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 0
January 9
Friday
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
If you are in town early, there is a whole Circadian science art exhibition at the MIT Museum and Carsten and Adam will be speaking
Day 0
January 9
Friday
Day 1
January 10
Saturday
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast and Registration
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
Translational Science and Applied Dream Engineering
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 the Perception of Subjective Sleep Depth
by Adriana Michalak
The Interplay Between Sleep, Addiction, and Society
by Pouya Azar
Sleep and Dreaming in the Criminal Justice System
by Judy Edersheim
Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated with Unusual Nocturnal Dreaming
by Nirit Soffer Dudek
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Panel 3: Nightmares
To Expose or Not To Expose: Examining The Role of Exposure in Treating Nightmares
by Michael Nadorff
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
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:30 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
The Fascia Sleep Ecosystem: A Transformative Platform for Sleep Engineering
by Tyler Barnes-Diana
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: AI Mapping of Dream Patterns Across Space and Time and the Epistemic Question of Knowing
by Maja Gutman Mušič
Dreams at Scale: Bringing Dream Engineering Home with Muse EEG
by Ariel Garten
Creating Cognitive Silence—the Foundation for Sleep
by Dan Gauger
Sleep 2.0: How Ozlo’s Intelligent Sleepbuds are the Next Level of Rest
by N.B. Patil
Who Engineers the Mind at Night?
by Carlos Cheung and Sophia Goeppinger
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Break. Introducing Group Brainstorming
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Parallel Brainstorming Sessions
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Parallel Brainstorming Share from Each Group
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner Break
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Night at the MIT Museum. Short Films:
Plages de Nuit
by Amélie Barbier
The Stuff of Nightmares
by Michael Nadorff
Be-Living in the Ocean
by Craig Webb
Dreamland
by Tatiana Maria Corbitt
Under the Dream Excerpt
by Saelyx Finna
Winning Shorts from 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival
by Kelly Bulkeley
Between Two Worlds trailer
How to Fly to Boston with your Eyes Closed
by Mell Sommer and Jayden Couper
Day 1
January 10
Saturday
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast and Registration
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
Translational Science and Applied Dream Engineering
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 the Perception of Subjective Sleep Depth
by Adriana Michalak
The Interplay Between Sleep, Addiction, and Society
by Pouya Azar
Sleep and Dreaming in the Criminal Justice System
by Judy Edersheim
Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated with Unusual Nocturnal Dreaming
by Nirit Soffer Dudek
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Panel 3: Nightmares
To Expose or Not To Expose: Examining The Role of Exposure in Treating Nightmares
by Michael Nadorff
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
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:30 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
The Fascia Sleep Ecosystem: A Transformative Platform for Sleep Engineering
by Tyler Barnes-Diana
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: AI Mapping of Dream Patterns Across Space and Time and the Epistemic Question of Knowing
by Maja Gutman Mušič
Dreams at Scale: Bringing Dream Engineering Home with Muse EEG
by Ariel Garten
Creating Cognitive Silence—the Foundation for Sleep
by Dan Gauger
Sleep 2.0: How Ozlo’s Intelligent Sleepbuds are the Next Level of Rest
by N.B. Patil
Who Engineers the Mind at Night?
by Carlos Cheung and Sophia Goeppinger
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Break. Introducing Group Brainstorming
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Parallel Brainstorming Sessions
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Parallel Brainstorming Share from Each Group
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner Break
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Night at the MIT Museum. Short Films:
Plages de Nuit
by Amélie Barbier
The Stuff of Nightmares
by Michael Nadorff
Be-Living in the Ocean
by Craig Webb
Dreamland
by Tatiana Maria Corbitt
Under the Dream Excerpt
by Saelyx Finna
Winning Shorts from 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival
by Kelly Bulkeley
Between Two Worlds trailer
How to Fly to Boston with your Eyes Closed
by Mell Sommer and Jayden Couper
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast and Registration
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
Translational Science and Applied Dream Engineering
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 the Perception of Subjective Sleep Depth
by Adriana Michalak
The Interplay Between Sleep, Addiction, and Society
by Pouya Azar
Sleep and Dreaming in the Criminal Justice System
by Judy Edersheim
Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated with Unusual Nocturnal Dreaming
by Nirit Soffer Dudek
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Panel 3: Nightmares
To Expose or Not To Expose: Examining The Role of Exposure in Treating Nightmares
by Michael Nadorff
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
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:30 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
The Fascia Sleep Ecosystem: A Transformative Platform for Sleep Engineering
by Tyler Barnes-Diana
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: AI Mapping of Dream Patterns Across Space and Time and the Epistemic Question of Knowing
by Maja Gutman Mušič
Dreams at Scale: Bringing Dream Engineering Home with Muse EEG
by Ariel Garten
Creating Cognitive Silence—the Foundation for Sleep
by Dan Gauger
Sleep 2.0: How Ozlo’s Intelligent Sleepbuds are the Next Level of Rest
by N.B. Patil
Who Engineers the Mind at Night?
by Carlos Cheung and Sophia Goeppinger
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Break. Introducing Group Brainstorming
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Parallel Brainstorming Sessions
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Parallel Brainstorming Share from Each Group
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner Break
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Night at the MIT Museum. Short Films:
Plages de Nuit
by Amélie Barbier
The Stuff of Nightmares
by Michael Nadorff
Be-Living in the Ocean
by Craig Webb
Dreamland
by Tatiana Maria Corbitt
Under the Dream Excerpt
by Saelyx Finna
Winning Shorts from 2025 Dream Animation Film Festival
by Kelly Bulkeley
Between Two Worlds trailer
How to Fly to Boston with your Eyes Closed
by Mell Sommer and Jayden Couper
Day 1
January 10
Saturday
Day 2
January 11
Sunday
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast and 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
Sense of Agency, Control and Wellbeing in Dreams
by Melanie Rosen
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
Dream Machines
by Carsten Holler
Dreaming as Ethical Decision-making
by Suzanne Kite
The Dream Parliament: Dream Sharing as a Tool for Democratizing the Collective Imaginary
by Matthew Spellberg
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Tech Talks
Smartbuds: A Platform for Closed-Loop Ear-EEG Dream Engineering
by JB Berent
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
Beyond Sound and Light: Opportunities and Challenges for Interfacing with the Sleeping Mind
by Abhi Jain
Traumschreiber
by Kris Appel
Creating Collective Dreams: Inducing Shared Flow States through Social Biofeedback
by Suzanne Dikker
AI for the Adaptive Night: Consumer Sleep Tech That Learns to Change Behavior
by Elie Gottlieb
Decoding Sleep at Your Fingertips: The Dreame AI Haptic Ring, Redefining Proactive Sleep Management
by Zhidong (Adong) Pan and Siyi (Vivian) Chen
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Introducing Investor + Industry Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Get Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Investor + Industry Lunch
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Group Share from Investor + Industry Lunch
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Poster Session and Tech Demos
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Reflections
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Group Sharing From Reflections
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Closing Remarks
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Optional Media Lab Tour
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
lye.ll x MOONS x taryall Perform Dreamtones
Day 2
January 11
Sunday
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast and 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
Sense of Agency, Control and Wellbeing in Dreams
by Melanie Rosen
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
Dream Machines
by Carsten Holler
Dreaming as Ethical Decision-making
by Suzanne Kite
The Dream Parliament: Dream Sharing as a Tool for Democratizing the Collective Imaginary
by Matthew Spellberg
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Tech Talks
Smartbuds: A Platform for Closed-Loop Ear-EEG Dream Engineering
by JB Berent
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
Beyond Sound and Light: Opportunities and Challenges for Interfacing with the Sleeping Mind
by Abhi Jain
Traumschreiber
by Kris Appel
Creating Collective Dreams: Inducing Shared Flow States through Social Biofeedback
by Suzanne Dikker
AI for the Adaptive Night: Consumer Sleep Tech That Learns to Change Behavior
by Elie Gottlieb
Decoding Sleep at Your Fingertips: The Dreame AI Haptic Ring, Redefining Proactive Sleep Management
by Zhidong (Adong) Pan and Siyi (Vivian) Chen
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Introducing Investor + Industry Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Get Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Investor + Industry Lunch
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Group Share from Investor + Industry Lunch
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Poster Session and Tech Demos
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Reflections
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Group Sharing From Reflections
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Closing Remarks
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Optional Media Lab Tour
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
lye.ll x MOONS x taryall Perform Dreamtones
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast and 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
Sense of Agency, Control and Wellbeing in Dreams
by Melanie Rosen
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
Dream Machines
by Carsten Holler
Dreaming as Ethical Decision-making
by Suzanne Kite
The Dream Parliament: Dream Sharing as a Tool for Democratizing the Collective Imaginary
by Matthew Spellberg
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Tech Talks
Smartbuds: A Platform for Closed-Loop Ear-EEG Dream Engineering
by JB Berent
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
Beyond Sound and Light: Opportunities and Challenges for Interfacing with the Sleeping Mind
by Abhi Jain
Traumschreiber
by Kris Appel
Creating Collective Dreams: Inducing Shared Flow States through Social Biofeedback
by Suzanne Dikker
AI for the Adaptive Night: Consumer Sleep Tech That Learns to Change Behavior
by Elie Gottlieb
Decoding Sleep at Your Fingertips: The Dreame AI Haptic Ring, Redefining Proactive Sleep Management
by Zhidong (Adong) Pan and Siyi (Vivian) Chen
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Introducing Investor + Industry Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Get Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Investor + Industry Lunch
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Group Share from Investor + Industry Lunch
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Poster Session and Tech Demos
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Reflections
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Group Sharing From Reflections
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Closing Remarks
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Optional Media Lab Tour
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
lye.ll x MOONS x taryall Perform Dreamtones
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. PhD candidate in anthropology at EPHE-LAS (Collège de France)

Amélie Barbier
Filmmaker and Dream Enthusiast. PhD candidate in anthropology at EPHE-LAS (Collège de France)

Amélie Barbier
Filmmaker and Dream Enthusiast. PhD candidate in anthropology at EPHE-LAS (Collège de France)

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

Ariel Garten
Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist at Muse

Ariel Garten
Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist at Muse

Ariel Garten
Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist at Muse

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

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

Craig Webb
Dream-Inspired Inventor of Consciousness-Expanding Tech, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author, Researcher

Craig Webb
Dream-Inspired Inventor of Consciousness-Expanding Tech, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author, Researcher

Craig Webb
Dream-Inspired Inventor of Consciousness-Expanding Tech, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author, Researcher

Dan Gauger
Distinguished Engineer (Retired) at Bose Corporation

Dan Gauger
Distinguished Engineer (Retired) at Bose Corporation

Dan Gauger
Distinguished Engineer (Retired) at Bose Corporation

David Glowacki
University of Santiago de Compostelab

David Glowacki
University of Santiago de Compostelab

David Glowacki
University of Santiago de Compostelab

Dustin Marlan
Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina; Director of the Institute for Innovation

Dustin Marlan
Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina; Director of the Institute for Innovation

Dustin Marlan
Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina; Director of the Institute for Innovation

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

JB Berent
CEO of NextSense, Inc

JB Berent
CEO of NextSense, Inc

JB Berent
CEO of NextSense, Inc

Jed DeMoss
Filmmaker, Researcher and Entrepreneur

Jed DeMoss
Filmmaker, Researcher and Entrepreneur

Jed DeMoss
Filmmaker, Researcher and Entrepreneur

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

Judy Edersheim
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

Judy Edersheim
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

Judy Edersheim
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

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

Kris Appel
PhD, Institute of Sleep and Dream Technologies, Hamburg, Germany and Donders Sleep + Memory Lab, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Kris Appel
PhD, Institute of Sleep and Dream Technologies, Hamburg, Germany and Donders Sleep + Memory Lab, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Kris Appel
PhD, Institute of Sleep and Dream Technologies, Hamburg, Germany and Donders Sleep + Memory Lab, Nijmegen, Netherlands

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

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

Matthew Spellberg
Dean and Chair of Literature at Outer Coast in Sitka, Alaska

Matthew Spellberg
Dean and Chair of Literature at Outer Coast in Sitka, Alaska

Matthew Spellberg
Dean and Chair of Literature at Outer Coast in Sitka, Alaska

Melanie Rosen
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Trent University

Melanie Rosen
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Trent University

Melanie Rosen
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Trent University

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

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
Vancouver Coastal Health and University of British Columbia

Pouya Azar
Vancouver Coastal Health and University of British Columbia

Pouya Azar
Vancouver Coastal Health and University of British Columbia

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
New York University, Ghent University and Hybrid Harmony

Suzanne Dikker
New York University, Ghent University and Hybrid Harmony

Suzanne Dikker
New York University, Ghent University and Hybrid Harmony

Suzanne Kite
Artist in Resident and Professor of American and Indigenous Studies at Bard College

Suzanne Kite
Artist in Resident and Professor of American and Indigenous Studies at Bard College

Suzanne Kite
Artist in Resident and Professor of American and Indigenous Studies at Bard College

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

Tatiana Maria Corbitt
Mestizo Writer and Multidisciplinary Artist

Tatiana Maria Corbitt
Mestizo Writer and Multidisciplinary Artist

Tatiana Maria Corbitt
Mestizo Writer and Multidisciplinary Artist

Tyler Barnes-Diana
PhD in Cognitive Science; Lead Data Scientist at Fascia Sleep

Tyler Barnes-Diana
PhD in Cognitive Science; Lead Data Scientist at Fascia Sleep

Tyler Barnes-Diana
PhD in Cognitive Science; Lead Data Scientist at Fascia Sleep

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)
Poster and tech demo
Posters will be displayed on standalone easels with 36x48” cardboard backing. Please create posters in a vertical orientation that are no larger than 36x48”.
Tech demos will take place on long tables, and each tech demo will be accompanied by a poster or title displayed on a tabletop easel with a 24x30” cardboard backing. Please bring a poster in vertical orientation no larger than 24x30” to accompany your tech demo. It can either provide further explanation for your demo or just feature the title of your demo so that it’s easily visible to attendees.
posters and demos
posters & demos
presenters
A Laboratory Dream Engineering Database in Development
A Laboratory Dream Engineering Database in Development
A Laboratory Dream Engineering Database in Development
by Daniel Morris
An AI-Assisted Tool for Typical Dream Theme Identification and Thematic Dream Rescring: First Steps
An AI-Assisted Tool for Typical Dream Theme Identification and Thematic Dream Rescring: First Steps
An AI-Assisted Tool for Typical Dream Theme Identification and Thematic Dream Rescring: First Steps
by Claire Friedrich
Black Noise
Black Noise
Black Noise
by Victoria Rogers
Building and Deploying a Database of Typical Dream Themes
Building and Deploying a Database of Typical Dream Themes
Building and Deploying a Database of Typical Dream Themes
by Racha Ouared
Catching Dreams: Multimodal xAI Meets the Dreaming Mind
Catching Dreams: Multimodal xAI Meets the Dreaming Mind
Catching Dreams: Multimodal xAI Meets the Dreaming Mind
by Lorenzo Scott Bertolini Agnoletto
Characterizing Auditory Cue Volume and Its Relationship with Lucid Dreaming using GUI Log Analysis
Characterizing Auditory Cue Volume and Its Relationship with Lucid Dreaming using GUI Log Analysis
Characterizing Auditory Cue Volume and Its Relationship with Lucid Dreaming using GUI Log Analysis
by Prakhyat Kethamukkala
Characterizing Sleep and Mental Health in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals
Characterizing Sleep and Mental Health in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals
Characterizing Sleep and Mental Health in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals
by Hila Tabrizian
by Maria Chamas
by Léa Damian
Citizen (Neuro-)Science of Sleep and Dreaming
Citizen (Neuro-)Science of Sleep and Dreaming
Citizen (Neuro-)Science of Sleep and Dreaming
by Kris Appel
Creativity and the Hypnagogic State
Creativity and the Hypnagogic State
Creativity and the Hypnagogic State
by Alissa Gomez
Daily Dynamics of Meditation, Meta-Awareness, and Lucid Dreaming Using Ecological Momentary Assessment
Daily Dynamics of Meditation, Meta-Awareness, and Lucid Dreaming Using Ecological Momentary Assessment
Daily Dynamics of Meditation, Meta-Awareness, and Lucid Dreaming Using Ecological Momentary Assessment
by Elena Gerhardt
Dreams as a Language of Healing: Lucid Dreaming and Symbolic Communication in PTSD Recovery
Dreams as a Language of Healing: Lucid Dreaming and Symbolic Communication in PTSD Recovery
Dreams as a Language of Healing: Lucid Dreaming and Symbolic Communication in PTSD Recovery
by Nadia Ahmad Khan
Poster & Tech Demo Presenters

Adam Prioux
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center

Adam Prioux
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center

Adam Prioux
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center

Alex Armengol Urpi
MIT Auto-ID Lab

Alex Armengol Urpi
MIT Auto-ID Lab

Alex Armengol Urpi
MIT Auto-ID Lab

Alexandra Kitson
University of Victoria

Alexandra Kitson
University of Victoria

Alexandra Kitson
University of Victoria

Alissa Gomez
Northwestern University

Alissa Gomez
Northwestern University

Alissa Gomez
Northwestern University

Caitlin Paquet
PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Caitlin Paquet
PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Caitlin Paquet
PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Claire Friedrich
Dream & Nightmare Lab, Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal

Claire Friedrich
Dream & Nightmare Lab, Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal

Claire Friedrich
Dream & Nightmare Lab, Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal

Daniel Morris
Northwestern University

Daniel Morris
Northwestern University

Daniel Morris
Northwestern University

Éder Vinicius Xavier Ferreira
Brain Institute - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Éder Vinicius Xavier Ferreira
Brain Institute - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Éder Vinicius Xavier Ferreira
Brain Institute - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Elena Gerhardt
Osnabrück University, Zist Akademie am Penzberg, Germany

Elena Gerhardt
Osnabrück University, Zist Akademie am Penzberg, Germany

Elena Gerhardt
Osnabrück University, Zist Akademie am Penzberg, Germany

Emily Cook
PhD, Center for Organizational Dreaming

Emily Cook
PhD, Center for Organizational Dreaming

Emily Cook
PhD, Center for Organizational Dreaming

Emma Peters
University of Bern

Emma Peters
University of Bern

Emma Peters
University of Bern

Gabriel Asís-Sagrado
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona

Gabriel Asís-Sagrado
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona

Gabriel Asís-Sagrado
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona

Hila Tabrizian
McGill University

Hila Tabrizian
McGill University

Hila Tabrizian
McGill University

Karen Konkoly
PhD, Northwestern University

Karen Konkoly
PhD, Northwestern University

Karen Konkoly
PhD, Northwestern University

Karim Jerbi
CoCo Lab, Université de Montréal

Karim Jerbi
CoCo Lab, Université de Montréal

Karim Jerbi
CoCo Lab, Université de Montréal

Kathleen Esfahany
Harvard University

Kathleen Esfahany
Harvard University

Kathleen Esfahany
Harvard University

Kimi Doan
Earable Neuroscience

Kimi Doan
Earable Neuroscience

Kimi Doan
Earable Neuroscience

Kris Appel
PhD, Institute of Sleep and Dream Technologies, Hamburg, Germany and Donders Sleep + Memory Lab, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Kris Appel
PhD, Institute of Sleep and Dream Technologies, Hamburg, Germany and Donders Sleep + Memory Lab, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Kris Appel
PhD, Institute of Sleep and Dream Technologies, Hamburg, Germany and Donders Sleep + Memory Lab, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Léa Damian
DxE Lab & Dream and Nightmare Lab, University of Montreal, Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal

Léa Damian
DxE Lab & Dream and Nightmare Lab, University of Montreal, Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal

Léa Damian
DxE Lab & Dream and Nightmare Lab, University of Montreal, Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal

Lorenzo Scott Bertolini Agnoletto
PhD, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Lorenzo Scott Bertolini Agnoletto
PhD, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Lorenzo Scott Bertolini Agnoletto
PhD, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Maja Gutman Mušič
The Science and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia

Maja Gutman Mušič
The Science and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia

Maja Gutman Mušič
The Science and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia

Maria Chamas
DxE Lab & Dream and Nightmare Lab, University of Montreal, Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal

Maria Chamas
DxE Lab & Dream and Nightmare Lab, University of Montreal, Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal

Maria Chamas
DxE Lab & Dream and Nightmare Lab, University of Montreal, Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal

Nathalie Regard
PhD, dreamsessions.org, Art–Science Dream Research Collective

Nathalie Regard
PhD, dreamsessions.org, Art–Science Dream Research Collective

Nathalie Regard
PhD, dreamsessions.org, Art–Science Dream Research Collective

Nicolas Decat
Paris Brain Institute, Inserm, CNRS, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Nicolas Decat
Paris Brain Institute, Inserm, CNRS, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Nicolas Decat
Paris Brain Institute, Inserm, CNRS, AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Nikolai Godt
University Osnabrück

Nikolai Godt
University Osnabrück

Nikolai Godt
University Osnabrück

Pinyao Liu
Dream Engineering Lab / ReVerie Studio

Pinyao Liu
Dream Engineering Lab / ReVerie Studio

Pinyao Liu
Dream Engineering Lab / ReVerie Studio
Prakhyat Kethamukkala
Northwestern University
Prakhyat Kethamukkala
Northwestern University
Prakhyat Kethamukkala
Northwestern University
Racha Ouared
Dreams and Nightmares Laboratory at the Hospital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
Racha Ouared
Dreams and Nightmares Laboratory at the Hospital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
Racha Ouared
Dreams and Nightmares Laboratory at the Hospital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal

Remington Mallett
PhD, University of Montreal

Remington Mallett
PhD, University of Montreal

Remington Mallett
PhD, University of Montreal

Samuel O'Brien Gillman
PhD, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal; Concordia University

Samuel O'Brien Gillman
PhD, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal; Concordia University

Samuel O'Brien Gillman
PhD, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal; Concordia University

Taisija Demcenko
Sleep & Memory Lab, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

Taisija Demcenko
Sleep & Memory Lab, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

Taisija Demcenko
Sleep & Memory Lab, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour






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