Following on from the exceptional buzz of Lawrence Epps' #littleclaymen, the first day of conference opened with an explorational Keynote by Rohan Gunatillake; delving in to the role of the Buddhist faith in a tech savvy 21st century society. This was followed by an audience enamoured by the prospect of exchanging data using sound with unveiling of Animal System's chirp.io. Today, #futr chatter on twitter really took over, all of which, wifi permitting, was then visualised live on screen in MOSI's fantastic conference space with the "Revisit' project by Moritz Stefaner. People where enthralled by the prospect of a Digital Olympics where data supplied to the audience will be managed and curated through a whole host of exciting projects.

The afternoon resumed and swiftly built up momentum with the intriguing Turing Sunflower project, throwing questions out to the crowd; how can curiosity and interest can be retained with such a long winded participatory project? Cesar A Hidelgo then took to the stage of room one immediately capturing the attention of the audience and exploring the entire global economy with the most basic of analogies. He then demonstrated the potential that remains still unreached with data visualisation as it bubbles away in the near mainstream.

The excitement continued for the rest of the afternoon as the panel: Producing A Living took to the stage, the day ended with closing keynotes by Juha van't Zelfde and Rufus Pollock with The City and The City and Open Knowledge Foundation.  The evening activities continued with the launch of Blast Theory's incredible real world game www.idhideyou.com and music at the Institute Cervantes', Mutek supported Audio/Visual show by Nikka + Alba G. Corral.  The programme also includes Metropolis restored + restructured w/live a score by Dieter Moebius, supported by Polinksi with his own A/V show at St Philip's and the evenings TriAngle records showcase at Islington Mill.