(Detailed program provided at the Summit)
EPIC Impact Society is a not-for-profit community of international professionals from a cross-pollination of industries, who catalyze creativity and innovation to empower transformation.
Four Core society pillars are based on strategic experiential learning summits, with a pause from technology to focus on ingenuity, and expanding community engagement through through facilitating free workshops to benefit individuals, organizations, municipalities and social impact charities with actionable solutions for an array of challenges.
PANELS, SPEAKER SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS & MORE
8:00 - 10:00 am CHECK-IN
10:00 - 12 pm OPENING SESSION
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH (on-site)
1:30 - 3:30 pm SESSION A
options: Workshops
Education Panel
1:30 - 5:00 pm DEEP DIVE
3:00 - 3:30 pm PAUSE
3:30 - 5:00 pm SESSION B
options: Workshops
Social Innovation Panel
5:30 - 7:30 pm DINNER (on-site)
7:30 - 9:00 pm EPIC Conversation
8:00 - 10:00 am CHECK-IN
10:00 - 12 pm OPENING SESSION
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH (on-site)
1:30 - 3:30 pm SESSION A
options: Workshops
Education Panel
1:30 - 5:00 pm DEEP DIVE
3:00 - 3:30 pm PAUSE
3:30 - 5:00 pm SESSION B
options: Workshops
Social Innovation Panel
5:30 - 7:30 pm DINNER (on-site)
7:30 - 9:00 pm EPIC Conversation
8:00 - 10:00 am CHECK-IN
10:00 - 12 pm OPENING SESSION
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH (on-site)
1:30 - 3:30 pm SESSION A
options: Workshops
Education Panel
1:30 - 5:00 pm DEEP DIVE
3:00 - 3:30 pm PAUSE
3:30 - 5:00 pm SESSION B
options: Workshops
Social Innovation Panel
5:30 - 7:30 pm DINNER (on-site)
7:30 - 9:00 pm EPIC Conversation
"I Loved how education, entrepreneurship, education and entertainment were unfolded at a very high level and in playful ways. It provided access to 'other worlds' and ways of thinking...clearly showing lots of similarities to where ideas can cross-pollinate. Super, super inspiring!"
-Lene Jensby, CEO, Autens; Denmark
PANELISTS
In no particular order and more to come!
2019
8:00 - 10:00 am EPIC BEGINNINGS
10:00 - 12 pm MORNING SESSIONS
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH (on-site)
1:30 - 3:30 pm SESSION A
options: Workshops
Entertainment Panel
1:30 - 5:00 pm DEEP DIVE
3:00 - 3:30 pm PAUSE
3:30 - 5:00 pm SESSION B
options: Workshops
Social Innovation Panel
5:00 - 6:00pm DINNER (on-site)
6:30 - 7:00pm STEP & REPEAT
7:00 - 9:00pm AWARDS
9:00 - 9:30pm EPIC Wrap session
8:00 - 10:00 am EPIC BEGINNINGS
10:00 - 12 pm MORNING SESSIONS
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH (on-site)
1:30 - 3:30 pm SESSION A
options: Workshops
Entertainment Panel
1:30 - 5:00 pm DEEP DIVE
3:00 - 3:30 pm PAUSE
3:30 - 5:00 pm SESSION B
options: Workshops
Social Innovation Panel
5:00 - 6:00pm DINNER (on-site)
6:30 - 7:00pm STEP & REPEAT
7:00 - 9:00pm AWARDS
9:00 - 9:30pm EPIC Wrap session
Behind The Scenes
EPIC Impact Society 501(c)3, circa 2019, is a volunteer-led community of international professionals from a cross-pollination of industries who endeavor to serve the EPIC mission of empowering creative leadership and social innovation through experiential education, arts and community engagement. Our acronym: Experiential Learning, Pause, Ingenuity and Community Engagement and was formed to become “a creative force for positive change in the world."
ADVISORY BOARD
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Monica Mallet, Secretary
Dennis Baker, Dir. of Advancement
TJ Postma, Dir. Creative Experiences
CONTENT & PRODUCTION
Summit & Awards
Producers: Dr. Steve Ralph, Laura Adams, Dennis Baker
Podcast
Producer/Host: Mark Millhone
Exec. Producers: Dr. Steve Ralph, Laura Adams
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. Steve Ralph
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Laura Adams
DIR. OF ADVANCEMENT: Dennis Baker
DIR. COMMUNITY RELATIONS: Dr. Monica Mallet
SUMMIT PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Dr. Tricia Garwood
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Jane Tucker
DIR. EXPERIENCES: TJ Postma
TECH DIRECTOR: Alex Dolvin
Leadership Development Manager,
The Walt Disney Company
Founder/CEO, Strategic Play Group, LTD (Canada)
Designer / Fine Artist
Pepperdine University; Executive Director of Alumni, Graduate School of Education & Psychology
Dean & De Bono Master Trainer
Koning Willem I College (Netherlands)
Mark Ferrari
Angel Investor, Producer, Musician
Exec. Director, Center for Creative Futures
Yeva McClosky
Real Estate Investor; Interior Designer
Founder, Susan Newhouse & Associates;
Business & Creativity Consultant
Award-winning choreographer, USC Adjunct professor; founder: Groove Theory
Award-winning educator, author, international speaker on Intercultural Creativity®.
Col. Jason "TOGA" Trew, PhD (USAF, Retired)
Founder, Grey Jay, LLC
Faculty, Savannah College of Art & Design
Partner, InnoPower; Assist. Dir.,
The Society Of Innovators at Purdue Northwest