LEONARDO/ISAST INVITES ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST THE LASER PROGRAM AND BE PART OF OUR GLOBAL NETWORK!

Deadline: Open-ended

Priority Regions: We are specifically looking for LASER Host Organizations from North and Australasia, Central and South America, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific.

Contact: Christiana Kazakou, Program Engagement Specialist at christiana@leonardo.info

About LEONARDO/ISAST LASER Talks
Leonardo/ISAST LASER Talks is a program of international gatherings that brings artists, scientists, humanists, and technologists together for informal presentations, performances, and conversations with the wider public. LASER's mission is to encourage contributions to a region's cultural environment by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building in over 50 cities and on five continents worldwide.

OUR AUDIENCE
Our community brings together artists, scientists, humanists, engineers, technologists, academics, cultural entrepreneurs, researchers, curators, arts professionals, curious individuals, citizens and socially engaged practitioners—individuals and organizations who are passionate about interdisciplinarity and collaborative exploration across fields.

LASER HOST GUIDELINES

Become a LASER Host in Your City

Are you passionate about fostering dialogue at the intersection of art, science, and technology? Becoming a LASER Host means leading a local chapter in your city through your organization while connecting with a global community of thinkers and creators.

As a Host, you'll organize and guide LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) events in your region, gaining the opportunity to engage with international peers and contribute to a worldwide network.

For full details and guidelines, visit the LASER Host Guidelines.

APPLY by completing the LASER Host Application

ABOUT LEONARDO

Fearlessly pioneering since 1968, Leonardo serves as THE community forging a transdisciplinary network to convene, research, collaborate, and disseminate best practices at the nexus of arts, science and technology worldwide. Leonardo’ serves a network of transdisciplinary scholars, artists, scientists, technologists and thinkers, who experiment with cutting-edge, new approaches, practices, systems and solutions to tackle the most complex challenges facing humanity today.

As a not-for-profit 501(c)3 enterprising think tank, Leonardo offers a global platform for creative exploration and collaboration reaching tens of thousands of people across 135 countries. Our flagship publication, Leonardo, the world’s leading scholarly journal on transdisciplinary art, anchors a robust publishing partnership with MIT Press; our partnership with ASU infuses educational innovation with digital art and media for lifelong learning; our creative programs span thought-provoking events, exhibits, residencies and fellowships, scholarship and social enterprise ventures.

DIVERSITY

Leonardo is committed to diversity and encourages applications from BIPOC, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and persons with disabilities, as well as applications from researchers and practitioners from across the spectrum of new media disciplines and methods.