
Schedule 2026
The PNW Arts & Tech Symposium spans several days this year, to include workshops, a full day of presentations, and 9e26 conversations at xispa. The core programming is Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, with the exhibition open to the public the following week through October 31. Below is the schedule. Be sure to check the program for full session descriptions, and speaker bios. Learn more about the arts & tech exhibition here.
Please note exhibitors will be able to set up Weds-Fri October 21 to 23, and take down Sunday, November 1. Our main social soiree is Saturday October 24.
PNW Arts & Technology Symposium 2026 Full Schedule
October 22 – November 1, 2026
Wednesday, October 21
Make a Small Plush Toy
Hosted by Simran Jagnik
Thursday, October 22
Digital Signal Processing for Artists
Hosted by Adrian MacDonald
Friday, October 23
Halloween Cyberdeck Hack Session
Hosted by Doug Carmean
Alternative Game Controllers
Hosted by Hank Duhaime
Visualizing Stories through Light: Creative Coding with LEDs
Hosted by Siddharth Chattoraj
Saturday, October 24
Coffee & Pastries
Opening Agenda
with Shelly Farnham and Genevieve Tremblay
The New Materiality
with Anne Balsamo
Making the Invisible Perceptible
Joel Lamberg · Juliet Fiss · Yan Shao
3 talks · 25 min + 5 min Q&A each
Art and Technological Shift
Artists’ Rapid Talks
12 talks · 5 min each
The Persistence of Analog in a Digital Age
Creative Practice Across Systems
Reilly Donovan · Aubrey Birdwell · Sam C Shin
3 talks · 25 min + 5 min Q&A each
Supporting and Building a Culture of Art, Science, and Technology
Reflections
with Ana Da Silva Pinto
Sunday, October 25
Casting the Living Body
Hosted by Cass Abernathy
The State of AR, VR, MR, XR as Tools and Avenues for Art
Make a Mint Tin MP3 Player
Hosted by Cam Smith
