These alchemists constitute a completely new, young generation of engineers, scientists and artists, and their extraordinary visions of the future possess the inspiring power to decisively advance the development of technologies that are already giving us a preview of how the world of tomorrow just might look. The Radical Atoms Symposia will take place in POSTCITY’s conference halls.

SYMPOSIUM I.I. – RADICAL ATOMS – FROM VISION TO PRACTICE

The first Panel of the theme symposium is the theoretical accompaniment and exploration of the Radical Atoms exhibition.

SYMPOSIUM I.II.: RADICAL ATOMS – IMPACT AND EXPECTATIONS

Taking work done by MIT’s Tangible Media Group and the Ars Electronica Futurelab as the point of departure, this part of the symposium will deal with how the evolution of Radical Atoms will be felt in various occupations, economic sectors and, by no means least of all, our everyday life.

SYMPOSIUM II: THE ALCHEMISTS OF OUR TIME

In the second panel of this year’s festival, there will be there will be talks spanning the historical development of alchemists techniques to current trends.

SYMPOSIUM III: ART AND SCIENCE AT WORK

The European Digital Art and Science Network aims to link up scientific aspects and ideas with approaches used in digital art.