Our Place in the Urban Age: Ingenuity, Embracing the Creativity in Technology and the Technology in Creativity
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Location: Cleveland State University, Levin College of Urban Affairs, 171 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
RSVP: http://urban.csuohio.edu/forum
Ingenuity 2007, Cleveland's Festival of Arts and Technology Showcase will be held at Playhouse Square and Cleveland State University, July 19-22nd. This forum is your chance to get a preview of some of the technology that will be featured at Ingenuity. Join us at the forum and experience the synergy that's created when artists and innovators come together with researchers who are behind the technological advances that are fueling Northeast Ohio's new economy. Experience "new media" and learn from the experts about the groundbreaking research in liquid crystals, nanotechnology and sensor technology taking place in Northeast Ohio's universities.
Agenda:
4:00-4:10 pm Registration and Refreshments
4:10-4:20 pm Welcome and Introduction
4:20-4:50 pm
• James Levin, Executive Director, Ingenuity, “Embracing the Technology in Creativity.”
• Steve Dietz, director, ZeroOne, San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge (via technology) (Ingenuity’s New Media Curator)
4:50-5:30 pm Technology Panel
• John West, Ph.D., Kent State University and NorTech Fellow, (Ingenuity Polymers & Advanced Materials Coordinator)
• Alexis Abramson, Ph.D., Vice President, Technology Innovation, Nanotechnology and Commercialization, NorTech and Professor Case Western Reserve University, (Ingenuity Nanotechnology Coordinator)
• Frank Nichols, Ph.D., Executive Director, Wright Center for Sensor Systems Engineering, Cleveland State University
5:30-6:00 pm Audience Q & A
Join us and see what sparks your interest!
Free and open to the public. Reservations are requested at http://urban.csuohio.edu/forum or by calling 216.523.7330