A×S Symposia were launched in 2017 in partnership with the Williamson Gallery at ArtCenter College of Design. The inaugural event, Free Radicals: Evolving Perspectives on the Convergence of Art & Science, was a robust, two-day program of artist talks, performances, and presentations. Rather than focus on one specific thematic, the symposium presented an array of diverse viewpoints and approaches to the intersection of art and science. Cybernetics, space research, Earth sciences, media archeology, and museology, will all be addressed and positioned within the greater conversation of art and science.

The symposia are developed as a complement to the A×S Festival. The next symposium is slated for 2019, and will occur on alternating years with the Festival.