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Innovation Forum

By Alan Wood

Professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program and 2011 Chair of the Innovation Forum

Exploring Innovation and Creativity

Innovation is good. Everybody likes it. Innovation is also essential for survival. Then why is it so hard? More specifically, why do universities, which typically gather a whole lot of very smart people under the same roof, find innovation so difficult to foster? Does the University of Washington Bothell have
an opportunity as a new, rapidly-growing campus, to create an environment uniquely hospitable to creativity and innovation? If so, how can we do so? To explore some of those topics, and to begin what we hope will be a long-term conversation between the campus and the region, the Chancellor and the UW Bothell Advisory Board are hosting a week-long Innovation Forum on campus from February 13 to 16, 2012. This unique, annual event will showcase ideas and collaborative projects on campus and in our community. This year I have been asked to lead this inaugural effort.

The Innovation Forum will be an opportunity for community members, faculty, staff, and students to contribute to the buzz of intellectual, artistic, and
entrepreneurial projects outside the normal constraints of our institutional life, and have fun at the same time. To learn more and share your ideas for events
and activities check out the forum blog at http://uwbothellforum.wordpress.com/

Numerous events are scheduled throughout the week on topics including a roundtable on creativity, an exploration of intellectual property and new ideas, a
discussion on the relationship of gaming and playing to innovative theory, a presentation on Bollywood and social change, a panel on why innovative technology requires innovation in ethics, a visual archive of artworks contributed by students, a workshop examining movement, theater, and sculptural
games, and a series of TIC talks (that is Technology, Innovation, and Creativity).

Please join us for the 2011 Innovation Forum.

UW Bothell Innovation Forum Schedule

Monday, February 13

9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
UW Commons Opening Remarks and Roundtable Discussion: Chancellor Chan, Prof. Alan Wood, Faculty, and regional leaders in innovation, education, and business discuss the intersection of innovation and Higher Education.

12 Noon to 1 p.m. LBI-205
TIC Talks (Brown Bag Lunch): Series of timely short talks held at noon every day on Technology, Innovation, and Creativity (TIC), known as the TIC
talks, which might include subjects such as biomimicry and organizations, remote sensing and GIS, modeling climate change, teaching innovation and collaborative information technologies.

1 to 3 p.m. Rose Room (UW1-280)
Brain & Consciousness Panel: How do brain activity and consciousness interact with one another? What are the historical configurations of the problem and what current research might bear on the question?

Tuesday, February 14

10:45 to 11:45 a.m. UW1-370
Constructing Identity Through Games: Discussion and workshop on how gaming and playing can relate to innovative academic theory, such as Gadamer and Kant, about how humans realize their potential and construct their own identity.

12 Noon to 1 p.m. LB1-205
TIC Talks (Brown Bag Lunch): Series of timely short talks held at noon every day on Technology, Innovation, and Creativity (TIC), known as the TIC
talks, which might include subjects such as biomimicry and organizations, remote sensing and GIS, modeling climate change, teaching innovation and collaborative information technologies.

1 to 3 p.m. Rose Room (UW1-280)
On the Ceiling: Discussion and workshop on how gaming and playing can relate to innovative academic theory, such as Gadamer and Kant, about how humans realize their potential and construct their own identity.

5 to 7:30 p.m. Rose Room (UW1-280)
Innovation Squared: Panel discussion entitled “Innovation squared” on why innovation in technology requires innovation in ethics.

6 to 8 p.m. North Creek Events Center
Theater of Situations: “Theater of Situations” workshop and performance examining the intersections among movement, theater, and sculptural games.

Wednesday, February 15

12 Noon to 1 p.m. LBI-205
TIC Talks (Brown Bag Lunch): Series of timely short talks held at noon every day on Technology, Innovation, and Creativity (TIC), known as the TIC
talks, which might include subjects such as biomimicry and organizations, remote sensing and GIS, modeling climate change, teaching innovation and collaborative information technologies

1:30 to 3 p.m. UWBB
Games for Change: Wetlands game done by students at the Center for Serious Play. Demonstration discussion on how to design games.

4 to 5:30 p.m. Grad Commons
Creative Expression in the Classroom:Zine Workshop: Exploring nontraditional ways for students to express themselves in the classroom.

6 to 8 p.m. North Creek Events Center
Representation in Bollywood Films: Presentation on how Bollywood movies have both contributed to a critique of right-wing activities in India but at the risk of needlessly over-simplifying a complex problem, raising larger issues of the responsibility of media in general.

Thursday, February 16