FutureFest 2018 takes place on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 July at Tobacco Dock in London, and there will also be a series of special events leading up to it. You can sign up to the FutureFest newsletter for more info.
Schedule for Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July.
Tickets are available here – Choose General Admission at Registration Page page drop down and add the code WOMENSHIFTDIGI_FF18 at the payment point.
Women Shift Digital and body>data>space are again the official partners of FutureFest 2018. Ghislaine returns for a third time as a co-curator of Nesta’s FutureFest, which takes place this summer in London. You can find more information about Ghislaine’s curation here.
FutureFest is one of Europe’s largest festivals of the future, and explores how the most pressing challenges of our time could be tackled by developing radical alternative future visions. It features thought-provoking debates, innovative showcases, immersive experiences, and mesmerising installations, along with talks from those putting cutting-edge ideas into practice – across democracy and government, work, health, education and the arts.
A wide range of brilliant women are presenting including:
- Indra Adnan (Co-initiator, The Alternative UK)
- Prof Rebecca Allen (Artist/art-sci pioneer, Professor UCLA)
- Cacau Araújo (Network connector, Alana and coordinator, Believe.Earth)
- Susan Basterfield (Member and foundation Director, Enspiral)
- Alice Bell (Director)
- Ann Branch (European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
- Ghislaine Boddington (Co-curator FutureFest/bodydataspace/Women Shift Digital)
- Francesca Bria (Chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer, Barcelona)
- Alice Casey (Head of New Operating Models)
- Prof Sarah Churchwell (Professor, )
- Rachel Coldicutt (CEO, Doteveryone)
- Hilary Cottam (Author and Entrepreneur)
- Mafalda Costa (Research Officer, The Frozen Ark Project, Cardiff University)
- Ayça Çubukçu ()
- Dr Kanta Dihal (Researcher, )
- May East (Regenerative practitioner/Stargazer, Gaia Education)
- Florence Engasser (Senior Researcher, International Innovation, Nesta)
- Dr Kathryn Harkup (Author/chemist)
- Imogen Heap (Composer/Musician/Founder, Mycelia/Mi.mu gloves)
- Marie Hicks (Historian of Technology)
- Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE (Chief, Stemettes)
- Jasmine Idun Isdrake (Creative Director, CEO, Playcentric Industries & Institute)
- Anab Jain (Director, Superflux/designer/futurist)
- Shelina Janmohamed (Author/journalist)
- Laura Kalbag (Designer/author, co-Founder at Ind.ie.)
- Kapka Kassabova (Author of Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe)
- Jude Kelly (Founder/Director, Women Of The World Festival)
- Halima Khan (Executive Director, Health Lab, Nesta)
- Julia Kloiber (Co-Founder, PrototypeFund.de)
- Amy Lamé (London’s Night Czar)
- Christelle Lahoud (Architect and Urban Planner)
- Jenna Lähdemäki (Foresight and insight specialist)
- Katherine Lewis (Creative Scientist, Futurist and Journalist at DH READY)
- Annie Mac (DJ and broadcaster)
- Aleksandra Mir (Visual Artist)
- Angela Nagle (Write)
- Dr Marianna Obrist (Reader in Interaction Design, University of Sussex)
- Elizabeth Oldfield (Director, Theos)
- Kathy Peach (Freelance Consultant)
- Francesca Pick (Ouishare Connector, Co-founder of Greaterthan)
- Alison Powell (Assistant Professor, Director of MSc in Data & Society, London School of Economics)
- Nina Power (Author and Lecturer, University of Roehampton)
- Anna Rafferty (Director, Digital Studios, BBC Studios)
- Anjali Ramachandran (Editor/Ada’s List)
- Kate Raworth (Economist/author)
- Yvonne Roberts (Novelist/Journalist)
- Tina Saaby (Chief City Architect, Copenhagen)
- Annika Small (Co-Founder/Director, CAST)
- Clara Sousa-Silva (Molecular astrophysicist/scientist)
- Jill Stuart (Academic)
- Nicola Sturgeon (Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland)
- Dr Güne Taylor (Postdoctoral Training Fellow, The Francis Crick Institute)
- Lisa Taylor (Chief Executive, Future of London)
- Phillipa Tipper (Partner, A Word in Edgeways LLP)
- Dr Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa (Political scientist)
- Laetitia Vitaud (Founder, Cadre Noir Ltd, lecturer, Sciences Po Paris)
- Sophie Walker (Leader, Women’s Equality Party)
- Clare Walton (Chief Executive, Community Action: MK)
- Joanna Walsh (Journalist/author)
- Ruby Wax OBE (Writer/performer/mental health campaigner)
- Avivah Wittenberg-Cox (CEO, 20-first)
- Jillian York (Director for International Freedom of Expression)
A strong set of women of Nesta are producing the event as well:
- Rebecca Rossini (Head of Events and Festivals, Nesta)
- Petra Perjesi (FutureFest Producer, Nesta)
- Celia Hannon (Director, Explorations, Nesta)
- Carolina van den Berg (Project Delivery Manager, Explorations, Nesta)
- Katja Bejo (Data Scientist, Nesta)
- Georgia Ward Dyer (Researcher and Curation Assistant)
- Lily Fish (FutureFest Marketing Manager)