>To: nina czegledy <czegledy@interlog.com>
>Subject: Social Technologies Summit - Early Bird
>Registration deadline this week
>Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:16:25 +0000
>
>Hi Nina, please forward to people interested.
>Thanks, Drew
>
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>SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT:
>THE FUTURESONIC CONFERENCE
>13-16 May 2009, Manchester UK
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>Final Days for Early Bird Delegate Registration: till Fri 13 March
>http://www.futuresonic.com/conference
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>Social Technologies Summit:
>The Futuresonic Conference
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>The Social Technologies Summit is the leading
>international conference that brings together
>500 opinion formers, futurologists, artists,
>researchers and technologists to explore the
>latest upgrade affecting today's digital
>culture. This is the place where the technology
>and digital sectors connect with the creative
>vision of the international digital arts
>community.
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>Pioneering ideas will be presented, which will
>transform the way you and your organisation
>operate, innovate and interact. Combining
>keynotes, critical debates, demonstrations and
>experiences with open space and participatory
>sessions, it is an engaging, critical and
>essential event to attend.
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>http://www.futuresonic.com/conference
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>Conference Programme
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>This year sees Futuresonic's most explosive conference programme.
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>Keynote speakers include inventor of the term
>'social tools' and leading thinker on the social
>web Stowe Boyd; Jamais Cascio, co-founder of
>Worldchanging.org on social media and the
>environment; Rachel O'Connell, VP People
>Networks at Bebo.com on identity and trust; Adam
>Greenfield, expert on next-generation mobile and
>human-friendly interfaces; and Tom Ilube, Davos
>advisor and CEO of Garlick, on shaping the way
>business and society prepare for the Semantic
>Web.
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>Other world renowned contributors include James
>Marriott from PLATFORM; Helen Aspell, Head of
>Digital at Equality and Human Rights Commission
>UK; Grammy-nominated data visualiser Aaron
>Koblin; Roland Harwood, Director of Nesta
>Connect; Stephan Agamanolis, CEO of Distance
>Lab; international artists working with web and
>locative technologies Christian Nold, Tapio
>Makela and Jonah Brucker-Cohen; Dave
>Griffiths/FoAM, organisers of the influential
>Luminous Green events; Lee Bryant founder of
>Headshift; and Ewan Mackintosh, educationalist
>and Digital Commissioner at 4IP.
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>Plus following on from the success of the first
>Nokia Open Lab held in Helsinki in 2008, Nokia
>Open Lab comes to the UK for Futuresonic.
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>The themes for the conference this year include
>Environment 2.0; Digital Futures; Identity and
>Trust; Mobile; and Semantic Web: Cultural
>Algorithms.
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>http://www.futuresonic.com/conference
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>Futuresonic 2009
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>A part of the Futuresonic Urban Festival of Art, Music and Ideas
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>Now in its 14th year, Futuresonic is an
>international festival featuring world premiers
>of astonishing artworks, an explosive city-wide
>music programme, and visionary thinkers from
>around the world. Featuring 50,000 festival
>visitors and 300 artists at 100 events in a
>city-wide urban festival experience.
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>In 2010 Futuresonic will return as FutureEverything
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>http://www.futuresonic.com
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>Register
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>Final Days for Early Bird Delegate Registration: till Fri 13 March
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>Visit http://www.futuresonic.com/conference for
>current information and to register
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>Participants will be issued with a delegate pass
>for the Futuresonic festival, which gives access
>to the Social Technologies Summit: The
>Futuresonic Conference and art and music
>festival programme*.
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>*Some festival events have limited capacity and will require a
>ticket. A list of these restricted events is
>announced on our website www.futuresonic.com.
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>PASS OPTIONS(all prices exl 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
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>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.
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>The Festival
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>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.
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>13-16 May, Manchester UK
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>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
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>Futuresonic is presented in partnership with
>ImaginationLancaster
>http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk, a major new
>research lab at Lancaster University.
>
>In 2010 Futuresonic will return as FutureEverything
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>http://www.futuresonic.com
>
>#futr09
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