Death is a part of life and life has (to an extent) become digital.

This un-conference will be primarily concerned with provoking discourse around the social, cultural and practical implications of Death in the Digital World. Thus stimulating a reconsideration of how death, mourning, memories and history are currently being augmented in our technologically mediated society.

The archiving, networking and post mortem engagement of 'digital remains' leads us to consider what place digital information has in our lives legally, sentimentally and historically.

If you are a:

Funeral Director

Thanatologist

Social Network Admin

Data Systems Admin

Product Manager

Information Systems Researcher

HCI Researcher

Digital Designer

Psychologist or Grief Counselor

Palliative Care Specialist

Historian

Pre-Need Sales Person

Funeral Celebrant

Estate Planner

Legacy Planner

End of Life Planner

Solicitors and Barristers in Intellectual Property and Estate Law

Clergy

Or Simply an Interested Human Being

Then this is the conference for you. The format will be an open space un-conference with attendees creating the agenda and proposing sessions at the start. If you have a presentation, question, answer or particular interest you can propose a session at the start of the conference.

Background Information:

The first digital death day took place in Mountain View California on the 20^th of May 2010 and was a great success! It drew together a range of leaders in various fields all related to digital death who engaged in in-depth self-organized conversations. The conference also received a high caliber of online media press coverage, including:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8691238.stm

http://obit-mag.com/articles/life-after-death-in-digital-form

http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/05/dead-media-beat-digital-death-day/