CoLab is proud to present ‘Creating Technologies’ – a one day conference exploring empowerment and engagement through technology.
Tim from MindKits (that's me) will be there. We all hope to see you there and it's going to be an awesome day with so many fantastic speakers so make sure you come up and tap us/me on the shoulder and introduce yourself (if you can find me in the crowd).
Tim
MindKits Chief Ninja
Our keynote speaker is Dr Leah Buechley director of the High-Low Tech research group at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab. The High-Low Tech group explores the integration of technology from cultural, material, and practical perspectives, with the goal of engaging diverse groups of people in developing their own technologies. Leah is a well-known expert in the field of electronic textiles (e-textiles) and she developed a method for creating cloth printed circuit boards (fabric PCBs) and designing the commercially available LilyPad Arduino toolkit. Her research has been featured in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Popular Science, CRAFT Magazine and academic publications.
The conference program also include some of New Zealand’s top industry experts, creative artists, technologists and foremost thinkers. They will explore issues and themes of technology and empowerment, including the democratization of technology, new models for participation, creativity and business, technology and gender and e-textiles.
Please see the attached speaker bios and the CoLab conference info flyer
