Full Program

Artists' Projection: Odd Fellows Temple, above Sullivan Goss Gallery

Outdoor video projection · Vesna, Xonorika, Ellis · Paterakis & Manoudaki and MAT graduate students · 11 E. Anapamu St

Check-In / Coffee Reception

Café / Lounge open

Opening Remarks

Michael Delgado, Executive Producer, Brandwell Arts

Artist Panel: "Living Systems"

Art, Intelligence and the Ecology of Interconnection · Moderator: James Glisson, Chief Curator, SBMA · Panelists: Nefeli Manoudaki, Minga Opazo, Debra Scacco

Lunch Break

Area Restaurants

Artist Panel 2: "World Building"

Myth, Technology, and the Future of Human Experience · Moderator: Lawrence Azerrad, Grammy Award winning designer, Creative Director LADesign · Panelists: Richelle Ellis, Victoria Vesna, Kira Xonorika

Shuttle to Music Academy of the West

Departs 410 State Street at 5:15pm sharp

Doors Open

Music Academy of the West, Hahn Hall

Musician Forum

Moderated by Dr. Daniel Gee, Santa Barbara Youth Symphony Director · Musicians: Beatie Wolfe, Money Mark, Gene Coleman

Concert

Beatie Wolfe will synch her film “LA Pipedream” live to picture with the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony. The film’s score was written by Wolfe and legendary musician-producer Brian Eno and arranged by Diarmed Flatley. Beastie Boy Money Mark plays with “dead composers” via his collection of antique player piano rolls, and “Neuro-Musician” Gene Coleman debuts a new composition with his ensemble, CONJURE: Adam Vidiksis (neuro electronics), Prof. of Composition and Director of Music Technology at Temple University; Thomas Kraines (cello), Director of Chamber Music at UPenn; and Francesco Bigoni (neuro electronics).

Check-In

Café / Lounge open

"Beyond Classical Reality"

Quantum Computing and a New Imagination · Moderator: Jonathan Schooler, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UCSB; Director, UCSB Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential; Director, Sage Center for the Study of the Mind · Panelists: Andrea Young, Lead Researcher, Quantum Electronics in Two-Dimensional Systems, UCSB Physics; Voldemars Johansons, Artistic Director, Festival of Immersive Sound, and Lecturer, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Riga

Lunch Break

Area Restaurants

"Organoids and the Quantum Orchestra"

Moderator: Marko Peljhan, Chair, UCSB Media Arts and Technology · Panelists: Kenneth S. Kosik, Harriman Professor of Neuroscience, UCSB Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Marcos Novak, Professor of Media Arts & Technology (MAT) and Professor of Art; Director, transLAB (MAT), UCSB

Shuttle to MAT, UCSB & the AlloSphere

Departs 410 State Street at 3:00pm sharp

MAT Open House & AlloSphere Performances

Performances on the half hour

Shuttle back to 410 State Street

Private VIP Reception

Artists, Speakers and VIP Ticket holders — casual dinner party

Check-In / Café / Lounge

Architects of Reality

Storytelling, Systems, and Human Connection in an AI World · Moderator: Nathan Lipps, Director of Operations, Unite to Light · Panelists: Patrick Hanlon, best-selling author, “AI and Primal Branding”; Rick Carter, two-time Oscar winner (Jurassic Park, Avatar); Kevin Davis, Director AGI/AI, Amazon

Closing Remarks

Michael Delgado, EP Brandwell Arts

“The Last Word” VIP Reception

Sponsored by Amazon · Brief comments from Kevin Davis and Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse · Pop-up lounge at 410 State Street