* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RECALLING RFID two-day public program on RFID and things to come. 19 & 20 OCTOBER 2007 DE BALIE AMSTERDAM [ FULL PROGRAM ONLINE ] http://www.debalie.nl/recallingrfid * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * recall 1 bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind, esp. so as to recount it to others; remember. 2 officially order (someone) to return to a place. It's in travel documents, building passes, pet animals, clothing stores, libraries, public pools, theme parks and prisons... and yet only a few of us know what RFID is. RFID (radio frequency identification) uses radio waves to identify people, animals or objects carrying encoded microchips. For government and industry, RFID signifies economic innovation, while for the futurist it marks the next stage in digital connectivity. RFID's pervasiveness will only increase in the years to come, forcing shifts in perceptions of the public sphere and private domain. Alongside the promise RFID brings, there are implications for security, individual privacy and beyond. If it was not already clear, RFID clues us in to the fact that in digital networks, there is no forgetting or memory loss. As such, RFID lends itself both to optimism and fear, forming a microcosm through which a collective, ambivalent relationship to technology is put on display. Recalling RFID centers around this 'invisible' technology with a public seminar, workshops and a smart opera. The program brings together distinctive conceptions of RFID and its uses, reconfiguring discourses as dialogue. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * friday 19 oct | 10.00-17.30 SEMINAR – RECALLING RFID Presentations and debates on RFID and digital connectivity. Live webcast at http://www.debalie.nl/live 10.00 Welcome & introduction 10.15 Session 1. Self, Safety, Security. # Moderator: Rob van Kranenburg (Waag Society) # Speakers: Christian van 't Hof (Rathenau Institute), Melanie Rieback (VU University), Stephan Engberg (Priway/Copenhagen Business School) 12.00 Session II. Serious Play. # Moderator: Eric Kluitenberg (De Balie) # Speakers: Timo Arnall (Oslo School of Architecture & Design), Rafi Haladjian (Violet), Wouter Schilpzand (Rathenau Institute), Willem Velthoven (Mediamatic) 13.30 Lunch break 14.30 Session III. Two Sides of the Same Coin? # Moderator: Jeroen van den Hoven (Delft University of Technology) # Speakers: Katherine Albrecht (CASPIAN), Bart Schermer (RFID Platform) 16.15 Closing Session. Postscripts. # Moderators: Richard de Boer (De Balie) & Rob van Kranenburg (Waag Society) 17.30 End saturday 20 oct | 11.00-17.00 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS On Saturday, two parallel participatory workshops are set up in De Balie. Concepts for Social RFID, hosted by Mediamatic, works on concrete proposals for relevant social RFID projects. Mapping Future Histories of RFID, by the Digital Methods Initiative, will capture RFID debates on the Web, making useful histories of the present. The workshops will kick off with an introduction by designer Timo Arnall. The workshops are held in English language. Please note the total number of participants to this workshop is limited to facilitate close interaction. saturday 20 oct | 19.00, 20.30, 22.00 NABAZ'MOB – OPERA FOR 100 SMART RABBITS A magic opera featuring one hundred Nabaztag smart rabbits in a musical and choreographic partition in three movements, composed by the French artists Antoine Schmitt and Jean-Jacques Birgé. A poetic metaphor for a future of pervasive digital connectivity. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TICKETS SEMINAR: € 20 incl. lunch (students € 10) DMI WORKSHOP: € 20 incl. lunch (students € 10) NABAZ'MOB OPERA: € 3,50 BUY OR RESERVE TICKETS ONLINE: http://www.debalie.nl/recallingrfid ticket office: + 31 (0)20 553 51 00 RECALLING RFID is a collaboration between De Balie, the Institute for Network Cultures and Rob van Kranenburg. This program is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Mondriaan Foundation. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * **************************************************** This is a message from the SURVEILLANCE listserv for research and teaching in surveillance studies. To unsubscribe, please send the following message to <[log in to unmask]>: UNSUBSCRIBE SURVEILLANCE For further help, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help ****************************************************