Salons
Salons are part of the EPIC2024 Main Program in Los Angeles (August 18–22). Facilitators spark these small-group sessions with topics and provocations, then discussion and debate are powered by participants. Salons are FREE to all EPIC2024 in-person attendees but require pre-registration. Attendees can register for one Salon; we will allow individuals to join an additional Salon if space is available. Sign up during conference registration.
Promise and Peril: AI in Ethnography
Tackle the opportunities and challenges presented by AI and ethnographic research, and come away with practical strategies to apply it thoughtfully.
Ambivalence and Ambition: Navigating Career Landscapes and Possibilities
Unpacking the essence of ethnographic praxis and how it continues to be valuable as we pursue diverse career paths and adopt positions in business leadership.
Blurring the Lines: Building a collaborative dialogue from the intersection of creative practice, ethnography and business
Join us in creating a new kind of community conversation about creativity, research and ethnography in business/organizations and be inspired by examples and stories about how we can bring more meaning, joy, and exploration into our work by embracing creative approaches and mindsets.
Challenging Civic Tech Foundations
Workshop various means by which we can challenge norms in civic tech work, toward being more effective in empowering constituencies at different levels of government and civil society.
Bring One Thing
Share and hear others’ significant moments in their journey as ethnographers and people, putting self-reflexivity and vulnerability into practice.
Collaborative Ethnography’s Enduring Value
An action-oriented discussion on how to continue to include diverse stakeholders within and outside of our organizations to collaborate on our work.
Pathfinding in the Next 20 Years
Explore the future of pathfinding in response to shifts in industry perspectives and automation technologies.
Slaying (or at Least Taming) the Chimera of Product Discovery with Ethnography
Learn how ethnography offers us tools to manage the thorny issue of who owns “discovery” work in organizations.