Whilst everyone else is still trying to get to grips with social media and online banking, Alpha-Ville asks questions about the future of post-digital culture and its effect on our lives.

Take a look beneath technology at how human behaviours such as collaboration, participation and interaction have redefined the creative practice and society itself, and at how the physical boundaries between reality and online are being blurred.

As part of the festival, Alpha-ville is running a one-day symposium that brings together a panel of influential creatives, thinkers and digital professionals to debate about a series of topics such us the humanisation of digital technology, augmented reality the use of public spaces, digital innovation in arts and culture, the role of the ‘new artist’, data and social innovation, the future of the web and more.

This symposium joins the discourse about post-digital initiated in 1998 by visionary, thinker and founder of the MIT Media Lab, Nicholas Negroponte who pushed the edges of information to predict the future of our culture. The event aims to provide a forum to exchange knowledge and inspire discussions about the future of the digital culture. Post-digital Culture Symposium Speakers:

Charles Beckett, Arts Council England

Tom Uglow – Director of Creative Labs Europe,Google

Bill Thompson – Technology Writer at BBC

Drew Hemment – Director & Founder of Future Everything

Scott Snibbe, media artist, filmmaker, and creative director of Björk’s Biophilia app

Ronald Carpentier – VP Marketing & Operations, Layar/Sticktu

Mortiz Stefaner – Information Designer

Filip Visnjic – Architect, Lecturer and Founder of Creative Applications Network

Katy Beale, Director at Caper and lead producer at Culture Hack

Keiichi Matsuda, Designer and Film-maker

Ben Stevenson – Founder of Augmented Reality Cinema

Patrick Hussey – Digital Manager at Arts & Business

Man Bartlett, new media artist

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COMPETITION: Win 1x Pair of tickets to attend the Alphaville Symposium at 09:30 on Friday, 23rd September. To claim your tickets, send an email to Katie@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ box.

The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: In what year was the first Alpha-Ville festival held?

A: 1) 2005 2) 2010 3) 2009 4) 2008