The Futuresonic Conference: The Social Technologies Summit has prefigured new trends and is a place where important international discussions take place. Discover the small sparks that
grow into new ways of seeing the world and critically explore the latest upgrade affecting today’s digital culture.
The format of this year's conference will reflect the 'social' theme. It will combine keynotes, critical debates, demos and experiences with open space and participatory sessions , promising a fun and engaging number of days.
In Second Life
A series of online discussion will take place in Second Life every Thursday during April exploring the themes of the conference. Click here 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. Visit Futuresonic 2008 Art Page.
Delegate Pass
Advance Delegate Pass: £100*
Delegate Pass (on the door): £150*
Delegate Day Pass: £75
Students/Concessions: £30
* The full-price Delegate Pass includes a Weekender WrIstband giving access to key music and live events (subject to terms and capacity) Visit Ticket Info Page
Further discounts available for group bookings, for further details contact: ideas2008@futuresonic.com
A limited number of pay-what-you-can Day Passes will be available on each day of the conference, for further details contact: ideas2008@futuresonic.com
Visit Ticket Info Page or call the Contact Box Office on T: +44 (0) 161 274 0600.
- 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
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Adam Rodgers, Creative Director
Adrian Woolard, Head of Innovation Culture, BBC Research & Innovation
Aleks Krotoski, Columnist, podcaster, The Guardian
Andi Studer, Producer and researcher
Ben Scott, Web developer and podcaster
Beryl Graham, University of Sunderland / CRUMB
Beverly Geesin, Sociology, University of York
Charlton Barreto, Senior Computer Scientist, Adobe
Chris Heathcote, Head of Service & UI Portfolio for Nokia Design
Christine Hanson & Michael Schafae, California State University
Drew Hemment, FutureEverything / ImaginationLancaster
Duncan Macdonald, Design Is Central
Ele Carpenter, Artist, Researcher & Curator
Felipe Fonseca, DesCentro, Brazil
Florian Hollerweger, SARC, Queens University Belfast
Gauti Sigthorsson
Geoff Cox, University of Plymouth / Arnolfini
Geraldine Juarez, Senior Fellow, Eyebeam, NY
Gerd Leonhard, Media Futurist, Author, CEO
Ian Forrester , Senior Producer, BBC Backstage
James Wallbank, CEO, Access Space
Jamie Allen, Newcastle University, ex ITP/New York
Jennie Savage, STAR Radio
Jim Byrne, Company Director
Johanne Ejbye-Ernst, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Jon Wetherall & Maria Stukoff, ONTECA
Jonas Woost, Head Of Music, Last.fm
Justin Hall, CEO GameLayers; Founder, PMOG
Katie Lips, Director, Kisky Netmedia
Marcelo Godoy, Co-founder, Mobilefest
Mark Shepard, Artist / Architect / Researcher
Mathew Dalgleish & Andrew Brooks
Matt Fuller, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Matt Jones, Founder, Dopplr
Matt Locke, Commissioning Editor, Channel 4
Monika Buscher, ImaginationLancaster
Olivier Schulbaum & Susana Noguero , Platoniq
Patrick Fox, Manager, tenantspin / FACT
Paul Coulton, Nokia Innovation Network & Lancaster
Paulo Hartmann, Co-founder, Mobilefest
Pete Cranston, Open Source Facilitator
Pierre Vella, Space Studios
Ravikant Shama, Sarai, India
Richard Stallman, Founder, Free Software Foundation
Ronald Lenz, Locative Media Programme, Waag
Ruth Catlow & Marc Garrett, Furtherfield
Scott Cohen, Founder, The Orchard
Shannon Spanhake, Institute of Telecommunications & IT, University of California
Simon Yuill, Artist
Steve Daniels, New Media, Ryerson University, Toronto
Tapio Makela, Researcher & Media Artist
The RZA, Wu-Tang Clan
Thomson & Craighead, Artists
Tim Davies, Open Source Facilitator
Torsten Reimer, AHRC ICT Methods Network
Tristan Ferne, BBC Audio & Music
Verena Kuni, University of Frankfurt am Main
Will Edmondes, Artist
Yasser Rashid, BBC Audio Music Interactive
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Organisation
Presented by FutureEverything/Futuresonic in association with ImaginationLancaster and Institute of Advanced Studies at Lancaster University. Part of a series of activities by Lancaster University on Social Arts and Technologies.
Conference Programming Committee
The Programme Committee for the Futuresonic 2008 Conference is
Anne Galloway, Beryl Graham, Charlie Gere, Gabriella
Giannachi, Gunalan Nadarajan, Joel Slayton, Karen Gaskill,
Leon Cruickshank, Lucy Suchman, Melinda Rackham, Michelle
Kasprzak, Monika Buscher, Nina Czegledy, Paul Coulton, Sadie
Plant
Conference Steering Committee
The Conference Steering Committee consists of
Matt Locke, Jonas Woost, Charlie Gere, Ele Carpenter, Tapio
Makela
Conference Director
Drew Hemment
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