MOBILE FUTURES: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF THE UBIQUITOUS MOBILE

CYBERSALON @ THE DANA CENTRE

The Dana Centre, 165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5HE <www.danacentre.org.uk>
Cost: This event is free but places must be booked
by calling 020 7942 4040 or by emailing: <tickets[AT]danacentre.org.uk<
Nearest tubes: South Kensington/Gloucester
Road

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"The mobile has taken its place in a time marked
by increasing connectivity, unprecedented mobility, and the emergence
of new cultures, communities and collectivities, and it is now helping
to shape that new, emerging world."
Dr. Sadie Plant 'On the Mobile

For it's second event at the Science Museum's newly opened
Dana Centre, Cybersalon scans the wireless network to present an investigation
into ‘Mobile Futures’. How are mobile phones changing our
personal and social space? Should the networks solely control wireless
development? Has mobile technology liberated communication or revealed
a darker, more dysfunctional side to our natures? With mobile phones
used as everything from detonators in the Madrid bombings to child security
devices, what are we to make of this increasingly indispensable technology?

Using it's trademark discussion/club format and complemented
by the Dana Centre's state of the art technological resources, Cybersalon
assembles a panel of experts to explore the nature and impact of the
ubiquitous mobile. Our panel includes: Paul Amery,
Head of Partner Strategy at Orange; Giles Lane,
Head of Proboscis - a creative studio which researches, develops and
promotes innovation; and Professor James Woudhuysen,
international forecasting guru and Professor of Forecasting and Innovation
at De Montfort University. The session is chaired by Simon
Evans of Cybersalon and introduced by Dr
Richard Barbrook of the Hypermedia Research Centre, University
of Westminster.

The evening also includes a range of presentation, practical
sessions and performance exploring the theme - with highlights including Mobile
Reflections – a Flash presentation of reflections, thoughts
and anecdotes about mobile technologies by participants of the Cybersalon ‘Mobile
Futures’ and Futuresonic ‘Mobile Connections’ events
all communicated via their mobile phones; Kirsty
MacKay’s ‘i-capture’ – her diary exhibition
sponsored by Vodafone Live, Urban Tapestries -
a research project exploring the social and cultural uses of the convergence
of place and mobile technologies, ‘hands-on’ viewings of
mobile artifacts from the Science Museum archive, Bluejacking – a
session demonstrating what you can get up to with your Bluetooth enabled
handset, stand-up comedy from science writer Timandra
Harkness and a live DJ/VJ set from the Dublab
All Stars mixed remotely via their
mobile phones.

Complete with a wired café-bar connecting it to
people all around the world, the Dana Centre brings exciting, informative
and lively discussion to people who want to talk about challenging and
cutting edge topics in science, the arts and culture. The evening will
be web cast live from the Dana Centre, enabling a worldwide audience
to engage and interact with the event.