What makes things work? Take apart toys and tinker with technology
Have you ever wondered how your toys and gadgets look inside? Get some screwdrivers, scissors and saws and break toys and electronic objects open, dissect them, unveil their components and explore their mechanical and electrical principles. As soon as the toys are taken down to their smallest pieces, you will hack them together and build something new out of them: a tiny robot, a “Franken-toy”, or an interactive piece of art. Taking things apart and unveiling their inner workings has proven to be a playful and meaningful way of getting to know how the world works. Exploring contemporary meanings of the age-old practice of taking things apart may create a particular instantiation of a new enlightenment, aiming to illuminate our changing relations to the technology that surrounds us.
Participants: Only children of participants of the Technology Symposium aged 13 to 17 years or children that have special invitations from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and Women’s Affairs.
Please note: limited number of participants, registration necessary!
Information and registration: Karin Kohlfürst, T +43 (664) 340 20 71, E karin@highent.org
Speakers
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Kathryn LIST
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Member of the Council, European Forum Alpbach, Graz |
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Welcome |
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Barbara WEITGRUBER
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Director General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Vienna |
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Introduction |
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Alina KRISCHKOWSKY
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Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg |
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Martin MURER
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Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg |
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Georg REGAL
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Scientist, Center for Technology Experience, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna |
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Thorsten ROHDE
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Managing Director, Rohde-BeSB Noise + Vibration GmbH; Lecturer, Graz University of Technology and University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna; Salzburg |
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Daniela WURHOFER
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Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg |
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Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Vienna
| 1995 | Promotion zum Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Medizinische Genetik)
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| 1990-1995 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Boehringer Ingelheim Austria GmbH
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| 1995-1997 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Universität Wien (Postdoc)
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| 1998-1999 | Produktmanagerin bei Margaritella-Biotrade GmbH
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| 1999-2005 | Leiterin von Life Science Austria bei der Innovationsagentur GmbH (seit 2003 aws)
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| 2000-2010 | Investmentmanagerin der UniVenture Fonds
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| 2002-2005 | Geschäftsführerin, ARGE LISA Vienna Region
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| 2003-2010 | Leiterin des Bereichs Technologie & Innovation und Gesamtprokuristin (seit 2003) in der Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (aws)
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| 2004-2006 | Geschäftsführerin der ARGE Impulsprogramm Creativwirtschaft
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| 2008-2010 | Stellvertretende Vorsitzende, Universitätsrat Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
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| 2009-2010 | Aufsichtsrätin Innovacell Biotechnologie AG
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| 2010-2016 | Rektorin, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
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| seit 2010 | Aufsichtsrätin Vetwidi Forschungsholding GmbH
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| seit 2011 | Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende Kunsthalle Wien GmbH
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| seit 2016 | Bundesministerin für Bildung und Frauen |
Director General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Vienna
| 1985 | Translator's diploma in English, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
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| 1986 | Certificate in Mass Media, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
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| 1986-1987 | MA in Communications, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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| 1986-1987 | Fulbright Grantee and Teaching Assistant, Department of Communications and Theatre, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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| 1987-1993 | Founding Staff Member, Director, Office for International Relations, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
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| 1989 | Master Degree in English/American and Interdisciplinary Studies, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
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| 1990-1991 | and 1993-1994 Lecturer for Media and Intercultural Issues, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
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| 1993-1994 | Director, Office for European Educational Co-operation, Austrian Academic Exchange Service, Vienna
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| 1994-2001 | Director, International Relations/Higher Education, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
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| 1994-2002 | Lecturer for EU Education Policy, Donau-Universität Krems
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| 2001-2002 | Deputy Director General for Higher Education, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
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| 2003-2004 | Director General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
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| 2005-2010 | Senior Advisor for Strategy and Coordination in the field of international relations with special consideration for the interface Science - Research - Education, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
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| since 2010 | Director General for Scientific Research and International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy |
Cellist, Vienna
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| since 2000 | soloist and chamber musician mainly in Europe, Asia, North- and South America and the Emirates.
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| 2003-2006 | Artistic director, concert series of Austrian television (ORF)
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| since 2003 | internationally performning with pianist Andreas Woyke
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| since 2003 | Kultur.Partnerschaft, HYPO Steiermark
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| since 1998 | performing with instruments on loan of the Austrian National Bank´s collection of preciouse instruments
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| since 1998 | numerouse internationally awarded cd recordings mainly for the German CD Label ARS Production
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| since 2007 | developing special cultural project together with his wife Heidrun Maya Hagn
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| 2015 | foundation of "Get a Hearing" association of artists supproting children with hearing loss together with Heidrun Maya Hagn and pianist Andreas Woyke |
Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg
| 2006-2007 | Research Associate, Viennese Institute for Social Science Documentation and Methodology
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| 2008-2015 | Research Fellow, HCI Unit, ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg
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| 2013 | Visiting Researcher, MOBILE LIFE, Stockholm University
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| since 2015 | Senior Scientist, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg |
