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Futuresonic 2008 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.
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Booking Information
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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:
[log in to unmask] • A limited number of pay-what-you-can
Day Passes will be available on each day of the conference, for further
details contact: [log in to unmask] 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
[log in to unmask] For further information on the conference
and
Futuresonic 2008, and to subscribe to festival updates, please visit:
www.futuresonic.com
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