FUTUREPLACES, medialab for citizenship: coming to Porto October 20-24

22 Jul 2015

On its 8th consecutive edition, FUTUREPLACES will welcome researchers, citizens and creatives into a melting pot of possibilities for socio-cultural betterment. All in Porto, October 20 to 24: activities are free and registration happens on the spot. 

Highlights this year will include a scientific recital, an exhibition marking the inauguration of the participatory project “Porto Pelo Porto”, a wealth of Citizen Labs, the digital media doctoral symposium, and keynote addresses by Paul Stacey of EdTechFrontier and Chris Csikszentmihalyi of the MIT Center for Civic Media.

Preceding FUTUREPLACES is UD15, 4th PhD in Design Forum: October 19 and 20.

UPTEC PINC will be the anchor of both initiatives, the program spreading throughout the city to include events in bars, galleries and local associations.

All information can be accessed at futureplaces.org and ud15.org