This get together of Media Art and New Media thinkers was inaugurated among the rocky mountains at the Banff Centre, Canada. It was an intense weekend, approaching histories and methodologies in and around the linked topics of contemporary media art, new technologies and science. We got the chance to hear and meet scholars, critics, practitioners, curators and emerging researchers in diverse areas, from all over the world. For me highlights included talks by Machiko Kusahara and Itsuo Sakane (IAMAS Japan), Timothy Druckey, Michael Naimark and Surat Maharaj. Also the poster session was particularly inspiring, especially work and discussions with County Tam from U of HK, Alice Ming Wai Jim from Centre A and Maureen Nappi's ontology of Media Art. Thanks to Chris Jones, Harvie Branscomb and Nahendra for a great experience...
