Lightening Talks

Lightning Talks (7 minutes each)

11:15 am – 12:15 pm 

• Etiquette and Empathy: Politeness Modeling and Human Interactions
  • Chris Miller, Smart Information Flow Technologies & Miller Consulting
• Empathy in the Digital Age: Harnessing VR for Human-Centered Learning 
  • Przemyslaw Bosak, UIUC & Jamie Nelson, UIUC
• Professional and Patient-facing Medical Records
  
  • Bill Cope, UIUC
• Mindfulness, Empathy, and Implicit Bias
  • Jacinda Dariotis, UIUC
• Self-Compassion: A Building Block for Empathy
  • Ann Willemsen-Dunlap, OSF Innovation-Jump Simulation
• Empathy in Action Responding to Real Needs 
  • Deana McDonagh, UIUC

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm 

• An VR-AI Simulation for Empathy Training in Law Enforcement
  
  • Duo Wang, UIUC
• Always Here, Always Hearing: Designing Empathic AI Voice as Signal
  • Lynia Huang, Bamboo Technology, LTD
• STEM behind Sickle Cell: Developing an Informal Learning Program for Minority Students
  • Ting Dai, UIC
• Empirical and Theoretical Basis of Nudging for Empathy Training in XR 
  • Inki Kim, UIUC
• Age is just a number: Heterogeneity of older adults
  
  • Wendy Rogers, UIUC
• Fostering Empathy for Accessibility Challenges through a Video Game 
  • Olivia Wang, UIUC
• Understanding the Inconsistencies in Empathic VR Research 
  • Xinhui Hu, UIUC