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Collaborative Innovation for Higher Education | Multiplier Event at AMEU

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Collaborative Innovation for Higher Education
Multiplier Event at AMEU-ISH | LJUBLJANA


HYBRID LAB NETWORK the Future of Education

Do you want to discover what means Collaborative Innovation for Higher Education? Do you think that an analytical, experimental and creative process involving different people in designing, testing and prototyping when teaching/learning is shaping our way to improve education?

Next Tuesday, October 18, AMEU-ISH presents HYBRID (Hybrid Lab Network – https://hybrid.i3s.up.pt/) project’s outputs and practices, an approach to equipping the workers of the future with an interdisciplinary understanding that embraces creative thinking, innovative skills and collaboration necessary to consolidate experimental teaching/learning methodologies for the future.

HYBRID was an ERASMUS+ project that promoted innovation and creative practices for Higher Education (HE) institutions bridging areas of Art, Science, Technology/Engineering and Humanities. HYBRID was fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing and training. It aimed to promote reflection processes and real action over what a Higher Education for the future should be, tackled by the 4 Cultures – Arts, Sciences, Engineering/Technology, Humanities – and 3 Sectors – Academia, Research and Society.

We’ll have an international video presentation of consortium and project on Tuesday 18 October at 10:00 am. Online event registration allows you also to join offline.

Offline & Online
10:00 – 10:15 hrs: Welcome
10:15 – 10:45 hrs: Laura Belloff, Welcome, Introduction and presentation of the Hybrid Lab Network Project and its outputs (IO1 to IO4)
13:00 – 14:00 hrs: Bridging innovation in Education – Enhanced Competence through Active Participation

You can register for the online event here: https://almamater-si.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1I7G_wsFSb21loY6pQfErw

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Beyond spontaneous generation | Multiplier Event at Aalto

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Beyond spontaneous generation
Multiplier Event at Aalto

HYBRID LAB NETWORK the Future of Education
On the 7th of June at 17:00 Helsinki time, the Aalto multiplier event and Laser Talk “Beyond spontaneous generation” will take place, in collaboration with Aalto University, Leonardo/ISATS, and the Aalto Networking Platform.
The online presentations will start at 17:00 with a presentation of the Hybrid Lab Network results. 

You can find a time schedule, more information, and the registration link on the Aalto website:
https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/laser-talks-beyond-spontaneous-generation

In this Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) talk organized by Aalto University in collaboration with Hybrid Lab Network, the discussants address Beyond Spontaneous Generation.

The theory of spontaneous generation understood life as emerging spontaneously from nonliving matter. The idea of spontaneous generation has been re-interpreted throughout history until later scientific discoveries have proved this theory to be wrong.

What if the evolution chain, once pictured as a line, was instead a circle, now caught at the moment when reaching its point of origin? 

With the title Beyond Spontaneous Generation, this LASER Talk presents an investigation into the concepts of evolution and life through the lens of the relationship between bioart and science: biotechnology, biorobotics, explorations and speculations around possible futures.

Presenters: Ionat Zurr, Josh Bongard and Michael Levin, 07.06.2022 17:00 – 20:30 EET. Check your timezone! The event will be moderated by Laura Beloff, Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Artistic Practices at Aalto, and doctoral candidate Aurora Del Rio.

Presentations are followed by a discussion between the speakers, and the audience (present or online) can ask questions. We invite everyone who is interested to join, share projects, discuss issues, network, and collaborate together. LASER Talks are always free and open to the public. Please note that the event will be recorded.

Offline & Online*
17:15 – 17:30 Laura Belloff, Welcome, Introduction and presentation of the Hybrid Lab Network Project and its outputs (IO1 to IO4)
17:35  – 18:25 Ionat Zurr – Semi livings in Artificial Environments
18:30 – 19:20 Josh Bongard and Michael Levin – The Innate Creativity of AI, and of Life.

*times are in EEST

Only offline
19:30 – 20:30 reception

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Creative CRISPR – Multiplier Event Amsterdam

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Multiplier Event Waag | Amsterdam

Creative CRISPR

Do we need public bioengineering?

Do you want to create a biotechnology course in a non-formal learning setting? Do you think genetic modification can shape our future for better or for worse and more people need to be educated on these topics?

This Thursday, May 12, the Waag presents a Creative CRISPR Course: an educational toolkit for those who are interested in creating a creative biotechnology course themselves for people who want to learn about DIY labs, growing your own materials and genetic engineering but who do not know where to start because they have the biology or technology background. This open-source course creator could help you kickstart or improve your own biotechnology course for artists or enthusiasts in non-formal education.
The Creative CRISPR Course is an educational course for artists and the general public who are interested in genetic engineering and want to explore CRISPR-Cas9 technologies in a creative context. No prior knowledge about biology or experience in the lab is needed to participate. This pilot course was developed during Hybrid Lab Network activities, and it was tested with students, teachers, and people from different countries and backgrounds.

This course is the result of a two-year collaboration between universities and Life Sciences research labs across Europe on how to develop creative experiments using genetic engineering, including CRISPR-Cas9. The course aims to open up genetic engineering to artists, designers, and the public at large. We’ll have an international video call with the partners, that will be shared on this page on Thursday 12 May at 15:00 hrs. Offline event registration allows you to join offline.

The presentations will be streamed between 16:00 and 18:00 hrs. The exhibition and tours are exclusively offline.

Offline & Online
16:00 – 16:10 hrs: Welcome
16:10 – 16:45 hrs: Presentation of the Hybrid Lab Network Project and its outputs (IO1 to IO4)
16:45 – 17:15 hrs: Presentation BioHack Academy students
17:30 – 17:50 hrs: Introduction TextileLab & Fabricademy 

Only offline
18:00 – 20:00 hrs: Expo BioHack Academy students 
18:30 – 19:30 hrs: Guided tours in the TextileLab (tour 1 at 18:30 hrs, tour 2 at 19:00 hrs)

You can register for the online event here: https://waag.org/en/event/academy-show-2022