Scientific conference, workshops: Symmetry 2016
Exhibitions: Non-Euclidean Geometries Reflected in the Arts (by invited artists), Other geometric Art (submitted, juried works), Origami, Models, Teaching Aids, Books
Performances: Music, Movement, Multimedia
Family day’s Community programs
General Assembly of the ISA
Social events
Mornings:
keynote and plenary sessions with invited speakers, 5 days, max. 3 lectures per morning
Afternoons:
Parallel sessions, poster sessions and practical (creative) workshops
Evenings:
arts/cultural events, exhibition vernissages, concert(s), performance, movie projections
Family day’s Community programs – an afternoon and night:
open for the public of the city and visitors of Vienna
Downloadable preliminary program
MONDAY, 18 July, Morning
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08.30-09.30 TU Vienna |
Registration |
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09.30-10.00 TU Vienna Auditory EI 9 |
Opening Ceremony P. Weibel, patron, (distant) Welcome Address, |
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10.00-11.00 TU Vienna Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: …., Keynote Lecture Symmetry principles in Einstein’s theory of Relativity Peter C. Aichelburg (Vienna University) |
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11.00-11.30 |
Refreshment Break |
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11.30-12.30 TU Vienna Auditory EI 9 |
Plenary Lecture The Proportions of the Parthenon and its connection to a Vedic ceremonial Altar and to Earth |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch Break |
MONDAY, 18 July, Afternoon
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14.00-17.30 TU Vienna |
Parallel Sessions |
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14.00-15.30 |
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Auditory EI 9 |
Symmetry and the Arts (1) Chair: D. Dunham |
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Seminar Room |
Physics (1) |
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Seminar Room |
Japanese Art and Science (Origami, Sangaku, Wasan) Chair: H. Okumura |
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15.30-16.00 |
Refreshment Break |
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16.00-17.30 |
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Auditory EI 9 |
Music and Symmetry (1) Chair: K. Zenkin |
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Seminar Room |
Christal- and Nano-structures Chair: P. Moeck |
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Seminar Room |
Symmetry and the Arts (2) Chair: D. Dunham |
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17.30-18.00 Exhibition space, |
Fine Art and Origami Exhibition Opening |
TUESDAY 19 July, Morning
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TU Vienna |
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09.00-09.50 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: … Plenary Lecture Kandinsky, black spots, black holes and sequels |
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09.50-10.20 |
Refreshment Break |
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10.20-11.10 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: … Plenary Lecture Symmetries overt and hidden in musical form |
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11.20-12.30 TU Vienna |
Parallel Sessions |
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11.20-12.30 Auditory EI 9 |
Music and Symmetry (2) Chair: K. Zenkin |
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11.20 -12.30 Seminar room |
Polyhedral Symmetries (1) Chair: Egon Schulte |
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11.20-12.30 Seminar room |
Design Chair: Y. Aboufadil |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch Break |
TUESDAY 19 July, Afternoon
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14.00-16.30 TU Vienna |
Parallel Sessions |
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14.00-16.30 |
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Auditory EI 9 |
Music and Symmetry (3) Chair: K. Zenkin
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Seminar room |
Polyhedral Symmetries (2) Chair: E. Schulte |
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Seminar room |
Symmetry and Asymmetry Phenomena in Chemical, Green, and Related Sciences (1) Chair: V. Borovkov and N. Gathergood |
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16.30-17.00 |
Refreshment Break |
Break
Move to the Collegium Hungaricum: Exhibition vernissage and Concerts
(Metro U1 Taubstummengasse à 3 stops à Schwedenplatz)
TUESDAY 19 July, Evening
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18.30-21.30 Collegium Hungaricum |
Concerts and Exhibition Opening |
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18.30-19.15 Concert Hall |
Concert 1 Biocomputer music, E. Miranda |
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19.15-20.00 UngArt Gallery |
Exhibition Vernissage “Non-Euclidean geometry, curved spaces, gravitational waves” Opening speech: L. Beke art historian Curators: Zs. Dárdai art critic and J. SAXON Szász artist |
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20.00-20.45 UngArt Gallery |
Reception and Wine party courtesy of the Collegium Hungaricum |
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20.45-21.45 Concert Hall |
Concert 2 Genetic Music (world premiere) Composer: I. Soshinsky |
WEDNESDAY, 20 July, Morning
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TU Vienna |
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009.00-09.50 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: … Plenary Lecture Geometry of Virus Structure M. Deza (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) |
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09.50-10.20 |
Refreshment Break |
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10.20-11.10 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: … Plenary Lecture Skeletal Polyhedral Geometry and Symmetry |
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11.10-12.30 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: K. Fenyvesi General Assembly of the International Symmetry Association (ISA) (with the participation of all registered attendees of the Symmetry Festival) |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch Break |
WEDNESDAY, 20 July, Afternoon
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14.00-17.00 |
Parallel Sessions |
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14.00-15.30 |
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Auditory EI 9 |
Invariances in Non-Euclidean Geometries Applied to Physics (1) Chair: E. Molnár |
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Seminar Room SR 121 |
Human Aspects (Literature, Perception, Linguistics) Chair: T. Bonch-Osmolovskaya |
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Seminar Room SR 127 |
Symmetry and Asymmetry Phenomena in Chemical, Green, and Related Sciences (2) Chair: V. Borovkov and N. Gathergood |
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Seminar Room SR XX (T.B.A) |
Workshop: Computational Origami (1) Organisers: Tetsuo Ida and Laura Kovacs |
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15.30-16.00 |
Refreshment Break |
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16.00-17.00 |
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Auditory EI 9 |
Invariances in Non-Euclidean Geometries Applied to Physics (2) Chair: E. Molnár |
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Seminar Room SR 121 |
Sacred Geometry Chair: R. Kostov |
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SR 127 |
Symmetry and Asymmetry Phenomena in Chemical, Green, and Related Sciences (3) Chair: V. Borovkov and N. Gathergood |
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Seminar Room SR XX (T.B.A) |
Workshop: Computational Origami (2) Organisers: Tetsuo Ida and Laura Kovacs |
Move to the Collegium Hungaricum: Exhibition vernissage and Concerts
(Metro U1 Taubstummengasse à 3 stops à Schwedenplatz)
WEDNESDAY 20 July, Evening
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19.030-21.45 Collegium Hungaricum |
Concerts |
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19.00-19.45 Concert Hall |
Concert 3 Symmetry in contemporary music Composers: J. S. Bach – I. S. Soshinsky, S. Zagny, T. Johnson |
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19.45-20.00 |
Break |
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20.00-20.30 Concert Hall |
Concert 4 Genetics, 5D Geometry, Multimedia Art M. Zabelka, B. Skepper, R. Quehenberger |
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20.30-20.45 |
Break |
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20.45-21.45 Concert Hall |
Concert 5 Symmetry in classical music Composers: Mozart, Debussy, Schubert |
THURSDAY 21 July, Morning
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TU Vienna |
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09.00-10.00 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: L. Gould Keynote Lecture Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger – Dawn of a New Astronomy B. Willke (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) |
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10.00-10.30 |
Refreshment Break |
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10.30 -12.00 |
Parallel Sessions |
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10.30-12.00 Auditory EI 9 |
Physics (2) Chair: L. Gould |
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10.30-12.00 Seminar Room SR 121 |
Symmetry and Information in Biological Systems, including Studies on the Genetic Code Chair: T. Négadi |
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10.30-12.00 Seminar Room SR 127 |
Symmetry and Asymmetry Phenomena in Chemical, Green, and Related Sciences (4) Chair: V. Borovkov and N. Gathergood |
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12.00-13.30 |
Lunch Break |
THURSDAY 21 July, Afternoon
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13.30-15.30 TU Vienna |
Parallel and Poster Sessions |
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13.30-15.30 |
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Auditory EI 9 |
Education Chair: K. Fenyvesi |
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Seminar Room SR 121 |
Symmetry and Information in Biological Systems, including Studies on the Genetic Code Chair: T. Négadi |
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Seminar Room SR 127 |
Symmetry and Asymmetry Phenomena in Chemical, Green, and Related Sciences (5) Chair: V. Borovkov and N. Gathergood |
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In front of the EI 9 |
Poster session |
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15.30-16.00 |
Refreshment Break |
THURSDAY 21 July, Late afternoon and evening
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17.00-21.30 |
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17.00-18.00 TU Vienna Auditory EI 9 |
Public keynote lecture in the framework of the Vienna Lectures series: The Morphological Universe: Genetics vs Epigenetics in Form-Making H. Lalvani (Lalvani Studio, Pratt Institute, N.Y.) |
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18.00-109.00 |
Move to the Festival Reception |
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19.00-21.00 Heuriger S’Pfiff Rathstraße 4, 1190 |
Sponsored Festival Reception |
FRIDAY 22 July, Morning
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TU Vienna |
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09.30-10.15 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: … Plenary Presentation Being Vitruvian in the movement infrastructure D. Bertol (N.Y.C.) |
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10.15-11.00 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: … Plenary Lecture GeoGebra in Symmetry Education Zs. Lavicza (International Geogebra Institute, Cambridge, UK) |
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11.00-11.30 |
Refreshment Break |
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11.30-12.00 Auditory EI 9 |
Chair: … Plenary Lecture Albert Einstein: Myth and Magic L. Gould (University of Hartford) |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch Break |
FRIDAY 22 July, Afternoon
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14.00-15.30 TU Vienna Auditory EI 9 |
Panel Discussion Exploring connections between relativity and arts Moderator: L. Gould Panel members: H. Rauch, R. Quehenberger, G. Darvas |
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15.30-16.00 |
Break |
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16.00-20.00 Karlsplatz |
Family Day Organiser and host: K. Fenyvesi Community programs, Workshops: |
FRIDAY 22 July, Evening
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20.00- T.B.A. |
Young symmetrists’ night |
SATURDAY 22 July
Facultative Excursions:
Vienna guided thematic sightseeing tours
Visiting museums in Vienna
Visiting the Prater
Visiting the “Sculpture and Object” network of exhibitions in Bratislava (escorted by V. Hulik)
(10 related exhibitions nearby to each other in the historic downtown of Bratislava)
Excursions outside Vienna
Featured programs
Featured topics
Keynote lectures
Plenary lectures
Excursion day (July 23, not included):
optional
Arrival day: 17 July
Departure day: 24 July