[spectre] Digital & Creative Futures

[drew at futureeverything.org]

DIGITAL COMMUNITY TO CONNECT AT REGIONAL SUMMIT

Vision+Media and FutureEverything joining forces to host digital summit

Digital, creative and media communities challenged to provide content

Professor Steve Furber, Gerry Hassan and Kid Carpet to feature

Vision+Media and FutureEverything are joining forces to host a digital
summit, where the digital, creative and media communities are being
encouraged to play an active role in choosing its content.

‘Creative and Digital Futures’ will feature talks from leading industry
experts, live entertainment and a one-hour ‘unconference’, where attendees
can host short discussion groups on topics of their choice.

Keynote speakers include Professor Steve Furber, ICL Professor of Computer
Engineering in the School of Computer Science at the University of
Manchester, who will explore the future of microchip technology. Also
speaking is Gerry Hassan, writer and commentator on Scottish and UK
politics and future thinking, who will focus on the concept of regional
identity.

Live entertainment will come from Kid Carpet, a solo artist whose eclectic
performances have led to support slots for Willy Mason, Badly Drawn Boy,
Electric Six, The Go! Team and Arcade Fire. Kid Carpet will be performing
tracks from his latest project ‘The Advert Break’.

The ‘unconference’ will feature workshops around topics such as social
gaming, 3D technology and project canvas.   Delegates are also being given
the opportunity to propose and host their own sessions, which can explore
one of the following themes:

A demonstration of technology

A project shared

A question or proposition

A more formal presentation, no longer than 10 minutes, allowing time for
discussion

To make a suggestion, contact Bren O’Callaghan:  bren at futureeverything.org

The event will also feature installations from Aaron Koblin: Data
Visualisations, Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir: Lux Aurumque  and
SosoLimited: Prime Numerics.

Enda Carey, Sector Lead for Games, Digital and Creative Services at
Vision+Media said: “Digital and Creative Futures will be an inspirational
collision of contemporary thought, anarchic music and digital
installations. We want the digital community to really engage with this
summit by playing an active role in choosing the content, so that it
focuses on challenging, thought-provoking topics that are truly of
interest to them and their peers. This will give them the opportunity to
share ideas and best practice, discuss and debate industry issues and look
at what the future holds for the industry.”

Drew Hemment, Director of FutureEverything, said "This is an exciting time
for the digital, media and creative sectors, and this event is a half day
booster injection to spark and inspire new opportunities for collaboration
and innovation. Join us in looking beyond the bricks-and-mortar bubbles of
city rivalries, to connect people and businesses across the 'seven city'
region of the Northwest. FutureEverything is delighted to be collaborating
with Vision+Media, who are working to support thriving, successful
creative and digital industries in the Northwest. This event follows on
from the huge success of the City Debate during FutueEverything 2010."

Creative and Digital Futures: Vision+Media, MediaCityUK, 100 Broadway,
Salford Quays, M50 2UW
Thursday 1 July 2010, 16.00 - 19.30

Registration is free, although numbers are limited to first-come,
first-served.

Visit http://digitalandcreativefutures.eventbrite.com/ to register.