Live Futures 2020 in 2009
In 2009, Live Futures 2020 created a new partnership with the College of Fine Arts (UNSW), and held the festival at COFA’s paddington campus on the 15ht August. The symbol is C, was a significant theme running througout the festival in 2009, as in Convergence, Collision, Community, Collaboration, Collusion, Collection, Communication, Celebration …
Some of the activities that were in the 2009 program included:
Workshops such as Bridges Social Innovation VOICES, Live Futures Dreaming, The Future of Cities Mapping exercise …
For the full 2009 Program, please see one of the following:
Live Futures 2020 Festival: 2009 Program (PDF)
One-Pager Live Futures 2020 Program (PDF)
Live Futures 2020 in 2008
Took place on Sunday August 17 at Newtown Square (corner of King Street and Enmore Road opposite Newtown Station) in Sydney as a one-day festival to explore the future.
We explored the future with young people, futurists, climate experts, scientists, artists, designers, technologists, film-makers, performers and started to create the future together in form of workshops, interactive forums, exploration and expression spaces.
Explored where the following questions: What kind of future do you want to live in? How will current technologies develop sustainable futures for all of the world’s people? What do nanotech, biotech, robotics and artificial intelligence really offer? How do these help us solve health, food, climate challenges, water and other resources and sustainability? Based on these questions the festival was created.
We explored the virtual world Second Life. We heard from experts, futurists and artists coming in from all around the world into Jokaydia Island in Second Life, where a parallel virtual festival was held.
We saw a printer that can print your cup and bowl, developed by Dr Brian Lennon. 3D printing that will change the face of manufacturing and impacts of transport carbon forever.
There were talks such as the impact of Climate Change by Pacific Calling, on “Ecosystems Beneath” – Untapped Opportunities by Professor Stuart Hill, Professor of Social Ecology, University of Western Sydney.
Our most popular workshops explored the following issues: “Five nations race to the moon for 2020 – Why? And whose moon is it anyway?” by Ian Woolf; “How technology can add value for a post carbon world” by Dr Brian Lennon; “Alternative Energy Opportunities in Australia” by Terry Collins, CEO Integral Futures; “Retrofit our City Project” by Michael Chew
And there were an “unconference”, a “twitterfest”, Scinema – award-winning science cinema, alternative fuel cars, “how-tos” on alternative energy sources and reversing and reducing global warming.
Live Futures 2020 in 2008 was part of National Science Week and supported by the Futures Foundation, and futurists and experts all around the world.
Main Stage at Live Futures 2020 in 2008
Technology Tent at Live Futures 2020 in 2008
3D Chalk Art by Rudy Kistler
Live Futures 2020 in 2007
Live Futures 2020 in 2007 was held in Victoria Park on 11th November 2007.
The program included:
Main Stage
2.00 Welcome and honouring our timeless land – what future are we creating?
2.30 Workshop 2020 – Beyond Certainty
3.00 Music workshops: having your voice heard
3.30 Music workshops
4.00 Music
5.00 Richard Neville, futurist, author, provocateur
5.30 Open Mic: Creating our future
6.00 Live Bands Future Musicians:
7.00 Music
7.30 Closer to the future
Environment Space
Be provoked. Experience others’ views on environmental challenge. Consider the world in 2020 – the culture, the mix of young and old people, effects of climate variation other related issues. Resource Sharing. National – international – global? Environment and Millenium Development Goals. Extreme events. Can we open our hearts to climate refugees? What are the ethics of climate? Technology opportunities and challenges.
There will be half hour workshops and opportunities to open discussions at other times:
2.15 Marcus Barber: The environment and the future
3.00 Communication technologies and possibilities for reducing carbon
4.00 Ethics and the environment: what kind of cultural shifts are necessary
5.00 What is a world without borders?
6.00 Mahesh Radhakrishnan, Pacific calling: Do we have the courage to stand up?
7.00 Mahesh Radhakrishnan, Pacific Calling: What can we do?
Backcast from your Vision of 2020 to now – what are next steps?
Peace Space
Be inspired.
2.30 Peace and the Environment
3.30 Jan Lee Martin, Foundation Director Futures Foundation: A guided tour to the future
4.30 Biancca Pace, Ministry for Peace
5.30 Jule Du Varrens Institute for Communication Ethics: Whose news?
6.30 Open Space: Open Discussion
7.15 Visions for peace – Accelerating Opportunities
Xpression Space
Xpress yourself on film: computer, mobile, TV screens. What is 2020 going to be like? Get your thoughts together and share them with the world, straight to youtube and facebook. Learn how to put together key messages to make your 3 minute vid count.
Barcamp Sydney will be here – put your name down to run a workshop. Hear from tech innovators on what they are doing – discuss intensely and have your say. Presentations, demos short sharp sweet with loads of discussion – many to many.
Re-Xpression Space
Join with designers and xperts to create new from old.
Re-Think, Re-Xpress your world.
Re-xpress you and your stuff. Re-style your old clothes into new. And old stuff into new. Re-Xpress your city. Retrofit your city with urban forests, urban food. Vertical gardens, rooftops and balconies.
Make music out of old toys, drink bottles and electronics: circuit-bending innovation with a twist
Ecodesign Principles: Redesign Sydney to fit the future world we are creating. How can we apply these ideas to new enterprises, products and services?
Idea bank: Drop your idea in the idea bank to see if it gains enough support to be chosen for a mentored project.
Join Engineers without Borders making sustainable stuff. Find out how they are creating positive futures and be inspired.
Xternal Space
PERVASIVE GAME Can you lead in a world without borders? Team up with friends old and new to play this mixed reality game. Face the challenges of the future and in teams, develop new approaches. Extra points for bringing in friends from around the globe to face the future together. Bring your mobiles and turn your bluetooth on.
Barcamp Sydney -A barCamp is an ad-hoc gathering of technologists born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. Intense event with discussions, demos, and lots of interaction. Also in some of the tents.
Picnic Discursives – open discussions on the future at the many picnic blankets around the venue and breakout spaces from other workshops
Stalls – other community and small enterprises and mindful food
Soap Boxes – you know you want to – get up and have your say – Be heard. And hear from others.
Walk a Mile is about acknowledging the experiences of our indigenous people. Take a minute out to walk in indigenous shoes before making decisions. Join with artist Darren Bloomfield at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy to paint shoes for a collaborative future.
