Dream x engineering symposium

A gathering of world leaders in sleep and dream science exploring how we can influence dreaming with precision to improve well-being, accelerate learning, and treat clinical conditions.

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A new era of dream science is here.

From lucid dreaming therapies for PTSD to targeted dream incubation (TDI) and targeted memory reactivation (TMR), researchers can now influence and even reshape the content and emotion of dreams.

Advances in AI-guided sleep staging, closed-loop neural stimulation, and two-way communication with the sleeping mind have revealed unprecedented access to cognition during sleep — including the ability to guide memory consolidation and even target forgetting.

At the same time, studies link chronic nightmares to shortened lifespan and cardiovascular strain, while controlled dream modulation under anesthesia and ketamine suggests new routes for trauma resolution and emotional resetting.

The field now faces its defining question: so what? In the midst of global mental health and social crises, how can we use these discoveries to heal — not just individuals, but communities? How can dreaming better, and dreaming more together, contribute to resilience, creativity, and empathy?

The MIT Dream Engineering Symposium gathers leading scientists, clinicians, engineers, and ethicists to chart the translation of dream engineering from the lab to the world — defining how this new science of sleep can become a force for collective well-being.

Day 1

January 10

Saturday

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registation

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Opening Remarks

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel 1: Advances in Dream Engineering

Using Sensory Stimulation to Enhance the Benefits of Sleeping and Dreaming

by Ken Paller

Engineering Dreams Using Anesthesia

by Pilleriin Sikka

Inducing Lucid Dreaming with Multisensory Stimulation in REM Sleep

by Claudia Picard-Deland

Lucid Dreaming Research at the Large Scale

by Martin Dresler

TBD

by Adam Horowitz

The Individual Determinants of Morning Dream Recall

by Valentina Elce

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel 2: Dreams and Health

From Sleep Health to Dream Health: Reconceptualizing Dreams in the Context of Health Behavior

by Michael Grandner

The Role of Dreaming in Sleep Misperception

by Adriana Michalak

The Interplay Between Sleep, Addiction, and Society

by Pouya Azar

TBD

by Azizi Seixas

Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated with Unusual Nocturnal Dreaming

by Nirit Soffer Dudek

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Panel 3: Nightmares

Rescripting Revisited: A Clinician's Perspective on Nightmare Treatment

by Leslie Ellis

Narcolepsy-Related Nightmares: A Window into Interconnected REM Phenomena

by Jennifer Mundt

Lucid Dreaming Workshop Reduces Nightmare Distress in Individuals with PTSD: A Randomized Controlled Study

by Garret Yount

The Role of Dream Self-Efficacy within Trauma-Related Nightmares

by Westley Youngren

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tech Talks

The Face of Dreams: Decoding Emotions with High Resolution fEMG

by Héloïse Mimoun Weiss

Home PSG for LD Recording

by Sharon Yakim

TBD

by Guillermo Bernal

Interfaces for "Physical" Dream S(t)imulation

by Pedro Lopes

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Use of AI for Dream Sentiment Analysis

by Nancy Hamilton

Dream Decoding: Toward Imagery Mapping

by Ninon Lizé Masclef

The Dream Atlas: Analyzing Dream Patterns Across Space and Time

by Maja Gutman Mušič

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Break. Group Brainstorming Introduction.

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Share from Each Group

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner

7:00 PM

Night at the MIT Museum. Short Films:

Plages de Nuit

by Amélie Barbier

The Stuff of Nightmares

by Michael Nadorff

Day 1

January 10

Saturday

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registation

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Opening Remarks

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel 1: Advances in Dream Engineering

Using Sensory Stimulation to Enhance the Benefits of Sleeping and Dreaming

by Ken Paller

Engineering Dreams Using Anesthesia

by Pilleriin Sikka

Inducing Lucid Dreaming with Multisensory Stimulation in REM Sleep

by Claudia Picard-Deland

Lucid Dreaming Research at the Large Scale

by Martin Dresler

TBD

by Adam Horowitz

The Individual Determinants of Morning Dream Recall

by Valentina Elce

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel 2: Dreams and Health

From Sleep Health to Dream Health: Reconceptualizing Dreams in the Context of Health Behavior

by Michael Grandner

The Role of Dreaming in Sleep Misperception

by Adriana Michalak

The Interplay Between Sleep, Addiction, and Society

by Pouya Azar

TBD

by Azizi Seixas

Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated with Unusual Nocturnal Dreaming

by Nirit Soffer Dudek

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Panel 3: Nightmares

Rescripting Revisited: A Clinician's Perspective on Nightmare Treatment

by Leslie Ellis

Narcolepsy-Related Nightmares: A Window into Interconnected REM Phenomena

by Jennifer Mundt

Lucid Dreaming Workshop Reduces Nightmare Distress in Individuals with PTSD: A Randomized Controlled Study

by Garret Yount

The Role of Dream Self-Efficacy within Trauma-Related Nightmares

by Westley Youngren

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tech Talks

The Face of Dreams: Decoding Emotions with High Resolution fEMG

by Héloïse Mimoun Weiss

Home PSG for LD Recording

by Sharon Yakim

TBD

by Guillermo Bernal

Interfaces for "Physical" Dream S(t)imulation

by Pedro Lopes

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Use of AI for Dream Sentiment Analysis

by Nancy Hamilton

Dream Decoding: Toward Imagery Mapping

by Ninon Lizé Masclef

The Dream Atlas: Analyzing Dream Patterns Across Space and Time

by Maja Gutman Mušič

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Break. Group Brainstorming Introduction.

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Share from Each Group

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner

7:00 PM

Night at the MIT Museum. Short Films:

Plages de Nuit

by Amélie Barbier

The Stuff of Nightmares

by Michael Nadorff

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registation

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Opening Remarks

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel 1: Advances in Dream Engineering

Using Sensory Stimulation to Enhance the Benefits of Sleeping and Dreaming

by Ken Paller

Engineering Dreams Using Anesthesia

by Pilleriin Sikka

Inducing Lucid Dreaming with Multisensory Stimulation in REM Sleep

by Claudia Picard-Deland

Lucid Dreaming Research at the Large Scale

by Martin Dresler

TBD

by Adam Horowitz

The Individual Determinants of Morning Dream Recall

by Valentina Elce

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel 2: Dreams and Health

From Sleep Health to Dream Health: Reconceptualizing Dreams in the Context of Health Behavior

by Michael Grandner

The Role of Dreaming in Sleep Misperception

by Adriana Michalak

The Interplay Between Sleep, Addiction, and Society

by Pouya Azar

TBD

by Azizi Seixas

Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated with Unusual Nocturnal Dreaming

by Nirit Soffer Dudek

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Panel 3: Nightmares

Rescripting Revisited: A Clinician's Perspective on Nightmare Treatment

by Leslie Ellis

Narcolepsy-Related Nightmares: A Window into Interconnected REM Phenomena

by Jennifer Mundt

Lucid Dreaming Workshop Reduces Nightmare Distress in Individuals with PTSD: A Randomized Controlled Study

by Garret Yount

The Role of Dream Self-Efficacy within Trauma-Related Nightmares

by Westley Youngren

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tech Talks

The Face of Dreams: Decoding Emotions with High Resolution fEMG

by Héloïse Mimoun Weiss

Home PSG for LD Recording

by Sharon Yakim

TBD

by Guillermo Bernal

Interfaces for "Physical" Dream S(t)imulation

by Pedro Lopes

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Use of AI for Dream Sentiment Analysis

by Nancy Hamilton

Dream Decoding: Toward Imagery Mapping

by Ninon Lizé Masclef

The Dream Atlas: Analyzing Dream Patterns Across Space and Time

by Maja Gutman Mušič

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Break. Group Brainstorming Introduction.

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Share from Each Group

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner

7:00 PM

Night at the MIT Museum. Short Films:

Plages de Nuit

by Amélie Barbier

The Stuff of Nightmares

by Michael Nadorff

Day 1

January 10

Saturday

Day 2

January 11

Sunday

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Coffee chat: What Did You Dream About?

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel 4: Dreams and Human Flourishing

Spiritual Dream Incubation: A Pilot Study

by Michael Scullin

Democratizing Consciousness: Engaging the Dream World on Its Terms

by Andrew Holecek

Eliciting Meaningful Encounters within Lucid Dreams

by Michelle Carr

Psychedelic and Dream Experiences Comparisons

by Mark Goetting

Dreaming Awake: A Framework for Waking Transformation Through Contemplative Sleep Practices

by Gabriela Torres Platas

Dreaming and Technologies of the Sacred

by Kelly Bulkeley

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel 5: Dream Engineering and Society

The Last Frontier of Surveillance: Algorithmic Synchronicity and Dreams of Capital

by Dustin Marlan

Under the Dream: Somatic Cinema and the Future Stakes for Our Minds at Night

by Saelyx Finna

The Role of the Artist in Unconscious Media

by Jed DeMoss

TBD

by Carsten Holler

Using AI to Bridge Science and Consumer Technologies

by Elie Gottlieb

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Tech Talks

LuciCeption: Towards Understanding the Design of Lucid Dream Environment Control

by Cosmos Wang

A Numadelic Aesthetic for the Design of Virtual Experiences

by David Glowacki

Engineering Dream Yoga in Virtual Reality

by Michael Sheehy

Remote Sleep Interventions To Get the Data Of Your Dreams

by Nathan Whitmore

Sleep 2.0: How Ozlo’s Intelligent Sleepbuds are the Next Level of Rest

by N.B. Patil

TBD

by Abhi Jain

Learning While You Sleep: Toward Knowledge Acquisition during Sleep with EEG wearables

by Tam Vu

Creating Collective Dreams: Inducing Shared Flow States through Social Biofeedback

by Suzanne Dikker

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Introducing Lunch with Investors

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Lunch Talks with Investors

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Group Share from Lunch with Investors

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Session and Tech Demos

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions Group Share

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Closing Remark

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Optional Media Lab Tour

7:00 PM

Reception TBD

Day 2

January 11

Sunday

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Coffee chat: What Did You Dream About?

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel 4: Dreams and Human Flourishing

Spiritual Dream Incubation: A Pilot Study

by Michael Scullin

Democratizing Consciousness: Engaging the Dream World on Its Terms

by Andrew Holecek

Eliciting Meaningful Encounters within Lucid Dreams

by Michelle Carr

Psychedelic and Dream Experiences Comparisons

by Mark Goetting

Dreaming Awake: A Framework for Waking Transformation Through Contemplative Sleep Practices

by Gabriela Torres Platas

Dreaming and Technologies of the Sacred

by Kelly Bulkeley

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel 5: Dream Engineering and Society

The Last Frontier of Surveillance: Algorithmic Synchronicity and Dreams of Capital

by Dustin Marlan

Under the Dream: Somatic Cinema and the Future Stakes for Our Minds at Night

by Saelyx Finna

The Role of the Artist in Unconscious Media

by Jed DeMoss

TBD

by Carsten Holler

Using AI to Bridge Science and Consumer Technologies

by Elie Gottlieb

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Tech Talks

LuciCeption: Towards Understanding the Design of Lucid Dream Environment Control

by Cosmos Wang

A Numadelic Aesthetic for the Design of Virtual Experiences

by David Glowacki

Engineering Dream Yoga in Virtual Reality

by Michael Sheehy

Remote Sleep Interventions To Get the Data Of Your Dreams

by Nathan Whitmore

Sleep 2.0: How Ozlo’s Intelligent Sleepbuds are the Next Level of Rest

by N.B. Patil

TBD

by Abhi Jain

Learning While You Sleep: Toward Knowledge Acquisition during Sleep with EEG wearables

by Tam Vu

Creating Collective Dreams: Inducing Shared Flow States through Social Biofeedback

by Suzanne Dikker

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Introducing Lunch with Investors

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Lunch Talks with Investors

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Group Share from Lunch with Investors

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Session and Tech Demos

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions Group Share

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Closing Remark

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Optional Media Lab Tour

7:00 PM

Reception TBD

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Coffee chat: What Did You Dream About?

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel 4: Dreams and Human Flourishing

Spiritual Dream Incubation: A Pilot Study

by Michael Scullin

Democratizing Consciousness: Engaging the Dream World on Its Terms

by Andrew Holecek

Eliciting Meaningful Encounters within Lucid Dreams

by Michelle Carr

Psychedelic and Dream Experiences Comparisons

by Mark Goetting

Dreaming Awake: A Framework for Waking Transformation Through Contemplative Sleep Practices

by Gabriela Torres Platas

Dreaming and Technologies of the Sacred

by Kelly Bulkeley

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel 5: Dream Engineering and Society

The Last Frontier of Surveillance: Algorithmic Synchronicity and Dreams of Capital

by Dustin Marlan

Under the Dream: Somatic Cinema and the Future Stakes for Our Minds at Night

by Saelyx Finna

The Role of the Artist in Unconscious Media

by Jed DeMoss

TBD

by Carsten Holler

Using AI to Bridge Science and Consumer Technologies

by Elie Gottlieb

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Tech Talks

LuciCeption: Towards Understanding the Design of Lucid Dream Environment Control

by Cosmos Wang

A Numadelic Aesthetic for the Design of Virtual Experiences

by David Glowacki

Engineering Dream Yoga in Virtual Reality

by Michael Sheehy

Remote Sleep Interventions To Get the Data Of Your Dreams

by Nathan Whitmore

Sleep 2.0: How Ozlo’s Intelligent Sleepbuds are the Next Level of Rest

by N.B. Patil

TBD

by Abhi Jain

Learning While You Sleep: Toward Knowledge Acquisition during Sleep with EEG wearables

by Tam Vu

Creating Collective Dreams: Inducing Shared Flow States through Social Biofeedback

by Suzanne Dikker

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Introducing Lunch with Investors

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Lunch Talks with Investors

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Group Share from Lunch with Investors

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Session and Tech Demos

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Parallel Brainstorming Sessions Group Share

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Closing Remark

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

Optional Media Lab Tour

7:00 PM

Reception TBD

Day 2

January 11

Sunday

Speakers

Abhi Jain

Research Scientist and Founder of Nocturnal

Abhi Jain

Research Scientist and Founder of Nocturnal

Abhi Jain

Research Scientist and Founder of Nocturnal

Adam Horowitz

Founder of DUST & Dream Researcher

Adam Horowitz

Founder of DUST & Dream Researcher

Adam Horowitz

Founder of DUST & Dream Researcher

Adriana Michalak

Post-Doctoral Researcher in Sleep Neuroscience

Adriana Michalak

Post-Doctoral Researcher in Sleep Neuroscience

Adriana Michalak

Post-Doctoral Researcher in Sleep Neuroscience

Amélie Barbier

Filmmaker and Dream Enthusiast

Amélie Barbier

Filmmaker and Dream Enthusiast

Amélie Barbier

Filmmaker and Dream Enthusiast

Andrew Holecek

Interdisciplinary Scholar-Practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and Other Nondual Wisdom Traditions

Andrew Holecek

Interdisciplinary Scholar-Practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and Other Nondual Wisdom Traditions

Andrew Holecek

Interdisciplinary Scholar-Practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and Other Nondual Wisdom Traditions

Azizi Seixas

Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Media and Innovation Lab & Translational Sleep/Circadian Sciences Center

Azizi Seixas

Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Media and Innovation Lab & Translational Sleep/Circadian Sciences Center

Azizi Seixas

Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Media and Innovation Lab & Translational Sleep/Circadian Sciences Center

Carsten Höller

Artist

Carsten Höller

Artist

Carsten Höller

Artist

Claudia Picard-Deland

Postdoctoral Fellow at Université de Montréal

Claudia Picard-Deland

Postdoctoral Fellow at Université de Montréal

Claudia Picard-Deland

Postdoctoral Fellow at Université de Montréal

Cosmos Wang

Ph.D. Candidate at the Exertion Games Lab, Monash University, Australia

Cosmos Wang

Ph.D. Candidate at the Exertion Games Lab, Monash University, Australia

Cosmos Wang

Ph.D. Candidate at the Exertion Games Lab, Monash University, Australia

David Glowacki

Scientist, Artist, Cultural Theorist

David Glowacki

Scientist, Artist, Cultural Theorist

David Glowacki

Scientist, Artist, Cultural Theorist

Dustin Marlan

Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina; Director of the Intellectual Property Clinic

Dustin Marlan

Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina; Director of the Intellectual Property Clinic

Dustin Marlan

Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina; Director of the Intellectual Property Clinic

Elie Gottlieb

Applied Sleep & Circadian Neuroscientist

Elie Gottlieb

Applied Sleep & Circadian Neuroscientist

Elie Gottlieb

Applied Sleep & Circadian Neuroscientist

Gabriela Torres Platas

Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience at Northwestern University

Gabriela Torres Platas

Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience at Northwestern University

Gabriela Torres Platas

Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience at Northwestern University

Garret Yount

Scientist at IONS

Garret Yount

Scientist at IONS

Garret Yount

Scientist at IONS

Guillermo Bernal

Research Scientist and Founder of Fascia Sleep

Guillermo Bernal

Research Scientist and Founder of Fascia Sleep

Guillermo Bernal

Research Scientist and Founder of Fascia Sleep

Héloïse Mimoun Weiss

PhD student at Tel Aviv University

Héloïse Mimoun Weiss

PhD student at Tel Aviv University

Héloïse Mimoun Weiss

PhD student at Tel Aviv University

Jed DeMoss

Producer, Director, Editor, Photographer

Jed DeMoss

Producer, Director, Editor, Photographer

Jed DeMoss

Producer, Director, Editor, Photographer

Jennifer Mundt

Clinical Sleep Psychologist and Researcher; Associate Professor in the University of Utah

Jennifer Mundt

Clinical Sleep Psychologist and Researcher; Associate Professor in the University of Utah

Jennifer Mundt

Clinical Sleep Psychologist and Researcher; Associate Professor in the University of Utah

Karen Konkoly

Dream Scientist and the Content Lead at DUST

Karen Konkoly

Dream Scientist and the Content Lead at DUST

Karen Konkoly

Dream Scientist and the Content Lead at DUST

Kelly Bulkeley

Psychologist of Religion Specializing in Dream Research

Kelly Bulkeley

Psychologist of Religion Specializing in Dream Research

Kelly Bulkeley

Psychologist of Religion Specializing in Dream Research

Ken Paller

Professor of Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Program at Northwestern University

Ken Paller

Professor of Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Program at Northwestern University

Ken Paller

Professor of Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Program at Northwestern University

Leslie Ellis

Registered Clinical Counsellor, Teacher and Author

Leslie Ellis

Registered Clinical Counsellor, Teacher and Author

Leslie Ellis

Registered Clinical Counsellor, Teacher and Author

Maja Gutman Mušič

Researcher in Human-Machine Interaction and Dream Psychology

Maja Gutman Mušič

Researcher in Human-Machine Interaction and Dream Psychology

Maja Gutman Mušič

Researcher in Human-Machine Interaction and Dream Psychology

Mark Goetting

Associate Professor of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University

Mark Goetting

Associate Professor of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University

Mark Goetting

Associate Professor of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University

Martin Dresler

Principal Investigator of the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab

Martin Dresler

Principal Investigator of the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab

Martin Dresler

Principal Investigator of the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab

Michael Grandner

Director of Sleep Programs at University of Arizona & Banner-UMC; Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Michael Grandner

Director of Sleep Programs at University of Arizona & Banner-UMC; Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Michael Grandner

Director of Sleep Programs at University of Arizona & Banner-UMC; Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Michael Nadorff

Professor with Tenure, Mississippi State University

Michael Nadorff

Professor with Tenure, Mississippi State University

Michael Nadorff

Professor with Tenure, Mississippi State University

Michael Scullin

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University

Michael Scullin

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University

Michael Scullin

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Baylor University

Michael Sheehy

Research Associate Professor and the Director of Research at the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia

Michael Sheehy

Research Associate Professor and the Director of Research at the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia

Michael Sheehy

Research Associate Professor and the Director of Research at the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia

Michelle Carr

Assistant Research-Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal

Michelle Carr

Assistant Research-Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal

Michelle Carr

Assistant Research-Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Université de Montréal

N.B. Patil

Co-Founder and CEO & CTO of Ozlo Sleep

N.B. Patil

Co-Founder and CEO & CTO of Ozlo Sleep

N.B. Patil

Co-Founder and CEO & CTO of Ozlo Sleep

Nancy Hamilton

Associate Professor, University of Kansas; Director, Clinical Health Psychology Certificate

Nancy Hamilton

Associate Professor, University of Kansas; Director, Clinical Health Psychology Certificate

Nancy Hamilton

Associate Professor, University of Kansas; Director, Clinical Health Psychology Certificate

Nathan Whitmore

Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab

Nathan Whitmore

Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab

Nathan Whitmore

Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab

Ninon Lizé Masclef

Media Artist & Research Scientist

Ninon Lizé Masclef

Media Artist & Research Scientist

Ninon Lizé Masclef

Media Artist & Research Scientist

Nirit Soffer Dudek

Associate Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Nirit Soffer Dudek

Associate Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Nirit Soffer Dudek

Associate Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Pedro Lopes

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago

Pedro Lopes

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago

Pedro Lopes

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago

Pilleriin Sikka

Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University

Pilleriin Sikka

Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University

Pilleriin Sikka

Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University

Pouya Azar

Clinical Assistant Professor in Addiction Psychiatry

Pouya Azar

Clinical Assistant Professor in Addiction Psychiatry

Pouya Azar

Clinical Assistant Professor in Addiction Psychiatry

Saelyx Finna

Filmmaker and Founder of Context Moves

Saelyx Finna

Filmmaker and Founder of Context Moves

Saelyx Finna

Filmmaker and Founder of Context Moves

Sharon Yakim

PhD student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Sharon Yakim

PhD student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Sharon Yakim

PhD student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Suzanne Dikker

Research Scientist

Suzanne Dikker

Research Scientist

Suzanne Dikker

Research Scientist

Tam Vu

Professor, Dartmouth College; Founder & Chairman, Earable Neuroscience

Tam Vu

Professor, Dartmouth College; Founder & Chairman, Earable Neuroscience

Tam Vu

Professor, Dartmouth College; Founder & Chairman, Earable Neuroscience

Valentina Elce

Dream researcher at IMT School for Advanced Studies

Valentina Elce

Dream researcher at IMT School for Advanced Studies

Valentina Elce

Dream researcher at IMT School for Advanced Studies

Westley Youngren

Assistant Professor, UMKC (Education, Social Work & Psychological Sciences)

Westley Youngren

Assistant Professor, UMKC (Education, Social Work & Psychological Sciences)

Westley Youngren

Assistant Professor, UMKC (Education, Social Work & Psychological Sciences)

Call for Sponsors

We are seeking sponsors to underwrite this year’s gathering. With a contribution of $5,000–$10,000, your organization can sponsor a symposium session or reception.

Sponsorship provides visibility among leaders shaping the next wave of neurotechnology, as well as alignment with this historic initiative at MIT to elevate dream science and its applications.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or would like to learn more about opportunities, please contact us. We believe the time has come to scale dream engineering responsibly and ambitiously. Your support will help make this possible.

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