoughts on “Rebel Health”. Susannah will be available to sign copies of her book after the conference closing.

  • Chris McCarthy and Amy Heymans will close out the conference, until next year?!

  • Join Susannah Fox for a book signing of her new book, Rebel Health.

    Snacks and refreshment will be available for you and your new friends to continue conference conversations.

Wednesday June 4, 2025

Details for Attendees

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