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Gensler design Second Exposition for ACM
San Jose
Gensler goes beyond cyberspace in design of Second Exposition for ACM San Jose, California.
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's oldest international educational and scientific society, is hosting its second major futures Conference and Exposition March 10-14, 2001 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center Called "ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace," the special multimedia event is exploring how technology and computing are affecting state-of-the-art information technology, biology, education, social sciences, oceanography and much more
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 28 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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This is ACM's second Exposition designed by the internationally-acclaimed design firm, Gensler.
ACM1's free, hands-on exposition is open to the public, from March 10th through 13th.
"Our goal in designing the exposition space was to make an educational, hands-on experience even more memorable by stimulating the attendees' imagination about what the world will be like in the coming decades," states Jeff Mayer, Vice President and Managing Director of Gensler's Newport Beach office.
To do this, the designers created a pathway of moving lights against curved planes that is drawing visitors in, offering alternative pathways from which to experience cutting-edge exhibits, and is allowing people to invent their own ideas of what lies beyond cyberspace.
Mayer, who specializes in exposition design, was the creative mind behind the design of ACM's 1997 Exposition, which offered a glimpse at tomorrow's technology through a themed space representing an "archaeological dig," 50 years in the future.
"It was dark, musty and entirely inspiring," reported Mark Cassidy for the San Jose Mercury News.
At ACM1, over 70 leading-edge exhibitors from industry, academia, and research are showing how technology can address tomorrow's major global problems.
On display is exciting new research from MIT Media Lab, Stanford, Boeing, UCAL Berkeley, Microsoft, UCLA, Sony, NYU, Georgia Tech, IBM, and many more.
Students, educators and parents are encouraged to come and explore the kinds of future technologies-wearable computers; computers for the blind; and robots and software for kids, designed by kids-that normally remain hidden in labs.
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