Alastair Parvin is co-founder of WikiHouse.

Introduced by Diarmaid Lawlor, an Irishman who is Head of Urbanism at Architecture and Design Scotland, Beyond Participation was a day of inspiring presentations about architecture and community featuring innovators, provocateurs and activists from Ireland, the US, Africa and the UK.
On June 16 at the Light House in Smithfield, the IAF lined up 7 speakers for an exciting conference, each presenting on the hour every hour, to create a stimulating marathon of ideas, fuelled by food from Luncheonette, all topped off by a networking after party to encourage people to connect and conspire.