[open-visualisation] Public 2.0: Culture, Creativity and Audience in an Era of Information Openness

Wed Jul 6 16:19:37 UTC 2011

Hi all,
this conference might be of interest..

Public 2.0
Culture, Creativity and Audience in an Era of Information Openness

http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/media/cream/events/conferences/public-2.0

Project online:
www.data-art.net

Date:  21 July 2011 10.30am - 8.00pm
Location:  Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW

Invited speakers include

Tom Corby, conference convener, artist, academic and writer working at the 
University of Westminster.
Simon Rogers, editor of the Guardian Datablog and Datastore.
Ian Forrester, Senior Producer at BBC R&D and emergent technology expert.
Roland Harwood, co-founder of 100%Open an innovation agency.
David Gauntlett, writes and teaches on how digital media gives people new 
opportunities to create and connect.
Rob Myers, artist, writer, hacker and Chief Technology Officer for Philter 
Phactory.
Drew Hemment, associate Director of ImaginationLancaster, Lancaster 
University, and Director of the FutureEverything Festival. (TBC)
Julian Tate lead developer on the Manchester Open Data Cities project for 
FutureEverything.
Ruth Catlow, media artist and co-founder and co-director of Furtherfield.org 
media arts organization.
Santiago Ortiz, Co-founder and research director at Bestiario

In addition a ‘show and tell’ session will feature art and design works by 
independent companies and developers including Bestiario, Andy Littledale, 
Gavin Baily and Harry Robbins.

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Gavin Baily
www.tracemedia.co.uk