91

News

Future events: Symposium - What Transdisciplinary Knowledge Looks Like

ABRA symposium - “What Transdisciplinary Knowledge Looks Like”

The “What Transdisciplinary Knowledge Looks Like” symposium showcases contemporary knowledge alchemists: designers, artists, and scientists who transcend disciplinary boundaries in order to discover and to test alternative projections of technologies and modes of thinking. Are they rogue agents of provocation, or pioneers of future professions?

ABRA (Artificial Biology, Robotics and Art) project in collaboration with MOME invites educators, students, researchers, designers, artists, and scientists to jointly envision a bridge between possibilities in transdisciplinary education and the professions of tomorrow.

Place: MOME auditorium, Budapest
Time: May 10, 15.30-19.00

15.30 registration and coffee

16.00 Welcome and about the ABRA project by Dr. Karina Vissonova, ADES (HU)

16.05 Welcome by Reka Matheidesz, CEO, MOME

16.10 Panel on challenging Higher Education for integrated sustainability with transdisciplinary solutions: Dr. Laura Beloff, Aalto (FI), Dr. Karina Vissonova, ADES (HU) Dr. Martin Hanczyc, Trento (IT), Dr. Anca Horváth, AAU (DK). Moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Jochum, AAU (DK)

16.45 Keynote: Dr. Agi Haines, speculative designer, (UK)

17.10 Lucas Maassen, designer (NL).

17.30 Dr. Ágnes Karolina Bakk, designer and researcher at Innovation Center MOME. VR and storytelling (HU).

17.45 Esteban de la Torre, New Media and Metamaterial artist, Innovation Center MOME (HU).

18.00 Networking lounge.
abra symposium
  • Updated:
  • Published:
Share
URL copied!

Read more news

Opiskelijanaisia jäätelöllä Korkeakoulunaukiolla. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Petri Anttila
Studies Published:

Summer digest for doctoral students

Suggestions and reminders for the summer months
A person walks past a colourful mural on a brick wall, illuminated by street lamps and electric lines overhead.
Cooperation, Research & Art, University Published:

New Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects

A total of 44 Aalto researchers received Academy Research Fellowship and Academy Project funding from the Research Council of Finland – congratulations to all!
Two flags at Aalto University: a pride flag and a yellow flag. A modern building and green trees are in the background.
Press releases Published:

LGBTQ-Friendly Firms More Innovative

Firms with progressive LGBTQ policies produce more patents, have more patent citations, and have higher innovation quality as measured by patent originality, generality, and internationality.
Person in front of a laptop.
Cooperation, Studies, University Published:

FITech Network University's new project increases the network’s capabilities in continuous learning

FITech's new FITech FORWARD project aims to develop the member universities’ ability to create offerings of continuous learning and micro-credentials to meet the current skill needs in the field of technology. Besides Aalto University, also Tampere University, University of Oulu, and University of Vaasa are involved in the project.