The Leonardo Art, Science, Evening Rendezvous (LASER) talks at UC Davis are evening presentations that engage the public as participants in conversations with artists, designers, scientists, and technologists making significant contributions to their fields. During each LASER, we feature three speakers, each will give a casual 15 minute presentation. Together with the audience, we will then carry on a conversation. The evenings are designed to encourage unexpected juxtapositions between seemingly unrelated projects, facilitating the interdisciplinary conversations that engage the challenges of the 21st century. The speaker series is also a part of an international network, and each LASER is documented and disseminated through ARTECA (http://arteca.mit.edu) by Leonardo and MIT press.