Hear from members of the campus and surrounding community as they express their original points of view at the SPARC [conference].
The conference, hosted by SPARC [conversations], will be held Saturday, Nov. 12, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, ballroom B.
SPARC stands for society, politics, art, research and culture.
Much like a TED conference, the event will feature speakers from all different fields and walks of life presenting on a wide variety of topics. This year's topic is: Shaping the [conversation].
The speaker lineup is:
- Mark Griswold: "The Future with Holograms in our World"
- Deanna Dionne: topic to be determined
- Lee Williams: "Make Yourself Less 'Hackable'"
- Narcis Fejes: "Our Food, Our Lives"
- William Dawson: "How to be a Cycle Breaker"
- Elle Marcus: "Body Image Across Different Cultures"
- Dustin Tyler: topic to be determined
- Laura Hengehold: "Where Will the Gender Battles of 2016 Take Us? "
- Stacy McGaugh: "Fear and Loathing in the Cosmos: Insights into how the Universe Doesn't Work"
- Gustavo Roversi: "Victim, Survivor, Thriver: Running through the Different Stages of Trauma"
- Xyla Foxlin: "From LO to Nowhere: The Next Frontier in Internet Based Communication"
- Mahima Devarajan: "The Importance of Satire"
