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| <nettime-ann> Conference Speakers Announced :: Delegate Passes Now On Sale |
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Futuresonic Conference :: Speakers Announced ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Futuresonic Conference: The Social Technologies Summit Contact Theatre, Manchester 1 - 2 May (supporting events 30 April & 3 May) 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. More Info http://www.futuresonic.com Delegate Pass Info http://www.futuresonic.com/tickets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 For more information on Futuresonic Conference and to buy a Delegate Pass please visit http://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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Booking Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advance Delegate Pass: £100 * Delegate Pass (on the door): £150 * Delegate Day Pass: £75 Students/Concessions: £30 * Full Delegate Pass includes a Weekender Wristband (usually £45) which gives the wearer access to key Futuresonic music and live 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: [email protected] A limited number of Pay-What-You-Can Day Passes will be available on each day of the conference, for further details contact: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reservations and Further Details ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Purchase Delegate Passes and other festival tickets online or via the Contact Box Office on T: +44 (0) 161 274 0600 http://www.futuresonic.com/tickets A registration form can be downloaded at http://www.futuresonic.com. Alternatively email your name, address and contact details to [email protected] For further information on the conference and Futuresonic 2008, and to subscribe to festival updates, please visit: http:// www.futuresonic.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann