2025 Schedule
Monday August 4th
| 8:30–9:00 | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:00–9:15 | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 9:15–9:45 | The Empathic Experience: XR and the Future of Holistic Learning Manuel Gomez-Navarro and Lee Mitchell We explore how XR technologies are reshaping education by fostering empathy, presence, and perspective-taking, while also navigating the risks of distraction, overload, and disconnection. |
| 9:45–10:35 | XR and Ed Tech: Panel Discussion Manuel Gomez-Navarro, Lee Mitchell, Jerry Fails, and Wonda |
| 10:35–10:50 | Morning Break |
| 10:50–11:00 | Unconferencing Intro |
| 11:00–12:00 | XR and Ed Tech: Unconferencing Session |
| 12:00–1:00 | Lunch (catered on-premise) |
| 1:00–1:30 | Living a Good Life with AI: Navigating Mediated Relationships in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Scott Friedman This talk explores meaningful engagement with AI systems that often display “people-pleasing” behaviors while operating through invisible mediating layers shaped by corporate priorities. Rather than accepting passive relationships with these technologies, we’ll examine how active, critical engagement with AI can support genuine human flourishing. By looking beyond simplistic ethical narratives and recognizing the complex ways these systems influence our lives, we can develop more intentional relationships that enhance rather than diminish our agency, attention, and connection in an increasingly AI-mediated world. |
| 1:30–2:20 | Data Ethics: Panel Discussion Scott Friedman, Shayan Tari, and Alan Henson |
| 2:20–2:35 | Afternoon Break |
| 2:35–2:45 | Unconferencing Intro |
| 2:45–3:45 | Data Ethics: Unconferencing Session |
| 3:45–5:00 | Keynote: AI with Empathy: Ethical Innovation Driving Human Connection in Healthcare. Alice Crisci From a cancer crisis to health tech entrepreneur: Hear a firsthand account of launching human-centric applications in the age of rapid AI innovation. Alice Crisci will describe how her company’s ethical AI lightens administrative burdens and brings clinicians and patients closer together, making healthcare more compassionate and truly human‑centric. |
| 5:00–6:00 | Happy Hour (bar on-premise) |