{"id":5666,"date":"2014-07-07T15:54:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T13:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backup.am.abh.eu\/?p=5666"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T13:54:38","slug":"architecture-scale-digital-fabrication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backup.am.abh.eu\/?p=5666","title":{"rendered":"Architecture-Scale Digital Fabrication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fab City Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fab City Symposium will take place on the 7th of July at the Disseny Hub Barcelona. It is a one-day event focused on the principles, applications and implications of digital fabrication. With special focus on rethinking the role of technology, policy and society in the development of Self-Sufficiency strategies for productive cities.<\/p>\n

It consists of four sessions of keynotes and debates around:
\n – Advanced research on Digital Fabrication
\n – The role of industry and corporations in this moment of change
\n – The potential social impact of new technologies
\n – The governance of innovation and technology in future cities<\/p>\n

Xavier Trias, Mayor of the City of Barcelona will lead the closing ceremony with other mayors from major cities of the world in participation.<\/p>\n

The speaker list includes: <\/p>\n

Gituro Wainaina<\/strong>
\n Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat, Kenya<\/p>\n

Ellen MacArthur<\/strong>
\n Ellen MacArthur Foundation<\/p>\n

Aisa Kirabo Kacyira<\/strong>
\n Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for UN-Habitat<\/p>\n

Blair Evans <\/strong>
\n Director, Incite Focus. Practitioner and instructor in Digital Fabrication and Permaculture<\/p>\n

Thorsteinn I. Sigfusson<\/strong>
\n Director General of the Innovation Center Iceland<\/p>\n

William McDonough<\/strong> (Video)
\n Cradle to Cradle and Housing – McDonough Innovation<\/p>\n

Bruce Sterling<\/strong>
\n Science Fiction author, journalist, editor and critic<\/p>\n

Paul Eremenko<\/strong>
\n Director, Project Ara, Advanced Technology & Projects from Google<\/p>\n

Neil Gershenfeld<\/strong>
\n Director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms<\/p>\n

Xavier Trias<\/strong>
\n Mayor of Barcelona<\/p>\n

Massimo Banzi<\/strong>
\n Co-Founder of Arduino<\/p>\n

Jeremy Rifkin <\/strong>(Video)
\n Economic and social theorist, writer, political advisor and activist<\/p>\n

Vicente Guallart<\/strong>
\n Chief Architect of the City of Barcelona<\/p>\n

Xavier De Kestelier<\/strong>
\n Partner, Specialist Modelling Group at Foster + Partners<\/p>\n

Yizhi “Patrick” Cai<\/strong>
\n Founding Executive Director, Edinburgh Genome Foundry<\/p>\n

Achim Menges<\/strong>
\n Founding Director of the Institute for Computational Design, University of Stuttgart<\/p>\n

Hannah Jones<\/strong>
\n Chief Sustainability Officer & VP of the Innovation Accelerator at Nike<\/p>\n

Alastair Parvin<\/strong>
\n Co-founder WikiHouse. Architectural & strategic designer with 00 London. Author.<\/p>\n

Vincent Loubi\u00e8re<\/strong>
\n Innovation Manager at Airbus<\/p>\n

Bert Crenca<\/strong>
\n Visual Artist, Performance Artist, and Musician<\/p>\n

Nadeem Mazen<\/strong>
\n CEO nimblebot.com, co-founder dangerawesome.co, Cambridge City Councillor<\/p>\n

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