For the second time at Utopia, the annual mini-symposium “Robots in Human Society” will take place, discussing the ramifications of the introduction of robotics into the human environment from a social and cultural point of view. Robots in Human Society is an academic forum open to the general public, bringing together scholars from a wide array of academic fields, as well as leading thinkers from the industry and the scientific press…
As part of the DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Week, Utopia will participate in an evening event that will turn the boulevard into a futuristic and shining domain, brimming with technology, culture and digital art.
As part of the Video Plus events, accompanying the Story Time exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Helena Rubinstein Pavilion will host an event with Jason Wishnow and Johannes Grenzfurthner. Works by the filmmakers will be screened during the event. Hosted by Lior Zalmanson.
Location: Tel Aviv Cinematheque, Israel. Planet: Earth – third farthest planet from the star known as the Sun, the Milky Way. Would you like to know what the future holds? What kind of world your great-great grandchildren and your long-distance offspring will live in? A unique opportunity to find out all the answers firsthand will…
A morning of Israeli cinema that will include a discussion with international filmmakers about the funding, production and distribution of genre films worldwide and its impact on Israeli genre cinema. An unveiling event of the new and anticipated Paz Brothers film, JeruZalem, with a screening of exclusive teasers from the film.
A night of stand up comedy by geeks, for geeks and about geeks
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After the film screening, join us at a meeting with the producer Adria Mones. Host: Orr Sigoli Free admission. The session will be conducted in English.
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A thought provoking discussion about the future of books in the digital age, with Hannu Rajaniemi (Mathematician, Physicist, graduate of the Singularity University, acclaimed science fiction author.) and Alex Epstein (Israeli writer, known for his short-short stories. Also published three novels and seven collections of stories.)
For the first time, the festival will hold a Futurological Congress; a nexus of science fiction big ideas, visions of tomorrow and the extreme realities – technological and scientific, social and cultural – of our times. Day by day the future becomes more complex and challenging than ever before. With the huge leaps in scientific…
The event will take place at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque througout the festival, 15:00-21:00 pm. A first public look at the Lab – over the course of several months, “The Lab” has brought group of authors and designers to meet with top researchers and technological entrepreneurs that develop breakthrough science and technology – on the…
The festival is presenting The Idea Bazaar for the first time. During the festival evenings, at the center of Utopian activity, the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque, Utopia will create a dynamic events compound of micro-talks and open discussions, with beer in hand and music in the background, a Utopian “Idea Bazaar”. The venue will include two stages…
Where Are All the Aliens? A Solution to the Fermi Paradox | David Zusiman, What Can History Teach Us About Conquering Space? | Eden Kupermintz, Conquering Space in the Gaming Culture | David Mor
The Society of Genetic Manipulations | Shmuel Shochat, The History of the Future and the Destiny of Dragons | Tal Guttman, Dawn of a New Day: The Day Computers Will Speak Human Language | Eran Hadas, How to Catch Light and Release it Carefully | Moti Fridman
Super-man, Super-morality | Tom Shapira, Life as Mass – Robert Musil’s Utopia | Oded Carmeli, Our Brethren the Robots | Lior Zalmanson
Will Automatic Vehicles Change the Metropolis? | Jonathan Klinger and Yoav Lerman, The Cooperative Society Revolution | Matan Field, Transportation 2050: The (Not So) Crazy Future | Aharon Hauptman
Who Moved My Alien? | Yoav Landsman, Tiny Satellites and the Big Data Revolution | Meidad Pariente, Planet of the Robots | Shmuel Shochat, Edgar Wright’s “The World’s End” and America | Tom Shapira
If Bikes Were IPhones | Menny Barzilay, Is a Change of Consciousness the New Climate Change? | Daniel Landau, Trans-Humanism and Comics | Eden Kupermintz, The Final Victory | Yossi Preminger, The Future of Computational Learning | Eyal Gruss, Quantum Computers and Ancient Philosophy | Barak Dayan
Rockin’ Out in Space | Boaz Cohen, David Avidan’s Technology of an Idea | Tomer Lichtash, Crazy Scientists, Sexuality and Aliens in “Liquid Sky” | Naomi Michaeli, Adaptive, Interactive, Dynamic, Procedural and Non-linear Music | Alon Kaplan
The Hobbit and Zionism | Tzfia Dgani, Game of Thrones: Apocalypse, Anti-fantasy and Pessimism | Haggai Dagan, “Dune”: A Guide to the Past and Future of the Middle East | Yossi Preminger, How to Build a City in the Middle of the Desert | Rei Dishon
Sharp Thinking in the Age of Information Saturation | Gilad Diamant, What is Our Mythology? Stuck Between Religion and Sci-fi | Nimrod Dweck, Secular Spiritualism – Is There Meaning in a World Without God and Mysticism? | Nir Lahav
On Multiple Personality and Futuristic Sex | Shirel Horovitz, Technology of the Sexy Kind | Maya Elran, Sex and Tech: The Future of Screw-It-Yourself | Johannes Grenzfurthner
Beyond Wikileaks: The Past and Future of Hacking | Niv Lilien, The Solution to Privacy? Information Bulimia! | Mushon Zer-Aviv
A Right to be Forgotten | Ayelet Oz, Human Rights, Sci-fi and Battlestar Galactica | Shira Sznaider, Who Needs Holyland on the Moon? | Gil Bahr, Inter-generational Justice – Sci-fi or Social Responsibility? | Shlomo Shoham
The Vampire as a Meme Machine | Tom Shapira, Vampires As Humans | Nathan Brand, Vampires: An Eternal Metaphor | Michael Zechariah
Death in the Digital Age | Vered Shavit, Eternal Youth – Who Wants It Anyway? | July Shapira, The Everlasting | Maya Attoun and Meytal Katz Minerbo
Video games are quickly becoming our generation’s most popular form of art and entertainment. What will happen to them in the next decade?
Why Will Humanity Become Extinct Like Dinosaurs? | David Zusiman, Who Died and Made You Boss? | Gali Golan, Maybe Each Point in the Universe is a Universe | Yahav Ger
TOM: Making a Movement | Josh Gottesman, Would Michelangelo Print David? Of Art and 3D Printing | Roy Zohar, Disabilities in the Future: An ‘F’ in Humanity? | Carmel Vaisman
