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Science Fiction and the Future of Detection and Imaging
Description
The purpose of this Workshop is to engage participants in 3-4 projects related to detection and imaging and to communicating them to laymen, in an unashamedly futuristic and speculative setting.
The challenge: How to say it better than Patrick Fitzgerald*, to what a world will sensing and imaging take us?
The participants are invited to:
- extrapolate from the presented projects to imagine potential futures in which the science and technology has had significant impact
- come up with narratives that can clearly communicate the significance of the work being done at CERN and ATTRACT.
We invite SF-writers, philosophers, futurists, designers, anthropologists, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, historians, engineers and (selected) physicists to attend. Limited seats available. Unfortunately, we cannot pay for travel and stay, but lunches, dinner and a visit to the Secrets of the Universe (CMS) will be offered, provided the COVID situation allows on-site visits.
A splendid time is guaranteed for all.
*Hint: please read the attached outline material for reference and watch these teasers (1,2) ...
Directions on how to get to CERN you can find here: https://home.cern/directions
Hotels: we suggest either our hostel, or NH Hotels in nearby Meyrin.
When on CERN site, you can find the meeting venue Ideasquare with this Google-map: https://goo.gl/WNSa6P
For registering your laptop/mobile phone for wifi access at CERN, please fill in a request here: http://cern.ch/registerVisitorComputer - and use Catarina Batista as the CERN contact person (on the last page of the request form).
Catarina Batista
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Science Fiction and the Future of Detection and Imaging
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