Discover everything you need to know about social media at Futuresonic’s world leading Social Technologies Summit .

Limited offer in association with The White Room : Futuresonic is pleased to offer you a £20 discount on the Delegate Pass for the Futuresonic 2009 festival and Social Technologies Summit. Register online at www.futuresonic.com/delegates and enter 09DISC into the promotion code field, valid until 30th April.

Keynote speakers include * Stowe Boyd * who coined the term “social tools” in 1999, and, according to Technobabble, is one of the top ten analysts currently blogging; * Tom Ilube * , Davos Technology Pioneer and CEO of Garlik; * Rachel O’Connell * , Vice President at Bebo; * Jamais Cascio * , co-founder of Worldchanging.org; * Helen Aspell * , Head of Digital at Equality and Human Rights Commission UK; and * Adam Greenfield * , expert on next-generation mobile and human-friendly interfaces.

Full Programme Now Announced at www.socialtechsummit.org

Social Technologies Summit: The Futuresonic Conference Manchester UK 13-16 May

• Delegate Registration * www.socialtechsummit.org/delegates

Sessions include…

4iP Lowdown (UK) Aaron Koblin (US) Abigail Shoneboom (US) Adam Greenfield (US) – Keynote Alfie Dennon (UK) BBC (UK) Carlo Buontempo (IT) Christian Licoppe (FR) Christian Nold (UK) Dave Griffiths (UK) David Gunn (UK) Drew Hemment (UK) Ensembli (UK) Ewan McIntosh (UK) Helen Aspell (UK) Jamais Cascio (US) – Keynote James Marriott (UK) Jonah Brucker Cohen (US) and Mike Bennett (IE) Jonah Brucker Cohen (US) Katie Lips (UK) Lanfranco Aceti (IT) Lee Bryant (UK) Mario Cacciottolo (UK) Miguel Andrés Clavero (ES) Rachel O’Connell (IE) – Keynote Roland Harwood (UK) Selene Kolman (NL) Stefan Agamanolis (US) Stowe Boyd (US) – Keynote Tapio Mäkelä (FI) The Digital Economy Event Tom Ilube (UK) – Keynote Transition City Manchester Tristan Thielmann (DE) Usman Haque (UK) Yuri Suzuki (JP)

• The Festival *

Futuresonic Urban Festival of Art, Music and Ideas features world premiers of astonishing artworks, an explosive city-wide music programme, and visionary thinkers from around the world.

Now in its 14th year, Futuresonic is the UK’s leading festival for digital culture, and this year was nominated for the prestigious Lever Arts Prize. An urban festival experience, it is anticipated that over 50,000 festival visitors will engage with 300 artists and 100 events across 30 venues.

13-16 May, Manchester UK http://www.futuresonic.com

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