10:00-10:30 am

Opening Remarks

McLain Clutter, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Lisa Nakamura, Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Lunch

Keynote: Sarah Sharma

Director of the McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology; Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Coffee Break

Session 02: Labor

Jerry Davis, Associate Dean for Business + Impact, Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan

Silvia Lindtner, Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Penny W Stamps School of Art and Design

Curtis Roth, Assistant Professor at the Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University

Dan Taeyoung, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Architecture, Columbia GSAPP

Ellie Abrons (moderator), Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan

Session 03: Health

Andrew Ibrahim, Staff Surgeon, University of Michigan; Chief Medical Officer, HOK Architects

Upali Nanda, Associate Professor, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Michigan; Director of Research, HKS  

Ridhi Tariyal, Founder, NextGen Jane

Sarah Murray (moderator), Assistant Professor of Film, Television, and Media, University of Michigan

Cocktail Reception

Lunch

Session 05: Environment

Mark Lindquist, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan

Nancy Love, Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan

Shannon Mattern, Professor of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research

Molly Wright Steenson, Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Fine Arts, K&L Gates Associate Professor of Ethics & Computational Technologies; Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon School of Design

McLain Clutter (moderator), Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Strategic Initiatives and Associate Professor of Architecture, University of MichiganP

2:30-3:00 pm

Coffee Break

Session 06: Politics & Resistance

John Cheney-Lippold, Associate Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan

Vishnupriya Das, PhD Student, Communication Studies, University of Michigan

Anna Watkins Fisher, Assistant Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan

Justin Joque, Visualization Librarian, University of Michigan Library

Lisa Nakamura, Professor of American Culture, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan

Ibiayi Briggs (moderator) Graduate Student, Architecture, University of Michigan