The 8th Annual Designing for Empathy Summit & Workshops is held October 23-24, 2025 IN New YORK.
Organized by: ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy
Our theme is: Kinship
A wise teacher once said: “What we give our attention to, we energize.” In our increasingly distracted and fragmented world, where even human virtues such as empathy, kindness, and compassion are manipulated into human-made, ideological concepts that can be disposed of at whim, it is more important than ever before to nurture relatedness and kinship. These qualities of belonging are intrinsic to human existence, and in disregarding their sacredness, the heart of our humanness is lost, accelerating the descent towards extinction.
Museums, and other informal learning platforms such as libraries, performing arts centers, and public parks, offer us transformative experiences that simultaneously deepen self-knowledge while exponentially expanding our sense of relatedness to each other and our world. This is the time to stay rooted in our values and continue the essential work of unity through empathy-building. The 8th Annual Designing for Empathy Summit will bring together artists, scientists, and experience designers, to illustrate how this is possible.
Immerse yourself in 2 full days of empathy-building with community, knowledge, ideas, and experiential learning!
2 days
17 experts
7 empathy-building workshops
7 thought-provoking talks
2 panel discussions
8th Annual Designing for Empathy Summit at FIT in New York (October 23-24, 2025), organized by ONE - Organization of Networks for Empathy, graciously hosted by SUNY FIT, and generously supported by Glencairn Museum, Advancing Conservation Through Empathy for Wildlife, Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, and Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
General ticket: USD 400