Schedule
The PNW Arts and Tech Symposium is a one-day event on Saturday, September 27th. Below is the tentative schedule, please check here for final updates as we approach the day.
Please note exhibitors for the evening pop-up exhibition will be able to set up Thursday and Friday September 25-26, and take down Sunday, September 28th.
Art and Tech Symposium Schedule
September 27th, 2025
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 9:30am – 10:30am | Coffee and Pastries |
| 10-30am – 11:00am | Overview and Introductions Chair: Shelly Farnham, President, Third Place Technologies |
| 11:00pm-12:00pm | Opening Panel: Relational, Responsive and Longitudinal Practices in Art + Technology Session Chair: Genevieve Tremblay, New Media Artist, Researcher, Community Catalyst; Panelists: Julia Pryde Thompson, Creative Producer, Writer, Musician, Cam Smith, New Media Artist, Technologist, Diana Xie, Creative Producer, Immersive Designer, Data Scientist, and Nicholas Bowan, Artist, Creative Technologist, Software Engineer |
| 12:00pm – 1:30pm | Birds-of-a-feather Networking Lunch Organized by Yuliya Bruk, Founder, Future Arts, with AI Matchmaking FALana powered by GOOEY.AI |
| 1:30pm – 3:00pm | Rapid Talks: What’s Cool in 2025 Session Chair: Jacob Fennell, Artist and Creative Technologist |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Town Hall: Building Community and Resources for the Future of Art & Tech Session Co-Chairs: John Boylan, Writer and Producer, and Lydia Boss, Program Director, Artist Trust |
| 4:30pm – 5:15pm | Wrap-up: Future-Forward Next Steps Session Chair: Yuliya Bruk, Founder, Future Arts |
| 5:15pm – 7:00pm | Dinner Break Enjoy on-your-own, Emergent Dinner Groups |
| 7:00pm – 11:00pm | Pop-up Exhibition and Social Soirée Open to the Public, 21+ (with under 21 preview 6pm-7pm) Exhibition Co-Chairs: Joseph Gray, Artist and Creative Technologist, and Jeff Brice, Professor, Cornish College for the Arts |