2020 ICAT Creativity + Innovation Day
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Monday, May 4, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements, STEM Events
Cost: Free

Description:
The Institute For Creativity, Arts, and Technology presents their 8th Annual ICAT Creativity and Innovation Day on Monday, May 4, 2020 in an online immersive experience from the comfort of your own home.

Explore the inventive work being created by Virginia Tech faculty and students. This year the event will include two webinars, virtual tours of spaces on campus that support creativity and innovation, and projects submitted by Virginia Tech faculty and students. Join discussions with some of the nation’s leading innovators from places like Microsoft Research, Nokia Bell Labs and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories during ICAT Creativity + Innovation Day.

The day includes two synchronous Zoom conversations with some of the nation’s leading innovators. The keynote speaker session begins at 1:00 pm and features Microsoft Research Principal Research Designer and self-described fusionist Asta Roseway, who will share her transdisciplinary journey as a co-founder of Microsoft’s artist-in-residence program.

A conversation with creativity and innovation thought leaders begins at 2:00 pm. Moderated by ICAT senior fellow Lisa McNair, the panel features Roseway, along with Patty Bartlett, retired associate provost, Smithsonian; Ben Congleton, Silicon Valley CEO, Olark; Scott Davidoff, human interfaces manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories; Andrew Kim, manager, Steelcase Workspace Futures Group; and Domhnaill Hernon, vice president, Innovation, Strategy, Creativity, Research and Development, Nokia Bell Labs. The panelists will share thoughts about ICAT Creativity + Innovation Day projects that intrigue them and discuss the intellectual, intuitive, economic, creative and ethical forces that are shaping the future.

Online visitors can experience “Benthos 360” and dive into the Clinch River with researchers as they document the conservation of Appalachia’s endangered freshwater mussels—one of the most imperiled animals on the planet.

“ICAT: Open (at the) Source” gives users the opportunity to explore a virtual world filled with innovative ICAT projects. Navigate the virtual gallery and interact with other users in an online environment created using Mozilla Hubs, an open source resource that can be accessed by a web browser. The exhibition features four projects.

To view all the events, visit: https://icat.vt.edu/events/2020/05/icat-c-i-day-2020.html.

All events and online activities are free.

For more information, visit: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/icat-creativityandinnovationday.html or https://icat.vt.edu/events/2020/05/icat-c-i-day-2020.html or https://www.facebook.com/icatatvt.

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