Creative Problem Solving Institute 2026

Creative Problem Solving Institute 2026

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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