Program Schedule

Schedule at a Glance

• 7:30–8:30 AM   Coffee & Registration [Student Center International Lounge]
• 8:30–9:00 AM   Festival Welcome & Opening Message [Auditorium]
• 9:00–10:00 AM  Opening History & Future of World Game w/ Medard Gabel
• 10:30–11:30 AM Opening Plenary w/ Thomas Zung
• 11:30–12:30 PM Book Signing w/ Thomas Zung [International Lounge]
• 11:30–12:30 PM Sustainability History & Futures [International Lounge]
• 12:00–2:00 PM  Bamboo Dome Build Workshop [Morris Lawn]
• 12:30–1:30 PM  Lunch
• 1:30–2:50 PM   Fuller Inspiration: Living Legacy [Kaskaskia/Missouri River Room]
• 3:00–4:20 PM   Reinterpreting Fuller: Geometry. Systems and New Frameworks
• 3:00–4:30 PM   Green Fund Awards [Auditorium]
• 4:30–5:00 PM   Procession Gathering: All Species Puppet Parade
• 6:00–9:00 PM   Earth Day Celebration & Cookout [Bucky's Haven & Becker's Pavillon]

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Morning | 7:30 AM | Check-In & Welcome

Venue: Student Center International Lounge

Attendee check-in, casual morning networking and welcome coffee.

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Morning | 8:30 AM | Festival Welcome: Dr. Gireesh Gupchup

Venue: Student Center Auditorium

Dr. Gireesh Gupchup, SIU System Vice President for Academic Innovation, Planning and Partnerships, shares opening remarks. Ben Lowder, leading World Game on Thursday to introduce Medard Gabel.

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Morning | 9:00 AM | Opening Speaker: Medard Gabel

Medard Gabel (Executive Director, EarthGame), opens the festival with "History & Future of World Game."

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Morning | 10:30 AM | Plenary Speaker: Thomas Zung

Venue: Student Center Auditorium

Following an introduction by College of Arts and Media Dean Dr. Hong Cheng, Thomas Zung (Founder, Studio Zung) delivers Plenary: Surfing Spaceship Earth with Bucky Fuller and Landing in His Dome Home.

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Late Morning | 11:30 AM | Meet and Greet

Venue: International Lounge

Meet and greet and book signing with Thomas Zung.

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Late Morning | 11:30 AM | Sustainability History & Futures

Venue: International Lounge

Informational poster session led by student Jazmine Zarate (Geography), exploring the history of sustainability at SIU.

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Afternoon | 12:00 PM | Bamboo Dome Build Workshop

Venue: Lawn between Morris Library and Faner

Led by Kurt Pryzbilla (Inventor, Educator, Writer, and Producer), participants will craft a geodesic dome out of locally harvested bamboo.

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Afternoon | 12:30 PM | Lunch

Break for lunch, various options on campus and Carbondale strip.

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Afternoon | 1:30 PM | Fuller Inspiration: Living Legacy

Venue: Student Center, 2nd Floor – Kaskaskia/Missouri River Room

Nyhl Henson (CEO, Technotainment), Medard Gabel (Executive Director, EarthGame), Pat Field Ravazio (Author) and Doria Cordova (Global Business Developer), as they reflect on their personal encounters with Fuller and how they shaped their lives and work.

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Afternoon | 3:00 PM | Reinterpreting Fuller: Geometry. Systems and New Frameworks

Venue: Student Center, 2nd Floor – Kaskaskia/Missouri River Room

Panel discussion: Casey House (Synergetics University), Ilija Rasovic (Materials Scientist, Univ of Birmingham UK), moderated by Jamey Webster (independent researcher).

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Afternoon | 3:00 PM | Green Fund Awards

Venue: Student Center Auditorium

The SIU Green Fund awards grants for sustainability projects at SIU Carbondale.

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Late Afternoon | 4:30 PM | Gather for Procession: All Species Puppet Parade

Venue: South end of Student Center

Gathering with the Hornworms, Puppetistas, and all who want to join.

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Evening | 6:00 PM | Earth Day Celebration with the Hornworms

Venue: Bucky's Haven & Becker's Pavillon

Earth Day festival featuring live music with the Hornworms, food trucks, light installations by Ari Lazer, organization tables, and community gathering.

Schedule at a Glance

• 7:30–8:00 AM  Morning Reception [SIU Recreation Center, 2nd Floor Lounge]
• 8:00–9:10 AM  Spaceship Earth: Learning Through Experience
• 9:30–3:30 PM  World Game
• 4:30–5:30 PM  Design Science Studio Panel [Sharp Museum Auditorium]
• 5:30–8:00 PM  Fuller Futures Art & Artifacts Opening Reception [Sharp Museum]
• 5:45 PM  Tensegrity Model Dedication [Sharp Museum]

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Morning | 7:30 AM | Morning Reception

Venue: SIU Recreation Center, 2nd Floor Lounge

Attendee check-in, casual morning networking with light breakfast and coffee.

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Morning | 8:00 AM | Spaceship Earth: Learning Through Experience

Venue: SIU Recreation Center, 2nd Floor Lounge

Moderated by Pat Field Ravasio (Girl from Spaceship Earth), with educator Kurt Pryzbilla and materials scientist Illija Rasovic share how Fuller-inspired geometry moves from advanced science into hands-on-public engagement, alongside the experiences that shaped their work.

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Morning | 9:30 AM | World Game

Opening declaration and orientation followed by World Game Sessions I and II, facilitated by artist Ben Lowder. Boxed lunch provided for participants from 12:00pm–1:00pm.

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Afternoon | 4:30 PM | Design Science Studio Panel

Venue: Sharp Museum Auditorium

"Design Science as Systems Change: Artivism and the Return of the Design Science Decade", exploring the intersection of art, activism, and systems thinking with Roxanna Shohadaee and Ari Lazer.

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Evening | 5:30 PM | Fuller Futures Art & Artifacts Opening Reception

Venue: Sharp Museum

Exhibition of Buckminster Fuller artifacts alongside contemporary artworks inspired by Fuller. Reception and remarks, with the possibility of local music offerings following.

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Evening | 5:45 PM | Tensegrity Model Dedication

Venue: Sharp Museum

Mike Chervenko (Fuller Dome Home Museum Board, Vice President) leads the dedication of Thomas Zung's tensegrity model.

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Schedule at a Glance

• 7:30–8:00 AM  Morning Reception [Communications Building]
• 8:00–9:10 AM  Medard: NewWorld Game [Media Arts Conference Room 1052]
• 9:30–3:30 PM  SIM Center [Studio A, Communications Building]
• 4:30–6:00 PM  Enterprise for the Common Good [Pagliai's of Carbondale]
• 4:30–6:00 PM  Fuller Conversations: The Feminine Paradigm [Rips Pizza]
• 6:30–9:00 PM  Play Opening [Varsity Theater]

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Morning | 7:30 AM | Morning Reception

Venue: Communications Building

Casual morning networking and coffee.

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Morning | 8:00 AM | Medard: NewWorld Game

Venue: Media Arts Conference Room 1052

Session by Medard Gabel looking at his AI-assisted platform designed to tackle complex global challenges through simulation, design science, and strategic planning.

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Morning | 9:30 AM | SIM Center

Venue: Studio A, Communications Building

Interactive simulation experience exploring global challenges and local impacts, supported by students, staff, faculty, and community stakeholders. Led by Peter Meisen (Founder of Global Energy Network Institute) and colleagues, the simulation emphasizes collaboration, practical systems literacy, and shared planning and responsibility.

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Late Afternoon | 4:30 PM | Enterprise for the Common Good

Venue: Pagliai's of Carbondale

Dinner, presentations and discussion with Lonnie Gamble (Fab Cities), George Jackson, Nyle Henson (CEO, Technotainment), and Doria Cordova (Global Business Developer).

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Late Afternoon | 4:30 PM | Fuller Conversations: The Feminine Paradigm

Venue: Rips Pizza

Dinning gathering and conversation inspired by Margaret Fuller, ecofeminist thought and Buckminster Fuller's vision of a changing world. Elizabeth Donoghue (Fuller Visionaries Road Scholar), Ainaz Fazlfarhadi (Architecture and Ecofeminist Place Making), Pat Field Ravasio (Girl from Spaceship Earth), Roxi Shohadaee (director Design Science Institute).

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Evening | 6:30 PM | Play Opening

Venue: The Varsity Theater

Opening performance of "Buckminster Fuller, The History (and Mystery) of the Universe", a play about Buckminster Fuller by Doug Jacobs. Ticketed event separate from conference registration.

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Evening | 6:30 PM | Opening Play Performance

Venue: Varsity Theater

Opening performance of Buckminster Fuller, The History and Mystery of the Universe, a play about Buckminster Fuller by Doug Jacobs. Ticketed event separate from conference registration. The venue for the play is the historic Varsity Theater in Carbondale, IL. [Tickets will be available at The Varsity Theater.]

Schedule at a Glance

• 9:00–10:00 AM  Create Your Own "Bucky Cards" [SIU Student Center, River Room]
• 9:30–1:30 PM   Community Day at the Fuller Dome Home [407 S Forest Ave]
• 1:15–3:15 PM   Art Walk
• 3:30–4:30 PM   The Comprehensive Creator: Art, Systems and Expression [Varsity Theater]
• 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Evening Play Performance: The History and Mystery of the Universe [Tickets will be available at The Varsity Theater.]

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Morning | 9:00 AM | Create Your Own "Bucky Cards"

Venue: SIU Student Center, River Room

An interactive session where participants create visual "cards" representing Buckminster Fuller's ideas. Work individually or in a small group, then share and reflect.

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Morning | 9:30 AM | Community Day at the Fuller Dome Home

Venue: 407 S Forest Ave

Coffee and pastries, guided Dome Home tours, Thomas Zung meet + greet and book signing, Visitor Center update, and hands on activities such as William Meyerhoff's fundamentals of Geometry.

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Afternoon | 1:15 PM | Art Walk

Leisurely walk (approximately 1.5 miles), from the Dome Home to several nearby Bucky inspired murals, an art opening at ArtSpace 304, finishing at the Varsity Centter to view art and creative panel.

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Afternoon | 3:30 PM | The Comprehensive Creator: Art, Systems and Expression

Venue: The Varsity Theater

Discussion exploring the Untethered Creative Spirit moderated by Ben Lowder featuring actor Jon-Michael Rutter (History & Mystery), musican and educator Casey House (Synergetic University), and filmmaker, educator Brian Wilson (Bucky & Brakhage).

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Evening | 6:30 PM | Play: The History and Mystery of the Universe

Venue: The Varsity Theater

Performance of "Buckminster Fuller, The History (and Mystery) of the Universe, a play about Buckminster Fuller" by Doug Jacobs. Ticketed event separate from conference registration.

Schedule at a Glance

• 9:30–10:00 AM  Morning Reception [SIU Communications Building]
• 10:00–5:30 PM  Making the Invisible Visible Salon, Design Science Studio [Communications Building Northlight Studio]
• 10:00–5:30 PM  Integrated Contributions [Communications Building Northlight Studio]
• 11:00–12:00 PM Sacred Geometry and Art [Communications Building Northlight Studio]
• 1:00–3:30 PM   Play: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe [Varsity Theater]
• 6:00–7:00 PM   Festival Closing [Sharp Museum Auditorium]

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Morning | 9:30 AM | Morning Reception

Venue: SIU Communications Building

Casual morning networking and coffee with a light breakfast.

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Daytime | 10:00 AM | Making the Invisible Visible Salon, Design Science Studio

Venue: Communications Building Northlight Studio

An immersive salon featuring creators from Design Science Studio (DSS) working across disciplines to explore systems, patterns and relationships as tools for transformation, making the invisible visible. Through installations, digital media, live talks and performances, the salon brings together international artists from across coheARTs who translate design science principles into lived, experiential form, composting the obsolete to make way for new structures, systems, spaces and stories. In service to planetary cooperation and a world that works for ALL of life, this hybrid gathering invites participants to witness, reflect, sketch, journal or actively engage as we worldbuild together, exploring how we might reorient our systems toward life-serving design aka. livingry. The DSS is a program of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and habRitual.

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Daytime | 10:00 AM | Integrated Contributions

Venue: Communications Building Northlight Studio

Ainaz Fazlfarhadi, Ecofeminist Design and Storytelling and Jamey Webster, Conceptual Reflections. These contributions occur within the flow of the salon rather than fixed sessions.

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Late Morning | 11:00 AM | Sacred Geometry and Art

Venue: Communications Building Northlight Studio

Various panels discussing sacred geometry and art, moderated by Roxi Shohadaee and featuring Ben Lowder, Shannon Borg and Ari Lazer.

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Afternoon | 1:00 PM | Play: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe

Venue: The Varsity Theater

Closing performance of "Buckminster Fuller, The History (and Mystery) of the Universe", a play about Buckminster Fuller by Doug Jacobs. Ticketed event separate from conference registration.

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Evening | 6:00 PM | Festival Closing

Venue: The Sharp Museum Auditorium

Closing ceremony reflecting on the themes of the festival, wrapping up at the bamboo dome.