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  • Play as a Frame for Collaborative Creativity

    Ben Cerveny, Playground Foundation

    Drawing on a rich variety of examples ranging from wrestling kittens to massively multiplayer online gaming, Ben Cerveny discusses how meaning is generated in play and why creative people need it.
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  • Virtual Worlds

    What do virtual worlds mean for brands

    Once the stuff of science fiction, virtual worlds are becoming central to the future of marketing, technology, entertainment and brand-building. Consumers desire to be engaged in a dialogue with the...

  • In Search of Belonging

    Susan Kish, Xing; Danah Boyd, Researcher; Marc Canter, Broadband Mechanics

    It’s human nature to form cliques and join communities. The Internet, TV, music, mobile devices, virtual reality and gaming and print publications make it easier for people to form communities of...

  • Day of the Media Labs (invitation only)

    Collaborative Innovation: Redefining the Media Lab and the Community

    The Amsterdam based Media Guild is proud to be (co) organiser of the following events at PICNIC ’07.

  • Augmented Reality for Advertisers

    Ferhan Cook, Eduardo Dias, Ydreams; David Polinchock, Brand Experience Lab; Jeroen Mol, Total Immersion

    Augmented reality is a field of computer research which deals with the combination of real world and computer generated data. Most AR research is concerned with the use of live video imagery which is...

  • Creative Cities in China

    Organized by Da-Tong China Desk Creative Industry

    Interesting and conceptually compelling cases of building "creative cities" in China, debate about the role of the creative industry in the dynamic urbanization in China. Moderated by: Paul van den...

  • Future Technology Trends

    Bruno Giussani, Jeff Han of Perceptive Pixel, Nikolaj Nyholm of Polar Rose, Alexander Straub of Pixsta, Arnold Smeulders of Multimedian

    In this demo session, four industry leaders will show their technologies and share their ideas on the future of information interfaces.

  • Demo and Discussion: Recognition

    Nikolaj Nyholm, Alexander Straub and Arnold Smeulders

    After years of research on touch-driven computer displays, Jeff Han has created a simple, multi-touch, multi-user screen interface that could herald the end of the point-and-click era.

  • Case Study: Minimally Invasive Education through…

    Dr. Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University (United Kingdom/India)

    Creativity and play are closely connected, and play can be a form to arrive at collaborative creativity. In this session, Dr Sugata Mitra, know from the ‘Hole in the Wall’ project, will share with us...

  • Demo: Implementing Science Fiction

    Pablos Holman, Founder, Komposite

    Pablos Holman is a futurist, IT security expert, and notorious hacker with a unique view into both breaking and building new technologies. At Komposite, he consults on bizarre invention and design...

  • Come Out & Play Announcement

    Aska Hopman & Ronald Lenz, Waag Society

    The ‘Come Out & Play Festival’ will transform Amsterdam into a playground! This short invitation to the festival highlights the most fascinating and intriguing and enjoyable games.

  • Mobile City showcase

    Directly following the Mobile City workshop Waag Society will present what its Mobile City platform is all about and what future plans are.

  • Creating New Worlds

    Michael Johnson, Digital Lead, Pixar

    This session is dedicated to the creative processes involved in building new worlds. Three leading creators discuss what it means to make a reality out of whole cloth – for personal reasons or on...

  • The Near Future of Pervasive Media Experiences

    Julian Bleecker, Dennis Crowley, Febien Girardin, Nicolas Nova

    Hosted by Julian Bleecker, Professor, University of Southern California and Researcher (United States)

  • Review of the Tools

    Review of the Tools

    Together with public broadcaster VPRO and many other media and service partners, PICNIC’07 intends to be an incredibly well covered event, using all the web 2.0 tools available.

  • Keynote: The Game of Life

    Katie Salen, Parsons School of Design

    New forms of gaming, including collaborative alternate reality games, and games that blur the boundary between reality and fiction.

  • Heroes of the Information Economy — the Makers

    Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing

    With the rise of the internet and digital technology, we have not only been given the power to produce and distribute digital content, we now have new tools to make things.

  • Creative Genius: Things I have learned in my life…

    Stefan Sagmeister, Graphic Designer and Typographer, Sagmeister Inc (AT)

    Renowned for the album covers he created for the likes of Lou Reed, Talking Heads and the Rolling Stones, Austrian-born designer Stefan Sagmeister has a slightly different way of looking at things.

  • Trends in Communication and Entertainment

    Dr. Stefana Broadbent, Head of User Adoption Lab, Swisscom Innovations (CH)

    Why people hate to talk, love to write, don’t skip the ads and still listen to the radio. For years, Stefana Broadbent has been visiting peoples’ homes and offices all around the world looking at how...

  • Keynote: Everything is Miscellaneous

    David Weinberger, author, ‘Everything Is Miscellaneous’ (US)

    In this keynote presentation, Dr. David Weinberger offers a profound contribution to understanding the impact of the digital revolution, as well as a probing exploration of how we create meaning in...

  • 212 BarCamp

    Trends in online advertising

    Program of the 212Barcamp Flexbar 2 (100 persons) 14:15-15:00 Emesa 15:00-15:45 Tele2 15:45-16:30 fris idee 16:30-17:15 Telegraaf 17:15-18:00 Traffic4U 19:00-19:45 Jabidoo 19:45-20:30...

  • (Un)common Ground - Scale and Intimacy

    Expert meeting

    The meeting will take place on the 24 Sept. (1 - 5pm) and 25 Sept. (9am - 5pm) in Amsterdam. Announcing (Un)common Ground – Scale and Intimacy, the latest in a series of expert meetings designed to...

  • BGIn Meeting

    Programme: Morning session by Ex Machina (see partner event "Games meet TV") 14.00 - Welcome and introduction - Tommy Goffin (BGIn) 14.10 - Workshop on Audio and Games - Tom Pearce (BGIn / Streamline...

  • Ipan Meeting

    Networking meeting with Michael Johnson of Pixar

    During PICNIC'07, IPAN will host a network meeting with one of the event's international top speakers as the guest of honour. The Dutch Association of Interactive Professionals, IPAN, has over 350...

  • FabLab Workshop: Wednesday

    We have 3 days! to built an open source 3D printer...

    A FabLab is a public enterable space with digital fabrication machines to make (almost) anything you want...

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