Research
Conceptoria
Where creative minds meet and new ideas emerge
Informal gatherings that bring creative thinkers together to share insights and spark ideas across fields of practice and intellectual disciplines.
Stimulating conversation
Conceptoria are live events designed to foster free-ranging conversation across disciplines and domains of practice — the kind of talk that flourishes in conference hallways or over coffee. They focus on sharing ideas in their formative stages, when questions are still open and new insights are just emerging.
What is a Conceptorium?
Part think tank, part creative studio, part workshop, a Conceptorium is a facilitated gathering organized around a specific topic or question. Conceptoria take different forms, including roundtable conversations, panel discussions, and invited speaker sessions.
What are the goals?
To spark innovation by fostering new insights, nurturing meaningful conversations, and creating opportunities for knowledge sharing among creative thinkers across fields of practice and intellectual disciplines.
Who can participate?
Anyone with curiosity and imagination is welcome — researchers, practitioners, community leaders, students, and creatives can all pull up a (virtual) chair and join the conversation.
What are the outcomes?
In addition to sparking new connections, shared insights, seeds of collaboration, each session results in a published recording and transcript.
Upcoming Events

Panel
Insights from Emerging Designers
Fri Nov 14, 2025
What can the experiences of a team of emerging game designers reveal about serious game design practices?
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Past Events

Roundtable
Emotional & Psychological Safety in RPGs
Thu May 23, 2024
What are the challenges to emotional and psychological safety in research-driven role-playing games (RPGs)?
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Roundtable
State of Leadership Studies + RPG Research
Thu Jan 26, 2023
What is the state of research in the intersection of leadership studies and role-playing games (RPGs)?
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Roundtable
Leadership studies + RPGs
Fri Feb 4, 2022
What happens in the intersection of leadership studies and role-playing games?
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Roundtable
Social Ties
Fri Jul 9, 2021
How do different types of social ties affect grassroots crisis response emergence and success?
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Roundtable
Framing a New Narrative
Fri Apr 9, 2021
What would a narrative of crisis response that encompasses both institutionalized and grassroots efforts look like?
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About participating
What to expect
The session will be divided into four parts: Introductions, Discussion, Review, and Wrap-up. A moderator will be on hand to deliver introductions, help keep the conversation moving, and lead the review.
After the session, we will share a list of participants and their contact information, a transcript of the session, and the session recording. You should review the recording, and let us know if there are sections you feel should be redacted before public release. Finally, we will ask for your feedback on the session so we can improve the experience for future participants.
Recording agreement
By participating, you grant permission for Creative Crisis Leadership to
- Record audio and video of the session
- Make session recordings and transcripts publicly available
- Publish your name, title, and affiliation as a participant
Intellectual property policy
This is a free exchange of ideas. We encourage participants to build on each others’ ideas, both during and after the discussion. Authors retain rights to materials authored after the discussion, but are expected to acknowledge the contributing role of Conceptoria discussions and individual participants when appropriate.
Creative Crisis Leadership retains ownership of session materials, including recordings and reports. Participants are granted the right to use redacted versions of these materials, with attribution.
Get involved

Suggest
Send us suggestions for topics you’d like to discuss. Or add them to the comments below.

Volunteer
Help to organize a session. You bring the topic and possible participants. Together, we’ll make it happen.

Sponsor
Sponsor a single Conceptorium, or support a series so we can bring great minds to the table, and spread their insights.
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