2018

Schedule of Events

7:00 PM: Dance Performance by Ashley L. Tate & Co. (Champ Auditorium)

9:00 AM: Opening of 2018 HSWC: Dr. Nate Leonard (Champ Auditorium)

9:20-10:15 AM: Plenary Session #1

Barbara Kerr, Director, Counseling Laboratory for the Exploration of Optimal States: "The Creative Brain: The Psychology of Creativity" (Champ Auditorium)

10:30-11:30 AM: Executive Session #1

Ashley Tate, Artistic Director, Ashleyliane Dance Company: "Community in Creativity: Dance as a Unifying Art Form" (Coulter Science Center Lecture Hall)
Gina Shannon, Assistant Director, Clinical Skills Program, Emory University School of Medicine (Church of St. Mary)

11:45 AM: Lunch (Backer Dining Hall)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Breakout Session #1 (Coulter Science Center)

Gabe Fleisher, Editor-In-Chief, Wake Up to Politics: "Politics and Media in the Digital Age" (CSC Lecture Hall)
One-on-One with Ashley Tate, Founder & Artistic Director, Ashleyliane Dance Company (CSC 304)
Mark Anastasio, Professor of Engineering, Washington University: “Computational Methods for Modern Biomedical Imaging Systems” (CSC 138)
One-on-One with Barbara Kerr, Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology, University of Kansas (CSC 239)
Beth Snyder, Owner & Product Development, OneCanoeTwo: “Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mountains, and Canoes: Creativity in Etsy Entrepreneurship" (CSC 206)
Jane Mudd, Assistant Professor of Art, William Woods University: “Seeing Like An Artist” (CSC 126)

2:45 PM-3:45 PM: Plenary Session #2

Sarah Lench, Chief Curiosity Officer, Center for Innovation in Education: "Beyond the Toothbrush Test: The 21^st Century Imperative of Fostering the Creative Potential of Every Student in Every School" (Champ Auditorium)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: The Special Relationship Community Art Project (National Churchill Museum)

Immortalize your vision of loyalty, friendship, camaraderie through worst and best on a 6”x6” canvas and this unique community art project.

9:00-10:15 AM: Executive Session #2

Gregory Rockson ‘12, Co-Founder & CEO, mPharma: “Innovating Pharmaceutical Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa” (Church of St. Mary)
Robin Blume-Kohout, Principal R&D Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories: “Creativity and Quantum Computing” (Coulter Science Center Lecture Hall)

10:30 PM-11:30 AM: Breakout Session #2

One-On-One with Sarah Lench, Chief Curiosity Officer, Center for Innovation in Education (CSC 126)
Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri, Co-founder/Artistic Director of GreenHouse Theatre Project: “A Resourceful Performance” (Hermann Lounge)
One-On-One with Robin Blume-Kohout, Principal R&D Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories (CSC 307)
Westminster Eco Reading Group: “Ecologically Embracing & Envisioning the Future” (CSC 304)
One-On-One with Gregory Rockson '12, Co-Founder & CEO, mPharma (CSC 207)

11:45 AM: Lunch (Backer Dining Hall)

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Plenary Session #3

David Wilson, Co-Founder, True/False: “Film Festivals as Creative Placemaking, OR What Artists Can Learn From Disneyland” (Champ Auditorium)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Performance-prep Workshop with Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri (Champ Auditorium)

7:00-8:30 PM: Musical performance by indie/folkpop duo The Burney Sisters (HAC/JCI)