Name: Improvisation Without Borders: How Spontaneity Is Shaping a Changing World
Start: 2026-07-10T08:00:00-0700
End: 2026-07-10T09:00:00-0700

Improvisation Without Borders: How Spontaneity Is Shaping a Changing World

Friday July 10, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT

221 Hybrid Classroom

From trauma recovery with veterans in Ukraine to AI-driven collaboration and boundary-pushing performance, this panel explores how improvisation is activating new possibilities around the world—for resilience, connection, creativity, and transformation.

Host Joel Veenstra will be moderating, in-person, while featured panelists will join him virtually from around the world! GII26 participants can join the conversation, in person, in LH 221!

Zoom Webinar links will be sent out to online registrants within 24 hours, at the latest, before session starts.

Moderators

Joel Veenstra

Faculty | Co-Founder/Creative Team, University of California, Irvine | Global Improvisation Initiative (GII)

Joel Veenstra teaches improvisation, stage management, and collaborative production at the University of California, Irvine. He is active in the improvisation and applied improvisation world and serves on the Board of AIN and as the co-director of Global Improvisation Initiative... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
221 Hybrid Classroom

Panel, Virtual/Online

GII Symposium 2026

Joel Veenstra

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GII Symposium 2026

Joel Veenstra

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