ESI Heads to TEA INSPIRE 2026

ESI Experience Practice Leaders Emily Bagdatli and Layne Braunstein join some of the world's leading creators, strategists and technologists at the Themed Entertainment Association’s INSPIRE Conference in Orlando from April 29–May 1.

Emily leads ESI’s creative practice and award-winning work at the intersection of storytelling, technology and the built environment, including Loma Land at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, recognized by Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards. Layne, a seven-time Cannes Lions winner and former founder and CCO of experiential agency Fake Love, has created experiences for some of the world’s most recognizable brands.

From storytelling and spatial design to emerging technology, INSPIRE explores the ideas shaping the future of themed entertainment and immersive experience—areas increasingly central to ESI’s work creating destinations that engage audiences and inspire them to return.