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> From: Drew Hemment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 3 September 2008 23:09:58 BST > To: Steve Coast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Social Technologies Summit - Call For Submissions > > Hi Steve > fyi > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Call For Submissions -- Deadline 5pm, 13 October 2008 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT > http://www.socialtechsummit.org > > 13-16 May 2009 > Manchester UK > > Digital culture burns bright with social connectivity > > Futuresonic's acclaimed international conference, the Social > Technologies Summit brings 500 opinion formers, futurologists, > artists, researchers, technologists and scientists from the digital > culture, technology and art communities together around shared > issues to do with social media, society, art and the city. > > Inviting proposals for talks, presentations, workshops and session > themes. Submissions of innovative formats for social interaction and > experimentation are encouraged. > > Call For Submissions -- Deadline 5pm, 13 October 2008 > http://www.socialtechsummit.org > > See also -- A GBP 5000 commission plus many other opportunities are > available > in the Futuresonic 2008 Art & EVNTS calls for submissions. > http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved > > View images from the previous Social Technologies Summit in May 2008 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157606972379839 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Social Technologies Summit > http://www.socialtechsummit.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Social Technologies Summit has prefigured new trends and is a > place where important international discussions take place on the > latest developments in social media and their implications for > society. Discover the small sparks that unfold into new ways of > seeing the world and critically explore the latest upgrade affecting > today’s digital culture. > > It will combine keynotes, critical debates, demos and experiences > with open space and participatory sessions, in a fun and engaging > event. > > Computers have become social interfaces for sharing digital media > and collaborating to build online communities and folksonomies. > Social technologies create an extension of social space, and new > ways for people to come together, meet and share in today's society. > > The Social Technologies Summit will explore the new social spaces > and the social implications of technologies for the many different > kinds of people who make, use and are affected by them. In keeping > with the Environment 2.0 theme of Futuresonic in 2009, this year it > will also explore the interface between our digital footprint and > our environmental footprint, and new thinking on sustainability in a > globalised world. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Call For Submissions > http://www.socialtechsummit.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Inviting proposals for talks, presentations, workshops and session > themes. Submissions of innovative formats for social interaction and > experimentation are encouraged. > > Call For Submissions -- Deadline 5pm, 13 October 2008 > > Download an application form / guidelines here: > downloads.futuresonic.com/social2009.zip > > For further information contact > Lisa Roberts > Social Technologies Summit Programme Manager > FutureEverything > +44 161 237 9000 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > See also -- A GBP 5000 commission plus many other opportunities are > available > in the Futuresonic 2008 Art & EVNTS calls for submissions. > http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Reasons To Attend > http://www.socialtechsummit.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > - If you want to meet the creative thinkers, artists, programmers, > digital media experts, scientists, industry specialists, hardware > and software developers, marketers, political thinkers and activists > > - If you want to find out about new technologies and their impact on > tomorrow's society > > - If your group or company is looking for new and exciting ways to > create, do business and interact > > Then sign up to the Social Technologies Summit. > > Ticket information available soon via > http://www.socialtechsummit.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Futuresonic > http://www.futuresonic.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Social Technologies Summit is the conference of the Futuresonic > 2009 festival. > > Futuresonic has 4 strands: Art, Music, Ideas and EVNTS. Currently in > its 13th year, the festival occupies the orbits of both music and > digital culture. > > Futuresonic is presented by FutureEverything CIC. It is a Regularly > Funded Organisation (RFO) of Arts Council England North West and has > been awarded Pillar Status by Manchester City Council. > > The Social Technologies Summit and Futuresonic are presented in > partnership with ImaginationLancaster, a major new research lab at > Lancaster University. > > http://www.futuresonic.com > > > Best Steve _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
