FutureFest 2016

Tobacco Dock, 50 Porters Walk, London
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This event ended on Sunday 18th of September 2016
Admission
£80 adult
Location

Tobacco Dock, 50 Porters Walk, London

Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Shadwell 0.28 miles

FutureFest is a weekend festival of immersive experiences, compelling performances and radical speakers to excite and challenge perceptions of the future.

Taking place at London's Tobacco Dock, 17-18 September 2016, this year’s event is programmed around four themes - Love, Play, Work and Thrive - with each curated by a specialist in the field.

This year’s event line-up includes: Multi-award winning stage designer Es Devlin Advertising mogul and founder of MakeLoveNotPorn and IfWeRanTheWorld Cindy Gallop Experimental musician and author Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky Restaurateur and judge of BBC’s Great British Menu Oliver Peyton Serial entrepreneur, angel investor and former CEO Sherry Coutu CBE Award-winning scriptwriter and video game designer Rhianna Pratchett Technology journalist and commentator Kate Russell Lead curator of FutureFest 2013/2015 and curator of the Play theme at this year’s event, musician and writer Pat Kane (pictured), said: “As humans, we are all born with our own in-built crystal ball about the future. It’s in our nature to have dreams and schemes about better and more exciting worlds to come. At this third FutureFest, alongside my new fellow curators, we’re exploring playful, sensual, emotional and working futures - using our usual mix of world-class speakers, startling new commissions and installations, and a whole range of opportunities for our super-smart audiences to get involved.”

Geoff Mulgan, CEO of Nesta said: “FutureFest is a unique chance to explore the future - to learn, taste, feel and hear what it might be like. It's exciting, inspiring - and often disconcerting. But the main aim is very simple: that we can all learn how to better shape a future that works for us.”

Since its inaugural event in 2013, FutureFest has hosted Dame Vivienne Westwood in conversation with Edward Snowden, legendary funk musician George Clinton, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales, author Jon Ronson, social entrepreneur and model Lily Cole, amongst others.

FutureFest is hosted by Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation.

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