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Written by janine cahill
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Friday, 15 August 2008 |
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Youth and the Future - YELLOW TENT | 12.00 | Opening and welcome: Janine Cahill “Why exploring the future is important” Joel Doutch MC introduces the day | | 12.30 | Pacific Calling: i-Kirabati on the impact of climate change | | 1.00 | The Future by us – panel – Ben margretts, Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Oaktree, Damian Damjonovic, | | 1.30 | Playback of today’s experience – Paperbag Playback | | 2.00 | Exploring the barcode of life – Dr Tim Entwhistle, Executive Director, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Trust | | 2.30 | Louise Robards, Edmund Rice Centre: Pacific Calling: the UN Climate Conference Bali experience | | 3.00 | Playback of today’s experience – Paperbag playback | | 3.30 | Dr Joseph Bevitt, “Australian Synchroton – Lighting the Future” | | 4.00 | Teams respond to global challenge olympics | | 4.30 | Professor Stuart Hill, Professor of Social Ecology, University of Western Sydney – “Ecosystems Beneath” – Untapped Opportunities | | 5.30 | Closing and Claiming the Future | Sustainability Space - GREEN TENT | | 12.30 | Starting the Retrofit our City Project, Michael Chew | | | 1.00 | Louise Robards, Bali UN Experience | | | 1.30 | Peter Driscoll, Transition Towns | | | 2.00 | Permaculture Workshop | | | 2.30 | Selena Griffith “Designers as magnifiers of resource use” | | | 3.00 | How individuals can make a difference | | | 3.30 | Selena Griffith unsw Design academic, industrial designer, artist, businesswoman and teacher specialising in Design Management and Sustainability What we can do to make a difference | | | 4.00 | Terry Collins, CEO Integral Futures, Workshop on Alternative Energy Opportunities in Australia | Hands- on Xpression Activities FutureVisionQuilt Sydney2050Map BuildYourFuture OneDayDream MyFuture
Technology and the Future - BLUE TENT | 12 – 1.00 | Interactive Spaces – facilitated | | 1.00 | Dr Brian Lennon, FabLab@Home: How Distributed Manufacturing will change the future | | 1.30 | Donnie McLurcan Nanotechnology Workshop | | 2.00 | Damian Danojovski Where Social Media and other technologies are converging | | 2.30 | Mark Bolotin Synarcade Emergence: Build your own being: a reflection on technology and art futures: Future of art/creativity/interaction | | 3.30 | Dr Joseph Bevitt, Professional Officer NSW Synchrotron Consortium, "The Australian Synchrotron, Lighting the Future" | | 4.00 | Matt Moore Music in 2050 | | 4.30 | Ian Woolf: Five nations race to the moon for 2020 – Why? And Whose moon is it anyway? | | 5.00 | Discussions on how technology can add value for a post carbon world, Dr Brian Lennon | Hands on with modern chemistry RACI - Adam Cawley, Edwina Hine, Dr Joseph Bevitt
Virtual Worlds – Second Life – BLACK TENT | | 12 | Welcome and second life orientation | | | 12.30 | The fabulous Dell Wolfensparger will share some his work and insights, followed by a tour of his Island in Second Life! | | | 1.30 | Topophilia - Love of Land: AAEE Gallery Exhibition, Islands of jokaydia
Birut Zemits and members of the Australian Association for Environmental Education will share their exhibition in Second Life, titled Topophilia - Love of Land | | | 3.00 | Global Challenges and Sustainable Futures - Cocreation and Collaboration Session
Janine Cahill and her team will lead an inworld discussion and collaboration session - which will explore some of the issues presented at the real life conference. Help co-create the future! | | | 4.00 | Presentation on Global Team Challenges Olympics | | | 4.30 | Dr. Andrew Wallace PhD, Director of the Network of European Technocrats
Dr Wallace will give a presentation titled Technocracy: Building a New Sustainable Society for a Post Carbon World live in Second Life. |
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2008 Festival Program 
