Inclusive Creativity Symposium at RENDR Festival

Future Screens NI, Ulster University, Studio Ulster and CoSTAR in association with the RENDR Festival are excited to present a concert and symposium in Studio Ulster focused on the interface of inclusive arts practice and technology, featuring musicians from Acoustronic, Elefantora and the Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble and a range of international speakers and artists.

10.00am-6.15pm 12 February in Studio Ulster VP3- Inclusive Creativity Symposium

This international symposium, to be launched by Oscar-winning actor, Dr James Martin OBE, will include invited presentations and performances which consider the engagement of creative arts practitioners with new technologies. Speakers will include Prof Lizbeth Goodman from SmartLab, Sophia Alexandersson from Share Music Sweden and Prof Andrew Kotting, a prize-winning artist and film maker.

Refreshments will be provided.

10:00am – 10:30am

Symposium introduced by Professor Frank Lyons, opened by Dr. James Martin OBE and provocation given by Professor Paul Moore.

10:30am – 11:00am

Professor Lizbeth Goodman, Founder/Director SMARTlab and the Inclusive Design Research Centre of Ireland at UCD

11:00am – 11:30am – Coffee Break

11:30am – 12:15pm

Acoustronic and Hard Rain Ensemble

12:15pm – 12:45pm

Shelley Cowan, Disability Entrepreneur

12:45pm – 1:30pm - Lunch

1:30pm – 2:00pm

Sophia Alexander, Share Music, Sweden

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Professor Franziska Schroeder, QUB, Performance Without Barriers and Drake Music NI

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Damian Mills, Performance without Barriers

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Conor Brennan, SmartLAB, and IADT

3:30pm – 4:00pm Coffee Break

4:00pm – 4:30pm

Teresa Kane, FSNI, Richard Campbell and Sandra Lyons, SURF

4:45pm – 6:15pm

Professor Andrew Kotting, Prize Winning Artist and Film Maker - Memory Blocks

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