DASER on Empathy, May 19 in DC, Webcast Available

Join Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences at the D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER), a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region. This month, DASER explores the topic of Empathy. The event is on Thursday, May 19 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and a reception follows from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Koshland Science Museum. The event is open to the public and reservations are required. Reserve your seat today! https://may2016daser.eventbrite.com

Presentations:

The ExCITe Center: Youngmoo E. Kim, Director, Expressive & Creative Interaction Technologies Center; Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Three Episodes in Science: Liz Lerman, Choreographer, Writer, Professor at the Herberger Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Empathy & Care: The Stuff of Politics and the Politics of Stuff: Xin Wei Sha, Professor and Director, School of Arts, Media, and Engineering; and Director, Synthesis Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Feeling Outside Yourself: Mark Winston, Professor and Senior Fellow, Center for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Facilitator:

JD Talasek, Director, Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

For those unable to attend, DASER will be webcast beginning at 5:30 p.m. Access the webcast: https://livestream.com/accounts/7036396/events/4518927.  DASER will also be videotaped and the videos will be available on the CPNAS YouTube channel in early June: https://www.youtube.com/user/CPNAS. Join the Twitter conversation with #DASER.


DASER is co-sponsored by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences<http://www.cpnas.org/?mc_cid=baf71f070e&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d> and Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology<http://www.leonardo.info/isast/laser.html?mc_cid=baf71f070e&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d>. Generous support for this DASER comes from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative<http://www.keckfutures.org/?mc_cid=baf71f070e&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d>.


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