The Life Art Science Technology (LAST) Festival

The Life Art Science Technology (LAST) Festival on March 23-24, in the futuristic setting of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, will combine a program of science talks and art installations to discuss how technology is changing the nature of humanity and what role Silicon Valley is playing: How far can biomedicine extend life? Can a machine make art? Can we hack consciousness? What will virtual worlds do to our real world?

Speakers include:

• Michael Snyder, Genetics, Stanford University
• Ken Goldberg, Robotics, UC Berkeley
• Maya Ackerman, Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University
• Melissa Merencillo, Virtual/Augmented Reality Evangelist
• Piero Scaruffi, Cultural Historian & Festival Founder
• Dave Deamer, Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz
• Mikey Siegel, Consciousness Hacker
• Alison Gopnik, Psychology, UC Berkeley
• Jennifer Dionne, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
• Steve Omohundro, Institute for Blockchain Studies
• Vivienne Ming, Theoretical Neuroscientist

Art installations include work by:

• Jonathon Keats, Experimental Philosopher
• Kal Spelletch, Kinetic Artist
• Amy Karle, Bio-artist
• Scott Kildall, Cross-disciplinary Artist
• Purin Phanichph, Interdisciplinary Artist 
• Curated by Joel Slayton, Digital Media Art Pioneer

Free tickets and additional information available at the weblink.