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Conference passes now on sale. Register as a delegate online here.
A part of FUTURESONIC 2009 Urban Festival of Art, Music and Ideas.
In 2010 Futuresonic will return as FutureEverything
The Social Technologies Summit is a leading international conference that brings together 500 opinion formers, futurologists, artists, researchers and technologists to explore the latest upgrade affecting today's digital culture. Pioneering ideas will be presented, transforming the way you and your organisation operate, innovate and interact.
This is the place where the technology and digital sectors connect with the creative vision of the international digital arts community. Over four days and nights participants can share, collaborate and network whilst also immersing themselves in exciting and innovative art and music events within the wider festival.
Help generate the sparks that grow into new ways of seeing the world and critically explore the trends and innovations that are affecting the digital sphere.
Combining keynotes, critical debates, demonstrations and experiences with open space and participatory sessions, it is an engaging, critical and essential event to attend.
Confirmed speakers: Stowe Boyd, Adam Greenfield, Jamais Cascio, Tom Ilube, Dr Tristan Thielmann, Roland Harwood, Ewan McIntosh, Alfie Dennon, Helen Aspell, Christian Licoppe, Dr Stefan Agamanolis, Selene Kolman, Lee Bryant, Aaron Koblin, Usman Haque, Christian Nold, Yuri Suzuki.
Digital Futures How can we embrace a digital future? Peer-to-peer interaction, individual contributions and online communities are changing the nature of society. Who are the new specialists, where are the new forms of value exchange, and how do we achieve the goal of universal access?
Environment 2.0 Futuresonic's ongoing theme is ever more prescient today. Environment 2.0 decodes the relationship between people, nature and technology, and explores how online technologists create interfaces between our digital presence and environmental footprint.
Identity and Trust Trust is the glue that stops the online world collapsing into anarchy. In the online world we can create unique digital personas. How do we trust those we meet and how do we know that online social spaces are secure?
Mobile Constantly on, always active, the mobile phone is coming of age, and is now the world's most pervasive technology. Coupled with their ever expanding feature set (cameras, GPS, NFC, compass, acceleromaters, etc), they offer the possibility of new and exciting forms of interactivity.
Semantic Web: Cultural Algorithms Web applications are evolving and learning. Search engines learn habits from the torrent of marketable information produced. The Semantic Web offers an even more accurate map of our preferences. But is this map based on the presumption of common language and experience?
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Participants will be issued with a delegate pass for the Futuresonic festival, which gives access to the Futuresonic Conference: Social Technologies Summit and art and music festival programme*.
*Some festival events have limited capacity and will require a ticket. A list of these restricted events will be announced on our website in February.
PASS OPTIONS(all prices excl. 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 ideas2009@futuresonic.com A limited number of pay-what-you-can Day Passes will be available on each day of the conference.
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, a major new research lab at Lancaster University.
In 2010 Futuresonic will return as FutureEverything.
This work by Futuresonic & FutureEverything is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
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