Joel Slayton is a pioneering artist, researcher, and curator. His work engages a wide range of practice including media, installation and performance and has been featured in over 100 exhibitions around the world. From 2008-2016 Joel was Executive Director of ZERO1, a Silicon Valley based arts organization where he was responsible for the ZERO1 Biennial and other year round programming. Joel is Professor Emeritus at San Jose State University where he was Founding Director of the CADRE Laboratory for New Media in 1984. Emily Bright is an artist and designer working at Ubisoft San Francisco. Her artwork uses the narrative of artifacts, collection, and curation to explore the role of creativity in technology's development and implementation. She has a BFA in Digital Media Art from San Jose State University and has exhibited at the Cannes Film Festival, Academy of Sciences (Nightlife), and Maker Faire. Recently she has co-curated the 5th L.A.S.T, Exhibition (Life, Art, Science, and Technology) hosted by SLAC National Accelerator at Stanford University.