SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT: THE FUTURESONIC CONFERENCE 13-16 May 2009, Manchester UK
Final Days for Early Bird Delegate Registration: till Fri 13 March http://www.futuresonic.com/conference |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Social Technologies Summit: The Futuresonic Conference |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| The Social Technologies Summit is the leading international conference that brings together 500 opinion formers, futurologists, artists, researchers and technologists to explore the latest upgrade affecting today's digital culture. This is the place where the technology and digital sectors connect with the creative vision of the international digital arts community. Pioneering ideas will be presented, which will transform the way you and your organisation operate, innovate and interact. Combining keynotes, critical debates, demonstrations and experiences with open space and participatory sessions, it is an engaging, critical and essential event to attend. http://www.futuresonic.com/conference |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Conference Programme |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| This year sees Futuresonic's most explosive conference programme. Keynote speakers include inventor of the term 'social tools' and leading thinker on the social web Stowe Boyd; Jamais Cascio, co-founder of Worldchanging.org on social media and the environment; Rachel O'Connell, VP People Networks at Bebo.com on identity and trust; Adam Greenfield, expert on next-generation mobile and human-friendly interfaces; and Tom Ilube, Davos advisor and CEO of Garlick, on shaping the way business and society prepare for the Semantic Web. Other world renowned contributors include James Marriott from PLATFORM; Helen Aspell, Head of Digital at Equality and Human Rights Commission UK; Grammy-nominated data visualiser Aaron Koblin; Roland Harwood, Director of Nesta Connect; Stephan Agamanolis, CEO of Distance Lab; international artists working with web and locative technologies Christian Nold, Tapio Makela and Jonah Brucker-Cohen; Dave Griffiths/FoAM, organisers of the influential Luminous Green events; Lee Bryant founder of Headshift; and Ewan Mackintosh, educationalist and Digital Commissioner at 4IP. Plus following on from the success of the first Nokia Open Lab held in Helsinki in 2008, Nokia Open Lab comes to the UK for Futuresonic. The themes for the conference this year include Environment 2.0; Digital Futures; Identity and Trust; Mobile; and Semantic Web: Cultural Algorithms. http://www.futuresonic.com/conference |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Futuresonic 2009 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| A part of the Futuresonic Urban Festival of Art, Music and Ideas Now in its 14th year, Futuresonic is an international festival featuring world premiers of astonishing artworks, an explosive city-wide music programme, and visionary thinkers from around the world. Featuring 50,000 festival visitors and 300 artists at 100 events in a city-wide urban festival experience. In 2010 Futuresonic will return as FutureEverything http://www.futuresonic.com |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Register |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Final Days for Early Bird Delegate Registration: till Fri 13 March Visit http://www.futuresonic.com/conference for current information and to register Participants will be issued with a delegate pass for the Futuresonic festival, which gives access to the Social Technologies Summit: The Futuresonic Conference and art and music festival programme*. *Some festival events have limited capacity and will require a ticket. A list of these restricted events is announced on our website www.futuresonic.com. PASS OPTIONS(all prices exl vat) Early Bird Pass - book by 13 March 2009 £80 Advanced Pass - book by 12 May 2009 £120 Door Pass (bought on the door) £150 Single Day Pass May 2009 £85 Students/Concessions Pass No deadline £30 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. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| The Festival |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Futuresonic Urban Festival of Art, Music and Ideas is an international festival now in its 14th year occupying the orbits of both digital culture and music. It combines the Social Technologies Summit with art and music events, exhibitions and live performances across the city. 13-16 May, Manchester UK Transforming the city into a space of experimentation, making it come alive Futuresonic is presented by FutureEverything CIC. It is a Regularly Funded Organisation (RFO) of Arts Council England North West, a pillar event of Manchester City Council and is supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Futuresonic is presented in partnership with ImaginationLancaster http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk, a major new research lab at Lancaster University. In 2010 Futuresonic will return as FutureEverything http://www.futuresonic.com #futr09 -- Click here to unsubscribe http://lists.futureeverything.com/?p=unsubscribe&uid=fe04e8396f7e5beb9914b9aaeaa32534 -- Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com -- _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
