# Perceptual Diversity: Art & Neuroscience in Design

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**Date:** March 16, 2026 · 10:00 PM  
**Location:** Austin Marriott Downtown / Waller Ballroom C  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Design  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **Nell Whitely** — Executive Producer
- **Katherine Templar Lewis** — Co-founder & Director
- **Jennifer Crook** — Artistic Director & Chief Executive
- **Anil Seth** — Professor of Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience

How can we design for a world where no two people experience reality the same way? This panel explores the science and power of perceptual diversity, how differences in how we sense, process and interpret shape identity, connection, and emotion. With expert voices from neuroscience, immersive design, and the arts and through the new lens of neuroaesthetics: we’ll explore how expanding perception can create more inclusive, empathetic, and visionary futures across art, health, and technology.

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