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Richard Rodkin

Memetic Arts, Inc.
Creator, U-GRUVE AR
New York, New York
Websitememeticarts.com/about#rodkin
A lifelong musician, composer, and artist, Richard first began work on U-GRUVE in the early ’90s, while working in the then-emerging Virtual Reality industry.

In addition to founding Memetic Arts, Inc., Richard has garnered 20 years' experience as a Lead User Experience/Interaction Designer and Front-end Developer while serving as VP on UX teams for Fortune 100 companies in New York City.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.
Friday, April 29
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

10:00am EDT

Connected Future Labs Industry City Factory Floor daydream.io Industry City Factory Floor DBRS Innovation Lab Industry City Factory Floor DECIPHERING RANDOMNESS Industry City Factory Floor Hyphen Hub Industry City Factory Floor Looplabs Industry City Factory Floor NYC Media Lab, VR demos Industry City Factory Floor Playmaker at Hutong Games Booth Industry City Factory Floor

12:00pm EDT

Experiments in Art and Digital Technologies 149 West 24th Street, 5B, New York New York 10011
 
Saturday, April 30
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

10:00am EDT

BELLA GAIA - Oculus VR Industry City Factory Floor DBRS Innovation Lab Industry City Factory Floor DECIPHERING RANDOMNESS Industry City Factory Floor Looplabs Industry City Factory Floor Playmaker at Hutong Games Booth Industry City Factory Floor
 
Sunday, May 1
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

4:00pm EDT

Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) Ellen Levy's Studio
 
Monday, May 2
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

8:30am EDT

Coffee & Registration NYIT AOB

9:15am EDT

Industry Hub Welcome NYIT AOB

9:30am EDT

Creative vs. Creating: a Celebration of the Deus Ex-Machina NYIT AOB

10:15am EDT

White Labeling and the Business of Creative Technology NYIT AOB

11:25am EDT

Creative Technology in the Real-World, for the Real-World NYIT AOB

1:05pm EDT

The Future of the Performing Arts: New digital concepts NYIT AOB

1:30pm EDT

Experience Becomes Story NYIT AOB

2:15pm EDT

Thinking Outside of the Rectangle - Virtual Reality and the Blank Piece of Paper NYIT AOB

2:35pm EDT

Your Personalized 'Who-should-you-talk-to list' for Conferences NYIT AOB

2:55pm EDT

Networking / Afternoon Break NYIT AOB

3:20pm EDT

Once upon a place: Storytelling in Physical Space NYIT AOB

4:10pm EDT

Designing for AI NYIT AOB

4:30pm EDT

Evolving Web Applications with Module Based Design Components NYIT AOB

8:00pm EDT

Origin Stories (The Evolution of BELLA GAIA): Explorations of arabesque patterns, music and dance of the silk road Clemente Center
 
Tuesday, May 3
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

12:00pm EDT

Experiments in Art and Digital Technologies 149 West 24th Street, 5B, New York New York 10011

12:30pm EDT

4A's Welcome NYIT AOB

12:50pm EDT

Decoding the Space Between Maker and Marketer NYIT AOB

1:35pm EDT

Creating the New 3D Digital Ecosystem NYIT AOB

2:00pm EDT

The Annual NYIT MFA Thesis Exhibition Gallery Hours Gateway Art Center

2:05pm EDT

From VR & AR to a Mixed Reality NYIT AOB

2:30pm EDT

Networking / Afternoon Break NYIT AOB

3:25pm EDT

Creativity in Real-World Advertising NYIT AOB

3:50pm EDT

Explorations in Spatial Narratives NYIT AOB

4:40pm EDT

Talking Trees, Augmented Bins - the Future of Advertising Media? NYIT AOB

6:30pm EDT

Party for all Creative Tech Week Ticketholders - Creative Tech Week Inaugural CelebrationLIMITED Clemente Center

7:00pm EDT

Aural Outpost Clemente Center Electric Sheep - an Immersive Installation Clemente Center erin Ko : Life On Mars? Clemente Center ONE ON ONE: An Interactive Performance Installation Clemente Center Perceptual; Listen Clemente Center Physical Possibility - self-destructive machines Clemente Center Regions of Influence a sound installation Clemente Center Strata Systems_v02_NIJIMI Clemente Center The Gamelatron Clemente Center The Rendezvous: A media space for memories of death Clemente Center Urbanotopia Clemente Center
 
Wednesday, May 4
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

9:35am EDT

Welcome by SFC President, Brendan J. Dugan, Class of’68, St. Francis College

9:40am EDT

Welcome by Lumen Prize – Carla Rapoport , Founder & Director St. Francis College

10:00am EDT

Panel I – Just How Do You Sell Digital Art? St. Francis College

10:45am EDT

Artist Talk 1- VR Art: Illusion and Immersion in Contemporary Digital Practice St. Francis College

12:50pm EDT

Recap + Introduction of afternoon sessions St. Francis College

2:15pm EDT

Artist Talk 4: Scott Draves, Software Artist and 2015 Lumen Prize Founder’s Award Winner: How to Herd Electric Sheep St. Francis College

3:30pm EDT

Networking & Registration NYIT AOB

4:00pm EDT

VR Night Welcome NYIT AOB

4:10pm EDT

Virtual Reality 2.0 NYIT AOB

4:30pm EDT

Giant VR NYIT AOB

5:10pm EDT

Marketing Virtual Reality NYIT AOB

5:30pm EDT

Why VR? Beyond the Wow Factor NYIT AOB

6:30pm EDT

VR Demos & Drinks NYIT AOB
 
Thursday, May 5
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

10:15am EDT

Composing with Custom Software for Sound and Image: from Desktop to Mobile Clemente Center

11:45am EDT

Panel - How Augmented Reality is an Art Form St. Francis College
 
Friday, May 6
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

8:30am EDT

Coffee & Registration NYIT AOB

9:15am EDT

Building 10x Moonshots NYIT AOB

9:25am EDT

Why Would You Can’t NYIT AOB

10:15am EDT

The Art of Messing with People NYIT AOB

10:40am EDT

Crafting Immersive Experiences NYIT AOB

1:00pm EDT

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute: A Massively Multiplayer Museum NYIT AOB

1:35pm EDT

The Personalization of Spatial Experience NYIT AOB

3:15pm EDT

Embracing the Unknown: Audio for Emerging Media NYIT AOB

3:40pm EDT

The Power of Multi-Platform Experiences from VR to Live NYIT AOB
 
Saturday, May 7
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD

10:30am EDT

Total Plasticity of Image: Analog and Digital Visual Performance Systems Clemente Center

6:30pm EDT

Party for All Creative Tech Week Ticketholders - Closing PartyLIMITED Clemente Center
 
Sunday, May 8
 

8:00am EDT

U-GRUVE: Interactive Soundtracks for Public Spaces TBD