Imagination, Mediation & Manifestation is a four-day scientific conference organised by Graphic Medicine Europe. It defines its mission as follows:

We define Graphic Medicine pluralistically as comics that explore healthcare issues, the theoretical discourse these comics engender, and the study of comics as expressive communicative tools. We equally value the work being conducted in the field by scholars from different disciplines, healthcare workers and advocates, and comics artists.

By offering an inclusive community for different perspectives on scholarship and practice, we seek to foster interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research that interweaves and entangles the various knowledge systems, skills, and methodologies being developed by researchers and practitioners. Graphic Medicine Europe thus aims to challenge power dynamics and hierarchies between disciplines and practices—which we view as a much-needed step in the development of Graphic Medicine.

The conference lasts four days. The first two take place at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The last two are an integral part of Cross Comix. Participants in the conference also have access to the festival. The Graphic Medicine website provides more information about the total conference program.

At Cross Comix, in any case, talks are to be expected from Octavia Roodt and Sabba Khan, alongside various other presentations and workshops.