Linz

Arena

Ugo Dehaes (BE)

In the installation Arena the audience is invited to interact with 8 robots and to help them become better dancers.

Symposium Universitas: Day 2

Sarah de Rijcke (NL), Dominic Orr (DE), Martin Ebner (AT), Martina Mara (AT), J. Philipp Schmidt (DE), Christopher Lindinger (AT), Kerstin Pell (AT)

Keynotes by Sarah de Rijcke: Research Metrics & Transdisciplinary research: an unhappy marriage? and J. Philipp Schmidt (online): Academic credentials, opportunity, and equity

Symposium Universitas: Day 1

Ulf-Daniel Ehlers (DE), Markus F. Peschl (AT), Manuela Naveau (AT), Daniel J. Lang (DE), Christopher Lindinger (AT), Kerstin Pell (AT), Patricia Stark (AT)

Keynote (Ulf-Daniel Ehlers): Rethinking universities. Potentials and scenarios for higher education in the future

Symposium Universitas

Johannes Kepler University Linz (AT)

How can young people get a head-start to prepare for the world of tomorrow and upcoming challenges? This symposium will explore digital technologies and their impact on society, especially regarding university teaching and research. The various topics in the program will spark discussion; topics include current positions and insight in regard to future skills, transdisciplinary collaboration in science and academia, innovative educational methods, micro-credentials, and alternative metrics to measure scientific output.

Music from the IMA Archive

ausgewählt von Elisabeth Schimana

Let's start with the Argentine-born composer Beatriz Ferreyra, a pioneer of electroacoustic music and former member of the GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales) around Pierre Schaeffer.

Education Conference: „Am Puls“- Science Talk

Elisabeth Rosemann (AT), Fares Kayali (AT), Gernot Hörmann (AT)

At the Ars Electronica Festival's "Am Puls" Science Talk, educational researcher Fares Kayali and software developer and "Edutech" expert Elisabeth Rosemann (CoderDojo Linz) will take a look at the digital education of tomorrow. Moderated by Gernot Hörmann, they will discuss the consequences of technology and learning moving ever closer together.

Branch Magazine Symposium: Closing Plenary with Q&A

Michelle Thorne (DE/US), Chris Adams (DE/UK), Christine Lariviere (CA), Andres Colmenares (CO/ES), Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino (UK), Renata Ávila Pinto (GT)

What practices are emerging, and what will we take with us from today? How might the internet serve our collective liberation and ecological sustainability? What is the most elegant next step?

Branch Magazine Symposium: Climate Change Education and the Internet

Chair: Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino (UK) Low Carbon Design Institute, Panelists: David Jennings (UK) XR Academy, Anshuman Bapna (IN) Terra.do, Emma Richards (UK) The Carbon Literacy Project

This panel discussion will explore the impact of the internet on education models for climate change. From open resources, to online training and social-media powered snackable information, the internet has completely changed what universal and effective education models look like, or has it?

Branch Magazine Symposium: Intercitizenships and the Internet(s) of Solidarity and Care

Speakers: Eliza Anyangwe (CM/UK) Storyteller and editor. Founder of The Nzinga Effect, Felipe Castelblanco (CO/US) Multidisciplinary artist, researcher and initiator of The Para-site School, Pia Mancini (IT) co-founder & CEO at Open Collective, Host: Andres Colmenares, Co-director, IAM & The Billion Seconds Institute (CO/ES)

In this panel we will discuss how words can help us shape better worlds and become thinking tools to address the ongoing crisis of imagination by cultivating a shared sense of identity and belonging to Planet Earth. We’ll explore this idea through a set of hypothetical questions around the concept of intercitizenships.

Branch Magazine Symposium: Solarpunk and Other Worlds

Host: Christine Lariviere (CA) Climate Communications; Speakers: Luiza Prado (BR), artist, writer, and researcher, Sarah Friend (CA) artist and software developer, Jay Springett (UK) strategist and writer

What kind of stories should we be telling in the context of a climate-changed world, and what role does technology and the internet play in this narrative?