The Well-Being with Arts research project, based at Kyushu University, is pleased to announce its participation in the upcoming INTERFACEing 2025 conference, to be held from September 17–19 (with a networking event on the 20th) at Doğuş University in Istanbul. This international event, part of the annual INTERFACEing series initiated by National Taiwan University, will explore the theme Embodied Experience, Emotions & Creativity.

Organized by Associate Professor Charlène Clonts (Kyushu University, Japan) and Professor Barış Çoban (Doğuş University, Turkey), the Istanbul edition of INTERFACEing will bring together researchers from 20 countries, representing a wide spectrum of disciplines, including literature, arts, psychology, neuroscience, biotechnology, design...

The conference is resolutely interdisciplinary, bridging creative and scientific inquiry to explore how embodiment and affect shape human experience across cultural, technological, and ecological contexts. It will feature sessions on embodied cognition, affective interfaces, trauma and healing, and the role of creativity in both individual and collective well-being.

Readers can find below both the conference program and the abstracts compilation available in PDF format.

Author: Associate Professor Dr. Charlène Clonts