EPIC2024 Global Kickoff

Watch presentations from our kickoff event, launching the 20th year of EPIC programming!

The momentous 20th year of EPIC marks a pivotal moment when society, industry, and ethnography need to achieve profound transitions to create livable futures on the planet. It will take diverse people and creative partnerships to reexamine foundations, reckon with displacement, and craft new capacities for generation.

On January 24, we gathered online with the EPIC community for an exploration of our 2024 theme, “Foundations, Displacements, Generation,” and a lightning-round of pitches for our Main Program presentation formats.

Submissions to EPIC2024 are now closed.

KIckoff videos

Welcome

Kickoff co-chair Lydia Timlin Broussard introduces the 2024 conference season and invites the community to participate in another fantastic year of programming.

EPIC2024 Theme

EPIC2024 co-chairs Carrie Yury and Lee Cesafsky introduce themselves and the conference theme (Twenty: Foundations, Displacement, Generation.)

The EPIC Experience

EPIC2023 co-chairs Marta Cuciurean-Zapan and Evan Hanover reminisce about last year’s conference in Chicago – and tell us what to expect while attending any EPIC conference!

Meet Los Angeles

See the city of LA through the lens of the Foundations, Displacement, Generation in this talk by Kickoff chairs Ryoko Imai and Lydia Timlin-Broussard.

EPIC Generations: Session 1

A panel of EPIC community members – newcomers and long-term conference participants alike – engage in dialogue about their experiences with EPIC.

EPIC Generations: Session 2

Another panel of EPIC community members – newcomers and long-term conference participants alike – engage in dialogue about their experiences with EPIC.

Equity at EPIC

EPIC Board Member and Equity Council Chair Shakima Jackson-Martinez introduces the programs that advance equity within our community. Learn more.

Featured Speaker: Luis Arnal

Luis Arnal, Accenture Song, provoked us to call on our creativity, diversity, and hybridity in this talk. He reflected on “maturity models” and the skills and mindsets that will generate positive innovation amid social, economic, and ecological change.