confirmed presenters
Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Marcia Bjornerud, Ph.D., Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Geosciences, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI
Wade Davis, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (pre-recorded)
Marcelo Gleiser, Ph.D., Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Thomas Metzinger, Ph.D., Professor; Director: MPE-Research Network; Adjunct Fellow: Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies; President: Barbara-Wengeler-Stiftung; Founder & former director: MIND Group — Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, GERMANY
Odessa Piper, Restaurateur and Chef, Organic Arts | Perennial Foodways Advocacy, Roslindale, MA
Gavin Van Horn, Ph.D., Executive Editor, Center for Humans and Nature Press Books, Center for Humans and Nature, Libertyville, IL
moderators
Bill Linton, President & CEO, Promega Corporation; President, BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute; Co-Founder & Executive Director, Usona Institute, Madison, WI
Penny Patterson, Vice President, Communications, Promega Corporation, Madison, WI
Steve Paulson, Executive Producer, To The Best Of Our Knowledge, Wisconsin Public Radio and PRX, Madison WI
musicians & immersion artists
Kate Bast, Nature + Forest Therapy Guide | Writer + Editor, Shinrin-yoku Madison, Madison, WI
Lisa O’Connor, Master of Transdisciplinary Design, Promega Corporation, Madison, WI
Michael “Mushka” Yurkew, Multidisciplinary Artist, Mushka Studios, Madison, WI
