2nd Annual SI Presidents Conference 2018

sidm - 8 November 2018

The Presidents Conference takes place twice a year and is the opportunity for SIG presidents to network amongst themselves and to update the SI community on their activities. The program for the event encompasses a variety of subjects ranging from arts and informatics and digital heritage to bitcoin and life long learning for IT professionals. SI President Reinhard Riedl will give a brief welcome address and then move on to important subjects needed to discussed; the new SISR President will share his vision for SISR and elaborate on the section’s future plans. The event will close with a reception and the presentation of a film made during the Swiss Digital Summit that focuses on the life and work of Peter Grenacher, the Zurich based artist and researcher who exhibited his studies on the Ishango-Bone.

The address for the conference is as follows:

ETH Zurich
Lesersaal – CAB G 59
Universitätstrasse 6, 8092 Zurich
17:00-18:45

A reception will take place after the conference at the following location:

ETH Zurich
Foyer – CAB G 10.005
Universitätstrasse 6, 8092 Zurich
18:45-20:30

PROGRAMM
Präsidenten Konferenz 6. 12. 2018

17:00
About the Program
Arthur Clay, SI Events

17:05
SI: The Challenges and Chances Ahead
Reinhard Riedl, SI President

17:15
SISR
SISR Update
Francis Baud, SISR President

17:30
SIG Multimedia
VR AR MR Workshop an der ETH von 26.9.2018
Fredy Schwyter. SIG MM President

17:45
SIG E-CONOMY
Towards a Bitcoin Glossary
Jochen Waltenberger, SIG E-CONOMY, President

18:00
SIG BRIDGE Community
FSIE-Status» / das Zertifikat «Expert FSIE BRIDGE
Simon Moser, SIG BRIDGE Community, President

18:15
SIG Digital Arts & Technology
Introduction zu ETH Talk Series Informatik und Kunst
Anna Kälin, Julia Schicker, ETH,SI Digital Magazine