BayCHI Monthly Program: EPIC Redux: A Recap of the Recent Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference
Channel: BayCHI, San Francisco Bay Area ACM SIGCHI
Date: 2021-11-10

https://baychi.org/calendar/20211109/

EPIC (Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference) is a conference that happens annually and draws an increasingly international audience and presenters. Founded in 2005, [EPIC](https://epicpeople.org) expanded its mission to be more than an annual conference in 2014. This year the October conference site was San Jose, and for the second time EPIC was all virtual.

We're inviting the local community of ethnographers, anthropologists, designers, and researchers who attended EPIC to share their favorite parts of this recent conference with BayCHI. EPIC Redux includes a highly subjective selection out of dozens of presentations: A few PechaKucha (aka lightning talks), a brief version of longer talks by the presenters, and a few summaries of other papers or panels. 

We'll also hear from the organizers on how EPIC has chosen to adjust its schedule and logistics from the traditional three-day in-person conference to a new format spanning two weeks with a single stream,  with opportunities for sponsors to speak and intentional sessions for informal interaction beyond the Zoom webinars.

If you participated in EPIC, consider yourself invited.  If you're curious about how ethnographic praxis has expanded its boundaries, and how this organization is working to "ensure that innovation, strategy, products, and services are anchored in deep understanding of culture and people and their everyday lives," you'll want to be present for this lively discussion.