DECEMBER 8

Coffee and registration

Introduction. Vice-Chancellor Lena Gustafsson and
Patrik Svensson, Conference Chair

Session I

Critical Making
Matt Ratto, University of Toronto

Reinventing Reality: about augmented reality as a graphic overlay for a world of pervasive computing
Bruce Sterling

Holding Electronics Networks by the Wrong End
Lisa Gitelman, New York University

Bag lunch

Cases & Perspectives

It really is a series of tubes
Molly Steensen, Princeton University

Constructions of Social Media and Political Activism
in News Discourse
Eric Carlsson, Umeå University

Internet of Things and Humans - a System Perspective
Mikael Börjeson, Luleå University of Technology

Annotated Landscapes
Finn-Arne Jørgensen, Umeå University

Assymetric Video Compression for Light-Weight Devices
Johanna Björklund, Codemill

Transcending organizational boundaries through the use of remote monitoring systems
Ulrika Westergren, Umeå University

On vision-based Barcode reading
Alaa Halawani, Umeå University

Bus to the Umeå Arts Campus

Session II (Chair: Finn Arne Jørgensen)

smart cities / smart buildings
Nanna Gyldholm Møller, Bjarke Ingels Group

Zombies Ahead!
Jennie Olofsson, Luleå University of Technology

Sacred Things: The Digital Bible
Timothy Hutchings, HUMlab

HUMlab-X visit followed by a reception
at the Umeå Institute of Design.

Conference Dinner

DECEMBER 9

Coffee

Session III (Chair: Cecilia Lindhé)

Random Walks on the Internet Side of Things
Christian Lindholm, Fjord

Who?Me? Augmented Subjects
Johanna Drucker, UCLA

You saw me tomorrow - Performance
by artist duo MASH + coffee

Session IV

Social Memory within the ’Internet of Things’
Chris Speed, Edinburgh College of Art

Narrative and Agency in PostSecret Postcards
Stephanie Hendrick, HUMlab

Lunch

Workshops

Workshop 1: Future Things
Molly Wright Steenson, Princeton University, and Michael Frangos, Umeå University

Workshop 2: Things Tech
Chris Speed

Coffee

Session V

The Technological Visions and Challenges of the Internet of Things
Haibo Li, Umeå University

Animal Media
Anne Galloway, Victoria University of Wellington

Concluding Panel Discussion: Beyond the Internet of Things
Discussants include conference speakers and participants as well as Anthony Townsend (Institute of the Future), Elizabeth Goodman (UC Berkeley) and Haiyan Zhang (OpenIDEO). Convened by Patrik Svensson and Molly Wright Steenson