Creativity Expert Exchange (CEE) Virtual Conference
The Center for Applied Imagination and the Creativity and Change Leadership Department at Buffalo State University is pleased to invite you to the annual Creativity Expert Exchange (CEE) Virtual Conference on March 19-20. This free, fully online event brings together scholars, practitioners, and students to explore new ideas and topics in creativity.
Get ready to exchange ideas and unleash your creativity at our annual Creativity Expert Exchange!
More than 2 decades ago the department formerly known as the International Center for Studies in Creativity (now the Center for Applied Imagination) began hosting an annual conference that came to be known as CEE (Creativity Expert Exchange). In 2021 we shifted our annual conference to a virtual format and, as a consequence, we set an all-time record for attendance (more than 170 participants from around the world).
Through CEE we celebrate the creativity community, engage in continuous learning, and explore and test new ideas. Our 2026 CEE features two keynote speakers and more than a dozen concurrent sessions from which to select.
This year’s keynote speakers include:
- Dr. James Kaufman (March 19), who will discuss insights from his latest book, Creative Advantage.
- Dr. David Yates and a team of graduate students (March 20), who will present their work on the development of a Creative Problem Solving chatbot.
In addition to these keynote sessions, the conference will feature more than 20 concurrent presentations across two afternoon session blocks, showcasing the diverse work of our global creativity community. Feel free to drop in for just one or several sessions.
