Today was the first day of the FutureEverything conference. It's being held in the Manchester town hall which is an incredible Neo-gothic building. The presentations were held in the most majestic room - I felt like I was at a church service all about technology and the future. I loved the juxtaposition of the old school architecture and the new school ideas being discussed.
The presentations were wonderful - they were structured a lot like TED talks. The crowd was generally nerdy and eager about technology and ideas surrounding the future. During the coffee break I had - out of complete chance - a great chat with someone who works (self-employed) with architecture/construction firms to made housing more sustainable. It was a great collection of people/ideas to be a small part of. The conference has really opened my eyes to how many people are actively engaged with developing and using technology to positively impact the world; people are developing tools in innovative ways - often with the help of Kickstarter (which was very widely mentioned today). I noticed that there was a theme of crowd-funded projects for the people, by the people.
Here's a good toilet in the hostel. A fine basin.
A fine basin indeed! M.
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