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New Board Member,<br>New Advisors,<br>Spain's Ciber@RT Conference
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<li style="color:#000000"><a href="#feature" style="color:#000000"><b>Welcome Jose Cordilero<br>New Director</b></a>
<li style="color:#000000"><a href="#article1" style="color:#000000"><b>Ciber@RT Conference! Challenges for a Ubiquitous Identity</b></a>
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<font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="4" color="#000000">Welcome Jose Cordilero<br>New Director</font>
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Transhumanist with extropic know-how, José Luis is
ExI's new director.<p>
Cordeiro was born in Caracas, Venezuela, in
1962. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA, where he
received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science
degrees in Mechanical Engineering, with a minor in
Economics and Languages.<p>
During his studies, Jose worked with the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna,
Austria. His thesis consisted of a dynamic modeling for
NASA's "Freedom" Space Station.<p>
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<b>Greetings!</b>
<p>Spring is here, flowers are blooming, birds chirping and
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have been
lighting up the night sky.<br>
<br>Back home at ExI central, we are compiling
material from the VP Summit I, which will appear in next
week's newletter, along with the PreCautionary Principle
and draft Summit Statement.<br>
VP Summit II, to be held this summer, is considering
changing the focus from debating an array of religous
keynotes to focusing on world futurist scenarios in
addressing transhumanism and "caution." Send us your
thoughts on this.<br>
By the say, Sumit I is <b><u>still</b></u> going on!
You can participate by using the quick link in this
newsletter.
<p>ExI is pleased to announce its new Board of
Director's member <b>Jose cordeiro. </b><br>
<br>We also welcome ExI's three new advisors:<br>
<b>Mark Miller</b> - Long-time ExI Board Member
will now advise ExI's Board;<br>
<b>Harvey Newstrom</b> - ExI's Future Technologies
Security Advisor; and<br>
<b>Philippe Van Nedervelde </b>- ExI's Interactive
Cybermedia
Advisor<br>
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And a warm welcome to ExI's newest
<b>Benefactor</b>, Thomas D. Brown.<p>
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The Ciber@RT Conference 2004 is in Bilbao, Spain, April
24-30. Presenters include Roy
Ascott, Natasha Vita-More, Mark Amerika, Derrick de
Kerckhove, Kelly Dobson, Kjell Yngve Petersen...<p>
"The International Festival of New Technologies, Art
and Communication: Ciber@RT Bilbao 2004 is preparing
its next edition which, under the heading "Challenges
for a Ubiquitous Identity," will take place in the city of
Bilbao from Friday 23rd to Friday 30th of April.
Since the beginning, in 1995, the main aim of this
festival has been to deal with the essential elements in
artistic production through digital media and to reflect
on the changes society undergoes as a consequence of
the presence of technological resources, processes and
mediations. Ciber@RT Bilbao 2004 is a multidisciplinary
festival, as
it becomes obvious from the great variety of
programmed activities in its various sections: Net-Art,
Off-line Multimedia Projects, International Conference,
Computer Animation, Minimisation and Interactive
Installations."<p>
VENUES FOR THE FESTIVAL <br>
Ciberart Bilbao 2004 will be held at two venues: the
Festival at the Mercado del Ensanche and the
Conference at the <b>Palacio Euskalduna
Jauregia</b><br>
EXHIBITION - A total of 237 works will be on show at
the Mercado del Ensanche<br><p>
"<b>Ciber@RT Bilbao 2004</b> will bring new proposals
and sections with the aim of updating the contents in
keeping with the artistic-scientific development.
Our objectives are: to be a world-wide showcase for
the art of the new media; to take on the multiplicity of
media, systems, tools, medium, forms and modes, which
are present in the context of contemporary creation
and research all over the world; to serve as a
springboard for the sectors involved; to provide a
hedge for the creators who apply the new technologies
in their works and to help to spread and show their
works of art."<p>
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The International Conference of the Festival
Ciber@RT Bilbao 2004 is a biannual event and is a
space for debate and reflection.<p>
"Under the name Challenges for a Ubiquitous Identity it
will focus on the challenges posed by cyberculture and
the new artistic practices that use digital technologies
and emerging technologies for their development. These
technologies and the discussions, which they generate,
have a wide-reaching social repercussion."<p>
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