Ideas Festival Emory serves up ‘buffet’ of creative conversations

With the historic Seney Hall as a backdrop, musicians and storytellers performed on the Oxford College quad throughout the weekend to an audience of Emory community members, local residents and more.
With the historic Seney Hall as a backdrop, musicians and storytellers performed on the Oxford College quad throughout the weekend to an audience of Emory community members, local residents and more.

The Oxford College campus buzzed with insights as more than 40 speakers and performers across disciplines presented at the inaugural Ideas Festival Emory Sept. 20-22.

Part of the recently-launched Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement, the festival brought together creative thinkers from myriad industries and universities — including more than a dozen Emory faculty, staff and alumni — with community members to discuss some of the biggest topics of our time.

From climate change and AI to film and music, the festival offered a unique look at the intersections of scholarship, science and creative practice.

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