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Upcoming Events

Learning Week

Learning Circle: Sociotechnical Systems & Assemblages

Join a learning group focused on using ethnography to understand rapid technological change and valuable frameworks for research and innovation

Friday, May 16, 2025 | 9:30 am – 10:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Learning Week

What if We Created Prototypes Instead of Writing Research Reports?

This session advocates that researchers should build (ideally co-create) prototypes as a more effective and engaging alternative to research findings reports.

Friday, May 16, 2025 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Tutorial

Trust Unpacked: Using Social Insights to Understand and Cultivate Trust

Learn and apply social frameworks that enhance trust research and strategies for cultivating trust with stakeholders, customers, or markets.

Monday, May 19, 2025 | 8:30 am – 11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Tutorial

Beyond “It’s Complex”: How to Recognize, Analyze, and Apply Systems Frameworks

Learn systems thinking, complexity models, and practical tools for sensemaking and influencing strategic change.

Monday, May 19, 2025 | 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Member Meetup

May Member Meetup

Join us for a casual hangout and meet some excellent folks! Board and staff members will brief you on the latest EPIC news, then we’ll connect around common interests.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 8:00 am – 9:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Tutorial

Lead Your Project or It Will Lead You: The Fearless Project Leader

Strengthen your project leadership with techniques to enhance your influence, decision-making, delivery, and management abilities.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | 8:30 am – 11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Tutorial

Thinking and Communicating with Frameworks: Using Visual Frameworks to Strengthen Insights and Communicate Findings

Learn to create and use one of the most powerful research and storytelling tools – the visual framework.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | 8:00 am – 11:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Tutorial

Ethnofutures for Innovation: Practicing Foresight with Diverse Intelligences

Learn to integrate foresight and ethnography to build grounded, authentic future scenarios that guide discovery, strategy, and decision making.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Tutorial

Creating a Strategic Role for Research in Your Organization

Learn to facilitate collaborative alignment workshops with stakeholders that strategically positions research teams and maximizes the credibility and impact of your work.

Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 8:30 am – 11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Tutorial

Your Tech Stack Needs a Thinking Stack: Building a High-Value Ethnographic Practice in the AI Era

Build a decision framework for how and when to use AI research tools – rather than just reacting to technological trends.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Tutorial

Fail-Safe Foresight: Practicing Strategic Foresight in Today’s Organizations

Learn foundational knowledge and skills to build a robust foresight practice that overcomes the key reasons many insights fail to affect change.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)

EPIC2025 Attendee Meetup

Planning on being in Helsinki for EPIC2025? Meet and catch up with other conference attendees during this special meetup!

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | 9:00 am – 10:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−07:00)
Annual Conference

EPIC2025

Join the essential international conference of practitioners using an ethnographic lens for sensemaking and transformation.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 – Friday, September 19, 2025
Member Meetup

October Member Meetup

Join us for a casual hangout and meet some excellent folks! Board and staff members will brief you on the latest EPIC news, then we’ll connect around common interests.

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 9:00 am – 10:00 am Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC−08:00)