Space & Culture

USE YOUR IMAGINATION
Friday 11 May 2007, 10am-6pm
Manchester, UK

Leading figures from around the world are converging on Manchester for Use Your Imagination, a unique one-day event presented by Imagination@Lancaster, Lancaster University’s new interdisciplinary research institute, as a part of the Social Technologies Summit and Futuresonic 2007 Urban Festival of Art, Music and Ideas.

The event sets out to :

• Inspire people with the possibilities of interdisciplinary collaboration
• Introduce artists, designers, social researchers, activists, engineers and computer scientists to what excites each other
• Enable people to meet in structured and informal ways
• Seed new collaborations.

Participants include :

Alan Dix (Lancaster University)
Anne Galloway (Carleton University)
Charlie Gere (Lancaster University)
Drew Hemment (Lancaster University)
Eric Paulos (Intel Research)
Giles Lane (Proboscis)
Kristina Andersen (STEIM)
Laura Watts (Lancaster University)
Linda Doyle (Trinity College Dublin)
Nina Wakeford (INCITE)
Paul Domenet (Saatchi & Saatchi)
Steve Dietz (YProductions)

IMAGINATION@LANCASTER

Creativity and innovation occurs at the boundaries… the conception, production, management and use of our material world increasingly relies on the convergence of science, technology, social science, arts and humanities. Nanotechnology, intelligent materials, ambient, mobile, ubiquitous and visualisation technologies provide opportunities for the convergences of the products we use, the clothes wear, the places in which we live and work, and the media we engage with for work and leisure. In order to create this material world we must have the visualisation and creative skills to access and combine the technologies, but also an understanding of sustainability; the social, economic, and environmental factors, as well as an insight into production, management and historical contexts.

We plan to work with leading designers and innovators across the globe to build an ‘Imagination Laboratory’, to enable people and organisations to engage with academia in a dynamic and creative way, using time and space to research and imagine new futures. It is also our goal to become part of a global network of similar places to enable virtual as well as co-located engagement in research and development.

We invite you to be a part of this!

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