Workshop Agenda

Day 1

Friday, July 14, 2023

Before 4:00 p.m.

Travel to Boston

Optional talk @ 3 PM: Mersivity, WaterHCI, and the Freehicle

Presenter: Steve Mann, Professor, Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Location: Media Lab Room E15 - 341 (on the 3rd floor).

Workshop Begins at 4:00 p.m.

Location: MIT Media Lab 6th floor

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Welcome and Workshop Opening

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Pizza Dinner & Networking

Grab a slice and meet some new collaborators.

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

“Gallery Walk” of Inspirational Projects

A curated collection of inspirational projects and lab visits provide experiential opportunities to explore.

Friday sessions end at 7:30 p.m.

Optional tour of the Media Lab available starting at 7:30 p.m.

Day 2

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Breakfast available starting at 9:00 a.m.

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Hands-on workshop + Mentor: Speculative Climates with Marina Psaros

In this interactive session, Marina Psaros, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Arsht-Rock Resilience Center, will present a prompt inspired by her process of connecting climate science to relatable stories.

11:45 a.m. –

1:15 p.m.

Storytelling with Data Interactive Session

Buffet Lunch (1:15 - 2:15 p.m.)

2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Hands-on workshop + Mentor: Place-making with Lafayette Cruise

In this interactive session on placemaking and planning, Lafayette Cruise, MIT DUSP graduate and professor at Rhode Island School of Design, will present a prompt related to his process of surfacing stories, people and worldviews in a place. Participants will have time to consider these questions in relation to their own work, and will come back to the full cohort for brief share-outs.

Coffee & Tea Break (3:45 - 4:00 p.m.)

4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Lab it Up “Hivemind” Session

Select workshop participants share their works-in-progress and seek constructive feedback from workshop leaders, mentors, and participants. This interactive “hivemind” session concludes a full day with a high-energy, social experience.

Saturday sessions end at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and evening on your own.

Day 3

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Breakfast available starting at 9:00 a.m.

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Hands-on workshop + Mentor: Co-Creation with Kat Cizek

In this interactive session, Kat Cizek, Artistic Director of Co-Creation Studio, will present a worksheet/prompt related to partnerships in co-creation models. Then, participants will break out to consider the questions for their own work, and will come back to the full cohort for short report-backs.

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Closing Inspiration & Workshop Wrap-up

Workshop concludes at 1:00 p.m.

Box Lunch available and bus departs for Bates College at 1:30 p.m.

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