[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Bangalore Space and Culture Symposium, 29 Sept - 1 Oct, 2007

[Leonardo/ISAST]

To: Leonardo Network
From: Roger Malina
 
Bangalore Space and Culture Symposium
(co-sponsored by Leonardo as part of the Leonardo 40^th anniversary 
celebrations)
 
Date: 29 September - 1 October 2007
Location: National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore, India
 
The Symposium is co-organized by Leonardo Advisor Sundar Sarukkai 
(National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India), Geetha 
Narayanan (Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology), Roger Malina 
(Leonardo) and Rob La Frenais (The Catalyst)
 
Supported by the Indian Space Research Organization
 
Join us for the public program:
 
"Space Exploration and the Future of Humankind"
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2007, 6:30PM
JRD Auditorium, NIAS, Bangalore
 
Speakers:
 
- James Zimmerman (President, International *Astronautical Federation*)
- Karl Doetsch (Chairman, Athena Global, Canada; Former President of IAF 
and the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute)
- K. Kasturirangan (Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies;* 
*Former Chairman, ISRO); Madhavan Nair (Chairman, ISRO)
- Roger Malina (*CNRS; *Chairman, ISAST; Executive Editor, *Leonardo 
Publications*) 

Symposium Schedule:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007

- C. V. Vishveshwara: Cosmos and Culture
- Rob La Frenais: Unusual Payloads
- B. N. Suresh
- R. Ravindra: Polar habitat - Indian Perspectives
- Marko Peljhan
- Roger Malina: Asking what the Arts can do for the Sciences

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
 
- B. S. *Bhatia*
- *Sangeetha* Menon: Pace in Space: Theatrical, Gestural and Pictorial 
Space in Indian Art
- Geetha Narayanan
- Susan McKenna-Lawlor
- Jayachandran Palazhy: Cultural Bodies and Technological Space
- Sundar Sarukkai: The Aesthetics of Space
- Rajesh Kasturirangan: Inner Space and Outer Space
- Gabriel Harp: Evolutionary Design Ecology
- Anshuman Biswas
- Usman Haque

(Talks are for 20 minutes and there will be a half hour discussion after 
the three talks or 20 + 10 for each speaker in turn.)

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