HKDI inspire* prototyping the future

From 28.03.2022 to 31.03.2022 Webinar

Hong Kong SAR

The Council is pleased to announce the Member Event 2022 HKDI inspire* Prototyping the Future executed by the Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI). In this series on online lectures, HKDI has  invited big names from the creative industries to deliver a series of online lectures, in which they will lead our audiences to dive deeper into topics of arts technology, digital fashion and the Metaverse, and entice our community to imagine the future together. The online lectures will take place from 28 to 31 March 2022.

Design-driven innovations such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things are accelerating efficiencies and paving the way for transformative changes to our everyday life. HKDI is honoured to have invited big names from the creative industries including Gerfried Stocker of Ars Electronica, Jørgen Sevild of INQOVA and Yat Siu of Animoca Brands to deliver a series of online lectures, in which they will lead our audiences to dive deeper into topics of arts technology, digital fashion and the Metaverse, and entice our community to imagine the future together.


PROGRAMME

Monday 28 March 2022: Game Changer Artificial Intelligence, from automation to autonomisation of digital systems
Online | 16:30 HKT | 04:30 EDT | 08:30 GMT | 05:30 PMT

Gerfried Stocker, Artistic and Managing Director | Ars Electronica

Gerfried Stocker is a media artist and an engineer for communication technology and has been artistic and managing director of Ars Electronica since 1995. He developed the groundbreaking exhibition strategies of the Ars Electronica Center with a small team of artists and technicians and was responsible for the setup and establishment of Ars Electronica’s own R&D facility, the Ars Electronica Futurelab, and has overseen the development of the program for international Ars Electronica exhibitions since 2004. In this lecture Gerfried will share his projects on Artificial Intelligence which has cast remarkable impact on the development of arts technology.

Tuesday 29 March 2022: Why Digital Materials are Critical to the Future of Fashion 
Online | 16:30 HKT | 04:30 EDT | 08:30 GMT | 05:30 PMT

Jørgen Sevild, Director of Business Development and Client Strategy | INQOVA

An important key to new scientific breakthroughs in fashion technology is hidden in plain sight. It’s a discovery you cannot unsee once you have seen it. This presentation will give you an overview of Digital Technologies’ role in the development of Fashion, a practical approach to significantly improve your own digital workflows, and a detailed outline of why Digital Twins will matter to every fashion business. Jorgen Sevild has spent 10 years working with Digital Technologies for Fashion and Smart Manufacturing (Industry 4.0), and he will be sharing some of his most important discoveries to date.

Wednesday 31 March 2022: The true metaverse will be decentralized
Online | 14:30 HKT | 02:30 EDT | 06:30 GMT | 03:30 PMT

Yat Siu, Cofounder and Chairman | Animoca Brands

The experience of the metaverse lies beyond the interface, which can be VR/AR/3D/2D as the case may be.The real metaverse will be open and will serve the interests of the majority. The future of our online lives will not be based on closed, controlled, and proprietary systems. Instead, the foundation of the metaverse will be NFTs, owing to their characteristics as vectors of digital property rights and enablers of user governance.

The metaverse will be a new mode of online experience that recognizes your property rights, including the right to own your personal data.