LASER Talks | LAST Festival
Life/Art/Science/Technology (LAST)
The L.A.S.T. festival, organized by the nonprofit Thymos Foundation and originally conceived by Piero Scaruffi, is a weekend-long interdisciplinary event structured around four programs:
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Interactive multimedia art installations (the Art Expo)
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Inspirational talks by luminaries on cutting-edge technology and science ("Engineering the Future" Symposium)
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A mini-symposium on how digital media impact life, mind, society ("Homo Digitalis" Symposium)
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Live performances
The 3rd and most recent festival took place on October 16-18, 2015, at Stanford University.
Mars
Dr. Chris McKay, planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center
Synthetic Biology
Drew Endy, Ph.D., synthetic biologist, Prof. of Bioengineering, Stanford University
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Peter Norvig, Ph.D., Director of Research, Google
Global Challenges, Nanoscale Solutions
Jennifer Dionne, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Understanding the Neural Basis of Visual Perception
Bruno Olshausen, Ph.D., Professor, Helen WIlls Institute and School of Optometry, UC Berkeley; Director, Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience
"Engineering the Future" videos:
From Counterculture to Digital Society
Piero Scaruffi, Cultural Historian)
John Law, organizer of the first Burning Man in Nevada
Kal Spelletich, Seemen Founder
Daniel Kottke, Apple before it was called Apple
The Digital Mystique: How the Culture of Connectivity Can Empower Your Life - Online and Off
Sarah Granger,Digital Media Innovator, Author, Speaker
Bitcoin and the Age of Cybercurrencies: the Crypto Enlightenment
Melanie Swan, Founder, Institute for Blockchain Studies