Events

This presentation explores these developments and discusses their potential not only to extend humanity’s relationship with nature but also to underscore the urgency of preserving biodiversity.

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January 2023; Hosted by WWF, author Karen Bakker and WWF’s Global Data and Technology Lead Scientist Dave Thau have a conversation. 

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February 21st; Private Event 

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“A global pandemic treaty; communication vulnerabilities; and talking to the animals”

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DLD is a global media and conference network on innovation, digitization, science and culture. January 12-14th. (Watch here)

Listening Across the Tree of Life: December 3, 2022 at 11:00 am EST (Listen here!)

Radcliffe Institute at Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts) on February 8th, 2023

Starting November 1st (Register here)

“Artificial Intelligence could help humans talk to pets”

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On December 1, join us on Zoom with Karen Bakker of the Smart Earth Project with The Sounds of Life. (Watch here!) 

“[The Sounds Of Life] is really bursting with insight, science, and stories—all presented with unusual clarity.”

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“This week John is broadcasting from California…interview[ing] Karen Bakker, author of “The Sounds of Life – How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants”. They talk about the secret world of sound and how other species communicate”

“Technology often distracts us from nature, but what if it could reconnect us instead?”

“Technology has expanded our ability to detect the sounds of living things, even when they are inaudible to humans”

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“How technology is mapping the unheard conversations of the natural world…”

Smithsonian Associates talk (Washington, DC) on November 3, 2022 at 6:45pm EST (Register here)

A presentation on decoding animal language by Aza Raskin, followed by a panel discussion hosted at the World Economic Forum in San Francisco on October 25, 2022 exploring how AI is expanding our ability to understand other species and the benefits and potential challenges that this new understanding will bring.

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“What do you get when you combine a reverential attitude toward the natural world with a high-tech approach to problem solving?”

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“Jonathan is joined by Karen Bakker, Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies and author of ‘The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants’ to explore the sounds in nature that we cannot hear.”

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Sounds of Nature with Karen Bakker (and Cara Santa Maria)

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“A Digital Dolittle? On Technology That Will Enable Us to Talk With Other Species… Including Plants and Trees”

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University of Montreal (Montreal, Quebec) on November 17th, 2022

Virtual Event on Thursday January 26th, at 7pm GST (Register here) 

“Explore the tech that helps us understand the language of plants and animals, and how it may hold the key to protecting biodiversity”

Town Hall Seattle (Seattle, Washington) on Monday, October 24, 2022 (Register Here)

Science on Tap (Portland, Oregon) on Wednesday, Oct 26, 2022 at 7pm EST (Register here)