Electronic Techtonics Conference Summary
Thursday, April 19 – Opening Event: Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University
8:00 PM
Keynote Address: John Seely Brown
9:15 PM
Reception and Cash Bar (galleries are open)
Music by Steve Burnett, Theremin and Chapman Stick
Friday, April 20 – Talks, Panels, Exhibits, Demos: Marriott Hotel and Durham Arts Council
7:30 AM
Conference registration open, Marriott Hotel
8:00-9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast (First Floor Hall)
9:00-10:00 AM
James Boyle
"Creative Commons, Science Commons, and Open Source"
(Ballroom 103)
10:00-10:15 AM
Coffee and refreshments
10:15-11:30 AM
Breakout Sessions
I: Funding the Digital Future (Room 108)
II: Interface Genealogies (Room 105)
III: Theorizing Interface (Room 106)
IV: Electronic Book Review 4.0: (Room 107)
12:00-2:00 PM
Lunch and Panel: "The Foundations and Futures of Digital Humanities"
Discussion led by John Unsworth
2:30-4:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
V: The World Wide Web Evolves (Room 106)
VI: Racing (through) Domains (Room 107)
VII: Connecting the (Virtual) Dots (Room 105)
VII: Innerspace and Interface (Room 108)
4:30 PM
Open time, Exhibit Hall, Marriott, and Downtown Durham
6:30-7:30 PM
Conference Banquet (Ballroom 101/102)
7:30-8:30 PM
Rebecca Allen
"Global Interfaces, Intimate Interfaces and the Interface between Art and Technology"
9:00-11:00 PM
René Garcia (VJ Cyops) "ReMix2"
PSI Theatre Durham Arts Council
Saturday, April 21 – Duke University School of Nursing (307 Trent Drive), John Hope Franklin Center (corner of Erwin Rd. and Trent Dr.), FCIEMAS (100 and 101 Science Drive)
8:30-9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast (School of Nursing)
9:00-10:30 AM
"The Future of Learning" (School of Nursing)
Discussion of the MacArthur’s $50 million Digital Media, Learning and Education initiative. Panelists: Julia Stasch (Vice President, MacArthur Foundation); Cathy N. Davidson (Duke); David Theo Goldberg (UCHRI); and Dr. Carl Harris (Superintendent, Durham Public Schools). Moderated by Connie Yowell (MacArthur Foundation)
10:45-12:30
"At the Interface of Everything" (School of Nursing)
A rare conversation across domains among digital visionaries. The outcome will be a mind-map of the conference and a game-plan for unforeseeable futures.
12:30-2:00 PM
Informal buffet lunch (240 Franklin Center)
Lunchtime conversation, "The Future of Art in a Digital Age"
2:00-3:15 PM
Breakout session:
IX: Ludic Depths: Games, Narratives, Platforms (230 Franklin Center)
2:00-5:00 PM
Guided Tours for General Attendees (groups of 10-20):
(Sign up sheets available outside of Franklin Center conference room 240)
John Hope Franklin Center
Demos include presentations by the artists or developers, screenings, and interactive experiences.
Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine, and Applied
Sciences (FCIEMAS)
DiVE (Duke Immersive Virtual Environment): "Future and History of the Interface" In this interactive exhibition, one can physically explore and map the paths of influence that transformed the human/computer interface from card-punched command stacks into immersive 3D worlds. A second whole-body interface is offered in The Studio using motion detection.
Demonstration of OpenCroquet, a next-generation powerful open source software development environment.
Business meeting: HASTAC Site Leaders 130 Franklin Center
2:00-5:00
Discussion of MacArthur Foundation Collaborative Paper by Davidson and Goldberg, “The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age,” and HASTAC Business Meeting
5:00-6:00
Tour of the Franklin Center and FCIEMAS exhibits and demos
6:30-8:00 PM
Closing Reception (Branch Gallery, 401C Foster Street)
