I’m pleased to say that the full programme for the FutureEverything conference for 2010 is out. It is our best and most ambitious yet. We are also delighted to present the world’s best speakers under our conference themes of ImagineEverything, Unlimited Connectivity, Open Data and The City Experiment.
12-15 May 2010, Manchester, England. Obtain your festival passes now here: http://futureeverything.org/tickets
The FutureEverything conference will take you on a journey through the most cutting-edge developments in a range of exciting fields. Join us to hear about why governments should open up the data that they hold, and what we can do with this information to change our lives. Listen to leading artists and scientists discuss what we can dream and do with unlimited bandwidth. Visionary speakers will illuminate the science of the web, the ways the networked city is being rewired, how poetry can be encoded into DNA, ways we can play the city like an instrument, and how relationships between generations are going to change over the next hundred years.
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GloNet
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GloNet – Globally Networked Event
Contact Theatre: 13/05/10, 10:00 – 19:00
We are delighted to premiere GloNet, a new type of Globally Networked Event, shifting from a single city festival to one taking place simultaneously at cities around the globe using experimental formats. FutureEverything is inter-connecting Manchester and four cities around the globe: Sendai, (Japan), Istanbul (Turkey), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Vancouver (Canada). Deeply connected to our The City Experiment theme, each host city will dynamically describe their views on the core issues facing cities today, from the question of growth to the possibilities of open data, to the impact of the creative industries and urban fragility. Featuring: Adam Greenfield, John Worthington, Nigel Shadbolt, and many more from all over the world. Tune in to the new reality of global connection.
http://futureeverything.org/festival2010/GloNet
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ImagineEverything
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Contact Theatre: 13/05/10 – 14/05/10
Our most daring and wide-ranging conference strand, bringing you insights into the science of the web, the future of inter-generational communication, open source design, crowdsourced activism, and the future of music. Taking all of our wildest dreams for the future and imagining what would happen if they really came true is at the heart of this strand. Featuring: Dame Wendy Hall, Keri Facer, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, and more.
http://futureeverything.org/conference
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The City Experiment
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Contact Theatre: 13/05/10 – 14/05/10
The City Experiment conference strand explores urban transformation, in all its forms, especially how we work, play, create and relate with one another. Our urban spaces are massive laboratories, where we all are simultaneously discovering new possibilities for social connection and expression. At a time when Manchester is home to the biggest experiment in Europe in creating a future city, we are bringing you the most visionary thinkers who will tell us how cities are evolving and being rewired. Featuring: Ben Cerveny, Maarten Hajer, Francis McKee, Shawn Micallef, and more.
http://futureeverything.org/conference
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Open Data
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Contact Theatre: 13/05/10
In 2009 FutureEverything embarked on an ambitious programme to open up the City of Manchester’s publicly held datasets for the benefit of the residents, businesses and institutions of Manchester. The panels in our Open Data conference strand will deeply reflect on the phenomenal potential impact of opening up data held by our public institutions in a usable form. Featuring: Nigel Shadbolt, Will Perrin, Emer Coleman, and more.
http://futureeverything.org/conference
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Unlimited Connectivity
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Contact Theatre: 13/05/10
Millions of internet users are accustomed to the always-on connection to the internet that broadband allows. The growing spread of fast connectivity empowers more and more people to create and express in ways previously unimagined. What does our future of unlimited bandwidth look like, and what will be the Wikipedias and YouTubes of this brave new future? Featuring: Ken Eason, Clem Herman, Brian Condon, and more.
http://futureeverything.org/conference
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FutureEverything 2010 – Tickets and Info
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Part of the Lever Prize winning FutureEverything: astonishing talks, visionary people in a global conversation on bringing the future into the present.
The Festival Pass is the gateway to the FutureEverything festival and conference. Available at the pre-booking Rate rate of £135 till 11 May.