Photons, Neurons and Bits: Holography for the 21st Century

Forum at the MIT Museum
March 6/7, 2009

Open to the public
Registration required: (see below)
Keynote and reception Friday, March 6, 2009: Free
Forum Saturday, March 7, 2009: $60;
Free to the MIT community and to students with valid ID

Thanks to Holographer.org for donating the time and resources to produce a webcast of this forum.

On the occasion of the exhibition Luminous Windows: Holography for the 21st Century the MIT Museum presents an interdisciplinary forum at the leading edges of holography and potential partner fields.

MIT’s culture of innovation provides the setting. MIT has contributed significantly to the advancement of holography from the age of film to the digital age. Now intensive, wide-ranging applications of digital technologies present active and emerging areas of holography innovation: volume holography for biological research, 3-D optical illusions for brain research, 3-D “seeing machines” for the sight-impaired. Bold ideas and exploratory dialog across research fronts mark the forum at the MIT Museum, as the digital age of holography advances.

MIT Professor Stephen Benton, a founding inventor in holography, brought the world’s most significant collection of holograms to the MIT Museum. The MIT Museum supports the advancement of the field and creates opportunities for the public engagement with and understanding of holography through its Holography and Spatial Imaging Initiative.

For more information on the MIT Museum’s holography collection and activities, see: http://web.mit.edu/museum/collections/holography.html

General Program

Friday, March 6, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

• Keynote: Dr. Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus, MIT
• Ceremonial re-lighting of Luminous Windows
• Luminous Windows artists comments
• Reception with the artists

Saturday, March 7, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• Live-link lab tours
• Technology demonstrations
• Round table
• Presentations

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