2019 AIN World Conference at Stony Brook has ended

Create Your Own Event

2019 AIN World Conference at Stony Brook

10:00am EDT

Learning Journey: Big Apple Writers Workshop: Capturing the Power of Applied Improv in Words Manhattan, NYJames Levine • Caitlin McClure Learning Journey: Foundations of Freestyle (Improv Rapping) and other Cultural Experience-Benders Manhattan, NYNan Crawford • Andrew Bancroft, aka Jelly Donut • Chris Sullivan, aka Shockwave • Ashley Perez Flanagan Learning Journey: Seven Senses Stroll, and Following the Follower with Tango and Improvisation Manhattan, NYBarbara Ann Michaels • Terry Sommer Learning Journey: The Quest NYC Manhattan, NYJeanne Lambin

1:30pm EDT

Learning Journey: Community Building, Playing Across Boundaries, and Improvising on Stage and Off Manhattan, NYMary Lemmer • Gloria B. Strickland • John Rankin, III • Marian Rich

9:00am EDT

Learning Journey: Changing How We Perform Healthcare: The Joy of Dementia and Improvising With Autism Manhattan, NYAaron Feinstein • Mary Fridley • Susan Massad

9:45am EDT

Learning Journey: Improvising Anthropology with Margaret Mead as Our Muse American Museum of Natural HistorySevanne Kassarjian

10:00am EDT

Registration The Wang Center at Stony Brook University

10:15am EDT

Learning Journey: Improvisation Yes! The Art of Risk The Jazz LoftTom Manuel

10:30am EDT

Learning Journey: Willkommen, Bien Venue, Welcome – To the Emerging Field of Medical Improv! The Wang Center at Stony Brook University - Room 101Beth Boynton • Dwyer Leahy Vessey Learning Journey: Introduction to Applied Improvisation The Wang Center at Stony Brook University-ChapelPatrick Short Learning Journey: Master Applied Improvisation Facilitator Credentialing Program The Wang Center at Stony Brook University -Room 201Paul Z Jackson • Kat Koppett

2:00pm EDT

Registration The Wang Center at Stony Brook University

5:30pm EDT

Dinner The Wang Center - Lobby

7:00pm EDT

Conference Opening Event and Welcome Student Activities Center - Auditorium

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Student Activities Center Ballroom A Registration Student Activities Center

8:30am EDT

Warm-up, welcome and announcements Student Activities Center - Auditorium

9:00am EDT

Opening Plenary: Sneaking Through Borders and Barriers - Dr. Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan Student Activities Center - AuditoriumDr. Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan

10:15am EDT

Presidential Address: AIN President Barbara Tint Student Activities Center - AuditoriumBarbara Tint

10:35am EDT

Break The Wang Center and Student Activities Center

11:00am EDT

AINx Talks - "Yes, and ..." The Wang Center - TheaterJessica Breitenfeld • Shadae McDaniel • Hikaru Hie • Shirley F. Rivera AI Meets IT: Merging Improv and Technology Together The Wang Center - Room 101Andrew Tarvin Applied Improvisation Skills For Bullying, Suicide & Drug Prevention The Wang Center - Room 102John Martin Being Body: Somatic Improv The Wang Center - Room 201Diane Moore • Ginger Andersen Emotional Vaccination: Using Applied Improvisation To Address Addiction Student Activities Center - Room 304David Koff Meet Their Needs: Working With Clients, Audiences and Business The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Gary Hirsch Playing With Identity and Fragility The Wang Center - ChapelRebecca Stockley • Ana Nelson Talk DATA To Me The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Nancy Watt • Carolyn Sealfon • Erica Marx

12:00pm EDT

Lunch - BLUE TICKET The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby Lunch - RED TICKET The Hilton Garden Inn

1:30pm EDT

Afternoon Plenary Session: Cathy Salit presents Dan Pink Student Activities Center - Auditorium

1:45pm EDT

Afternoon Plenary: Harnessing Humor for Humanitarian Work Student Activities Center - AuditoriumPablo Suarez PhD

2:45pm EDT

North Coast Hip Hop Improv Performance Student Activities Center - Auditorium

3:30pm EDT

Break The Wang Center and Student Activities Center

4:00pm EDT

AINx Talks The Wang Center - TheaterLivia Armstrong • Kat Koppett • Eric Nepom • Aden Nepom • Kristy West • Jon Trevor • Saliha Bava Effective Side-coaching For Releasing Intuition and Authenticity Student Activities Center - Room 304Gary Schwartz Improv in the Belly of Bureaucracy The Wang Center - Room 102Lisa Yeager Improv Tools For Design Thinking The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Bryan Cooperrider Life Unscripted: Challenging our patterns through improvisation The Wang Center - Room 201Jeffrey Katzman The Mindful Negotiator: Finding Meaning Through Play The Wang Center - ChapelMark Young • Angelo John Lewis Use Of Improv In Mental Health With Youth The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Peter Felsman • Matthew D. Lerner, Ph.D. What's So Bad About The Box The Wang Center - Room 101Mary Jane Pories

5:15pm EDT

Dinner Student Activities Center Ballroom A

7:00pm EDT

Evening presentation with Alan Alda and Aretha Sills Student Activities Center - AuditoriumAretha Sills • Alan Alda

7:30am EDT

Breakfast The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

8:30am EDT

Warm-ups and announcements The Wang Center - Theater

9:00am EDT

Morning Keynote with Raquell Holmes: Creating the Human Face of Science The Wang Center - TheaterCarolyn Sealfon • Dr. Raquell Holmes • Mia Y. Anderson Applied lmprovisation for Better Health and Care (and Healthcare!): Panel Discussion The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Richard Krysztoforski • Beth Boynton • Belinda Fu • Lisa Hurst • Joel Veenstra Arches Of Empathy: Building Bridges Through Playback Theater The Wang Center - Room 301Christine Witmer Powers • Shawnee R. Benton, LMSW, FDLC Grounded Assertiveness The Wang Center - Jasmine RoomEsther Knecht • Caitlin McClure Performance Coaching Groups: A Discovery in Development The Wang Center - Room 201Maureen Kelly • Sevanne Kassarjian Playing (with language): The Improvisational Joy Of Aging/dementia The Wang Center - Room 101Oliver Senton • Mary Fridley • Susan Massad • Susanna Howard Restaurant Improv: Collaborative Creativity and Enlightenment As Appetizer The Wang Center - ChapelDoug Shaw Teaching Doctors To Give Hilariously Bad News The Wang Center - Room 102Stephanie Kukora, MD • Brittany Batell, MPH, MSW • Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD Using Keynote Speeches to Build Business Success The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Izzy Gesell, CSP

10:30am EDT

Break The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

10:45am EDT

AINx Talks The Wang Center - TheaterJeanne Lambin • Brad Fortier • Mary Curtis • Ella Gabriele Amann • Roland Trescher • Jules Livingstone • Johanna de Ruyter AgArts: Creating A Healthier Food System Through Science and Art The Wang Center - Room 301Tina Bakehouse Applied Humor: Communication, Education, Innovation The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Lew Lefton • Pete Ludovice Improvisation techniques Bring Rigor, Readiness and Fun to Your ESL Classroom The Wang Center - Jasmine RoomLinda Hargrove Strengths, Synergy and Semi-Spontaneous Songs The Wang Center - ChapelMark S. Meritt Using Medical Improv to Promote Dignity in Healthcare The Wang Center - Room 102Beth Boynton Workshop: It’s All In The Debrief (Not the Games) The Wang Center - Room 201Ed Reggi Assessing Applied Improvisation Across Fields: Panel Discussion The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Dr. Nicole J. Leavey Improv & Inclusive Collaboration The Wang Center - Room 101Tavish Forsyth

11:45am EDT

AINx talks The Wang Center - TheaterAndrew Tarvin • Victoria Hogg • Cathy Salit • Angelina Castellini Bringing Left and Right Together Through AI The Wang Center - Room 102Brent Darnell Empathy Exercises To Rethink Communication Barriers And Advocacy The Wang Center - Jasmine RoomJennifer Strouf Growing in Leadership Using Dance/Movement Improvisation The Wang Center - ChapelLinda Ugelow Improv In A Dysfunctional Democracy The Wang Center - Room 301Gabe Mercado Logical Empathy // Empathetical Logic The Wang Center - Room 201Richard Krysztoforski Medical Interprofessional Team Building and Communication The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Dr. Rob Milman • Shana Merlin

12:30pm EDT

Lunch - BLUE TICKET The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby Lunch - RED TICKET The Hilton Garden Inn

2:00pm EDT

Improvising Democracy: What's Next? The Wang Center - Room 102Don Waisanen Inclusion and Diversity: Creating A Framework For Conversations The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Jeanne Lambin • Chris Esparza Non-verbal Strategies Enhance Relationships More Than You Think The Wang Center - Room 101Catherine Faith Kappenberg, PhD., LCSW Relating To Scientists and Engineers Effectively The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Amber Iraeta Senior Moments: The Perceived Influences of Improvisational Acting Classes on Senior Adults The Wang Center - Room 301Ruth Yamamoto Afternoon Keynote: A Search for Community: Neva Boyd, Viola Spolin, Paul Sills and the Origins of Improvisational Theater in America The Wang Center - TheaterAretha Amelia Sills Facilitation Beyond Buzzwords The Wang Center - Jasmine RoomRick Andrews Playing Around With Changing The World The Wang Center - Room 201Marian Rich • Carrie Lobman, Ed.D Power of Presence (and Play) The Wang Center - ChapelJeff Smithson

3:00pm EDT

Discovering Applied Improv For Collaborative Leadership The Wang Center - Room 101Mario Gadet • Tom Mellor Healing Through Stories: A Playback Theater Experience The Wang Center - Room 301Oluwadamilola Abdulai-Apotieri Shh! Bzzt! Applied Improvisation for Developing Emotional Intelligence The Wang Center - Room 102Carrie Caudle Understanding Isotopes and Climate Change Through Improvisation The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Dale Easley • Amy Ressler Values Based Elevator Pitches: Sell Improvisation The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Jessica Breitenfeld

3:30pm EDT

Break The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

4:00pm EDT

AI To Train The Trainer The Wang Center - Room 102Hal Peller Forum Theatre Basics and How to Joker The Wang Center - Room 201Victoria Hogg Got Your Back! Sidecoaching Difficult Conversations The Wang Center - Jasmine RoomDeAnna Massie, MFA, ED.D. Interactive Improvisation-Empowering Teens and Beyond The Wang Center - Room 101Staci Block, MSW, LCSW Leadership Viewpoints to Create Dynamic Theatre and Dynamic Organizations The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 1Paul Black • Nan Crawford Partner Up! The Wang Center - Lecture Hall 2Ellen Feldman Ornato • Jenny Drescher Story Circles: Build Community, Strengthen Relationships, Solve Problems The Wang Center - ChapelKat Koppett AINx Talks The Wang Center - TheaterEd Reggi • Russ McMahon • Jay Wang • Colin Pinks • Susanne Schinko-Fischli • Dr. Andrea Handsteiner Improv for Reconciliation: Power, Justice and Mercy The Wang Center - Room 301Barbara Tint • Simo Routarinne

5:00pm EDT

Dinner - BLUE Ticket The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby Dinner - RED Ticket The Hilton Garden Inn

7:00pm EDT

Kornfeld & Andrews Improv Show and Armando featuring conference participants The Wang Center - TheaterLouis Kornfeld • Rick Andrews Show at The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook

7:00am EDT

Open AIN Board Meeting The Wang Center - Chapel Breakfast The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

8:30am EDT

AIN Board presentation The Wang Center - Theater

9:00am EDT

Open Space The Wang Center Theater followed by rooms as announcedGabe Mercado

9:40am EDT

AINx Talks The Wang Center - TheaterJohn Maloney • Yael Schy • Joel Veenstra • Elena and Martin R. Lichtenthaler • Mary DeMichele AINx Talks - Continued The Wang Center - TheaterJennifer Strouf • Amy Carroll • Viki Lazar • Ruth Jenkins • Izzy Gesell • Brian Zikmund-Fisher

1:00pm EDT

Lunch The Wang Center-Zodiac Lobby

2:00pm EDT

Conference Close The Wang Center - TheaterPaul Z Jackson