This is very very interesting... is anyone up for going? Might be my only chance to get RMS to sign my GPG key. :p
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 06:48:03PM +0000, Tim Dobson wrote: > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:55:20 +0000 > From: Paul Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [GeekUp] Stallman to speak at Futuresonic > > The only other name that stands out is our very own Katie Lips. > > Why do the Futuresonic crowd not speak to us? Just curious but you'd > think they'd want to spend a lot of time with us and sell to us more... > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Futuresonic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 6 March 2008 12:37:17 GMT >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Futuresonic 2008 - Futuresonic Conference: Speakers Announced >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> click here to view this online: >> http://www.futuresonic.com/updates/080304.html >> >> >> >> Futuresonic Conference: >> Speakers Announced >> >> >> >> Futuresonic Conference: >> The Social Technologies Summit >> Contact Theatre, Manchester >> 1– 2 May (supporting events 30 April & 3 May) >> >> Delegate Passes Now On Sale >> >> Contributors - Gerd Leonhard, Richard Stallman, Dopplr, Sarai, Matt >> Fuller, Last.fm, Aleks Krotosk, Matt Locke, Geraldine Juarez, Felipe >> Fonseca ... >> >> >> The Futuresonic Conference brings opinion formers, futurologists, >> artists, researchers, technologists and scientists from the digital >> culture, art and music communities together around shared issues to do >> with technology, society, art and the city. The theme Social Futures - >> Online, Mobile and Unplugged is explored by leading figures developing >> the next generation of social media alongside Richard Stallman founder >> of the Free Software movement and Gerd Leonhard speaking on the future >> of music. Reflecting the 'social' theme, the conference will combine >> keynotes, critical debates, workshops, demos and experiences with open >> and participatory sessions, promising a fun and engaging number of >> days. Themes include: mobile social software, freeing space in the >> augmented city, how game design can revolutionise social software, >> OpenID and who is keeping an eye on the kids. >> >> Further Conference Information >> >> This year's conference contributors include: >> >> Gerd Leonhard, Media Futurist, Author, CEO >> Richard Stallman, Founder, Free Software Foundation >> Matt Jones, Founder, Dopplr >> Aleks Krotoski, TV Presenter, Gaming Academic and cool Girl Gamer >> Jonas Woost, Head Of Music, Last.fm >> Felipe Fonseca, Bricolabs, Brazil >> Scott Cohen, Founder, The Orchard >> Matt Fuller, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam >> Matt Locke, Commissioning Editor, Channel 4 >> Geraldine Juarez, Senior Fellow, Eyebeam, NY >> Ruth Catlow & Marc Garrett, Furtherfield >> Ravikant Shama, Sarai, India >> Adrian Woolard, Head of Innovation Culture, BBC Research & Innovation >> Justin Hall, CEO, PMOG >> Beryl Graham & Sarah Cook, CRUMB, University of Sunderland >> Chris Heathcote, anti-mega.com >> James Wallbank, CEO, Access Space >> Katie Lips, Director, Kisky Netmedia >> Patrick Fox, Manager, tenantspin / FACT >> Paul Coulton, Lancaster University & Nokia Innovation Network >> Gabe Sawhney, Founder, Wireless Toronto >> Platoniq (Olivier Schulbaum, Susana Noguero) >> Charlton Barreto, Senior Computer Scientist, Adobe >> Monika Buscher, ImaginationLancaster, Lancaster University >> Mark Shepard, Artist / Architect / Researcher, TSG Toolkit >> Ronald Lenz, Locative Media Research Programme, Waag >> Christine Hanson, Visual Communications, California State University >> Johanne Ejbye-Ernst, University of Aarhus, Denmark >> Steve Daniels, New Media, Ryerson University, Toronto >> Verena Kuni, Visual Culture, University of Frankfurt am Main >> Yasser Rashid, BBC Audio Music Interactive >> Gauti Sigthorsson, Media & Communications, University of Greenwich >> Geoff Cox, University of Plymouth / Associate Curator, Arnolfini >> Florian Hollerweger, SARC, Queens University Belfast >> Torsten Reimer, AHRC ICT Methods Network, King's College London >> Andi Studer, Producer and researcher >> Jennie Savage, STAR Radio >> Mat Dalgleish, University of Wolverhampton >> Beverly Geesin, Sociology, University of York >> Jon Wetherall & Maria Stukoff, ONTECA >> Will Edmondes, Artist >> Ele Carpenter, Artist, Researcher & Curator >> Tapio Makela, Researcher & Media Artist >> Drew Hemment, FutureEverything & ImaginationLancaster >> >> >> Many more speakers to be announced. For more information on >> Futuresonic Conference and to buy a Delegate Pass please visit >> www.futuresonic.com >> >> Online >> A series of online debates will take place every Thursday during April >> exploring the themes of the conference. See website from the end of >> March for details. >> >> Exhibition >> Futuresonic's Art strand presents Social Networking Unplugged, a major >> exhibition of newly commissioned artworks from an array of >> international artists across the city that take a sideways glance at >> social networking. A part of the first comprehensive and creative look >> at social networking by an art festival. >> >> Presented in association with Institute of Advanced Studies and >> ImaginationLancaster at Lancaster University. Part of a series of >> activities by Lancaster University on Social Arts and Technologies. >> >> Supported by >> FutureEverything, Arts Council England, Manchester City Council, >> Lancaster University, ImaginationLancaster, Institute of Advanced >> Studies, Piccadilly Partnership, Contact, Art Attack, Cube. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Booking Information >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Advance Delegate Pass: £100 * >> Delegate Pass (on the door): £150 * >> Delegate Day Pass: £75 >> Students/Concessions: £30 >> >> * Full Delegate Pass includes a Weekender Wristband: The Festival >> Music Pass (usually £45) which gives the wearer access to many key >> Futuresonic music events (subject to terms and capacity). Not >> applicable for Day, Student or Pay-What-You-Can Delegate Passes. >> >> • Further discounts available for group bookings, for further details >> contact:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> • A limited number of pay-what-you-can Day Passes will be available on >> each day of the conference, for further details contact: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Reservations and Further Details >> >> Delegate Passes, Weekender Wristbands and individual tickets can be >> bought at >> www.futuresonic.com >> T: 0161 274 0600 >> >> A registration form can be downloaded at www.futuresonic.com. >> Alternatively email your name, address and contact details to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> For further information on the conference and Futuresonic 2008, and to >> subscribe to festival updates, please visit: www.futuresonic.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> For more info and to buy advance tickets now visit >> http://www.futuresonic.com >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please click here >> To limit the mailouts you recieve or modify your subscription >> preferences, please click here >> > > > http://vagueware.com :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: +44 (0) 7740 465746 > > Vagueware Limited is registered in England/Wales, number 05700421 > Registered Office: 3 Tivoli Place, Ilkley, W. 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