2gether -Festival of ideas, popular technologies and social progress

2 and 3 July 2008

We hope you can participate in and attend the 2gether Festival which takes place at Rochelle School in London on the 2 and 3 July 2008.

Channel 4 are the main sponsor of the Festival which has been developed in partnership with the RSA , Chinwag, Unltd, the Catalyst Awards, Ipsos Mori , Social Innovation Camp, Think Public, Protein and the Innovation Exchange.

2gether is a Festival of ideas and action which will provide a unique opportunity to focus on how emerging digital technologies and tools can generate groundbreaking social innovations and promote benefits for wider society.

Speakers include:

• Julian Baggini - Writer and Editor of The Philosophers' Magazine - A Journey inside the English Mind
• Charlie Beckett - Writer, Broadcaster and Director of POLIS - on Journalism to Save the World
• Andy Bell - Chief Creative Officer Mint Digital - on a Web of Generosity
• Adam Gee - Commissioning Editor (New Media), Channel 4 - on Embarrassing Bodies
• Jon Gisby - Director of New Media and Technology, Channel 4 - on the future of public service media
• John Grant - Author of The Green Marketing manifesto - on London United
• Umair Haque - Director of Havas Media Lab - on Obama: the Google of Politics
• Joanne Jacobs - Director of Xenial - on Lifecasting, microblogging and the transformation of conflict into comfort
• John Kay - Economist, Columnist and Author of The Truth About Markets - on Obliquity
• Marek Kohn - Evolutionary Psychologist - on Trust, Self-Interest and the Common Good
• Matt Locke - Commissioning Editor (Education), Channel 4 - on Public Service Start-Ups
• John Naish - Journalist and Author of Enough - on Future-proofing our consumption
• Alberto Nardelli - Chief Strategist UnLtd World - on UnLtd World
• Ben Page - Chair of Ipsos Mori - on Cultural Polyphagia
• David Robinson - Vice-Chair Prime Minister's Council for Social Action - on a Chain Reaction
• Lea Simpson - Founder of Unchained - is unchained!
• Brian Sletten - Software Engineer - on a semantic, social, problem-solving Web 3.0
• Tim Wright - Co-founder of XPT - on Ambulatory Media

 

The event will feature over 100 hours of content including keynote presentations, panel discussions, open space sessions, pitching sessions, creative workshops, interviews with key figures in the digital space, awards ceremonies, two parties and a few surprises!

We have conceived 2gether as an event that is co-created with those you attend so your participation matters.

Here’s how you can do it:

Come and listen to the 2gether speakers, panels and debates. See the schedule for the most recent roster of speakers and sessions. With your help we can improve and develop the programme day-by-day.

Suggest a speaker when you register and we will do our utmost to see if we can have them speak Host a session at 2gether.

There are three types of sessions:

1. Show and Tell: present your project or idea to a group·

2. Host a Discussion: can be on anything in the spirit of 2gether, from the abstract to the practical·

3. Create an interaction: offer a facilitation process or a game. Get participants thinking differently

Again please remember to submit your ideas after registering above, and we will ensure that our team follow up with you within 24 hours and help your work up the idea into a session.

The event will also feature: 

-a series of high profile interviews conducted by Channel 4’s Director of Nations and Regions Stuart Cosgrove

- access to The New Statesman 10^th Anniversary New Media Awards · a set piece debate on ‘Is our politics big enough to respond to an age of mass collaboration?’ hosted by The Spectator

- an opportunity to find out more about Channel 4’s new £50 million digital fund 4IP which launches this autumn

- a pitching competition to secure seed funding for an idea from UnLtd

We will bring the two days to an end with a 90 minute pitching event to capture the best ideas that have emerged over the course of the Festival and a party hosted by Channel 4.

Wednesday, July 02, 2008 at 09:00 AM
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Thursday, July 03, 2008 at 11:00 PM (GMT)

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