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Find Collaborators through a joyful sense of making
Forward Slash Story attempts to tackle some of the most difficult problems surrounding storytelling in the 21st Century. A gathering of thinkers & doers working across a diversity of creative fields come together for 4 days focused on sharing, making, experimentation and innovation.

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Christy Dena

Writer-designer-director of comedy story games & events, senior lecturer in studio and narrative design for Masters, SAE

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Lance Weiler

Writer + director + producer + culture hacker & Director of the Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab

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