[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Leonardo Network Newsletter | September 1, 2009

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September 1, 2009

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NEWS

LEONARDO GOVERNING BOARD ELECTS NEW MEMBER:
MELINDA KLAYMAN
The Leonardo Governing Board elected Melinda Klayman to the board at  
its August 2009 meeting. Melinda is Program Manager for Sony U(x) 
nited, the User Experience team for Sony and Sony Ericsson, where she  
combines her background in art and art history with experience in  
mobile computing to influence the future of consumer technology. Find  
out more

EVENTS

NEXT LASER: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Attention Bay Area readers! Join us for the next Leonardo Art Science  
Evening Rendezvous (LASER), September 14, 2009 at the University of  
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for feature presentations by Rachel  
Beth Egenhoefer (USF) on "Knitting Code," Chris McKay (NASA/AMES) on  
"This Martian Life," Bonnie DeVarco (artist) on "Imago Mundi -  
Visioning Earth from MappaeMundi to Cyberspace," and Zann Gill on  
"What Daedalus told Darwin." Find out more

COMMUNITY

THE ARTS IN THE CONTEXT OF DARWINIAN THEORY TODAY
In the context of Darwinian Year (2009), this three-day colloquium  
organized by the Musique Informatique de Marseille in collaboration  
with IMERA, Leonardo/OLATS, Zinc and Aphabetville will re-examine  
cultural activity and the arts in the context of the Theory of  
Evolution as it is understood today. The symposium will be held in  
Marseille, France, October 22-24 2009. Find out more

(UN)INHABITABLE?: THE ART OF EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
Leonardo/Olats in collaboration with the @rt Outsiders Festival is  
pleased to host a discussion on "Habitability and Exteme  
Environments." The discussion will take place on the YASMIN  
discussion list from September 25 to October 15, 2009. Find out more

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the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) offers access to cutting  
edge researchers and their laboratories and a dedicated gallery for  
exhibitions. Here too the center hosts the Sci|Art NanoLab Summer  
Institute for high school students by introducing them to the vast  
possibilities in the quantum field of artscience for the present/ 
future generations. In cooperation with CNSI, the UCLA School of the  
Arts and the Department of Design | Media Arts, the Art | Sci Center  
supports visiting research scholars, and artists in residency from  
around the world. The center hosts lectures, mixers, and symposia to  
bring artists and scientists together in order to mesh these cultures  
and inspire individuals to think about art and science as already  
interrelated and relevant to our society. Leonardo/ISAST welcomes The  
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