August LASER Event - Berkeley

7:00-7:25: Liz Tenuto(Choreographer) on "Working Movements: Everyday Embodiment"Abstract forthcoming...Read more
7:25-7:50: Loren Frank (UCSF/ Neuroscience)on "What is a memory?"Recent discoveries have given us new insights into how memories are stored and retrieved...Read more
7:50-8:10: 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.
8:10-8:35: Laura Maguire(Stanford & Philosophy Talk) on "Does Neuroscience Threaten Free Will?"Abstract forthcoming...Read more
8:35-9:00: Theresa Wong(Composer and Performer) on "Multiplicity of Roots - Expanded Techniques and Harmonies of the Cello and Voice"How to free the cello from the cultural and historical connotations connected to it...Read more
9:00pm-9:30pm: Discussions, networkingYou can mingle with the speakers and the audience