CONVERGE is a celebration and exploration of technology and creativity. Leaders in electric design will host a packed roster of thought-provoking panels, workshops, art experiences along with a live music performance at Red Hook’s cultural hub, Pioneer Works.

At the crossroads of technology and art, the Nissan Converge experience will celebrate the individual creative and the forward-thinking enterprise on the same platform. It’s an exploration of artistic and problem-solving creativity, both micro and macro.

SCHEDULE

12:00pm Doors
12:30pm Future of Transportation Panel
01:30pm VRBAR Tilt Brush Workshop
02:00pm Technology of Racing Panel
03:00pm Beyond Meat Workshop
03:30pm Designing to the Moon and Back Panel
04:30pm VRBAR Tilt Brush Workshop
05:00pm Keynote Address - Allyson Witherspoon
05:30pm Keynote Address - Jen Lewin
06:00pm Beyond Meat Workshop
09:00pm Performance from CHVRCHES
12:00am End

INSTALLATIONS

• Dustin Yellin - Psychogeography 101, Blue Ghost, 2018
• Envelop - Envelop Pop-up - Immersive audio listening space, from Christopher Willits
• Aqueous - Interactive landscape of meandering pathways of light from Jen Lewin
• Chandelier Harp - Interactive harp activated by manipulating low-voltage lasers from Jen Lewin
• Interactive Light - Interactive audio-visual experience from Marpi Studios

WORKSHOPS

• VR Experience - Interactive social virtual reality experience and workshop
• Beyond Meat - Learn about the science and design behind their plant-based burger, a culinary marvel, and enjoy our cookout with a celebrity chef
• VRBAR Tilt Brush Workshop - Learn how to paint immersive virtual landscapes with Google Tile Brush and VRBAR
  

21+. By RSVP’ing, you are not guaranteed entry. Priority entry will be given to those that attend daytime activities (12pm-6pm), however this does not guarantee nighttime entry. Please arrive early. All bags subject to search, individuals with large bags will not be admitted. Please note that haze machine and strobe lighting effects will be used.

The following are NOT permitted: Audio of visual recording devices, cameras (professional), weapons, glass, plastic bottles, cans, fireworks, large chains, spiked bracelets, laser pens, and crash helmets.