The Ligo Project (New York, NY)
Science (as) Culture: The 1000 year view & how to get there
Date: May 18, 2016
Time: 7:00pm–9:00pm
Location: Pratt Institute, Center for Career & Professional Development. 200 Willoughby Ave, East Hall 1 (across from the Engine Room), Brooklyn, NY.
Scientists make discoveries, engineers design new technologies, artists create multimedia installations contemplating how the world works, corporations develop and distribute new products, policymakers, researchers, creatives, and grassroots activists alike attempt to create positive impacts, while others instead either choose to remain a passive observer or feel their voice goes unheard. Ideally, all of these actors could work together at all stages of scientific and technological development to ensure the best outcomes for society as a whole. However, integrating these often disparate and sometimes competing fields—labs, creative spaces, corporations, universities, funding organizations, movements, governing bodies, and communities—is challenging. Ligo Project is working to dissolve those boundaries and to tackle this challenge with creativity.
Join us at the table for part 1 of an intimate yet challenging 3-part multidisciplinary exchange of ideas that gives everyone the opportunity to be heard and aims to change how we as a society think about, learn about, and talk about art, science and technology.
With Special Guests:
Harvey Seifter, Founder & Director, Art of Science Learning, and Principal Investigator of its two National Science Foundation grants
Pamela Smith, Seth Low Professor of History, Director of the Center for Science and Society, Columbia University
Matthew Stanley, Associate Professor History & Philosophy of Science, NYU Gallatin
Mary Suk, a contributive force in the New York art community through her work as a choreographer, arts educator, and modern dancer
David Thompson, co-founder, Connect with STEM; previously Director of Organizational Engagement in the pharmaceutical industry (Boehringer Ingelheim)
This event is free and open to the public. However, space is limited and REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Click HERE to register.