Cambridge LASER: Virtual event

October 1, 2020 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration – https://www.leonardo.info/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=544

Join us for the launch of the Cambridge LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) an international programme of evening gatherings that bring artists, scientists and communities together for informal presentations and conversations. This event was originally programmed as part of Cambridge Science Festival 2020 and will be part of Columbia’s 1st Suratómica Festival of Art and Science in Bogotá.

Programme

Welcome

Steven Connor, Director of CRASSH, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge.

Harriet Loffler, Curator of the New Hall Art Collection and Chair of the Public Art Advisory group for North West Cambridge development.

Satinder Gill –  Research Affiliate with the Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge and Associate Editor of the AI&Society Journal.

Presentations

Caroline Nevejan – Urban Reflection – Orchestrating Futures of Engagement

Caroline Nevejan is Chief Science Officer of the City of Amsterdam and Prof of Urban Design, University of Amsterdam.

Daniela Brill Estrada – Creating New Knowledge for Open Social Structures

Daniela Brill Estrada is an artist, Creator and Director of Cuántico, and Co-director of Suratómica.

Ghislaine Boddington – The Internet of Bodies – Body Data Ethics

Ghislaine Boddington is a Curator and Director specialising in the Future Human, Director of Pioneering Collective Body>Data>Space, and Reader in Digital Immersion, Greenwich University.

Pam Burnard – Why Creativity Matters

Pam Burnard is Professor of Arts, Creativities and Education, University of Cambridge and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.