Check out our latest program updates via link in bio.
In short at this moment:
### Keynotes and talks:
- Ling Tan & Usman Haque (HaqueTan)
- Matt Jones (Miro)
- Simone Mora (MIT)
*more to be announced*
### Workshops/sessions:
- Someone is at your front door - Roos Groothuizen (Artist/desginer)
- Invisible Debris: Workshop Explore physical manifestations of our digital waste - Martijn van Loon (Studio Frontier)
- Mud to Models: Regenerative Futures for Community AI - Fieke Jansen (UvA), Sunjoo Lee (artist), Kars Alfrink (TU Delft)
- Making AI chair; “benchmarking” different AI models - following instructions of James Bridle
- Politics of Design - Sen Lin
- Arcane Design: Designing Down-to-Earth artefacts through/with/for magic - Maja Riemann, Jeff Love, Iohanna Nicenboim (TU Delft)
- Sousveillance - civic surveillance of surveillance cameras - Tom van Arman (Tapp), Mike de Kreek, Tessa Steenkamp (HvA)
- Anticipatory Design: Bringing the power of foresight into everyday practice - Susan LK Gorbet, Matt Gorbet (Gorbet Design)
- Exploring low-cost environmental sensing with the Octopus platform - Simone Mora, Ase Hatveit (MIT)
- Prototyping intelligence - Harm van Vugt (HvA)
*More to be announced*
### Exhibition
Work from students of TU Delft Interactive Environments Minor, HvA Master Digital Design, HvA Amfi Fashion Technology, MADE students AMS, FlexCitizens, Mud Batteries, MIT Biodiversity sensing project, AI Chairs by James Bridle, more to be announced.
The new State of Responsible Tech report (RIOT) will be launched on 6 June 2025 in Rotterdam.
Find 5 more of the articles in this post.
Join us for the launch during the Salon or join us for the unconference!
Register via the links in bio.
The new State of Responsible Tech report (RIOT) will be launched on 6 June 2025 in Rotterdam.
Find 5 more of the articles in this post.
Join us for a dedicated unconference, or be present at the launch during the Salon!
Register via link in bio.
The State of Responsible Tech report (RIOT 2025) will be launched 6 June in Rotterdam.
Check 5 of the 15 articles here.
Register for the unconference and/or Salon via link in bio.
Join us for another edition of the exhibition Generative Things on 14 & 15 April.
On Monday afternoon 14 April, we will combine the exhibition with a Salon to discuss the provotypes interacting with the city and citizens.
And on Tuesday, 15 April, we have a full day speculative design workshop to create a future zine with generative things.
We are guests at Master Digital Design of @hogeschoolvanamsterdam . More details on program and location via website (link in bio).
We are happy to be part of ‘De Nieuwe Kaart van Amsterdam’ of the @amsterdam750 program.
Check out our Friday morning sessions (11-13u).
– Proactive civic relationships with urban tech in public spaces (Mike de Kreek, Tessa Steenkamp)
– Reboot & Reimagine
(Geke van Dijk, Katy Barnard, Bas Raijmakers)
– Uncover the (Gen)AI Blindspots of Generative Things
(Jonne van Belle)
– AI Dreams & Disruptions
(Sen Lin)
– Bugs as features: insect detection on the edge
(Titus Venverloo, Åse Håtveit, Giacomo Orsi, Orlando Closs)
– Enaction human-robot encounters
(Nazli Cila, Marco Rozendaal)
– Human agency, autonomy and safety in immersive experiences
(Manon den Dunnen, Vera van der Burg, Rosa Louwerse, Esther Hammelburg, Monique van Dusseldorp)
And the panel 14:45-15:30:
Rethink Design: A vocabulary for designing with AI – book launch and panel
(Roy Bendor, Dave Murray-Rust, Kars Alfrink, Dasha Simons)
In a week time the 10 year edition of ThingsCon will kick off!
TH/NGS 2024 - Generative Things
This are the workshops and sessions for Thursday.
Celebrate with us and see you there!
