UK Science Festivals Network conference 2024

Bossey, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9874-6323 (2024) UK Science Festivals Network conference 2024. In: UK Science Festivals Network conference 2024, 30th January 2024, STEAMhouse, Belmont Row, Birmingham B4 7RQ.

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Abstract / Summary

What we talk about when we talk about sustainability / Accessibility and inclusion in Festivals

Contributions to two panels:

Presentation A - What we talk about when we talk about sustainability - considers forthcoming research that I am having published by Routledge considers concepts relating to sustainability, ICT enhanced performance futures for music festivals and ‘liveness’. Using Glastonbury Festival (“Glastonbury”) as an exemplar, it responds to the suggestion that UK music festivals could improve their sustainability by growing online attendances to fund reductions in on-site capacities.

Presentation B - Accessibility and inclusion in Festivals - considers my current work on the initial LAAA Project and subsequent projects testing audience responses to haptic vests on-site at music festivals (and project to install haptic flooring at 3 festivals next summer). LAAA builds on previous work including: https://doi.org?10.4324/9781315186320-41, https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-03-2019-0022 and https://doi.org/10.3727/152599523X16896548396798.

Here is more info on the event:

The UK Science Festival Network conference is back!
Are you interested or involved in organising science festivals, events or activities? Join us in January to explore what will the UK look like in 2050 and how Festivals can take us there.
By 2050, the UK will look very different. We are living through a period of massive upheaval driven by climate change and shifting social dynamics. Science and technology is advancing at a rapid pace and has the potential to either exacerbate or mediate some of the biggest challenges we have ever faced as a planet. We are at a tipping point, both in terms of the climate and in terms of what our lives will look like in 30 years’ time.
The UK aims to hit net zero by 2050. To do so will not only require huge technological changes to our energy, transport and food networks, but also massive behaviour and lifestyle changes. Science Festivals occupy an exciting space in their ability to explore these issues and engage with our communities to find solutions and bring about positive change.
This year’s UKSFN conference will present an optimistic picture for life in the UK in 2050 and, throughout the day, build a roadmap for how we can all contribute to bringing our vision to life.
Join us to celebrate the role of Science Festivals as catalysts for change, as potent agents shaping a sustainable, inclusive, and innovative future.
There will be sessions on sustainability, artificial intelligence, volunteering, inclusion, accessibility, evaluation, community engagement, and storytelling.

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