Schedule - January 2026
| Sunday 4
(optional) | Monday 5
(SUSTech day) | Tuesday 6
(Factory day) | Wednesday 7
(Art x Tech day) | Thursday 8
(AIRS day) | Friday 9
(Factory market) | Saturday 10
(optional) | Sunday 11
(optional) |
|---|
| 9:00 | | | Bus trip from SSoD | Bus trip from SSoD | Bus trip from SSoD | Bus trip from SSoD | | |
| 10:00 | | Onboarding
(Ground floor of SUSTech Business School)
Registration + poster/demo setup | Manufacturing visit
Factories (with Seeed and co)
Introductions with PCB Assembly, injection molding, and FPC.
| Cultural visit
UABB @ HTIC: Guided tour by executive curator Zinn (HongKong-Shenzhen bienale) | AIRS visit
- SciArt co-lab + AIRSpace
- AIRS Robotics lab | Manufacturing visit
HuaQiangBei Electronic Market
The storefront of Shenzhen factories | Hackathon
Chaihuo Makerspace
Workshops registrations:
- Kicad
- TouchDesigner | Hackathon
Chaihuo Makerspace |
| 11:00 | |
| 12:00 | | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 13:00 | |
| 14:00 | | Keynote: Jun Rekimoto
(Sony + uTokyo)
Guest talks:
- Ken Nakagaki (uChicago)
- Pat Pataranutaporn (MIT) | Keynote:
Sang Leigh (Cornell)
Guest talks:
- Jiabao Li (Northeastern/Stanford)
- Sensend (IASI)
Talks + performances:
- Xiao Xiao (IFT / MIT)
- Sofy Yuditskaya (IFT)
- Char Stiles (MIT)
- Arbor (uWaterloo) | AIRS talks
10 MIT residents' talks
(coffee break)
Closing Keynote:
Marcelo Coelho (MIT) |
| 15:00 | |
| 16:00 | |
| 17:00 | Kickoff party
(at Chaihuo)
Hackathon intro:
- Eric Pan (Seeed CEO)
- brainstorming
- BBQ dinner! | Demos & Posters
(Drinks & Snacks) |
| 18:00 | Hackathon intro (optional)
- Workshop by Bergsonne Labs
- Dinner and brainstorming | Bus back to SSoD
...or self organized trip: | metro |
| 19:00 | Bus back to SSoD | Bus back to SSoD
...or self organized trip: | Cultural visit (optional)
Civic Center light show
(street food available there) | Cultural visit
Dinner at Nantou
(Urban village) |
| 20:00 | | | Cultural visit (optional)
Dinner in Dongmen / Wenheyou (cyberpunk town) | |
| 21:00 | | | | |
Program Summary
Sunday · Jan 4 (optional)
17:00 - 22:00 Kickoff party
(at
Chaihuo)
Hackathon intro:
- Eric Pan (Seeed CEO)
- brainstorming
- BBQ dinner!
Monday · Jan 5 (SUSTech day)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Keynote:
Jun Rekimoto (Sony + uTokyo)
Guest talks:
17:00 - 20:00 Demos & Posters (Drinks & Snacks)
Tuesday · Jan 6 (Factory day)
9:00 - 10:00 Bus trip from
SSoD
10:00 - 19:00 Manufacturing visit Factories (with Seeed and co)
Introductions with PCB Assembly, injection molding, and FPC.
19:00 - 20:00 Bus back to SSoD
Wednesday · Jan 7 (Art x Tech day)
9:00 - 10:00 Bus trip from
SSoD
10:00 - 12:00 Cultural visit UABB @
HTIC: Guided tour by executive curator Zinn (HongKong-Shenzhen bienale)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 19:00 Keynote:
Sang Leigh (Cornell)
Guest talks:
Talks + performances:
19:00 - 20:00 Bus back to SSoD
...or self organized trip:
20:00 - 22:00 Cultural visit (optional)
Dinner in Dongmen /
Wenheyou (cyberpunk town)
Thursday · Jan 8 (AIRS day)
9:00 - 10:00 Bus trip from
SSoD
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
18:00 - 20:00 Hackathon intro (optional)
Friday · Jan 9 (Factory market)
9:00 - 10:00 Bus trip from
SSoD
10:00 - 18:00 Manufacturing visit HuaQiangBei Electronic Market
The storefront of Shenzhen factories
18:00 - 19:00 Bus back to SSoD
...or self organized trip:
19:00 - 21:00 Cultural visit (optional)
Civic Center
light show (street food available there)
Saturday · Jan 10 (optional)
10:00 - 22:00 Hackathon
Chaihuo Makerspace
Workshops registrations:
Sunday · Jan 11 (optional)
10:00 - 18:00 Hackathon
Chaihuo Makerspace
18:00 - 19:00 metro
19:00 - 22:00 Cultural visit
Dinner at
Nantou (Urban village)
References
This symposium is a part of a 1-month open research residency (see 2025 occurence). This program was heavily inspired, and aims to continue the legacy of: