futurelab-day

Humanity of the Future

Hideaki Ogawa (JP/AT), Guy Ben-Ary (AU), Kasia Chmielinski (US), Hiroshi Ishiguro (JP), Akane Kikuchi (JP), Martina Mara (AT), Sarah Newman (US), Nathan John Thompson (AU)

Observing the possibilities presented by life science, brain science, artificial intelligence, artificial life, and robotics, we can see the essence of our sense of life and hints of a new humanity. In this century and the next, what kind of technosphere will we live in?

Media of the Future

Nicolas Naveau (FR/AT), Rashin Fahandej (US/IR), Sarah Kriesche (AT), Oishi Nobuyuki (JP), Joanna Wright (GB), Takeshi Yamada (JP)

In this age of visual information inundated with text and images, what are new methods and media for thinking deeply about facts and issues rather than simply consuming and reacting to news? The "Media of the Future" session will focus on Artistic Journalism.

Work of the Future

Horst Hörtner (AT), Gianpaolo Barozzi (IT), Victoria Čaić (DE/AT), Mary Lizabeth Lu (PH), Marcus Neustetter (ZA/AT)

What could “work” on a planet B look like? What needs to be done to initiate a change in the desired direction? The session starts with an inspiration shower to spread the creative sparks of different perspectives.

Earth4All - A Survival Guide for Humanity

Friedrich Hinterberger (AT), Jayati Ghosh (IN), Astrid Rössler (AT), Maria Langsenlehner (AT)

In dem Bestreben, Systemwandel zu operationalisieren, hat das Earth4All-Projekt fünf Wege entwickelt, die die Menschheit vor einer ökologischen und sozialen Katastrophe bewahren.

Keynote by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (DE)

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker (DE) with opening words by Till Kellerhoff (DE)

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker wird über den neuen Bericht an Club of Rome sprechen: Ein Survival Guide, der die Menschheit vor der ökologischen und sozialen Katastrophe bewahren soll.

Morning Inspirations: Creative Resilience for a Planet B

Sigrid Bürstmayr (AT), Rashin Fahandej (US/IR), Adrian van Hooydonk (NL), Yuima Nakazato (JP), Jung Hsu (TW) & Natalia Rivera (CO), Marcus Neustetter (ZA), Tom Lamberty (DE)

In der Morning Inspirations Session diskutieren Mitglieder des Ars Electronica Futurelab, seine Partner*innen und die künstlerische Community gemeinsam mit dem Publikum über „Kreative Resilienz für einen Planet B“: Wie können Kreativität, Kunst und Technologie die Gesellschaft angesichts vieler Krisen unterstützen? Wie kann Resilienz von einer persönlichen Verantwortung in ein gesellschaftliches Phänomen verwandelt werden?

Ars Electronica Futurelab: Night Performances

To bring the Futurelab Day on Thursday to a fitting close, in the evening the Ars Electronica Futurelab invites everyone to join the Night Performances: Visitors can enjoy a wide range of experiences — from the lab’s latest work to fascinating art performances, including world-class piano and dance with stunning visuals in the unique setting of Deep Space 8K, a giant immersive environment developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab.

CoBot Studio - Research Insights into Human Robot Collaboration

Martina Mara (AT), Brigitte Krenn (AT), Roland Haring (AT), Peter Holzkorn (AT), Kathrin Meyer (DE)

How to communicate with robot colleagues, increase acceptance for them and create a safe work environment? With the "CoBot Studio" research program, the LIT Robopsychology Lab of the JKU Linz, the Ars Electronica Futurelab and five other partners have been working on these and more questions for years now.