Monday 17th February

20.00 | KEYNOTE SPEECH - SARA DIAMOND
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Cornfield and Flatford rooms

Keynote speech by visionary artist Sarah Diamond (Artistic Director, Media Visual Arts, The Banff Centre, Canada) on her concepts for the future merging of biology and technology.

Registered InterChange Participants Only

09.00-11.00 | PROCESS DEMOS/LECTURE INPUTS by Future Physical Commissioned Artists and Mentors

Sarah Diamond - Code Zebra
Nina Czegledy
Daniel Glaser
Debbi Lander & Ghislaine Boddington - Future Physical
Jane Prophet & Mark D'inverno - Cell
Catherine Watling (& Brian McClave) - Temporal Manifestation

Registered InterChange Participants Only

11.30-13.00 | PROCESS DEMOS/LECTURE INPUTS Continue
Cornfield and Flatford Rooms

14.00 - 16.00 | WORKING GROUPS
Cornfield and Flatford rooms

Registered InterChange Participants Only

16.00 - 17.30 | WORKING GROUPS Continue
Cornfield and Flatford rooms

09.00-11.00 | WORKING GROUPS
Cornfield, Flatford and Haywain Rooms

Registered InterChange Participants Only

11.30-13.00 | WORKING GROUPS Continue
Cornfield, Flatford and Haywain Rooms

14.00 - 16.00 | WORKING GROUPS
Cornfield, Flatford and Haywain Rooms

Registered InterChange Participants Only

16.00 - 17.30 | WORKING GROUPS Continue
Cornfield, Flatford and Haywain Rooms

19.30 |Doors open BIOFLOWS
Colchester Arts Centre

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20.00 | BIOFLOWS STARTS
Colchester Arts Centre

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09.00-11.00 | CONCLUDING DEBATE/SUMMARY and preparation for the PUBLIC DISCUSSION FORUM
Cornfield and Flatford Rooms

Registered InterChange Participants Only

12.15 | BIOTECH participants arrive at Signals
At Roots - the ECO TECH interchange base in Colchester

11.00 - 16.00 | REGISTRATION FOR ECO-TECH
Signals Media Arts Centre
Participants who are staying on for the ECO-TECH Network Exchange will have the opportunity to register at Signals (at Roots)

12.00 - 13.30 | FUTURE PHYSICAL COMMISSIONED WORKS
firstsite gallery
This could be a good time for you to visit the Future Physical Commissioned Works and the Generator Exhibition that are being shown at firstsite gallery. There will also be an opportunity to view the works later in the day after the mayor's reception.
firstsite gallery will be open until 20.00.

Please see Open Commission and Generator Exhibition information.

13.30 - 15.00 | PUBLIC DISCUSSION FORUM
Colchester Town Hall - Moot Hall
The last day of the Bio-Tech InterChange will include an open access session. This session will have an audience of invited guests and general public. It will provide the InterChange group with the opportunity to present ideas in progress and conclusions to a wider audience and will also open out the debate for public questions and answers. This will be led by Ghislaine Boddington and the BIO-TECH mentors with input from the whole BIO-TECH group.

15.00 - 16.00 | MAYORS RECEPTION
Colchester Town Hall - Mayors Parlour
The Mayor of Colchester will welcome the BIO and ECO-TECH Network Exchange participants and International artists and will celebrate the Future Physical programme.

16.30 - 17.30 | ECO-TECH KEYNOTE SPEECH - MASAKI FUJIHATA
Colchester Town Hall - Mayors Parlour
The keynote speech by Japanese new media artist Masaki Fujihata expresses a Japanese view of nature and explores technology as a mirror of self-reflection.

Registered InterChange Participants Only

18.00 - 20.00 | DRINKS RECEPTION
firstsite gallery
Drinks reception at firstsite gallery to promote the Future Physical Commissions including the launch of the 'Shock' flipbook from commissioned artist Phillip Warnell. This will provide you with another chance to view the Commissioned works if you couldn't earlier.