SCHEDULE - DAY 1
WEDNESDAY 8 JULY>> N.B. Session timings still subject to change. Scroll past schedule for full details of all sessions and speakers.
9:00
Reception: tea, coffee and networking
Served on Level 4 of the Benzie Building (Lobby and Terrace).
9:30
Welcome and introductions.
The Storytellers + Machines team welcome you to the Manchester Metropolitan University campus and run through the events of the day.
10:00
Keynote: Pinar Yoldas, award-winning US-Turkish artist and researcher
11:30
Panel 1: Zeitgeist
13:00
Lunch.
A light lunch with hot and cold drinks will be served.
14:00
Panel 2: Ecological Burnout.
15:30–16:30
Artists and work discussions.
A chance to see the artworks, installations and films shared by speakers and discuss the themes, ideas and aesthetics driving the work.
16:30–18:00
Book reading and Q&A: Listening In.
Prof. Toby Heys (SODA & AUDINT), David Jackson (SODA) and Marsha Courneya (Birkbeck, University of London) read from their recently published book Listening In: From Acoustic Surveillance to Artificial Intelligence. Chaired by Paul Rekret (University of Westminster).
Break
19:30–22:00
Evening performances at The Deaf Institute.
SCHEDULE - DAY 2
THURSDAY 9 JULY8:30
Reception: tea, coffee and networking.
Served on Level 4 of the Benzie Building (Lobby and Terrace).
9:15
Welcome back and introduction to Day 2.
Introduction to Day 2 activities; delegate AI findings so far.
9:45
Panel 3: Artistic Limits.
11:15
Panel 4: Community Rejection.
12:45
Lunch.
A light lunch with hot and cold drinks will be served.
13:30
Panel 5: Possible Futures (with n-Space, Somerset House).
15:00
Keynote: May Abdalla, BAFTA-award-winning director and co-founder of ANAGRAM.
16:30–16:50
Closing remarks, special mentions and thanks..