CHAIRS: J.D. Talasek and Alana Quinn

Thinking Outside the Box

PROGRAM

6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Check In

6:30 to 6:50 p.m. Welcoming remarks and community share. Anyone in the audience working at the intersection of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present work as a teaser so that those who are interested can seek you out during social time following the event.

6:50 to 7:50 p.m. Panelists presentations (12 minutes each)

Hassan Aleem, Doctoral Candidate, Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Michelle McAuliffe, Professor, Art & Media Design, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

John Ruppert, Professor, Department of Art, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

James Sham, Assistant Professor, Innovation Arts; Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Fine Arts and Art History, The George Washington University/The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C.

7:50 to 8:30 p.m. Discussion

8:30 to 9:00 p.m. Reception

SPONSORS:

D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER)  is co-sponsored by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) and Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology. DASER fosters community and discussion around the intersection of art and science. The thoughts and opinions expressed in the DASER events are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the National Academy of Sciences or of Leonardo.

More about LASER Talks:

LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) Talks is Leonardo's international program of evening gatherings that bring artists and scientists together for informal presentations and conversations. LASER Talks were founded in 2008 by Bay Area LASER Chair Piero Scaruffi and are in over 30 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. 

The mission of the LASERs is to provide the general public with a snapshot of the cultural environment of a region and to foster interdisciplinary networking.