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  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • RFID fantasies, experiences and creative…

    Mediamatic RFID & Physical Computing Hackers Camp

    During Picnic 07 ( Go play with your tag! ) you could experience the creative prototypes and experiments that were built around the unique opportunity of having a large crowd of tagged people present

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Fablab Workshop: Friday

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

  • Mobile City Workshop

    Workshop on creating mobile games

    Imagine having the city as your playground. What would you do if you have the opportunity to create a new mixed reality for its residents and visitors?

  • 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...

  • Up Close and Personal: Share your Life

    Linda Stone, Jyri Engestrom of Jaiku, Felix Petersen of Plazes, Biz Stone of Twitter, Matt Biddulph of Dopplr, Raymond Spanjar of Hyves

    Hosted by Linda Stone, Lecturer and writer (US) Where are you? What are you doing? Simple questions, simple answers, essential to our social existence. Twitter, Jaiku, Plazes, Dopplr and Hyves help...

  • 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.

  • China Language Bridge

    Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

    As China’s economy is growing rapidly, cultural exchange between the western world and China is flourishing. However, one of the largest barriers is language. New media technology provides us with...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Keynote: The Cult of the Amateur

    Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur (UK)

    In ‘The Cult of the Amateur’, Keen aims to show how today’s Internet is killing our culture and assaulting our economy. The Web 2.0 revolution is delivering superficial observations of the world...

  • 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)

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Fablab Launch Meeting

    Meet Neil Gershenfeld and other Fabbers

    The Dutch FabLab Network will gather to meet Neil Gershenfeld. Anybody interested in FabLab is welcome! Just sign up!

  • Urban Playgrounds

    Federico Casalegno, MIT; Christian Nold, artist; Matt Adams, Blast Theory

    Contemporary play crosses the border between the real and the virtual world, extending our everyday perception of the city. How can play support urban life? How can cities reconnect their citizens?

  • A User’s Guide to the 21st Century

    Alex Steffen, co-founder Worldchanging, and Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

    Though many people are working on tools, models and ideas for a better future, often they are not connected. PICNIC'07 and the PICNIC Green Challenge aim to connect great green ideas, creative...

  • 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.

  • 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...

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