10:30 - 10:50 Golan Levin, Zachary Lieberman
10:50 - 11:10 Sebastion Oschatz
11:10 - 11:30 Alex Galloway
11:30 - 11:50 Ben Fry
11:50 - 12:10 Break
12:10 - 12:30 James McCartney
12:30 - 12:50 Lia
12:50 - 13:10 Christa Sommerer, Laurent Mignonneau
13:10 - 13:30 Panel and discussion

Benjamin Fry (USA) is a doctoral candidate at the M IT Media Laboratory. His research focuses on methods of visualizing large amounts of data from dynamic information sources. At M IT, he is a member of the Aesthetics and Computation Group, led by John Maeda. Ben received an undergraduate degree from the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, with a major in Graphic Design and a minor in Computer Science.

Alexander R. Galloway (USA) is an artist and computer programmer. He lectures frequently on issues of electronic art ans technological culture. Alex's first book, *PROTOCOL, or, How Control Exists After Decentralization*, will be published in 2003 by The MIT Press.

Zachary Lieberman (USA). Artist-engineer. Concerned with themes of kinetic and gestural performance, interactive imaging and sound synthesis. Graduated with a BA in Printmaking from Hunter College, New York in 2000; received an MFA degree in Design and Technology at Parsons School Of Design, NY in 2002. Since 2001, adjunct faculty in the Design and Technology department at Parsons. In 2002, Siemens Artist-in-Residence at the Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria; in 2003, Artist-in-Residence at the Summer Workshop In Performance Telematics (SWIPT-2), Arizona State University.

James McCartney (USA), composer and author of the OO synthesis language SuperCollider.

Laurent Mignonneau (F) is an internationally renowned media artist working in the field of interactive computer installation. Together with Christa Sommerer (A) he currently works as researcher and artistic directors at the ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Lab in Kyoto, Japan and as Associate Professors at the IAMAS International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences in Gifu, Japan. They also hold a position of Visiting Research Fellows at MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies in Boston USA.

Sebastian Oschatz (D). Teacher for interaction design and new media; record releases and video works with group Oval; development of the real time video synthesis toolkit vvvv at meso.

Casey Reas (USA) is an associate professor at the newly established Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in northern Italy. With Ben Fry of the MIT Media Lab, he is currently developing "Processing", a platform for learning fundamentals of computer programming within the context of the media arts. Reas' work explores kinetic systems through diverse digital media including software art, prints, animation, installations, and responsive sculpture.

Christa Sommerer (A) is together with Laurent Mignonneau (F) internationally renowned media artist working in the field of interactive computer installation. They currently work as researcher and artistic directors at the ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Lab in Kyoto, Japan and as Associate Professors at the IAMAS International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences in Gifu, Japan. They also hold a position of Visiting Research Fellows at MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies in Boston USA.

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