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Dronesphere Colloquium, through a series of panels and presentations, will address the place of aerial robotics in the city.

It will feature presentations by scholars from design practice, art, architectural history, surveillance studies and engineering. The drone’s “place” within the city will be triangulated through speculative proposals, historical analysis, and a critical engagement with their use in the present.

Keynote presentation:
Liam Young (Sci Arc)

With presentations by:
Ciara Bracken-Roche (UOttawa)
John Harwood (U of T)
Immony Men (OCAD U)
Fiona McDermott (Trinity College / CONNECT)
Hillary Mushkin (CalTech)
Giovanni de Niederhäusern (Carlo Ratti and Associati)
Public Studio (U of T)
Ala Roushan (OCAD U)
Sam Siewert (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical

This event is part of the Home and Away lecture series at the Daniels Faculty.

Matt Davis is co-founder of the acclaimed, multi-disciplinary global design firm, DesignAgency, where he shares the helm with partners Anwar Mekhayech and Allen Chan. The Toronto-based studio unites interior design, architectural concepting, strategic branding, and visual communication. Known for reimagining the hospitality experience, the firm is one of the most distinguished and awarded design firms, sought after by clients in North America, Europe and beyond. The firm's global success is based on its high level of design excellence, its business savvy and its ability to create

Kate Orff and Jennifer Baichwal will present the 2018/19 Jeffrey Cook Memorial Lecture.
Registration will be required for this event. Reserve your ticket on the registration page.
This event is part of the Home and Away lecture series at the Daniels Faculty.

Jennifer Baichwal has been directing and producing documentaries for over 20 years. Among other films, installations and lens-based projects, she has made ten feature documentaries which have played all over the world and won multiple awards nationally and internationally. The feature documentary Watermark, made with Edward Burtynsky and Nicholas de Pencier, premiered at TIFF 2013, was released in Canada by Mongrel