Hey all, I'm turning 40!
Inspired by Eric Andre's 40th birthday party in 2023, which was a mix of all the things and people he enjoyed in one event, I'm inviting people I enjoy being around, to discuss topics I like talking about in the kind of event I feel most at home at: a conference!
Schedule - Sunday December 8th
| Time | Title | Description | Facilitators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:00PM | Coffee Cupping Ceremony | Kick off Huerta Day with a cupping of some curated coffees and bring your own to share a taste of each with everyone here! Note: Please bring your own coffee container if you want to separately order coffee since IXV is a no-waste shop. | David Huerta and IXV Coffee |
| Time | Title | Description | Speakers/Performers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 PM | Registration and Check-in | Come get your cool badge or nametag! Learn how to use it to see this very schedule on your smartphone. | Huerta Day Volunteers |
| 4:30 PM | Welcome to Huerta Day | What is this event? What kind of fun activities and thoughtful presentations and performances should I expect? Like Clarissa, we explain it all. | David Huerta |
| 5:00 PM | Snakes, Bats, and Glowing Things: Field Genomics in the Amazon Jungle | A visual guide to doing science in the Peruvian Amazon. How do scientists do disease surveillance and study biodiversity through the lens of genomics? Citizen scientist Blacki Migliozzi joined a group of jungle field researchers to find out. Through anecdotes and photography he will walk us through what it's like to work with big cats, primates, birds, bats, frogs, snakes and many other kinds of organisms. He'll also provide first-hand observations of the habitat loss endangering these ecosystems as well as the dangers scientists put themselves in when doing this important work. | Blacki Migliozzi |
| 6:00 PM | The Dress | A true story of friendship, ownership, truth, and adolescence as told through facebook dm's, court documents, and dance. | Melanie Hoff |
| 6:30 PM | Music break: Nedelya Simeonova | ||
| 7:00 PM | F*** Time Redux: Hacking Clocks Since 2013 | Clockwise is always the same direction and watches always count standard hours, minutes, and seconds, right? Wrong. In this talk, we will share some of our forays into alternate timekeeping devices and methods, with homage to the original Fuck Time device pioneered at HackPhx. | Will Bradley and Ryan Rix |
| 7:30 PM | Music break: Davis Erin Anderson | ||
| 7:45 PM | Card Game Play and Playtest | Do you have OPINIONS on games and how they are constructed? Past experience designing games? Do you love playing games and (optionally) sharing feedback (kindly, please)? Join Davis for a demo of a game she's designing about digital security and help her make it more fun! Additionally, Amy wants to gather a few folks to play a Star Trek deck building game. | Amy Cheng, Davis Erin Anderson |
| 8:45 PM | Lightning Talks | A mystery box of short and interesting presentations. | Molmol Kuo, David Sheinkopf |
| 9:30 PM | Trivia | Team up with new friends as you trauma-bond over mind-bendingly difficult trivia questions. Will your team take home the glory of victory, or lower their heads in defeat? Join us for trivia to find out! | Huerta Day Volunteers |
| 10:30 PM | CRYPID PIÑATA | 🔴 🔴 | Huerta Day Volunteers |
Sponsors
Special thanks to our venue hosts, IXV Coffee and NYC Resistor
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