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Refiguring the Future, A NetGain Event

May 3, 2018 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Please join a unique public program hosted by the NetGain Partnership that will explore the role of artists in critically examining the social impacts of artificial intelligence and related technologies, and highlight how the arts can help us refigure the future. It will publically launch REFRESH, a new initiative that supports the work of women and women-identified artists, especially women of color, LGBTQ+ artists, and artists with disabilities, with the aim of fostering creation of more diverse work in the field of art, science, and technology.

 

Thursday, May 3, 2018
4:00 p.m. Doors open
4:30 p.m. Program begins
6:30 p.m. Reception

 

 

Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago
Confirmed presenters and performers include:

A panel discussion will feature leaders from the NetGain Partnership including:

Alondra Nelson, President, Social Science Research Council, and Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, will moderate the panel.

The NetGain Partnership is a collaboration involving the Ford Foundation, Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Open Society Foundations and, this year, the Omidyar Network, that seeks to strengthen digital society and advance the public interest.


Seating is limited and reservations are required. To attend, please RSVP no later than April 30. Feel free to share this invitation with others who might be interested in attending this event.

Venue

Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago , IL 60611 United States
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