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SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Thursday
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Opening reception, Gould Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Keynote, Richard Powers Gould Auditorium
Friday
9-10:15 a.m. Concurrent panel sessions
THE MAN OF PARTS: WHERE DO I LEAVE OFF
AND MY MACHINES BEGIN?
Om Ghandi, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Richard Norman, PhD, Engineering
Tamara Ketabgian, PhD, English
Stephen Jacobsen, PhD, Bioengineering
PRINTING PRESS, STEAM ENGINE, CYBERSPACE: NEW MILLENNIUM OR PROGRESS AS USUAL?
Thomas Henderson, PhD, Computer Science
James O'Connell, PhD, Anthropology
William Johnston, PhD, Psychology
Stephen Downes, PhD, Philosophy
10:30-11:45 a.m. Concurrent panel sessions
THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE:
HAS TECHNOLOGY CHANGED THE NATURE OF CREATIVITY?
Katharine Coles, PhD, Creative Writing
Maureen O'Hara Ure, MFA, Fine Arts ( visual art)
Chris Johnson, PhD, Computer Science
Mario Capecchi, PhD, Human Genetics
NOW THAT MY PC IS ?SMART,? IS IT WRONG TO UNPLUG IT? WHO DECIDES WHO'S HUMAN?
Debora Threedy, JD, Law
Margaret Battin, PhD, Philosophy
Aden Ross, PhD, Creative Writing
Richard Koehn, PhD, Scientist/Entrepeneur
12:30-2:30 p.m.
ARE WE OUR MACHINES? OR, WHAT?S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT THING OUT THERE AND THIS THING IN HERE?
Live broadcast from 1-2 by Science Friday, Gould Auditorium; audience members should arrive by
12:30 for set-up.
On-site question/answer and discussion 2-2:30
Rodney Brooks, Anne Foerst, Richard Powers, moderated by Ira Flatow
3-5 p.m.
Science and technology demos*
7:30 p.m.
Keynote, Rodney Brooks, Gould Auditorium
Saturday
9:30-10:45
Keynote, Anne Foerst, Gould Auditorium
11-12:15 a.m.
ELAN VITAL OR JUST PHYSICS? HAVE THE STORIES WE TELL ABOUT OURSELVES CHANGED?
Roundtable discussion, Gould Auditorium
Rodney Brooks, Anne Foerst, Richard Powers, 2-3 others
2-4 p.m.
Screening, Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control, Architecture 127
*Shuttles will be provided for off-site demos.
SEATING WILL BE LIMITED, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SCIENCE FRIDAY BROADCAST. TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT, PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE OR CALL JOANN AT 581-7236.
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