Innovation without culture is hollow—and culture without innovation risks irrelevance. This dynamic conversation brings together visionaries from Sacred Heart, Yale, MICA, and the New Haven Arts Council to unpack how cultural fluency drives meaningful change across every sector. We'll dive into how creativity fuels invention, how tradition can be a launchpad—not a cage—and why cultural ecosystems are essential infrastructure for a sustainable future. When we innovate through culture, we don’t just imagine better products or businesses—we imagine better ways of living. We build systems rooted in collaboration and collective ambition, elevating voices too often left behind and seeding the kind of transformative change that only cooperative innovation can ignite. 

Overflow, Baker Rm 2430.