Open Call for Conference Submissions

‘The best way to predict the future is to invent it’
Alan Kay

The FutureEverything conference invites proposals for talks, presentations, workshops and sessions that relate to and expand the themes listed below. Submissions of innovative formats for social interaction and experimentation are encouraged.

Exploring the interface between technology, society and culture, the internationally acclaimed FutureEverything conference is the crucible that allows artists, technologists and future-thinkers to share, innovate and interact. It has prefigured new trends and is a place where important international discussions take place.

FutureEverything can offer one hotel room night and an honorarium of £50 per proposal selected for the conference.

The deadline for submissions is 24th October 2010.

Conference Themes 2011

This years themes are as follows:

ImagineEverything
Our most daring and wide-ranging conference strand, bringing you insights into tomorrow’s society, digital creativity and free culture. Taking all of our wildest dreams for the future and imagining what would happen if they really came true is at the heart of this strand.

FutureMobilities
Exploring future scenarios for smart transport, and looking beyond the transport of everything. How can real-time data systems lead to more sustainable transport? How can travel-time become smarter and more user-controlled? Where are we going and, more importantly, how will we be getting there?

Global & Connected
Remote collaboration, telepresence, networked performance, local/global connections, and group-to-group connectivity are a focus again, following the success of the inaugural GloNet event at FutureEverything 2010.

OpenEverything
The opening up of datasets by public bodies and private companies has huge repercussions both socially and politically. What models are emerging for the fair and creative use of such material and what are the implications of an open society?

FutureEverybody
The future must be for everybody – this was the call to arms from the last festival. A conference strand on citizen engagement will explore how we can connect communities and how citizens can be co-producers in decision making, intelligence gathering and building sustainable cities.

Handmade
Contemporary craft, digital hacking, interactivities and diy culture. A new maker community is emerging, connecting the culture of traditional skills and materials with modern-day digital production, distribution and interaction techniques. FutureEverything invites makers to create objects, installations and performances that explore the cross-fertilisation of new and traditional media and materials.

How to Submit

In order to submit you must first register with us. To do this click the Register button at the top of this page. You will be asked to create a username and password, which can then be used to login and upload your submissions. Please keep these details safe as you will need them each time you login to our site. If you have already registered with us, click the Login button to upload your submission. At this stage it is also possible to login through Facebook if you have an existing account.

Once you have registered or logged in, you will be able to follow the submission links to the upload form. Please use the online application for all entries, filling out all the required fields. Please ensure you submit the correct information, as once you have uploaded these you will not be able to edit anything. A confirmation email will be automatically sent out in response to your submission.

Submissions are accepted from individuals, groups, or collectives as well as recognised organisations or individuals acting on behalf of entrants. Submissions may be in any medium, and more than one proposal may submitted by the same artist/applicant using a separate application for each.

Additional supporting material may be sent by post only if essential for preview purposes, and not in lieu of the online application. Accepted hardcopy media for preview are DVD, CD-ROM or print publications. If submitting additional material, please include a print-out of your online application confirmation. Please send materials to the main address on the organisations homepage. Mailing costs will be borne by the entrant and supporting materials will not be returned.

Incomplete or late entries will not be considered.


Click here to register with us, or login, and submit.

Information Required

You will be asked to submit the following:

  • Title of Activity
  • Name of entrant
  • Contact email address of entrant
  • Institution or affiliation
  • URL
  • A 500 word abstract for presentation or session
  • Speaker biography (max. 150 words)
  • The type of activity (talk, demo, workshop, experience, etc)
  • Will the talk/presentation be presented for the first time at FutureEverything?

Selection Process

The Conference Programme Open Submission selection is made via the following process.

  • All submissions are first reviewed by the FutureEverything programming staff, and a longlist of proposals created.
  • The longlist is peer reviewed by the Advisory Council.
  • The Conference Committee advises on the make-up of the sessions and speakers.

Submissions are assessed against the following criteria:

  • Excellence
  • Originality
  • Significance
  • Relevance
  • Coherence and Rigour