Schedule - January 2025

Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11 Sun 12
9:00 Registration
11th floor of SSoD
Bus at SSoD Bus at SSoD Bus at SSoD ---
9:30 bus at SSoD
10:00 SUSTech tour
- Fab space
- Other labs
InnoX incubator visit Manufacturing visit

Factories (With Seeed and co)

An introduction with PCB Assembly, injection molding, and FPC.
Cultural visit

Art Village (Dafen)

From Art factories to Creative Art studios
AIRS visit

- SciArt co-lab
- Robotics lab
Hackathon @ Chaihuo
(optional)
Hackathon @ Chaihuo
(optional)
11:00 Manufacturing visit

Electronic Market (HuaQiang Bei)

The storefront of Shenzhen factories
12:00 Lunch Lunch
13:00
14:00 Opening: Tom Kvan

Keynote: Pedro Lopes

Industry talk: Eric Pan
AIRS talks

- 10 MIT residents intros
- David Ramsay
- Pedro GC Oliveira
15:00
16:00 Demos & Posters

(Drinks & Snacks)
Bus metro
17:00 Art-Tech visit

- SeeD Project art space
- Dinner and discussion
Symposium conclusion
(+ break)
Cultural visit
(optional)

Nantou (Urban village)
18:00 Bus back to SSoD
(via Dongmen)
Hackathon start (optional)

- Intro workshop
- Dinner + brainstormings
19:00 Cultural visit
(optional)

Drinks/dinner at Dongmen

(food court + shopping + surprise)
Bus back to SSoD
20:00 Bus back to AIRS + SSoD Bus back to SSoD
21:00

Awards

Jury Choices:

🏆 Smart Making Space Award: "Little Brother"
Eli Silver, Thomas Juldo, Jason Hou, Louis Badr, Alex Cao, Panty Pan, Han Yun.

🏆 Best Critical Perspective: "Snow Ball"
Vineet Padia.

Popular Choices:

🏆 Best tech-art Take on Privacy: "FunonyMask"
Amitabh Shrivastava, Bob Zhang.

🏆 Reconfigurable Space Award: "D.O.M.I.N.O.S. Project"
Francisco Ramirez, Lin Kekun, Zhang Keliang, Norman, Fang Zihao, Gu Jiaqi.

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References

This symposium is a part of a 1-month open research residency (see 2024 occurence). This program was heavily inspired, and aims to continue the legacy of: