March LASER Event

6:30pm-6:45pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.

6:45-7:10pm: Henrik Bennetsen (Katalabs) on "What the next phase of the web could mean"

In its first two decades the web has had a profound impact on how we work and collaborate. With the emerging HTML5 and WebGL standards we are poised to see a broad wave of change in the coming years. The inclusion of richer technologies such as 3D in the population of native web citizens is likely to see us truly move beyond the Gutenberg paradigm.

7:10-7:35pm: Niki Ulehla (Recology) on "Marionettes, forms and relationships"

How and why does a marionette move? How do the basic mechanics of the construction lead to the imitation of life.

7:35-7:50: BREAK

7:50-8:15pm: Melanie Swan (DIYgenomics) on "DIYgenomics: An Open Platform for Democratizing the Genome"

Redesigning biology may be man's ultimate artistic and scientific exploit. The first steps are reading and writing genetic data with DNA sequencing and synthetic biology. Already human genome sequencing costs have declined such that individuals worldwide are accessing their own genomic data, and can explore it through open-source science communities such as DIYgenomics.

8:15pm-8:45pm: Sarah Filley and Yvette Molina (Wonderarium) on "Public Art in the 21st Century"

Wonderarium is a public art project which integrates science and technology. A multi-discipline, multi-institutional approach yields a deeper sense of place and rekindles the notion of public art as an expression of civic pride.

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