Dundalk
The 2nd GRADE conference will take place on June 12-13, 2024 and will be hosted by the Creative Arts Research Centre at Dundalk Institute of Technology (Dundalk, Ireland).
Programme
Wednesday, June 12
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-11:00 | Working Group 2 discussion: Grassroots User Privacy Practices for Creative Computing |
| 11:00-12:00 | Keynote: Steve Collins |
| 11:00-13:00 | Repair cafe (outside the DkIT Canteen) |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch break (DkIT Canteen) |
| 14:00-14:30 | Talk by Sean O’Baoill, South Down Repair Cafe |
| 14:30-15:00 | Working Group 1 workshop: Make a Space Invaders Clone with Pico-8 |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Working Group 1 panel: Atari in Europe |
- Street Art walking tour (18:00 onwards). Leaves from outside Dundalk tourist office, Town Square (beside Panama Coffee).
- Meal in town: McGeogh’s Bar and Restaurant.
Thursday, June 13
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-11:00 | Melanie Swalwell, Helen Stuckey, Cynde Moya “Born Digital Cultural Heritage: Histories and Futures” |
| 11:00-12:00 | The importance and challenges of cataloging digital cultural heritage (discussion panel) |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch break (DkIT Canteen) |
| 14:00-15:00 | Keynote: Winnie Soon |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Silicon Dawn CFP, GRADE News and Working Group Updates, Closing Remarks |
Keynote speakers
Steve Collins
Steve Collins a CTO, investor, entrepreneur, and academic. Steve founded the Trinity College ISG Lab (now the Graphics and Vision Discipline), dedicated to research into computer graphics, vision and animation and also created the MSc. program for Entertainment Technology at Trinity College. He works with startups as a mentor and investor, and has been a visiting professor at Goldsmiths and Trinity College Dublin. Most recently he was CTO of King (of Candy Crush fame) and led their technology strategy and shared technology organisation for 4 years. In 1998 he co-founded Havok, the leading real-time physics and animation solution provider to the game industry, acquired by Intel in 2007. His current work focuses on promoting innovation in AI and machine learning, virtual reality, and augmented reality.
Winnie Soon
Winnie Soon is a Hong Kong-born award-winning artist coder and researcher interested in the cultural implications of digital infrastructure and their power asymmetries, with a particular interest in computational publishing, code and software. Their artistic and scholarly works engages with themes such as Free and Open Source Culture, Coding Otherwise, artistic/technical manuals, digital censorship and minor technology. Currently, they are Associate Professor of Art and Technology at UCL – Slade School of Fine Art and visiting researcher in the Centre of the Study of the Networked Image (CSNI), London South Bank University. Winnie is the co-editor of the Software Studies Book Series (MIT Press) and Co-PI of the research project Digital Activism, among other things. More info: www.siusoon.net