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

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

Carlos Cheung

LegitEVI

Carlos Cheung

LegitEVI

Carlos Cheung

LegitEVI

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

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

Jayden Couper

Filmmaker

Jayden Couper

Filmmaker

Jayden Couper

Filmmaker

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

Mell Sommer

Filmmaker

Mell Sommer

Filmmaker

Mell Sommer

Filmmaker

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

Siyi (Vivian) Chen

Dreame

Siyi (Vivian) Chen

Dreame

Siyi (Vivian) Chen

Dreame

Sophia Goeppinger

LegitEvi

Sophia Goeppinger

LegitEvi

Sophia Goeppinger

LegitEvi

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)

Zhidong (Adong) Pan

CEO, Global AI Hardware Division, Dreame Technology

Zhidong (Adong) Pan

CEO, Global AI Hardware Division, Dreame Technology

Zhidong (Adong) Pan

CEO, Global AI Hardware Division, Dreame Technology

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

Cristina Velasquez

PhD, MIT

Cristina Velasquez

PhD, MIT

Cristina Velasquez

PhD, MIT

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

Nadia Khan

Motlow College

Nadia Khan

Motlow College

Nadia Khan

Motlow College

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

Victoria Rogers

Director of Strategy, Autodesk

Victoria Rogers

Director of Strategy, Autodesk

Victoria Rogers

Director of Strategy, Autodesk

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