ArtTech Forum 2018

Thursday 11 October 2018 to Friday 12 October 2018

HEAD – Genève
Building H
Avenue de Châtelaine 7
1203 Genève 

Organised by the ArtTech Foundation in association with HEAD – Genève, Geneva School of Art and Design

How and why do technology businesses (start-ups and major groups) invest in cultural and heritage projects? Where do technological innovations lie in these fields?
These are the types of questions for which the ArtTech Forum was created. The event, organised in association with HEAD – Genève, Geneva School of Art and Design at the institute’s new Campus from 11 to 12 October 2018, will bring together an international community of researchers, engineers, scientists and representatives of the cultural and economic sectors at seminars and round-table discussions that will feature more than 40 participants. 

From the presentation of projects carried out by large museums, heritage sites and universities, to presentations that showcase the ever-closer links between culture and entertainment and the new relationships between the art market and technology, this yearly gathering will provide participants with a unique opportunity to create ties that will eventually help develop new projects. 

Launched during the first Forum in 2017, a start-up competition will welcome young entrepreneurs from the cultural and creative industry. A public vote will reward the best start-up with the ArtTech Prize, showcasing the innovation market in the field. This initiative also serves to illustrate new models of financing and investment in the cultural sector.


Contributions and round-table discussions will feature:
Azra Aksamija, teacher and Director of the MIT Heritage Lab
Markus Gross, Director of Disney Research and teacher at ETHZ
Aurélie Clemente-Ruiz,Directrice des Expositions à l’Institut du Monde arabe
Nicolas Callaway,  Founder and CEO of Callaway Arts & Entertainment, New-York
Christiane Luible, teacher and joint Head of the Fashion & Technology Department of the Kunstuniversität, Linz, teacher-researcher and Head of the Fashion Department at HEAD – Genève from 2008 to 2016
Aline Sylla-Walbaum, Director General for France at Christie’s
David-Alexandre Chanel, Founder and CEO at Théoriz Studios
Ralf  Baecker, artist, teacher of Experimental Design of New Technologies at the University of the Arts, Bremen
Nicolas Nova, anthropologist, teacher at HEAD – Genève
Yves Ubelmann, President and Cofounder of Iconem

List of all the speakers www.arttechfoundation.org
 

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