[Ssc-dev] Fwd: Demo-Day Check list and Press release

[Nathan of Guardian]

Activist Technology <activisttechnology at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Demo-Day Participants.


This is Taeyoon, your main contact for this event.

Everything looks good for the demo day, the event is getting good publicity and we have set up tables and tech today. 

We will be open noon in Saturday, we might have to connect power strips for first few minutes, please help us in this stage.

Your project should be set up by 2:45pm. We will make some announcements and make sure everything is in order by 3pm. Eyebeam is open to the public from noon, there may be some visitors during the set up. 

We are expecting at least 100 people to show up throughout the day, some press confirmed in coming and many of local and international activist/technologist/artist community will come. 

This will be a fun event, invite your friends, family, comrades, friendly bloggers and colleagues! http://www.facebook.com/events/345567948800165/ 

Also I'm attaching a press release and image to distribute. We are also now on Eyebeam's main page. direct link  http://eyebeam.org/events/activist-technology-demo-day 



Here is a check list. 

1. Make sure you are coming. If you have not confirmed, please write back. If you can't participate, let us know as soon as possible. 

2. We can't accomodate any more technical request. Please bring your own tech! 

3. Eyebeam is a public space, there is always danger of theft and damage to your equipment. Make sure your valuables are kept safely, bring a friend to watch your stuff if you want to browse around.  

4. Organizers (Me, Mark, Mary, Amelia, Gloria, Dan and Jackson) will be introduced at 2:45pm.  Ask us questions and call for help at anytime, but also understand some of us are presenting, documenting and speaking at the panel. 

5. We will have some time for socializing after the panel. but everything and everyone needs to leave Eyebeam by 7:30pm. 

6. Have some printed material ready to hand out, diagram, project info, your contact, etc will be helpful. You won't be able to explain your project to every visitor, having something to take away will be helpful. 

7. Your desk will be assigned. We might be able to move you if another person agrees switching with you. Organizations will get a private desk and than individual projects will share large tables. Please be flexible with the space and understand we can't accomodate all of your needs and also this is not an exhibition. New layout leaves not much option for projection, please use laptops and screens as default (We can accomodate few exceptions for the ones who have already confirmed with us) Check out some pictures from past events. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyebeam/6018927929/in/set-72157627379370308 Our setup will be very different, but it will help to see the architecture of the space. Also don't bring too much physical objects! bring power point, zines, video, handouts! 

8.  Panel will start at 5pm with a brief presentation by Taeyoon on the venue and the team, their history and mission, and also introduce the panelists. Sarah Resnick can't participate due to unexpected personal event. Stephen and Mary will beging by answering questions from Taeyoon, and then we will walk around the projects, engaging in conversation with participants. We will speak through wireless microphone. 

9. There will be a donation box to support maintaing our website and to plan for next demo-day. Ask your community to support this day by publicizing, sending pizza, contact press, and show up! 

10. On the webpage on Eyebeam's site, your name and project title and link to wbesite will be listed by Tuesday after the Demo Day, 

Please send us press-ready image of your project and participant's bio and updated project description asap. One paragraph description needs to be clear and catchy. We will update demo-day.org page on projects as soon as we have everyone's information. 

11. This is a social event, for us to meet each other, to help each other, and to plan for collaboration in future. Please help us and each other to make this an enjoyable experience for everyone!  

12. The event will be documented in photo and video and edited by a volunteer. You should be comfortable with being documented. 


We might send you another email tomorrow with updates and floor plan. 


Look forward to meeting all of you.

Sincerely, Taeyoon Choi.


Press release. 


Activist Technology Demo Day
http://demo-day.org

Saturday, January 28 3-6pm

Urban Research Group 

Eyebeam Art + Technology Center

540 W 21st, New York, NY 

http://eyebeam.org


>From Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, technology has played an important role in shaping contemporary resistance and the representation of these events in the media. What new tools of protest and occupation have emerged over the past year? How does their use help to shape tomorrow’s democracies? The Urban Research Group @ Eyebeam and The Public School New York have invited activists, technologists, artists, designers, and community organizers who have a working prototype of an activist technology to occupy a worktable at Eyebeam and share their work with the public. Drawn from proposals submitted through an open call, we have selected a group of projects and communities that extend the creative use of technology and its social implications. Our interest is in creating a platform for encounter, conversation and collaboration. Visit http://demo-day.org/projects for participating project information.

This public event will culminate with a panel discussion at 5pm with special guest Stephen Duncombe, Associate Professor at the Gallatin School and the Department of Media, Culture and Communications of New York University and co-creator of the School for Creative Activism; Mary Mattingly, Eyebeam Fellow and the creator of  Waterpod; and moderated by Taeyoon Choi, Eyebeam Fellow and member of The Public School New York committee. 

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