Futurising: the countdown begins

03 Jun 2010

There has never been a festival of opportunity and recruitment specifically for the creative graduate, until now… FUTURISING: THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS.

Futurising, the two day festival of opportunity for the creative industry takes place on 29 and 30 June at the Nicholls & Clarke Building in Shoreditch.

72 talks, nearly 2,000 one-to-one sessions, recruitment and networking opportunities and competitions offering incredible opportunities for attendees: including 6 months rent-free office/gallery space in the heart of Camden (Camden Town Unlimited); and support of up to £5k from Unltd to turn the best idea for create positive social change into a reality.

Entry to Futurising is free for those who have registered in advance. Booking for the paid talks, Headline Talks, How To... Talks and One-to-Ones, is live on the website (all fees have been kept to an absolute minimum). Numbers are strictly limited due to capacity and registered attendees will receive email notice to ensure that they get priority for booking talks and individual sessions. (Practical advice talks are free and bookable on the day).

The cream of the creative industries has volunteered their time and energy to create the very best content. Futurising is designed to help all creative graduates future, present and past. This is going to be a unique and invaluable two days uniting all creative sectors in providing our most vital asset – our future creatives – with the support and inspiration to head into successful working lives.

Headline Speakers confirmed include:

• Dolly Jones, editor of Vogue.com
• photographer Tom Hunter
• The Guardian’s Simon Hattenstone
• iconic DJ Jodie Harsh
• the sculptor Richard Wentworth
• designer Morag Myerscough
• creative designer Michael Wolff

How To.. Talks and One-to-Ones will be led by the likes of:

• Acme Studios
• Association of Illustrators
• Bafta
• Blueprint
• British Fashion Council
• Channel 4
• Cockpit Arts
• Creative Review
• D&AD
• Design Council
• Framestore
• i-Design
• M&C Saatchi
• Mother
• Onedotzero
• Pentagram
• RIBA
• Spin
• Starcom MediaVest Group
• the V&A

Futurising expects to welcome up to 6,000 creative graduates who will be key to the UK and its economic future. Live twitter and blog reporting from the event will ensure that the total audience for the festival will far exceed the capacity of the venue.

This is a vital new date for the creative calendar. Spread the word and get involved.

Futurising is led by LCC on behalf of University of the Arts London with funding from HEFCE. For further information and news and features on our content partners please head to www.futurising.org and follow us on www.twitter.com/futurising to be the first to hear the latest on Futurising.

For press enquires contact Sarah Harries (s.harries@lcc.arts.ac.uk).