Programme

EVA London 2021 was held entirely online using Zoom again, due to the pandemic, during Monday to Friday, 5–9 July 2021. Registration information was also available online. All times are UK local time (BST – British Summer Time). The following is the online programme:

• Full conference programme: Five days of presentations on a wide spectrum of themes and topics, with distinguished keynote speakers during 5–9 July 2021.
  • Keynote speakers: Five speakers during 5–9 July 2021, normally 2.30pm–3.00pm each day, except 7 July 2021, 1.40–2.10pm. Further information is available in a joint paper under DOI 10.14236/ewic/EVA2021.1.
  • Symposium Panel: Three panellists on 6 July, 6.00pm–7.30pm, chaired by Tula Giannini and Jonathan Bowen.
  • Research Workshop: Student presentations on 7 July 2021, chaired by Graham Diprose.
  • EVA International: Presentations on 7 July 2021, 2.10pm–3.00pm, chaired by Terry Trickett.
  • Demonstrations: 10-minute informal sessions mainly on 9 July 2021, chaired by Sean Clark.
  • Presentations were recorded on YouTube in the EVA Archive, part of the Computer Arts Archive with convenient links to presentations and papers.
• Evenings: There were evening events during 5–9 July 2021 (separate registration required for some events, which was provided to delegates).
  • Monday, 5 July 2021 – CAS/Art-AI panel session: The Future of Creative AI. Computer Arts Society event, organised by Sean Clark et al. Part of the 2021 Art AI Festival. (See separate Eventbrite registration.)
  • Tuesday, 6 July 2021 – Symposium Panel: Beyond Human: Arts and identity between reality and virtuality in a post-Covid-19 world. Panel discussion, chaired by Tula Giannini and Jonathan Bowen. (Registration included with conference registration.)
  • Wednesday, 7 July 2021 – Practice & Research: Art in Flux Social at EVA Conference: An Art in Flux event organised by Aphra Shemza, Olive Gingrich, and Maria Almena, 6pm–7.30pm. (See also separate Eventbrite registration, including Art in Flux donation.)
  • Thursday, 8 July 2021 – Lumen Prize Longlist: Lumen Prize event organized by Carla Rapoport.
  • Friday, 9 July 2021 – Networking: Hosted by Graham Diprose. Sadly, bring your own drinks online!
• Workshops: Three parallel workshops (separate registration required, further information and timing was provided to delegates).
  • Friday, 9 July 2021, 1.30-4.30pm – Avatars for All! with Eyal Gruss. (See separate Eventbrite registration and information.)

The provisional EVA London 2021 programme is available in PDF format. A list of presentations is also available in PDF format with additional information such as titles, keywords, etc. This can be cross-referenced with the programme by paper number. The programme may be subject to minor changes and revisions depending on the availability of speakers, etc. Note that the EVA London 2021 proceedings is freely available online – see DOI 10.14236/ewic/EVA2021.0. The proceedings will also be available on DBLP in due course, which will be an alternative way to access individual papers. This year, the proceedings is in full colour printed form.