2025 SEGD Academic Summit

Welcome
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm

Session 1: Collaboration & Community in Practice
12:15 pm – 2:05 pm

• Transforming Public Spaces: Enhancing Community Engagement through Experiential Graphic Design in a street parking garage – Huiwon Lim + Phil Choo

• Perception of Space: Experience Oriented, Participant Activated, Exhibition Design – Sofia Ingegno

• Creating with Community: Imagining Collaborative, Justice-Oriented Spaces in our Neighborhoods – Kellyn Nettles

• Shaping EGD Education: Case Studies in Industry Collaboration and Urban Design – Julie Hurley

• Moderated Q&A

Break
2:05 pm – 2:20 pm

Session 2: The Politics and Ethics of Storytelling
2:20 pm – 4:10 pm

• Hollow Motifs: Exploring AI’s Impact on the Public, Practice and Design Education – Kleighton Burns

• From Pixels to Places: Reintegrating Typography’s Spatial and Experiential Dimensions in Design Education – Seojoo Han

• Ethical Boundaries in Guerrilla Experiential Design – Hamza Iqbal

• On Tap: The Columbia Tap Trail – Gerald Sastra + Cheryl Beckett

• Moderated Q&A

Moderated Breakout Session and Summary Remarks
4:10 pm – 5:30 pm

• Topic 1: Is there a Crisis in Higher Education? How do Academics Respond?
• Topic 2: State of Cultural Institutions Losing Funding?

Welcome
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm

Session 3: Explorations in Exhibition and Experience Design
12:15 pm – 2:05 pm

• A Living Storyscape: Making museums alive – Vivian Combariza

• Storytelling in a Shifting Landscape – Steven Coward

• Prospective Memories: Futures of Monument Design – Lisa Bambach

• Connection Not Found: Exploring Digital Issues with Physical Exhibits – Bamidélé Elégbèdé

• Moderated Q&A

Break
2:05 pm – 2:20 pm

Session 4: Designing for Inclusion, Health and Well-Being
2:20 pm – 4:10 pm

• The Collective: A remote peer-support platform – Keira Wong

• Natural Neighborhoods: Creating Well-Being for Individuals with ADHD and Autism – Sarah Miorelli

• Sonic Horizons: Embodied Biophilic Experience in A Sensory-Immersive Environment: Effect on Emotional Well-Being – Maral Salehian

• WONDER: Transforming Narratives in Difficult Exhibitions – Aian Raquel

• Moderated Q&A

Moderated Breakout Session and Summary Remarks
4:10 pm  – 5:30 pm

• Topic 1: Is there a Crisis in Higher Education? How do Academics Respond?
• Topic 2: State of Cultural Institutions Losing Funding?