Re: [Fwd: [GeekUp] Stallman to speak at Futuresonic]

This is very very interesting... is anyone up for going?

Might be my only chance to get RMS to sign my GPG key. :p

On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 06:48:03PM +0000, Tim Dobson wrote:

> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:55:20 +0000
> From: Paul Robinson <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [GeekUp] Stallman to speak at Futuresonic
>
> The only other name that stands out is our very own Katie Lips.
>
> Why do the Futuresonic crowd not speak to us? Just curious but you'd
> think they'd want to spend a lot of time with us and sell to us more...
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Futuresonic" <[email protected]>
>> Date: 6 March 2008 12:37:17 GMT
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Futuresonic 2008 - Futuresonic Conference: Speakers Announced
>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>>
>> click here to view this online: http://www.futuresonic.com/updates/080304.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Futuresonic Conference:
>> Speakers Announced
>>
>>
>>
>> Futuresonic Conference:
>> The Social Technologies Summit
>> Contact Theatre, Manchester
>> 1– 2 May (supporting events 30 April & 3 May)
>>
>> Delegate Passes Now On Sale
>>
>> Contributors - Gerd Leonhard, Richard Stallman, Dopplr, Sarai, Matt
>> Fuller, Last.fm, Aleks Krotosk, Matt Locke, Geraldine Juarez, Felipe
>> Fonseca ...
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Further Conference Information
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Many more speakers to be announced. For more information on
>> Futuresonic Conference and to buy a Delegate Pass please visit
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> 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: The Festival
>> Music Pass (usually £45) which gives the wearer access to many key
>> Futuresonic music 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
>>
>> Delegate Passes, Weekender Wristbands and individual tickets can be
>> bought at
>> www.futuresonic.com
>> T: 0161 274 0600
>>
>> A registration form can be downloaded at 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: www.futuresonic.com
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> For more info and to buy advance tickets now visit
>> http://www.futuresonic.com
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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