Schedule

Times are listed in US Eastern Standard Time (EST). Speakers will present 10-minute case studies and are listed in the order they will present. 

Friday, 22 January 2021

Pre-conference (12–2pm)
  • Noon – 1.30pm: Drop in for a syllabus share/workshopping session.
  • 1:30 – 2.00pm:  Demonstration of conference platform Airmeet. Join us to get acclimated to the interface.

Host: De Angela L. Duff

Welcome (2–2.15pm)
  • Welcome

Hosts: De Angela L. Duff & Tega Brain

Creative Coding (2.15–3.45pm)
  • Paolo Pedercini (Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art) – Experimental Game Design – Remote Work / Remote Play
  • Melanie Hoff (School for Poetic Computation / NYU ITP) – Digital Love Languages: Sharing Sessions
  • Ted Davis (The Basel School of Design HGK FHNW, Visual Communication Institute) – P5LIVE COCODING
  • Golan Levin (Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art) – Interactivity and Computation for Creative Practice
  • Katherine Moriwaki & Xin Xin (The New School, Parsons Design and Technology) – Critical Computation Lecture + Lab
  • Discussion

Host: Tega Brain

Graduate Student Panel (4–5pm)
  • Roundtable Discussion
    • Dawn Sinkowski – New York University
    • Nicole Cabalquinto – New York University
    • Aike Akhigbe – New York University
    • Vladimir Kanic – OCAD University 
    • Gustav Bulzgis – OCAD University 
    • Simran Duggal – OCAD University 
    • Krishnokoli Roy Chakraborty – OCAD University 

Host:  Ashley Jane Lewis

Fostering Student and/or Colleague Engagement (5.15–6.45pm)
  • Nerd Nite International (Ashley Lewis, Tom Igoe, Steve Daniels, Simone Jones, Kate Hartman, Tess Sutherland & Emily Green) – Creating a Physical Computation Community Remotely
  • Jaycee Hermida Holmes (Spelman Innovation Lab, Spelman College) – Virtual safe-spaces: How HBCU students find community in each other amidst a virtual pandemic and an ongoing civil rights movement.
  • Lia Coleman (RISD) & Evan Chiles (ExcelMandarin) – How to Build Community DURING Class Time
  • Gary Goldsmith  (Facebook, Design Operations) – Owning your Virtual Presence through Improv
  • Emma Rae Bruml Norton (Independent) – Hand Coding Round Robin
  • Andrew Burrell (University of Technology Sydney, School of Design) – Chance & Choice
  • Discussion

Host: Reginé Gilbert 

Beyond Zoom: Getting weird with teaching online (7– 8.45pm)
  • Mindy Seu (Rutgers University / Yale University / Southland Institute) – more* (a workshop for Southland Institute)
  • Andrea Williams (VCU School of the Arts, Kinetic Imaging) – Anxiety and the Anthropocene: Taking Small Bites Through Multimedia Engagement
  • Craig Fahner (York University Glendon College, Communications Program) – Doing Platform Studies Online: Maybe We Should Just Make Our Own Platform
  • Nancy Mauro-Flude (RMIT University (Melbourne), College of Design and Social Context) – Writing the Feminist Internet
  • Jane Mi (Scripps College, Media Studies)- Introduction to Computational Media 
  • Ed Bear (Pioneer Works Tech Lab) – Chthonic Computing: Code for Your Roots
  • Discussion

Host: R. Luke DuBois

Social Hour (9–10pm)
  • 9.00 – 9.30pm Jackbox Games
  • 9.30 – 10.00pm One-on-one speed networking OR table discussions

Host: Reginé Gilbert 

Saturday, 23 January 2021

Pre-conference (9.30–10.45 am)
  • 9:30-10:30am Come early and hang out with fellow attendees at the virtual tables. Bring your own coffee, tea, and/or breakfast for some engaging conversations! Meet new people and make connections. 
  • 10:30-10.45am  Demonstration of conference platform Airmeet for attendees who are just joining us on Saturday. Join us to get acclimated to the interface.

Host: De Angela L. Duff

Welcome (10.45–11 am)
  • 10:45-11.00am  Welcome

Hosts: De Angela L. Duff & Tega Brain

Hosting Virtual Events (11am–12.30pm)
  • Kofi Oduro (Independent) – #PingPongsSession
  • Todd Anderson (RISD Film, Animation & Video) – Live Performance for Online Audiences
  • Melody Loveless (NYU Tandon, Integrated Digital Media / Hunter College / Harvestworks) – Teaching Live Coding Online
  • Jonas Johansson (Hyper Island) – Virtual World Safari
  • Hugh McCabe (Technological University Dublin, Creative Digital Media) – Using Twitch for a Creative Digital Media Graduate Show
  • Discussion

Host: Reginé Gilbert 

Physical Education (The Computing Edition) (12.45–2.15pm)
  • Kate Hartman & Nick Puckett (OCAD University, Digital Futures) – Creation & Computation
  • Jennifer Jacobs  (University of California Santa Barbara, Media Arts and Technology) – Computational Fabrication via At-Home Makerspaces
  • Taylor Levy (School for Poetic Computation) – Poetic Hardware
  • Allison Berkoy (CUNY’s New York City College of Technology, Emerging Media Technology (MTEC)) – From “Are You Prepared?” to “You are Prepared”: an R&D lab and a talking balloon move online
  • Carolin Clausnitzer (Technologiestiftung Berlin, Empowerment & Capacity Building) – IoT Field Kitchen
  • Discussion

Host: Kathleen McDermott 

Undergrad Student Panel (2.30–3.30pm)

Roundtable Discussion

  • Richard Singh – OCAD University 
  • Rick Kunst – OCAD University 
  • Miranda Shou – SFPC & Ryerson University 
  • Shiann Nias – Ryerson University 
  • Mariana De Queiroz – Ryerson University
  • Raavi Dhillon – Ryerson University
  • David Yang – New York University 
  • Vladimir Kanic – OCAD University

Host:  Ashley Jane Lewis

K-12 Virtual Engagement (3.45–6.00pm)
  • Tess Sutherland (Royal Ontario Museum Learning Department) – Analog Code: Teaching computational thinking outside of the screen
  • Julia Rich (Geffen Academy at UCLA’s iTrack program) – Art as Language: How Young People Translate Their Emotions
  • Lluvia Nisaye (INDIGital) – INDIGital:: Healing Through Technology
  • Lucas White & Beth Rosenberg (Tech Kids Unlimited (TKU)) – TKU Digital Agency: Choosing Collaborative Tools for Remote Work
  • Carey Flack (Independent) – Indigenous Design
  • Chris Collins (School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) / University of Illinois at Chicago) – Magic Masks / Filter Fun
  • Yidan Zeng (Eyebeam) – Digital Day Camp: Rituals of Care
  • Discussion

Host: Tega Brain

Closing (6–6.10 pm)
  • Closing