BROWSERDAY PROGRAM
Program for Fourth International Browserday (as of March 13)

March 29, 2001, 12PM-8PM
The Great Hall, Cooper Union, NYC
7 East 7th Street at 3rd Avenue

Directions by subway: Take the N or R train to 8th Street, or take the No. 6 to Astor Place. For more detailed directions and a map of the surrounding area visit the Cooper Union Web site

10:30 On-site Registration (Registering in advance is encouraged - on-site payment options are cash and checks, and space is limited)
11:30 Doors open
12:00 - 12:15   Welcome, background, etc.
12:15 - 1:00 8 Finalist Presentations
1:00 - 1:20 Douglas Rushkoff Talk
1:20 - 1:30 Break
1:30 - 2:15 8 Finalist Presentations
2:15 - 2:45 Snack Break
2:45 - 3:45 8 Finalist Presentations
3:45 - 4:05 Joes Koppers Talk
4:05 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:00 8 Finalist Presentations
5:00 - 6:00 Dinner on your Own
6:00 - 6:30 Bill Buxton Talk
6:30 - 6:45 Five Winners Announced
6:45 - 7:15 Five winner presentations, Grand Prize announced
7:15 - 8:00 Reception in The Great Hall
 
8:00 - 11:00 Rhizome OpenMouseTM Afterparty at FUN (130 Madison Street) - must be over 21 with ID to attend.
For more information visit the Rhizome Web site.


The Fourth International Browserday show will be moderated by STEVEN JOHNSON, author of "Interface Culture." Johnson is also co-founder and editor-in chief of FEED Magazine.

 
BROWSERDAY JURY
The International Browserday jury is:

PAOLA ANTONELLI, curator, Museum of Modern Art
Antonelli joined The Museum of Modern Art in February 1994 and is a curator in the Department of Architecture and Design. Her most recent exhibition, Workspheres, is currently on view at the MoMA. Her declared goal is to make design the most loved, understood and celebrated discipline of the 21st century.

ALEX GALLOWAY, director of content and technology, Rhizome.org
Galloway is director of content and technology for Rhizome.org, a leading online platform for new media art.

CARL GOODMAN, curator of digital media, American Museum of the Moving Image
Goodman oversees the Museum's use and study of computer-based media.

GOLAN LEVIN, VP, research and development, Design Machine NYC
Levin is an artist and designer of artifacts and experiences. He received degrees from the MIT Media Laboratory, and worked as a research scientist and interaction designer at Interval Research Corporation.

MATT OWENS, designer, one9ine
Owens served as the creative director at web developer MethodFive in New York. In 1997 he launched volumeone, a design studio dedicated to exploring narrativity on the Internet and to pushing the limits available design technologies online.

KEN PERLIN, director of the New York University Media Laboratory
Perlin is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and the director of the Media Research Laboratory at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. He is also the director of the NYU Center of Advanced Technology.

ERIK POST, design director, Razorfish
Post is a design director at the Razorfish, inc. New York office. He has worked with clients such as The Guardian, MediaOne, Novartis, and KPMG.


BROWSERDAY SPEAKERS
Keynote speakers at International Browserday are:

BILL BUXTON, chief scientist, Alias|Wavefront Toronto
Buxton is a designer and a researcher concerned with human aspects of technology. His work reflects a particular interest in the use of technology to support creative activities such as design, film making and music. Buxton's research specialties include technologies, techniques and theories of input to computers, technology mediated human-human collaboration and ubiquitous computing.

JOES KOPPERS, designer, USEmedia
Koppers is the founder of USEmedia and works as an interaction designer. He graduated in December from Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. Koppers won the First International Browserday in 1998.

DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, author
Rushkoff is the author of seven bestselling books on technology and culture, translated into 15 languages, including Ecstasy Club and Coercion. He delivers commentaries on NPR's All Things Considered, makes television documentaries, writes a column for the New York Times Syndicate and teaches at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program.