The 'ideas strand' of the Futuresonic festival, the Social Technologies Summit,
brings together leading figures to explore "a whole new way of doing things in the
air".

In 2007 the Summit returns with a programme that is stronger than ever before, with
leading figures from around the world converging on Manchester for the USE YOUR
IMAGINATION one-day event; the ENVIRONMENT 2.0 talks and presentations exploring the
sustainability of future arts and technologies; and the FREE STUDIO session
introducing the leading figures in the grass roots open source movement that is
sweeping across Brazil like wild fire and captivating the world's imagination.