U K - K O R E A C A T A L Y S T PROGRAMME

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LIMINAL SPACE TOUR FOR UK-KOREA CATALYST DELEGATES

Tour guides:

Amanda Gore and Sarah Douglas - The Liminal Space

Delegates:

Hyekyung Hwang - Hivearena

Jihye Ahn - Ethrica

Joo Hyung Lee - Userhabit

Miho Heo - Weenu

Park Joong Yeoi - Jerrybag

Sungho Choo - VentureSquare

Yuha Jin - Tella

Yunbae Kim - Playplanet

Accompanied by:

A-Young Song - The Korea Foundation

Misun Seo - British Council Korea

Youngjoo Kim - British Council Korea

Contact details if any problems:

Amanda Gore +447958 484121 (Monday and Wednesday)

Sarah Douglas +447789 513436 (Tuesday)

Youngjoo Kim 82-10-7327-7770

the-liminal-space.com

Makerversity Somerset House

New Wing

Lancaster Place

WC2R 1LA

MONDAY 06.07.15 Morning - Group with British Council

team (SW1A 2BN)

12:00 - Lunch at British Council -

Liminal Space arrive to meet group.

13:00 - LIMINAL SPACE INTRODUCTION

Walk SW1A 2BN

to WC2R 1LA (c20 mins)

13:30 – VISIT MAKERVERSITY Tour & talk / Meet start-ups

(including Birdsong and

Wevolver)

Makerversity is building a thriving and

diverse community of the best makers.

They provide affordable space, tools

and cutting edge workshop facilities as

well as opportunities for collaborations,

projects, investment and funding.

makerversity.org

Birdsong - birdsong.london

Wevolver - www.wevolver.com

Bethnal Green Ventures(inside Makerversity)

Startisans 77 Shelton Street,

WC 2H 9JQ

MONDAY 06.07.15

14:30 – VISIT BETHNAL GREEN VENTURES Talk & meet start-ups

16:00 – leave – walk WC2R 1LA to WC2H

9JQ (c.15 mins)

16:30 – VISIT STARTISANS

Talk from founder.

Bethnal Green Ventures is an acceler-

ator programme for people who want

to change the world using technology.

bethnalgreenventures.com

Startisans are the newest generation of

budding entréepreneurs, the fledgling

start up businesses and producers of fine

artisan food startisans.net

Impact Hub Westminster1st Floor New Zealand

House

80 Haymarket

London SW1Y 4TE

MONDAY 06.07.15

18:00 – (Optional) VISIT AND TALK AT IMPACT HUB WESTMINSTERTour and evening talk on

purpose - driven businesses

An exclusive insight on how

business is changing people’s

lives through the power of

purpose, culture and cam-

paigning and how caring,

sharing and daring companies

have opened a new chapter

for the world of business. – by

the authors of ‘Mission: How

the Best in Business Break

Through’

Impact Hub Westminster is one of the

largest of a global network of locally

owned collaborative working spaces.

Their primary aim is to support organ-

isations with positive social and envi-

ronmental impact at the heart of their

missions. westminster.impacthub.net

UsTwo62 Shoreditch High St

London E1 6JJ

LimewharfVyner street

Hackney

London E2 9DJ

Technology will save usInside Limewharf

TUESDAY 07.07.15 08:50 - Meet at The Tea Building, Shoreditch (E1 6JJ)

09:00 – VISIT USTWOTour, talk & meet the teams

11:00 - coffee break and chance to look around Boxpark boxpark.co.uk11:40 – taxi to E29DJ (c.15 mins)

12:00 - VISIT LIMEWHARFTour & talk

12:45 – VISIT TECHNOLOGY WILL SAVE US -Talk & showcase

13:15 – LUNCH Limewharf café

UsTwo is a global digital product studio

launching products, services and compa-

nies that make a measurable difference to

the world. ustwo.com

LimeWharf is a Hackney based cultural

innovation hub and artistic laboratory on

Regent’s Canal. limewharf.org

Technology Will Save Us design

gadgets that you can make yourself. Our

DIY kits and resources are the best way to

learn skills, make cool things and begin

your own journey as a tech maker.

techwillsaveus.com

Clearvillage Inside Limewharf

Special Projects35 Fournier Street

London, E1 6QE

TUESDAY 07.07.15

13:45 - CLEARVILLAGETalk from the Chief Executive

14:30 – Taxi to Spitalfields Market – then free time. The group can get a coffee, wander or just relax

16:00 – VISIT SPECIAL PROJECTSTalk from one of the founders

17:00 Walk / Taxi to Techhub EC2Y 9AR

Clear Village is a London-based charity

that helps communities build a better

future through creative

regeneration. clear-village.org

Special Projects is a product design &

invention studio that creates innovative

products and services by fusing the

physical and digital worlds

special-projects-studio.com

Techhub 20 Ropemaker

Street London EC2Y 9AR

Techhub, Google Campus4-5 Bonhill Street

London EC2A 4BX

TUESDAY 07.07.15

17:15 VISIT TECHHUB

Tour & meet some of the

start-ups (including Fluency and

What Now Travel)

18:30 TECHHUB DEMO NIGHT

TechHub Demo Night isn’t

about pitching for funds, it’s an

opportunity to show the

community what you’re working

on, get some feedback, and see

what others are toiling away on techhub.com/events/demo-night-11

TechHub is a unique environment where

technology startups can start up faster.

We nurture an international network of

like-minded and focused tech entrepre-

neurs, providing places where they can

work, meet, collaborate, network, learn and

have fun. london.techhub.com

Fluency - fluency.io

What Now Travel - whatnowtravel.com

Wayra2-10 Capper St

London WC1E 6JA

WeFarm – inside Wayra

WEDNESDAY 08.07.15

08:50 - Meet at Goodge Street Station.

Walk WC1E 6JA (c5 mins)

09:00 – VISIT WAYRA Tour and talk from head of

Wayra UK

09:30 – TALK FROM WEFARM Talk from founder

10:15 - MEET OTHER COMPANIES AT WAYRA UNLTDCoffee and conversations

11:00 - break

12:00 – POSSIBLE VISIT,

PLUS TRAVEL TO EC1R 0BE

Wayra UK is Telefónica’s startup

accelerator, they help entrepreneurs to grow

and build successful businesses. wayra.co/uk

WeFarm is ‘The internet for people with no

internet’ – a pioneering social enterprise,

launching a peer to peer knowledge sharing

platform for small-scale farmers in rural

communities in Africa and Latin America.

wefarm.info

Urban Innovation Centre

One Sekforde St

London

EC1R 0BE

WEDNESDAY 08.07.15

13:00 – (Optional) TALK AT URBAN INNOVATION CENTRE Please let us know if you want to

go and we will sign you up.

Larissa Suzuki, a senior software

engineer and PhD Candidate

in Software Systems Engineer-

ing at UCL and Digital City

Exchange at Imperial College

London will discuss the capabili-

ties of smart cities,

specifically the integral role of

future business models and data

infrastructure, the role of the

Internet of Things, of large-scale

interconnected systems and

urban data management. urbaninnovationcentre.org.uk/event/

wednesday-lunchtime-lecture-6-bil-

lion-dreams-larissa-suzuki

15:00 – Group to visit Nesta with British Council team (EC4A 1DE)

A list of suggested places and events you may wish to visit during the rest of your time in London

Designers of the Year exhibition, Design Museum - Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD.

Nearest tube = London Bridge - Designs of the Year celebrates design that promotes

or delivers change, enables access, extends design practice or captures the spirit of

the year - http://bit.ly/1CevLfa

Designing the Urban Commons - LSE Atrium Gallery, Old Building, Houghton Street,

WC2A 2AE. Nearest tube = Temple or Holborn - This exhibition showcases the most

stimulating and challenging responses to Theatrum Mundi’s 2015 ideas competition

which invited anyone to re-imagine spaces in London as places for collaboration, shar-

ing and collective ownership. http://bit.ly/1HzMBp8

Tate Britain - ‘The Weight of Data’ - Millbank, London SW1P 4RG. Nearest tube =

Pimlico or Westminster - This exhibition, part of Tate Britain’s Contemporary Projects

series, includes recent work by emerging artists who investigate the material world

through the conversion of information from one state to another. http://bit.ly/1LGKxgI

Southbank Centre Summer of Love Festival - Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road

SE1 8XX. Nearest Tube = Waterloo - A schedule of love-themed activities, perfor-

mances, music, exhibitions and free events throughout the summer bringing together

hundreds of artists, communities and partners. http://bit.ly/1H48Zpa

Carsten Höller Exhibition ‘Decision’ - Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere

Road SE1 8XX. Nearest Tube = Waterloo - The artist’s largest survey show in the UK to

date. The exhibition, which sprawls across Hayward Gallery and erupts beyond its roof

and walls, explores perception and decision making. http://bit.ly/1LY4gGN

Never Mind the Bollards Installation at New London Architecture - South Crescent, Store Street, WC1E 7BT. Nearest tube = Goodge Street

This New London Architecture installation, curated by Sarah Gaventa, explores the so-

cial design history and meaning of elements in our public spaces we walk by and over

everyday—what do they do? Who designed them and when/why?

http://bit.ly/1JDrXE7

All of This Belongs to You - Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road, London

SW7 2RL. Nearest tube = South Kensington - A series of specially commissioned

interventions around the Museum which act as a laboratory for public life and explore

the role of design and architecture in defining civic identity, technology, security, citi-

zenship, democracy, the public realm and urban experience. http://bit.ly/1HzMFFl

Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening - Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS.

Nearest tube = Barbican or Moorgate - For 30 days this summer, Doug Aitken’s

project Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening, takes over the Barbican Centre with

more than 100 free events over 30 days. This ‘living exhibition’, brings together a

fusion of leading international and UK-based artists from the world of contemporary

art, music, dance, graphic design and film in a jam-packed programme. No two days

will be the same - http://bit.ly/1JARHnn

Carsten Nicolai & the vinyl factory present unicolor – an immersive installation - The Vinyl Factory, Brewer Street Car Park , Brewer Street, W1F 0LA - An extension

of his fascination with the boundaries between audio and visual art forms, Carsten

Nicolai’s new work will stretch panoramic wavelengths of blue, red, green and grey to

infinity, confronting the viewer with a visceral expanse of colour and sound to test the

limits of perception. http://bit.ly/1H499wA

Hoxton Street Monster Supplies - 159 HOXTON STREET N1 6PJ. Closest station

= Hoxton. Open 1-5pm - A shop full of fun, quirky and fantastical products that kids

love, which was set up as part of the Ministry of Stories – an initiative that sees profes-

sional writers mentor young people in the art of story writing. All profits from the shop

go to the initiative, which is based behind a hidden door in the store.

monstersupplies.org

The School of Life - 70 Marchmont St, London WC1N 1AB. Nearest tube = Russell

Square - The School of Life is devoted to developing emotional intelligence through

the help of culture. We offer classes and therapies in person. We also publish books,

create films and make and sell a range of objects & tools that will assist you in the

quest for a more fulfilled life.

theschooloflife.com/london

EVENTS:

London New Tech July 2015Wednesday, July 8, 2015 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Monthly meetup to showcase new technology from London and around the world

followed by networking. 5-7 presenters show demo of their technology and answer

questions. For more details and to attend register here: http://bit.ly/1COtXnS

Open Process – CoLAB Associates Beta ReleaseThu 09 Jul 2015, 6:30-9pm

At CoLAB, London’s first Art + Technology prototyping incubator a group of 13 artists

and creative technologists will work on a series of projects at the intersection of art

and technology. The first OPEN process Beta Release will be an insight into the pro-

cess that the artists have been incubating http://bit.ly/1C3Ozxl

Hardware Club meetup - June 10 · 6:00 PM

The first Hardware Club Meetup with presentations and a round table on the topic of

‘Financing Hardware Startups’ animated by Barbara Belvisi, partner and co-founder at

Hardware Club. For more details and to attend register here: http://bit.ly/1KvZanV

#TransActing: A Market of ValuesSaturday, 11th July 2015, 12 - 5pm

This bustling pop-up market will feature artists, designers, economists, civil-society

groups, academics, ecologists, activists and others who creatively explore existing

structures of evaluation and actively produce new ones. TransActing will showcase a

skillshare, a peoples bureau, organ donation, an economy of promises, commoners, a

fablab, a bring your own BBQ, virtuous communities, a speakers’ corner—even a kiosk

buying tears. Multiple currencies will circulate, not all of them monetary.

http://bit.ly/1NA3Y9z

The Liminal Space curates learning

experiences to inspire teams looking

for a creative edge and a fresh

perspective.

We use art and design principles and

first-hand learning to help clients

solve strategic challenges, enrich

their customer relationships and

develop their people.

the-liminal-space.com