The Internet Of Animals Convention Barcelona 2019

Have you ever thought about your dog being connected to the internet? Or whales? Bees?
Will humans connect animals like things (lamps, refrigerators, smoke detectors) and themselves?

This is the initial question for a unique event that will explore how animals will be connected, why it will be done and what it may look like.

IMPORTANT: the event is an open platform for your ideas or concepts to plug in.

program:
additions, changes, details: http://ioabcn.com

times:
Please tell us if you intend to come.
ioa@fuff.org / ++34 642 376 340 or ++49 163 6305551 (Ifuz)
Dates and topics will be adjusted to the needs of attendants! So, if interested but the time does not fit, tell us, too.
It is still possible to attend without prior notice. However, registering helps to plan, prepare, adjust dates and times and communicate to you about it. It is an experimental and dynamic event!
If not registered, please check on the website for possible changes to the agenda!

timetable:

Feb 19 (Tu)
installation, open forum, pre-talks

Feb 20 (We)
installation, open forum, pre-talks
19:00 The Internet Of Animals
Workshop. Introduction to the research project.

Feb 21 (Th)
open forum
19:00 Opening event of the art exhibition

Feb 22 (Fr) animal communication
12:00/17:00 open hackathon
Arduinos? Sensors? APIs to AI? There are a lot of tools that already exist. That might make it possible to build something out of the box to technically communicate with animals or realize communication between them. Existing ideas for a dog communication device could be the starting point if requested.
19:00 open think tank
How dogs can give each other orgasms over distance nowadays.
We will learn a bit about some of the research that is actually taking place. Then we can go into any direction. Like discuss motivations, understand dynamics, develop ideas. Not only for dogs.

Feb 23 (Sa) Hacking the animal
12:00/17:00 open hackathon
The hacked animal: Additional 'senses', devices, sensors. What ideas do we have, what do we expect interest groups to develop? What can be implemented even easily?
(no IOA evening program, Mutuo event instead, exhibition is open)

Feb 24/25 (Su/Mo)
break
a visit to the zoo maybe?

Feb 26 (Tu) Artificial intelligence and animals
12:00/17:00 open hackathon
Can we improve the life of animals with (data and) AI?
19:00 open think tank
After a quick intro what AI is and what it could mean to animals. Then we will explore from there. Developing new ideas, trying to identify new paradigms, or discussing ethical or philosophical questions. Depending on who is attending: We might even turn to the meta-level of concepts like 'artificial' and 'intelligence'. Do they inhibit our imagination and understanding of what is possible and what is already happening?

Feb 27 (We) Data science and animals
12:00 open hackathon
The value of data is huge in the animal world, too. Be it for profit or to help animals, data can be used. What is possible and can we realize some with accessible data?
(no IOA evening program, Mutuo event instead, exhibition is open)

Feb 28 (Th) Virtual reality and animals
12:00/17:00 open hackathon
Virtualization for animals: How can it make sense and how can it be implemented?
19:00 open think tank
Can we be artificially happy?
AI, data science, virtual reality.
Will there be artificially happy animals?
The workshop introduces to the topic of virtual reality at the example of the Wifi-chicken that lives its entire life in virtual reality while being in a bad factory farming situation.

Mar 1 (Fr) Open topic
12:00/17:00 open hackathon
19:00 open think tank

the art exhibition:
Feb 21 – Mar 2 11:00-14:00 and 17:00-21:00
opening event: Feb 21, 19:00
open Tuesday-Saturday (closed Sunday/Monday Feb 24/25)
the exhibition will be continuously accompanied by a moderator (even when there is no program)