FutureEverything 2013
27.03. - 01.04.2013 / Manchester, UK
Each year FutureEverything proposes, develops and responds to particular themes. These themes are provocations, designed to open up a space for debate and practice, made tangible through art and design projects. FutureEverything Publications seek to contribute to an international dialogue around these themes.Conference
The FutureEverything Conference 2013 was held at Piccadilly Place in Manchester 21 – 22 March 2013. With a series of speakers from around the world, including sessions with Google, Vimeo & the BBC, the 2013 FutureEverything conference was the most exciting and inspirational we have hosted in recent years.The FutureEverything conference and associated workshops brings together hundreds of delegates from around the world from across the creative industries, new technologies, innovation, arts, public sector and academia.
For the 2013 conference we focussed on three core themes that we believe will be instrumental in shaping the digital future: Creative Code, Future Cities and The Data Society.
ECAS supported events during the festival:
Discussion Panel21.03. - 22.03.2013
| Date | 21.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "API Economy" |
| Participants | Martyn Davies, Stewart Townsend, Martin Bryant |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/api-econony/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | An API (application programming interface) is an interface which allows software components to communicate with each other. API Economy will look at the economic dimensions when entire business ecologies develop around platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, with the risk of being swept away over night when those platforms change their Terms of Service. We will discuss the relative merits of operating within this potentially lucrative but occasionally volatile emerging market. |
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| Date | 21.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Building Creative Ecologies for Smarter Cities" |
| Participants | Drew Hemment, Marcos Garcia, Doug Ward |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/building-creative-ecologies-for-smarter-cities/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | How do we create and sustain spaces for bottom-up innovation, and spark and nurture a thriving creative ecology? What kind of environments and organisations are succeeding in creating vibrant spaces for smart citizens, artists and designers, entrepreneurs and startups? Building ecosystems that foster innovation and creativity in cities is a complex art that is not well understood. |
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| Date | 21.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Open City Infrastructure" |
| Participants | Usman Haque, Martijn de Waal, Scott Cain |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/open-city-infrastructure/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | How can cities develop their own data infrastructure and systems, going beyond just data stores? Cities are not islands separate from each other, they are connected by common language, law and economy. Similarly open data policy and infrastructure cannot be developed by different cities in isolation. To be sustainable it needs to scale and be connected. There needs to be cooperation between cities, sharing of knowledge and international cities need to be advocates for each other. Can we can map out some principles and a roadmap on how this can be achieved with a civic ethos? |
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| Date | 21.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Platforms" |
| Participants | Jeremy Boxer, Stephanie Pereira, Kevin Holmes |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/platforms/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | This panel will explore what the key drivers are behind this movement, who are the winners and losers and ultimately how do we make sure that the opening up of these public resources benefits all? |
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| Date | 21.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Policies and Politics of Open Data" |
| Participants | Jane Dudman, Tim Davies, Dominique Lazanski, Paul Maltby, Tom Slee |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/policies-politics-of-open-data/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | This panel will explore what the key drivers are behind this movement, who are the winners and losers and ultimately how do we make sure that the opening up of these public resources benefits all? |
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| Date | 21.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Facilitating Artistic Practice" |
| Participants | Julie Freeman, Asa Calow, Gabrielle Jenks, Clare Reddington, Hwa Young Jung |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/facilitating-artistic-practice/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | The path to becoming a professional creative coder or a practising new media artist is not linear or predictable. This session will look at different models of practice and how they are facilitated outside the traditional framework of contemporary art institutions. This session is a “how-to become a digital artist” featuring hack spaces, residencies, commissions for business and public realm works. |
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| Date | 22.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "The Bespoke Smart City" |
| Participants | Dave Carter, Lean Doody, Sascha Haselmayer, Catherine Mulligan, Anthony Townsend, Duncan Wilson |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/the-bespoke-smart-city/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | How can we build a bespoke city – tuned to the needs of its citizens, buzzing with civic invention – in a global market of generic, off-the-shelf parts? How can cities best produce their own situated software at a local level, and also tap into and feed the rich international trade in urban technology? How can we intelligently bring together the big technology platforms offered by the global corporations, with local technology projects and the interests of citizens? |
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| Date | 22.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Redesigning the Future" |
| Participants | Justin Pickard, Nicolas Nova, Scott Smith |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/redesigning-the-future/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | The FutureEverything Summit in 2013 will finish with a collection of stories on the future as a cultural artifact, and explain how designers use the future as tool for discussion and prototyping. |
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| Date | 22.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "New Canvas" |
| Participants | Joel Gethin Lewis, Angus Farquhar, Julian Oliver, James George, Jose Luis de Vicente |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/new-canvas/ |
| Description | Artists using code as their principal material build canvases and creative tools, working as both artist and engineer. They build the platforms that other artists and agencies use in their own craft. |
| Date | 22.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Strange Weather: The Uncertain Science of Prediction" |
| Participants | Carlo Buontempo, Geoff Mulgan |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/strange-weather-the-uncertain-science-of-prediction/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | Uncertainty in the art and science of prediction. Geoff Mulgan, CEO at NESTA, says predictive tools will move from being of marginal interest to become part of mainstream culture and everyday life. Carlo Buontempo from the Met Office looks at how uncertainty in climate prediction is communicated to a politician planning flood defences in New York or a business investing millions in a suspension bridge or tourism resort. Drew Hemment will talk about the role of artists and designers in communicating uncertainty and in the development of a new generation of ‘climate services’. |
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| Date | 22.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Bringing Archives To Life" |
| Participants | Jill Cousins, Tony Ageh |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/bringing-archives-to-life/ |
| Description | The dream of the “universal library” is closer than ever, as cultural institutions all over the world are working to put online their repositories of documents and items. |
| Date | 22.03.2013 |
| Action | Discussion Panel "Framing Digital Art" |
| Participants | Honor Harger, Keri Elmsly, Olof van Winden, Jon Kingsbury |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/framing-digital-art/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | The panel includes cultural institutions and professionals employing radical models for framing and commissioning art in response to the nature of the new media world. |
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Keynote Talk22.03.2013
| Date | 22.03.2013 |
| Action | Keynote Talk "Business of Open Data" |
| Participants | Gavin Starks |
| Location | Piccadilly Place / www.piccadillyplace.co.uk |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 Conference Delegate Handbook | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/conference/sessions/gavin-starks-business-of-open-data/ video recording of the speech |
| Description | If you had 10 million pounds to spend on open data research, development and startups, what would you do with it? That’s precisely the opportunity that Gavin Starks has been given as the first CEO of the Open Data Institute (ODI) in the United Kingdom. |
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Performances20.03. - 23.03.2013
| Date | 20.03.2013 |
| Action | Performance "Brandt Brauer Frick feat. Om Mas Keith / Lapalux" |
| Participants | Brandt Brauer Frick, Om Mas Keith, Lapalux |
| Location | Islington Mill, James St, Salford, M3 5HW. |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 A5 Music Programme leaflet | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/live/brandt-brauer-frick-ft-ommas-keith/ |
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| photos | Flickr Gallery |
| Date | 21.03.2013 |
| Action | DJ Sets "Holy Other / Wife / Special Guests (Deptford Goth, Bearcubs, Tourist)" |
| Participants | [Holy Other: David Ainley], [WIFE: James Kelly], [Deptford Goth: Daniel Woolhouse], [Bearcubs: Jack Ritchie] |
| Location | Islington Mill, James St, Salford, M3 5HW. |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 A5 Music Programme leaflet | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/live/holy-other-wife-special-guests/ |
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| photos | Flickr Gallery |
| Date | 22.03.2013 |
| Action | Performance / DJ Sets "Andy Stott / Lee Gamble / Rashad Becker / Hieroglyphic Being / Powell" |
| Participants | Andy Stott, Lee Gamble, Rashad Becker, [Hieroglyphic Being: Jamal Moss], [Powell: Oscar Powell] |
| Location | Islington Mill, James St, Salford, M3 5HW. |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 A5 Music Programme leaflet | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/live/andy-stott/ |
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| photos | Flickr Gallery |
| Date | 23.03.2013 |
| Action | DJ Sets "Space Dimension Controller / Jam City / Saoirse / Ruf Dug" - closing event |
| Participants | [Space Dimension Controller: John Hamill], [Jam City: Jack Latham], Saoirse [Saoirse Ryan] |
| Location | Islington Mill, James St, Salford, M3 5HW. |
| Sponsoring Partners | FutureEverything |
| FutureEverything 2013 A5 Music Programme leaflet | |
| Online References |
http://2013.futureeverything.org/summit/live/resident-advisor-closing-party/ |
| Description | As a closing party for the FutureEverything music programme, we’re partnering up with Resident Advisor to present a late night event featuring some of the UK’s most exciting and forward thinking producers and DJs, featuring Space Dimension Controller and Jam City. |
| photos | Flickr Gallery |