Organizing

Conferences and Seminars

Program Committee: Educators Summit. Gotland Game Conference, Uppsala University, Visby, Sweden, May 24-25, 2023.

Co-Lead Organizer: Transformative Play Initiative Seminar 2022. Uppsala University, Visby, Sweden, October 20-21, 2022.

Organizer: Living Games Conference 2018. Boston Mariott Peabody, Peabody, MA. May 17-20, 2018. Lead organizer for Academic, Programming, Safety, Documentation, and Social Media.

Organizer: Role-playing and Simulation in Education Conference 2018. Northeastern University, Boston, MA. May 17, 2016. Co-lead organizer with Evan Torner and Celia Pearce.

Lead Organizer: Living Games Conference. 2015-2016. A conference devoted to the practical and academic study of larp. Projected dates: May 19-22, 2016.

Lead Organizer: Role-playing and Simulation in Education Conference. Texas State University, St. David’s School of Nursing, Round Rock, Texas. May 19, 2016. Co-organized witrh Andhe Standiford.

Program Committee: Living Games Conference 2014. NYU Game Center, Brooklyn, NY. March 14-16, 2014.

Edu-Larp and Simulation Organizing

Edu-larp: Bowman, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Josefin Westborg, Kaya Toft Thejls, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas, and Josephine Baird. The Deadline. CIRCUS Summer School, Uppsala University, 2022-2023.

Edu-larp: Bowman, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Josefin Westborg, Kaya Toft Thejls, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas, and Josephine Baird. The Pitch Session. CIRCUS Workshop: “Creating Order from Chaos: The Practice of Synthesizing Disparate Research Agendas into Coherence, Uppsala University, 2022.

Edu-larp: Westborg, Josefin, Sarah Lynne Bowman, and Kaya Toft Thejls. 2021. The Committee. CIRCUS Summer School, Uppsala University, 2022.

Edu-larp: Bowman, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Josefin Westborg, Kaya Toft Thejls, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas, and Josephine Baird. Common Ground. CIRCUS Workshop and Summer School, Uppsala University, 2021-2023.

Edu-larp: Bowman, Sarah Lynne, Josefin Westborg, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas, and Josephine Baird. Agents of Empowerment. Uppsala University, 2021.

Edu-larp: The Salon. Designed for Humanities 1302: Renaissance to Present. Austin Community College, 2018. Designed for Humanities 1302: Renaissance to Present. Austin Community College, 2018-present.

Edu-larp: Bowman, Sarah Lynne, Patricia Hatcher, and Yeonsoo Julian Kim. Microaggressions: A Thousand Cuts. Designed for the Big Read Project. Austin Community College, 2018.

Simulation: Bowman, Sarah Lynne and Andhe Standiford. Conflict Deescalation for Psychiatric Nursing. Consulting for Texas State University, St. David’s School of Nursing, 2016.

Edu-larp: The Empire’s Legacy. Designed for Humanities 1301: Prehistory to Renaissance. Austin Community College, 2015-present.

Edu-larp: The Empire’s Legacy Part II. Designed for Humanities 1301: Prehistory to Renaissance. Austin Community College, 2015-present.

Edu-larp: Symposium Redux. Designed for Humanities 1301: Prehistory to Renaissance. Austin Community College, 2015-present.

Edu-larp: Paradigm. Designed for Humanities 1301: Prehistory to Renaissance. Austin Community College, 2015-present.

Edu-larp: Crisis of Faith. Designed for Humanities 1301: Prehistory to Renaissance. Austin Community College, 2015-present.

Larp and Freeform Organizing

Co-organizer: Euphoria, Stockholm Scenario Festival,

Board of Directors: ATX Larp Productions. 2017-2018.

Organizer: Austin Freeform Night. 2015-2018.

Organizer: Austin Larp Meetup. 2011-2018.

Lead Organizer: Epiphany — A Mage: the Ascension Larp Design Document. ATX Larp Productions. December 15-17, 2017. Austin, TX.

Organizing Team: Immerton. Learn Larp, LLC. October 5-7, 2017.

Adaptation/Casting: Just a Little Lovin’. Minnesota, US. August 7-12, 2017.

Casting: End of the Line. Participation Design Agency, Berlin, Germany, 2017.

Freeform: Bowman, Sarah Lynne and Harrison Greene. “Symbiosis.” Golden Cobra Challenge 2016. Larp by Sarah Lynne Bowman and Dani Higgins. Dreamation. Morristown, NJ, 2017.

Casting: End of the Line. Participation Design Agency, New Orleans, LA, 2016.

Safety Teams

Core Safety Team: Transformative Play Initiative Seminar. 2022.

Core Safety Team: Living Games Conference. 2017-2018.

Safety Team: Conscience. Not Only Larp, planned for 2018.

Core Safety Team: Just a Little Lovin’. Minnesota, US. August 7-12, 2017.

Safety Team/Counseling: New World Magischola. Learn Larp, LLC, 2016-2017.

Safety Team/Counseling: College of Wizardry: The Challenge. Dziobak Larp Studios, 2017.

Wellness Team/Counseling: Event Horizon. 2017.

Safety Team: Convention of Thorns. Dziobak Larp Studios, 2016.

Core Safety Team: Living Games Conference. 2015-2016. A conference devoted to the practical and academic study of larp. Projected dates: May 19-22, 2016.

Workshop and Debrief Facilitation

Workshop: Torner, Evan and Sarah Lynne Bowman. “Edu-Larp Design Workshop.” Role-playing and Simulation in Education Conference 2018. Northeastern University, Boston, MA. May 17, 2018.

Workshop: “The Mixing Desk of Edu-Larp.” Edu-Larp Conference 2018. LajvVerkstaden, Malmö, Sweden, 2018.

Workshop and Debrief: Koljonen, Johanna, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Harrison Greene, et al. “End of the Line Workshop.” End of the Line. Participation Design Agency, Berlin, Germany, 2017.

Workshop and Debrief: Brown, Maury, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Harrison Greene, et al. Intro and Playstyle Workshop, House Workshops, De-Roleing, Debriefing. New World Magischola. Learn Larp LLC. 2016-2017.

Workshop and Debrief: Dzioback. “House Workshop.” College of Wizardry: The Challenge. Dziobak Larp Studios, 2017.

Workshop: “Crisis Management: Bleed, Harassment, Trauma.” With Lizzie Stark, Eirik Fatland, and Harrison Greene. Knutepunkt 2017. Oslo, Norway. Feb 24, 2017.

Workshop: “High on Larp.” With Mila Ould Yahoui, Mo Holkar, and Harrison Greene. Knutepunkt 2017. Oslo, Norway. Feb 23, 2017.

Workshop: Koljonen, Johanna, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Harrison Greene, et al. “End of the Line Workshop.” End of the Line. Participation Design Agency, New Orleans, LA, 2016.

Workshop: “Crisis Management: Bleed, Harassment, Trauma.” Living Games Conference 2016. Austin, Texas. 21 May 2016.

Workshop: “Ars Amandi.” Intercon 0 2015. Radisson Hotel and Suites, Chelmsford, MA. 24 Feb. 2015.

Freeform Workshops: “Planetfall Blackbox Instructions.” Planetfall. Incognita, LTD.