Creative Problem Solving Institute 2026

Creative Problem Solving Institute 2026

10:00am EDT

CEF: Board of Directors Meeting Butler Library - Alex F. Osborn Brainstorming CenterBeth Miller

7:30am EDT

On-Campus Housing Check-In STAC - Student Apartment Complex

8:00am EDT

Welcome Brunch Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

9:00am EDT

Snacks Caudell Hall - Lobby

10:00am EDT

Registration Open Caudell Hall - Lobby

12:00pm EDT

CPSI Lounge Campbell Student Union - Fireside Lounge

2:00pm EDT

Let's Elevate Networking Campbell Student Union - Fireside Lounge

3:30pm EDT

YouthWise Family Orientation Campbell Student Union - Assembly HallKit Jones • Renee Paser-Paull • Dee Alexander Langsenkamp

4:30pm EDT

Elevate Cocktail Hour Campbell Student Union - Fireside Lounge

5:30pm EDT

CPSI Opening, Keynote, Dinner Campbell Student Union - Social Hall

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7:00am EDT

Breakfast Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

8:30am EDT

CPS Level 1: Foundations of Creative Problem Solving Caudell Hall - Room 208Alexandra Suchman • Jonathan Bannister • David Lunken • Rebecca VanDerveer CPS Level 2: Creative Problem Solving Tools Chase Hall - Room 215Annemarie Boss • Najja Bouldin CPS Level 3: Creative Problem Solving Facilitation Techniques Caudell Hall - Room 234Anthony Billoni • Ray Paull YouthWise Campbell Student Union - Assembly HallKit Jones • Renee Paser-Paull • Dee Alexander Langsenkamp

9:00am EDT

Advanced CPS Tools and Organizational Creative Change Butler Library - Alex F. Osborn Brainstorming CenterTeresa Lawrence Elevate Your Facilitation Toolbox: Playful Tools and Real-World PracticeJacqueline Lloyd Smith • Stephen Walling Head, Heart, and How: The Practice of Creative ChangeKathy Goller Polarities in PracticeLindsay Burr Session Lab: Rapid Prototyping to Design Your Own ToolsNancylyn Hogarty Snacks Caudell Hall - Lobby Clare's Corner - Quiet Room Butler Library - Quiet Room 3

10:00am EDT

CPSI Pop-Up Bookstore Caudell Hall - Lobby

11:00am EDT

Lunch Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

1:30pm EDT

2:00pm EDT

Elevate Divergent and Convergent Thinking through PlayAlexandra Suchman • Laura Rentas Going Around the (Creative) BlockMagdalena Grohman Intelligent Collaboration: Human + AI for ELEVATE-ing your Creative Problem Solving PracticeHallie Brinkerhuff • Rush Bartlett Reframing Creativity at Work: Turning Pushback into PossibilityKim Marie McKernan, MBA, MS Roll for Innovation: What Dungeons and Dragons Can Teach Us About Innovative Facilitation through Collaboration, Failure, and Indomitable CreativityMark Bylancik • Rob Gelberg • Ed Rosini

3:30pm EDT

Afternoon Break Caudell Hall - Lobby

4:00pm EDT

From Insight to Action: Measuring Creative Problem Solving Growth Through a Yearlong Innovation PathwayAndrew Ilnicki • Somiah Lattimore From ‘I’m Not Creative’ to ‘Let’s Try It!’Jen Verbakel • Cheryl Harris, PhD Implementation Lab: Getting Ideas—and Intentions—DoneKathy Goller Pattern Theft: A Cross-Domain Problem Solving ExperiencePrashant Anilkumar The Art of Exploring JudgmentDonnalyn Roxey • Annemarie Boss Dinner Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

5:00pm EDT

On-Campus Housing: Evening Desk Hours STAC - Student Apartment Complex

7:00pm EDT

The Future of Creative Education in an AI World Campbell Student Union - Social HallGerard Puccio • Sarah Thurber

7:30pm EDT

Game Night: Dungeons & Dragons Campbell Student Union - Fireside LoungeMark Bylancik • Rob Gelberg Night Flights

8:30pm EDT

Dedication Reception, Dr. Sidney and Beatrice Parnes Creativity Collection Butler Library

7:00am EDT

Breakfast Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

8:30am EDT

CPS Level 1: Foundations of Creative Problem Solving Caudell Hall - Room 208Alexandra Suchman • David Lunken • Jonathan Bannister • Rebecca VanDerveer CPS Level 2: Creative Problem Solving Tools Chase Hall - Room 215Annemarie Boss • Najja Bouldin CPS Level 3: Creative Problem Solving Facilitation Techniques Caudell Hall - Room 234Anthony Billoni • Ray Paull YouthWise Campbell Student Union - Assembly HallKit Jones • Renee Paser-Paull • Dee Alexander Langsenkamp

9:00am EDT

Advanced CPS Tools and Organizational Creative Change Butler Library - Alex F. Osborn Brainstorming CenterMike Ackerbauer • Christa Heydt-Hernandez Elevate Your Facilitation Toolbox: Playful Tools and Real-World PracticeJacqueline Lloyd Smith • Stephen Walling Head, Heart, and How: The Practice of Creative ChangeKathy Goller Polarities in PracticeLindsay Burr Session Lab: Rapid Prototyping to Design Your Own ToolsNancylyn Hogarty Snacks Caudell Hall - Lobby

10:00am EDT

CPSI Pop-Up Bookstore Caudell Hall - Lobby

11:00am EDT

Lunch Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

1:30pm EDT

2:00pm EDT

Co-Create to Elevate: Designing Better Services Through Shared CreativityPonja Hoxha Ocumarez Creative Thinking Profiles, Preferences, and PossibilitiesHana Mamnoon • Ryan Hammer Storytelling for Impact: Elevate How You Communicate Through the Creative Problem Solving ProcessChrista Heydt-Hernandez The Right Strength at the Right StageKathy Goller Unlocking the Power of Constraints: How Limits Make Us More CreativeNicole Wagner Your Third ThirdMary Ellyn Vicksta

3:30pm EDT

Afternoon Break Caudell Hall - Lobby

4:00pm EDT

Beyond the Ordinary: Elevating Your Creative Identity Through ArchetypesAmie Dowker Elevate the Invisible: How What We Don’t Say Shapes Creative LeadershipKatharine Rumrill-Teece Elevate Through Play: Using LEGO® Serious Play to Unlock Creative Problem SolvingAndrew Ilnicki The Creativity Canvas: Mapping Your Creative EcosystemKim Macuare, Ph.D Dinner Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

5:00pm EDT

On-Campus Housing: Evening Desk Hours STAC - Student Apartment Complex

7:30pm EDT

Planetarium Experience Science + Math Complex - Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium Night Flights

7:00am EDT

Breakfast Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

8:30am EDT

CPS Level 1: Foundations of Creative Problem Solving Caudell Hall - Room 208Alexandra Suchman • Jonathan Bannister • David Lunken • Rebecca VanDerveer CPS Level 2: Creative Problem Solving Tools Chase Hall - Room 215Annemarie Boss • Najja Bouldin CPS Level 3: Creative Problem Solving Facilitation Techniques Caudell Hall - Room 234Anthony Billoni • Ray Paull YouthWise Campbell Student Union - Assembly HallKit Jones • Renee Paser-Paull • Dee Alexander Langsenkamp

9:00am EDT

Advanced CPS Tools and Organizational Creative Change Butler Library - Alex F. Osborn Brainstorming CenterMike Ackerbauer • Christa Heydt-Hernandez Elevate Your Facilitation Toolbox: Playful Tools and Real-World PracticeRoger Firestien Head, Heart, and How: The Practice of Creative ChangeJessica Andrews-Wilson • Kim Macuare, Ph.D Polarities in PracticeLindsay Burr Session Lab: Rapid Prototyping to Design Your Own ToolsNancylyn Hogarty

10:00am EDT

CPSI Pop-Up Bookstore Caudell Hall - Lobby

11:00am EDT

Lunch Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

1:30pm EDT

2:00pm EDT

How Might I Get Curious? Creative Questions for Deep-Diving ConversationsEmily Matthew • Tim O'Shei Disaster Quick Quests: Elevate Creativity for Social ImpactSusanne Jul • Garett Dworman Kaleidoscope of You - Dream, Share, Incubate, CreateKathy Frazier • Katie Ravich Language of Renewal™: Using Narrative Intelligence to Expand Creative CapacityMichelle Wicmandy • Frederik Hertel Possibility Books for Accessing Embodied Wisdom Before LogicKris Stanec

3:30pm EDT

Afternoon Break Caudell Hall - Lobby

4:00pm EDT

A Historical Perspective of Divergence and ConvergenceJoette Field Be an Illuminator: Discover Ways to Bring Out the Best in OthersSari Gluckin Curiosity Is the New Mastery: Elevating Creative Confidence with Improv, Design Thinking, and AIBetsy Tuma Elevate Emerging Potential: Using CPS & Innovation Sprints to Build Creative ReadinessJessica Driscoll How to Create a Personal AI Assistant for Creative CollaborationDr. Greg Buschman • Debbie Buschman, MPA, CDO Celebration Dinner Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

5:00pm EDT

On-Campus Housing: Evening Desk Hours STAC - Student Apartment Complex

7:30pm EDT

CPSI Rewind PUB Night

7:00am EDT

Breakfast Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

7:30am EDT

On-Campus Housing Check-Out STAC - Student Apartment Complex

8:30am EDT

CPS Level 1: Foundations of Creative Problem Solving Caudell Hall - Room 208Alexandra Suchman • Jonathan Bannister • David Lunken • Rebecca VanDerveer CPS Level 2: Creative Problem Solving Tools Chase Hall - Room 215Annemarie Boss • Najja Bouldin CPS Level 3: Creative Problem Solving Facilitation Techniques Caudell Hall - Room 234Anthony Billoni • Ray Paull YouthWise Campbell Student Union - Assembly HallKit Jones • Renee Paser-Paull • Dee Alexander Langsenkamp

9:00am EDT

Advanced CPS Tools and Organizational Creative Change Butler Library - Alex F. Osborn Brainstorming CenterMike Ackerbauer • Christa Heydt-Hernandez Elevate Your Facilitation Toolbox: Playful Tools and Real-World PracticeJane Fischer Head, Heart, and How: The Practice of Creative ChangeJessica Andrews-Wilson • Kim Macuare, Ph.D Polarities in PracticeLiz Monroe-Cook • Beth Slazak Session Lab: Rapid Prototyping to Design Your Own ToolsNancylyn Hogarty

10:00am EDT

CPSI Pop-Up Bookstore Caudell Hall - Lobby

11:00am EDT

Lunch Campbell Student Union - Bengal Kitchen

1:30pm EDT

2:00pm EDT

Charting Your Path Without a Map: Using Deliberate Creativity to Anticipate, Adapt, and Move ForwardTricia Garwood Wayfinding in Action: Tools & Moves for Dynamic FacilitationJessica Andrews-Wilson • Thom Gonyeau What’s Stopping You?Paul Reali • Haley Forest

3:30pm EDT

Afternoon Break Caudell Hall - Lobby

4:00pm EDT

CPSI Conference Closing Ciminelli Recital Hall Closing Dinner Campbell Student Union - Fireside Lounge

7:30am EDT

On-Campus Housing Check-Out STAC - Student Apartment Complex