Games are an art-form but are they living up to their artistic heritage? As an indie developer I have attempted to discover what games can do to better society and how to create fun non-preachy experiences doing it.

Questions answered :
Why are games important?
Are games to blame for society’s ills?
Are games art?
Can you make a philanthropic game?

This talk explores the way digital tools enable the design and production of new forms of sentient space and attempts to fluidly show more slides per second than hitherto thought sensible.

Questions answered :
What does digitality mean for architecture? What’s changed? How could future architecture look and feel?

Addressing the issues of fair pay for creative content creators in the digital age

Questions Answered:
How to play fair with creatives as a tech start up or business for win win partnerships

The sophisticated motion-sensors, now ubiquitous in mobile devices, give us potential access to new, uncharted sonic possibilities and add new dimensions to the way we create and interact with digital music. Hear them for yourself in a brief musical performance from the creator of the Sound Wand project and learn about how it could do for music what Inst-a-gram has done for photography…

Questions Answered:
How can mobile technology transform the landscape of digital music creation? What is the coolest thing you can do with your iPhone?

This presentation will introduce participants to The White Building – London’s new centre for art, technology and sustainability and will be accompanied by artist case studies.

Questions Answered:
The presentation will discuss how the White Building can:

- Support, showcase and sustain the existing creative economy of the area, alongside international practice.

- Maintain the profile of the area as a leading creative cluster.

- Ensure art and artists are at the heart of future development in the area and the legacy of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

- Engage local residential and school communities

A look at what psychological drivers consumers have, and how we can use this to design more engaging, evocative experiences.

Questions Answered:
What do we know about what psychological motivators people have?
How can we apply this knowledge to what we design to make people connect and click more?
How might we develop this knowledge in the future?

How traditional, urban and guerrilla art has become an effective communications tool in a tech driven world.

Questions Answered:
How can/do old/traditional mediums survive in the modern age? What is the future of guerrilla art? Is there life after Banksy? Can traditional mediums still win over audiences new media cannot reach?