Call for artists & photographers to exhibit at the Digital Legacy Conference 2015

Call for artists & photographers

The Digital Legacy Conference 2015 will take place at UCL Partners on the 23rd May as part of the Dying Matters Awareness Week.

The conference is free to attend and consist of Healthcare professionals, the general public, scholars and those interested in the subject matters addressed.

Photo from DeadSocial’s YODO art exhibition for Dying Matters Awareness Week 2014

Call for Artists

Artists and photographers who would like to exhibit their work at the Digital Legacy Conference should email us with one or more images of their work. It will be the responsibility of the artist/photographer to bring their work to the conference between 10am-11pm on the 23rd May and then take the pieces away at the end of the conference.

Photo from DeadSocial’s ‘Capturing the Sprit of Death’ campaign at the Ideal Death Show

If you would like to exhibit your work let us know:

http://digitallegacyconference.com/contact

The Digital Legacy Conference / DeadSocial will not take ‘a cut’ of money for any artwork that is sold during the conference 🙂

In Memory | A film about death and grieving in the digital age.

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This is a ‘MUST WATCH’ video. It’s both beautiful and moving.

Digital grief and bereavement in today’s world will be explored further at the Digital Legacy Conference 2015. To reserve a free ticket visit: http://digitallegacyconference.com/free-tickets/

Digital Legacy Conference welcomes Comic-Con London

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Digital Legacy and many of the areas we will be addressing would have been seen as Science-Fiction 10 years ago. There always has been a symbiotic between technology and fiction and this is certainly the case when it comes to death and technology.

Comic-Con London will be taking place between the 22nd-24th May in Excel London. We would like to open our invitation to any attendees of Comic-Con who find digital legacy (and such matters) interesting to come along. There is no dress code and we welcome diversity across different genders, education, races, walks of life and comic-book alliances.

Tickets are free at http://digitallegacyconference.com/free-tickets
Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/440286642806009
Twitter account https://twitter.com/DigitalLegacyCo

Facebook role out ‘Legacy Contact’

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Facebook have introduced a new feature that lets people choose a legacy contact—a family member or friend who can manage their account when they pass away. The legacy contact will be able to:

Write a post to display at the top of the memorialized Timeline (for example, to announce a memorial service or share a special message)
Respond to new friend requests from family members and friends who were not yet connected on Facebook
Update the profile picture and cover photo

If someone chooses, they may give their legacy contact permission to download an archive of the photos, posts and profile information they shared on Facebook. Other settings will remain the same as before the account was memorialized. The legacy contact will not be able to log in as the person who passed away or see that person’s private messages.

Alternatively, people can let Facebook know if they’d prefer to have their Facebook account permanently deleted after death.

Here’s how to choose a legacy contact:

Open your settings. Choose Security and then Legacy Contact at the bottom of the page.

After choosing your legacy contact, you’ll have the option to send a message to that person.

You may give your legacy contact permission to download an archive of the posts, photos and profile info you’ve shared on Facebook.

Facebook have also redesigned memorialized profiles to pay tribute to the deceased by adding “Remembering” above their name and making it possible for their legacy contact to pin a post to the top of their Timeline.

Facebook are introducing legacy contacts in the US first but it will be rolled out in the UK soon. This article was sourced from Facebook’s newsroom

Building a Digital Legacy by Kevin Honeycutt

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Great video from Kevin Honeycutt highlighting the importance of our digital legacy in the near future.

Call for speakers

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We have opened out call for industry professionals and thought leaders around the subjects of digital death and digital legacy. Please get in touch if you are interested presenting with an outline of your experience and the subject matter you plan to address.