[spectre] Recalling RFID :: Full program online (Amsterdam, 19-20 Oct)

[richard de boer]

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RECALLING RFID
two-day public program on RFID and things to come.

19 & 20 OCTOBER 2007
DE BALIE AMSTERDAM

[ FULL PROGRAM ONLINE ]
http://www.debalie.nl/recallingrfid
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recall
1 bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind, esp. so  
as to recount it to others; remember.
2 officially order (someone) to return to a place.


It's in travel documents, building passes, pet animals, clothing  
stores, libraries, public pools, theme parks and prisons... and yet  
only a few of us know what RFID is. RFID (radio frequency  
identification) uses radio waves to identify people, animals or  
objects carrying encoded microchips. For government and industry,  
RFID signifies economic innovation, while for the futurist it marks  
the next stage in digital connectivity. RFID's pervasiveness will  
only increase in the years to come, forcing shifts in perceptions of  
the public sphere and private domain.

Alongside the promise RFID brings, there are implications for  
security, individual privacy and beyond. If it was not already clear,  
RFID clues us in to the fact that in digital networks, there is no  
forgetting or memory loss. As such, RFID lends itself both to  
optimism and fear, forming a microcosm through which a collective,  
ambivalent relationship to technology is put on display. Recalling  
RFID centers around this 'invisible' technology with a public  
seminar, workshops and a smart opera. The program brings together  
distinctive conceptions of RFID and its uses, reconfiguring  
discourses as dialogue.

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friday 19 oct | 10.00-17.30
SEMINAR – RECALLING RFID
Presentations and debates on RFID and digital connectivity. Live  
webcast at http://www.debalie.nl/live

10.00 Welcome & introduction

10.15 Session 1. Self, Safety, Security.
# Moderator: Rob van Kranenburg (Waag Society)
# Speakers: Christian van 't Hof (Rathenau Institute), Melanie  
Rieback (VU University), Stephan Engberg (Priway/Copenhagen Business  
School)

12.00 Session II. Serious Play.
# Moderator: Eric Kluitenberg (De Balie)
# Speakers: Timo Arnall (Oslo School of Architecture & Design), Rafi  
Haladjian (Violet), Wouter Schilpzand (Rathenau Institute), Willem  
Velthoven (Mediamatic)
13.30 Lunch break

14.30 Session III. Two Sides of the Same Coin?
# Moderator: Jeroen van den Hoven (Delft University of Technology)
# Speakers: Katherine Albrecht (CASPIAN), Bart Schermer (RFID Platform)

16.15 Closing Session. Postscripts.
# Moderators: Richard de Boer (De Balie) & Rob van Kranenburg (Waag  
Society)
17.30 End

saturday 20 oct | 11.00-17.00
PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
On Saturday, two parallel participatory workshops are set up in De  
Balie. Concepts for Social RFID, hosted by Mediamatic, works on  
concrete proposals for relevant social RFID projects. Mapping Future  
Histories of RFID, by the Digital Methods Initiative, will capture  
RFID debates on the Web, making useful histories of the present. The  
workshops will kick off with an introduction by designer Timo Arnall.  
The workshops are held in English language. Please note the total  
number of participants to this workshop is limited to facilitate  
close interaction.

saturday 20 oct | 19.00, 20.30, 22.00
NABAZ'MOB – OPERA FOR 100 SMART RABBITS
A magic opera featuring one hundred Nabaztag smart rabbits in a  
musical and choreographic partition in three movements, composed by  
the French artists Antoine Schmitt and Jean-Jacques Birgé. A poetic  
metaphor for a future of pervasive digital connectivity.

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TICKETS

SEMINAR: € 20 incl. lunch (students € 10)
DMI WORKSHOP: € 20 incl. lunch (students € 10)
NABAZ'MOB OPERA: € 3,50

BUY OR RESERVE TICKETS ONLINE:
http://www.debalie.nl/recallingrfid
ticket office: + 31 (0)20 553 51 00

RECALLING RFID is a collaboration between De Balie, the Institute for  
Network Cultures and Rob van Kranenburg. This program is supported by  
the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Mondriaan Foundation.

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