past events

• 9

  date

  Sep 9, 2026

  speakers

  • Emily Zhang - The machine that builds the bufo
  • Maxim Leyzerovich - anew.page and the rise of linkware
  • Erik Nelson - Product Moment Fit

  venue

  The Woods

  Sep 9, 2026

• 8

  date

  Mar 26, 2026

  speakers

  • Andrew Pouliot - The agent is the tool
  • Joshua Pham - What your notebook owes a stranger
  • Vampire Exec - A Labyrinthine Framework for Livecoding

  musical guest

  • Kenny Ning

  venue

  Modal

  Mar 26, 2026

• 7

  date

  Dec 9, 2025

  speakers

  • Maxwell Neely-Cohen - 10,000 Drum Machines
  • Char Stiles - Computation as an artistic material
  • Charlie Freiberg - Story is Deployment
  • Yagil Buroski - LM Studio

  musical guest

  • Cougars Are Cats Too (Katarina Hoeger)

  venue

  Modal

  Dec 9, 2025

• 6

  date

  Sep 25, 2025

  speakers

  • Pedro Sanches - What are the community gardens of software
  • Kelani Nichole - The New Data Economy
  • Luca Lee - Becoming L: Speculative Narratives of the Self
  • Calvary Rogers - beyond ontology: designing AI through relation

  musical guest

  • emptyflash_ (Cameron Alexander)

  venue

  Betaworks

  Sep 25, 2025

• 5

  date

  Aug 28, 2025

  speakers

  • Helen Huang - Profiles, resumes, personality tests, oh my! Who are we really?
  • Ethan Edwards
  • Zekai Zhang - Understand Loneliness: My Journey Navigating Complex Social Problems
  • Dalena Tran - Building Fuser: Creative Tools for Friction and Flow

  venue

  Betaworks

  Aug 28, 2025

• 4

  date

  May 20, 2025

  speakers

  • Ben McCarthy - Building a 3D Transit App
  • Sabina Cabrera - What does design look like ten years from now?
  • Tim Moore - I don't want to design for a billion users
  • Gyani Mishra - Tabtabtab
  • Tyler Angert - Agents should be private chefs

  venue

  Betaworks

  May 20, 2025

• 3

  date

  Apr 15, 2025

  speakers

  • Belen Tenorio - I Accidentally Became a Founder (While Teaching AI to Feel)
  • Isa Woodward - AI Textile and Plushie Design
  • Donna Kim - Introducing 'Easy Read' - AI powered text interpreter for people with developmental disabilities
  • DC - Fact checking in the post truth era

  venue

  Betaworks

  Apr 15, 2025

• 2

  date

  Feb 18, 2025

  speakers

  • Trey Schibli
  • Alexia Adana - Creative Futures: What We Need from AI in 2025
  • Kelin Carolyn Zhang - Teaching design students how to prototype with LLMs
  • Danielle Ezzo - Incantations: Thinking Through A Generative Practice

  musical guest

  • MrSynAckSter

  venue

  ElevenLabs

  Feb 18, 2025

• 1

  date

  Dec 10, 2024

  speakers

  • Jonah Brucker-Cohen - Critical Media Art Meets A.I.
  • Derek Schultz - Non-Generative AI Generative Films
  • Weber Wong - Creative Interfaces in a Generative Age
  • Jessica Garson-Beauchemin - Translation, RAG, and Visceral Realism

  musical guest

  • Reckoner

  venue

  New Inc.

  Dec 10, 2024