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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:02:18 -0700
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email, and find below the list of our next events with the CORRECT
DATES & TIMES !
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Dear All,
Where can you meet an astronaut, a famous automaton maker, some of the
best known American science-fiction writers, specialists in autonomous
robotics and human augmentation, one of the pilots of the Mars robots
Spirit and Opportunity, and listen to them debating how fiction
inspires science ? At swissnex, in a series of 4 events from Sept. 29
to Oct. 2, 2004. Details below ...
DIRECTIONS
swissnex is at 730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 (between
Washington and Jackson Streets). There is nearby parking at 621
Sansome, 622 Washington, 800 Kearny, 170 Columbus, among others. For
directions :
http://www.swissnex.org/about_location.html#directions
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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2004, 6.30 - 10pm
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«From Fiction to Science : AUTOMATONS»
(Re)discover the Swiss automaton tradition, through the art and craft
of Francois Junod and his magician-automaton. Dave Grossman, Stanford
University, will present the history of these robots-ancestors in his
"Strangely Animated Machines".
The evening will begin with a short presentation of both the House of
Elsewhere in Yverdon, Switzerland, and the Science-Fiction Museum and
Hall of Fame in Seattle, WA, the first science-fiction museums in the
world.
A fascinating round-table discussion on "Art imitating Life imitating
Art" will be joined by Greg Bear, president of the board of the Seattle
Science Fiction Museum, Greg Benford, physics professor at UC Irvine
and science-fiction writer, and Terry Bisson, science-fiction writer.
FULL PROGRAM : http://www.swissnex.org/event-scifi.html
REGISTRATION
For this special event, please register asap as space fills up rapidly
(registration link will be removed once capacity is reached)
http://www.sciencelink.org/about/registration.htm?eventID=1
PARTNERS
This event is a collaborative venture of swissnex, the House of
Elsewhere in Yverdon (Switzerland) and the Science Fiction Museum in
Seattle (USA), with support of Presence Switzerland and Pro Helvetia.
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, 6.30 - 10pm
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«From Fiction to Science : AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS»
Why are insects-like robots inspiring fear and evil in science-fiction
novels and films ?
Dario Floreano, professor at EPFL (Switzerland) will demonstrate his
latest advancements in creating robots that use the same collaborative
behavior as flies and ants. Dave Korsmeyer of NASA Ames will talk about
exploration intelligence in the quest of autonomy in space. Rudy
Rucker, professor at SJSU, will address robot consciousness.
A fascinating round-table discussion on "Robots in science-fiction"
will be joined by Greg Bear, president of the board of the Seattle
Science Fiction Museum, Greg Benford, physics professor at UC Irvine
and science-fiction writer, and Terry Bisson, science-fiction writer.
FULL PROGRAM : http://www.swissnex.org/event-scifi.html
REGISTRATION
For this special event, please register asap as space fills up rapidly
(registration link will be removed once capacity is reached)
http://www.sciencelink.org/about/registration.htm?eventID=2
PARTNERS
This event is a collaborative venture of swissnex, the House of
Elsewhere in Yverdon (Switzerland) and the Science Fiction Museum in
Seattle (USA), with support of Presence Switzerland and Pro Helvetia.
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 1st, 2004, 6.30 - 10pm
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«From Fiction to Science : HUMAN AUGMENTATION»
Swiss Astronaut Claude Nicollier will present his experiences with the
robotic arm of the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.
Gregory Benford, physics professor at UC Irvine will then tell us more
about human augmentation, or man-machine interface on Earth. David
Brin, science-fiction author, will help us peer into tomorrow's world.
A fascinating round-table discussion on "Next steps in Human Evolution"
will be joined by Greg Bear, president of the board of the Seattle
Science Fiction Museum, Terry Bisson, science-fiction writer.
FULL PROGRAM : http://www.swissnex.org/event-scifi.html
REGISTRATION
For this special event, please register asap as space fills up rapidly
(registration link will be removed once capacity is reached)
http://www.sciencelink.org/about/registration.htm?eventID=5
PARTNERS
This event is a collaborative venture of swissnex, the House of
Elsewhere in Yverdon (Switzerland) and the Science Fiction Museum in
Seattle (USA), with support of Presence Switzerland and Pro Helvetia.
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 2nd, 2004, 2.15 - 5pm
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«From Fiction to Science : THE PLANET MARS»
Richard Kornfeld from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will share with
us his experience steering the rovers Spirit and Opportunity on Mars,
as well as the challenges and results of the mission. He will be
followed by science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson and his vision
of Martian life.
A fascinating round-table discussion on the dialogue between science
and fiction will be joined by Greg Bear, president of the board of the
Seattle Science Fiction Museum,, Greg Benford, physics professor at UC
Irvine and science-fiction writer, and Terry Bisson, science-fiction
writer.
FULL PROGRAM : http://www.swissnex.org/event-scifi.html
REGISTRATION
For this special event, please register asap as space fills up rapidly
(registration link will be removed once capacity is reached)
http://www.sciencelink.org/about/registration.htm?eventID=4
PARTNERS
This event is a collaborative venture of swissnex, the House of
Elsewhere in Yverdon (Switzerland) and the Science Fiction Museum in
Seattle (USA), with support of Presence Switzerland and Pro Helvetia.
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2004, 6.30 - 10.00pm
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Don't forget our event this coming Friday and take advantage of
networking with 45 executive MBA students from the University of Zurich
on their Silicon Valley study tour and of listening to a guest speech
given by Toni Schneider, Founder of Oddpost, a company acquired by
Yahoo!
PROGRAM
6.30pm
Doors open & networking
7.00pm
- welcome by Roland Quillet (Consul General of Switzerland), Birgit
Woetzl (swissnex) and Marco Demont (Managing Director, Executive MBA
University of Zurich)
- guest speech by Toni Schneider, Founder of Oddpost, a company
acquired by Yahoo!
Followed by :
Q&A, cocktail-dinner and networking
REGISTRATION
For this special event, please register as soon as possible
http://www.sciencelink.org/about/registration.htm?eventID=3
PARTNER
Executive MBA, University of Zurich
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