[spectre] FWD: RECALLING RFID - two-day public program on RFID and things to come. (Amsterdam, 19-20 October)

[Eric Kluitenberg]

> From: richard de boer <risjaar at tiscali.nl>

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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

[ LIVE WEBCAST]
http://www.debalie.nl/live

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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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