Future of Reading Symposium

Future of Reading
June 9 - 12, 2010
Provocations

Predictions

Possibilities

Rochester Institute of Technology
One Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester NY 14623

Keynote: Margaret Atwood - June 9, 2010

Theme 1: Reading & Writing, June 10, 2010Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine
Johanna Drucker, Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor, UCLA Information Studies
Amit Ray, Assistant Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology

Theme 2: Media & Technology, June 11, 2010
N. Katherine Hayles, Distinguished Professor Emerita, UCLA Department of English
Richard Lanham, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Department of English
Jon Orwant, Engineering Manager for Google Books, Google Magazines, and Google Patents

Theme 3: Science & The Art of Literacy, June 12, 2010
Robert Bringhurst, Author, Linguist, Poet & Typographer
Kris Holmes, Type Designer, Bigelow & Holmes
Denis Pelli, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University
Dennis Tedlock, James H. McNulty Professor of English, SUNY Buffalo