Presenters

Speakers and Panel Presenters

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Dr. Andrew Holecek, Resident Contemplative Scholar, Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies; Research Consultant, Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University; Concert Pianist and Author

Casey Brown, Ho-Chunk Filmmaker

Cassandra Vieten, PhD, Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine; Director, Center for Mindfulness, Centers for Integrative Health & Arthur C.Clarke Center for Human Imagination; Clinical Psychology Director, Psychedelics and Health Research Initiative, University of California, San Diego

Christof Koch, PhD, Chief Scientist, Tiny Blue Dot Foundation; Meritorious Investigator, Allen Institute

Dean Radin, PhD, Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences

Diane Hennacy Powell, MD, Integrative Scientist and Educator

Elizabeth R. Koch, Founder, Tiny Blue Dot Foundation & Unlikely Collaborators

Jonathan Schooler, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences; Director of the Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential, University of California, Santa Barbara

Jorge Moll, MD, PhD, Founder of D'Or Institute for Research and Education; Co-Founder of Pioneer Science Initiative

Kieran Fox, MD, PhD, Physician-Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry and Research Scientist in the Carhart-Harris Lab at UCSF; Author

Rachel Harris, PhD, Psychologist & Author

S. Gabriela Torres Platas, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience at Northwestern University

Immersion Artists and Musicians

Amanda Gregory, MA, Opera Singer, Immersive Experience Designer, Multimedia Performer, and Researcher, Santa Barbara, CA

Lisa O'Connor, Transdisciplinary Designer, Promega, Madison, WI

Louie Schwartzberg, Cinematographer, Film Director, and Producer, Los Angeles, CA

Mark Seelig, PhD, Clinical Psychotherapist and Musician, Kelseyville, CA; Usona Institute, Madison, WI

Sheila Darcey, Visionary Artist and Author, Venice Beach, CA

Moderators /Hosts

Bill Linton, President & CEO, Promega Corporation; President, BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute; Co-Founder & Executive Director, Usona Institute

Penny Patterson, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Promega Corporation

Tura Patterson, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Usona Institute

Steve Paulson, Previous Executive Producer, To The Best of Our Knowledge, Wisconsin Public Radio; host of Luminous

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