The Global Mind

One of PICNIC 08 themes

What happens if everyone is connected to everyone else, all the time?

Join the PICNIC and develop processes that engage mass communities.

Charles Leadbeater

Advisor and Author of 'We-think'

Charles Leadbeater is a leading authority on innovation and creativity. He has advised companies, cities and governments around the world on innovation strategy and drawn on that experience in...
Ethan Zuckerman

Co-founder, Global Voices/ Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Ethan is an activist, blogger and geek, who lives in western Massachusetts, USA, and works of a variety of technology and media projects. He's co-founder of Global Voices (globalvoicesonline.org), an...
Jyri Engeström

Entrepreneur and sociologist

Jyri Engeström is co-founder of Jaiku, now at Google.
Loïc Le Meur

Founder, CEO Seesmic

Loïc Le Meur is a well-known French entrepreneur, Executive Vice President at Six Apart, the leading weblog software company and founder of Ublog, one of Europe's leading blogging tools providers and...
Clay Shirky

Author, ‘Here Comes Everybody’

CLAY SHIRKY divides his time between consulting, teaching, and writing on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. His consulting practice is focused on the rise of decentralized...