Updated January 20, subject to change
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Thursday, March 12
2:00 – 5:00 PM, Preconference Sessions (additional registration required)
Network Science in Creativity Research (Council Bluffs)
Art Museum Experiences for Connection and Transformation: A (Playful) Workshop on Mapping Impact, Aligning Outcomes, and Designing Interventions (Elkhorn AB)
5:30 – 9:00 PM, Registration & Social Reception (Big Blue)
Friday, March 13
8:00 – 9:00 AM, Coffee & Networking
9:00 – 9:30 AM, Conference Welcome (Missouri/Platte)
9:30 – 10:20 AM, Arnheim Award Address: John Kounios (Missouri/Platte)
10:30 – 11:00 AM, Break
11:00 – 11:50 AM, Parallel Sessions
Symposium: Advances in Creativity Assessment (Missouri/Platte)
Symposium: Play, Synchrony, and Dramatic Connection: Experimental and Applied Studies on Creative Interaction and Well-Being (Council Bluffs)
Individual Talks: Impacts of Creativity (Elkhorn AB)
12 noon – 1:00 PM, Lunch (included in registration) (Atrium & The Landing)
1:00 – 2:20 PM, Poster Session (Big Blue)
2:30 – 3:20 PM, Parallel Sessions
Symposium: On Stimulating Creativity: Evidence from Experimental and Interventional Studies (Missouri/Platte)
Individual Talks: Creative Expression (Council Bluffs)
Individual Talks: Social Art Experiences (Elkhorn AB)
3:30 – 4:20 PM, Parallel Sessions
Publishing Panel (Missouri/Platte)
Individual Talks: Conceptual Advances in Creativity (Council Bluffs)
Individual Talks: Creative Processes and Mechanisms (Elkhorn AB)
4:30 – 5:20 PM, Student Showcase (Missouri/Platte)
5:30 – 6:30 PM, Student Professional Development Roundtable (Students Only!) (Location TBD)
Saturday, March 16
8:00 – 9:00 AM, Coffee & Networking
9:00 – 9:50 AM, Berlyne Award Addresses: Ahmed M. Abdulla Alabbasi & Sue Hyeon Paek (Missouri/Platte)
10:00 – 10:50 AM, Parallel Sessions
Grants Panel (Missouri/Platte)
Individual Talks: Perceptions About Creativity (Council Bluffs)
Individual Talks: Aesthetic Experiences (Elkhorn AB)
11:00 – 11:30 AM, Break
11:30 AM – 12:20 PM, Parallel Sessions
Symposium: Understanding effects of engagement with art: The how and what of meaning-making (Missouri/Platte)
Symposium: Psychology of Humor (Council Bluffs)
Individual Talks: Creativity in Youth Education (Elkhorn AB)
12:30 – 1:30 PM, Lunch (included in registration) (Atrium & The Landing)
1:30 – 2:50 PM, Poster Session (Big Blue)
3:00 – 3:50 PM, Parallel Sessions
Symposium: Incursions into the Nomological Network of Creativity: Emotions, Insight, and Curiosity (Missouri/Platte)
Individual Talks: Conceptual Advances in the Psychology of Art and Aesthetics (Council Bluffs)
Individual Talks: Psychology of Music (Elkhorn AB)
4:00 – 5:00 PM, Business Meeting and Conference Closing (Missouri/Platte)
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