Symposium Program:

Tishman Auditorium Ground Floor         

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Coffee (basement Event Cafe) : 8:30 am to 9:15 am

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Opening Remarks and Introduction : 9:15 am to 9:30 am

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Panel 1: 9:30 am to 10:30 am

Subjective/Objective: Versions of Reality

360 surround cinema and news, entertainment and advertising

Moderator:

Vladan Nikolic (Associate Professor of Media Studies)

Panelists:

Justin Hendrix (Executive Director, NYC MediaLab)

Livio Sanchez (Cause & Affect Media)

Colleen Macklin (AMT Associate Professor of Media Design)

Sultan Barodawala (You Visit)

Kailu Guan (AR Fashion Artist/Designer)

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Panel 2 : 10:30 am to 11:30 pm

Beyond the Classroom: How do we teach VR?

VR/AR/MR in an arts and humanities design school and university

Moderator:

Jessica Irish (Assistant Professor of Design and Technology)

Panelists:

Anezka Sebek/Tammy Walters (AMT Collab: Making VR Pi)

Robert Yang (AMT Adjunct Faculty Building Worlds)

Kyle (Kan Yang) Li (AMT – Recursive Reality, Numerous Industry Collaborations)

Melanie Crean (AMT Assistant Professor of Media Design-Documentary and VR)

Greg Climer (Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design)

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Light Lunch: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

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Panel 3: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Exploration Narrative: Agency and VR experience

VR/AR/MR effects on experience in theater, advertising and games

Moderator:

Nicholas Fortugno (Adjunct Professor Game Design and CCO Playmatics)

Panelists:

Ethan Silverman (AMT – Theater and Technology)

John Sharp (AMT Associate Professor of Games and Learning)

Debra Anderson (AMT Adjunct Faculty Digital Dev: WebVR and Co-founder Datavized)

Lance Weiler Director (Columbia University, Digital Storytelling Lab)

Jake Lee-High (Future Colossal)

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Keynote Speaker : 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Jessica Brillhart, principal filmmaker Google VR, will be interviewed by Tim Marshall, our Provost.

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DEMOS

University Center Lower Level – Starr Foundation Room L105

12:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Virtual Reality Demos/theatrical experiences by faculty, alumni, and students of The New School as well as industry.

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