With a give attention to “Designing Future Technology,” ArtCenter’s third annual Creative Tech Week is about to be a celebration of creatives on the forefront of technological innovation.

The occasion—which is being held October 5–7, and is open to most people—will characteristic a various array of panelists and trade trailblazers, together with keynote audio system Henrik Fisker (BS 89 Transportation Design), co-founder, chairman and CEO of the electrical automobile firm Fisker Inc., and Iddris Sandu, founding father of the know-how infrastructure firm Spatial Labs.

In addition to Fisker’s and Sandu’s shows, Creative Tech Week 2023 will heart on three themes: “Future Forecasting,” emphasizing various views and together with a futurist discussion board that includes ArtCenter college; “Inclusivity, Accessibility and Ethicality,” about creating new ethically accountable instruments and methodologies; and “Spirit of Creative Experimentation,” a chance for college kids to share tasks and analysis that push the boundaries of know-how, artwork and design.

This yr’s convening of minds on the College will discover a variety of features of artistic know-how, together with computation, prolonged actuality, and AI and machine studying, and the way artistic technologists are creating methods to advertise accessibility and inclusivity.

“Creative Tech Week celebrates artists and designers in our community who are playing an important role in the invention, development and implementation of new technology,” says Robbie Nock, ArtCenter’s affiliate vp of entrepreneurship {and professional} observe, and one of many occasion’s lead organizers. “The way creative technologists contribute to the invention of new products, services and systems not only expands technical opportunities but, most importantly, centers human participation by inspiring collaboration and new forms of thinking.”

Passionate about futuristic design, Danish-born alum Fisker co-founded Fisker Inc.—with its mission of “making the world’s most sustainable vehicles”—in 2016. He designed the brand new totally electrical SUV Fisker Ocean, which encompasses a photo voltaic roof. This yr, the corporate additionally showcased three upcoming EVs: the PEAR city mobility crossover, the Ronin tremendous GT convertible, and the Alaska pickup truck.

His earlier firm, Fisker Automotive, launched the posh plugin hybrid Karma in 2011. As president and CEO of BMW Designworks USA, he led the event of the BMW Z8 roadster—pushed by James Bond within the 1999 movie The World Is Not Enough. His work as Aston Martin’s design director resulted within the profitable Aston Martin DB9/V8 Vantage.

Born in Ghana and raised in Los Angeles, Sandu based Spatial Labs in 2019. Backed by buyers together with Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners, the corporate launched its first know-how product, the LNQ One Chip microchip, final yr. At a mere 13 millimeters, it may be embedded into bodily merchandise like clothes and, by leveraging blockchain know-how, permit its homeowners to grasp data reminiscent of an merchandise’s digital provenance and provide chain historical past.

A prolific technologist, Sandu taught himself to program at age 13, and consulted for tech firms together with Google and Meta. At age 19, he grew to become the late rapper Nipsey Hussle’s CTO, making a retail retailer powered by augmented actuality and geofencing know-how. He went on to collaborate with manufacturers like Rihanna’s Fenty, Beyoncé’s Ivy Park, Versace and Prada. Sandu’s upcoming presentation is a return go to for the entrepreneur, who spoke on the College’s inaugural Creative Tech Week in 2021.

Creative Tech Week 2023 attendees may also count on to find out about how ArtCenter has contributed—and continues to contribute—to artistic know-how up to now, and about profession pathways for college kids.

The occasion launches October 5 with an Immersion Lab open home led by undergraduate Interaction Design Associate Chair Jenny Rodenhouse (MFA 15 Media Design Practices), and a screening of the 2021 documentary We Are As Gods—about technologist and environmentalist Stewart Brand—adopted by a Q&A with co-executive producer Everett Katigbak (BFA 06 Graphic Design), the model design lead at Anthropic, an AI security and analysis firm.

October 6 actions embrace a Faculty Futurist Forum curated by the Interaction Design MDes program’s Associate Chair Julian Scaff, and a networking reception. On October 7, Fisker and Sandu will give their keynotes, bookending panels on artistic tech and geospatial programs, crafting accessible tech, and inventing for digital manufacturing.

Last yr, Creative Tech Week featured shows by notable futurist Brian David Johnson, artist Refik Anadol, and representatives from LACMA, Artist Rights Society, Volvo and extra.

Register now to attend Creative Tech Week 2023.