May LASER Event

6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking.

7:00-7:25pm: Shan Shan Sheng on "Reinterpreting the Great Wall of China for the Age of Globalization"

An artist's view of the critical intersection of Chinese and Western culture.

7:25-7:50pm: Sean Gourley (Quid) on "A global intelligence platform: the new AI - not Artificial Intelligence, but instead Augmented Intelligence"

How to Augment our Intelligence as Algorithms Take Over the World.

7:50pm-8:10pm: BREAK

Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present your work as a teaser so that those who are interested can seek you out during social time following the event.

8:10-8:35pm Mark Feldman (Stanford) on "Urban Ecology: New York City's Visionary Urbanism"

With most of the world's population living in cities, creating green cities has become essential.

8:35pm-9:00pm: Jeff Hull (Nonchalance) on "Unlocking the Power of Play; Situational Design Applications in the Civic Realm"

To provoke discovery through visceral experience and pervasive play.

Admission is free but limited. Please RSVP to p@scaruffi.com

Maraschi room.