FLASHBACK : FUTURE STORYWORLDS, EDITION 2017
The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) – in close collaboration with CineGlobe, THE Port at CERN, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) – put together the first FUTURE STORYWORLDS workshop on 24-25 November 2017, which concluded in a very positive way.
The workshop’s given theme was dystopia in the context of the existential risks associated with society’s technological development. To strengthen the narrative structure and better define the projects’ concepts, the organisers have gathered an impressive panel of scientific experts and storytelling professionals.
After two days of evaluation, the jury has selected Salômé Guillemin’s project, THE DAY WE BECAME ALIENS, to receive the incentive for development.
SELECTED PROJECTS
DOMINUS of Vincent de Vevey – HEAD, Genève
FOOD 21 of Benoît Renaudin – HEAD, Genève
GENERATION SPACE of Fritz Muri – Fmquadrat, Zürich
POLDER – The series of Samuel Schwarz – Digitalbühne, Zürich
REYA’S JOURNEY of Pilar Anguita-MacKay – Olympia Films, Lausanne
THE DAY WE BECAME ALIENS of Salômé Guillemin – HEAD, Genève
THE LOVE OF PARENTHOOD of Marion Delavelle – HEAD, Genève
PROGRAMME // FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH 2017
KEYNOTES BY SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS
HUMAN ENHANCEMENT IN PEACE AND WAR
Dr. Nayef Al-Rodhan – GCSP, Oxford University; Neuroscientist, Head of Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme
DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION: THE EXPANSION OF HUMANKIND IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND
Alain Dupas – CNES, Space Policy Institute, astrophysicist and author on space colonization
QUANTUM COMPUTING AND THE FUTURE MODALITIES OF STATE POWER
Jean-Philippe Aumasson – Kudelski Security; Principal Cryptographer, Principal Research Engineer
Mr. Alan Duric – CEO WireSwiss, privacy and telecommunications expert
WHAT AI WILL EVENTUALLY TEACH HUMANS AND HOW THEY WILL LEARN
SP Mohanty – AI expert EPFL former UNIGE/CERN
TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN AN ERA OF RISING TIDES
Adam Koniuszewski – GCSP fellow, WAAS fellow, former Exec Dir. Green Cross International, co-founder The Bridge Foundation
ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS WITH THE SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS
KEYNOTES BY STORYTELLING EXPERTS
WHAT DOES VR REALLY MEAN? A FIRST SHOT AT UNDERSTANDING THE GRAMMAR OF VR
Benjamin Hoguet – Writer and designer of interactive and transmedia works, Nouvelles Narrations
THE NEUROENGINEERING AND NEUROSCIENCE OF INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Kynan Eng – CEO of inilabs.com and researcher at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich University and ETH Zurich
PROGRAMME // SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH 2017
STORYTELLING FOR IMMERSIVE MEDIA FROM AN EMOTIONAL POINT OF VIEW
David Varela – Narrative designer, Sherlock: The Network, The Trace, Perplex City and creative consultant for the Museum of the Future
AFTER SOMNIAC’S DREAM OF FLIGHT WITH BIRDLY: A SUBMARINE VR NIGHTMARE AND CALL FOR ACTION
Michel Zai – CEO and co-founder at Somniacs SA
ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS WITH THE STORYTELLING EXPERTS
PITCH SESSIONS
JURY DELIBERATION
JURY 2017
Monika Bielskyte – Futurist & Co-Founder, ALL FUTURE EVERYTHING
Kynan Eng – CEO of inilabs.com and researcher at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich University and ETH Zurich
Fabienne Tsai – associate researcher for the Spatial Media department of the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
David Varela – Narrative designer and creative consultant for the Museum of the Future
Michel Zai – CEO and co-founder at Somniacs SA