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Programme by day:
• WEDNESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
• THURSDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
• FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
Total list of the conference sessions:
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Please note this programme is subject to change.
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Conference Event: PICNIC Club (Gashouder)
Business Brunch
24 Sept 08 09:00 - 12:00Join us for a morning of business networking in the impressive Gashouder, the hub of PICNIC for three days. (PICNIC Club)
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A Walk in the Park –
24 Sept 08 13:00 - 14:00All PICNIC Conference delegates are invited to leave the PICNIC Club for the opening of the PICNIC Conference in the PICNIC Conference ...
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Keynote and Conversation
24 Sept 08 14:15 - 15:10The conflict between the rising surge of mass collaboration and the attempts to retain top-down control will be one of the defining ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Secrets and Lies
24 Sept 08 16:00 - 16:20The deeply personal is changing, our friendships are taking on a more permanent and ambient quality, and we live in the awareness that ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
A Conversation on Connections
24 Sept 08 16:45 - 17:30Moderator: Writer and consultant Linda Stone is widely recognized as a visionary thinker and thought leader focused on trends and ...
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Conference Event: PICNIC Club (Gashouder)
PICNIC Welcome Drinks
24 Sept 08 18:00 - 20:00For all delegates. (PICNIC Club)
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Business Breakfast Meetings
25 Sept 08 08:00 - 10:00In a series of intimate sessions, PICNIC Conference delegates have the chance to meet the PICNIC speakers and each other around chosen ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Here Comes Everybody - Keynote and Conversation
25 Sept 08 09:30 - 10:30A revelatory examination of how the spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Industry Leaders Interview: The Future of Television
25 Sept 08 11:30 - 11:55Under the leadership of Mike T. Fries, Liberty Global has grown into the second-largest cable TV operator in the world and the largest ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Showcase: For Love
25 Sept 08 12:45 - 13:00Game designer Eskil Steenberg is at the forefront of real-time 3D graphics. This creative genius is now working on the ultimate ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Tracking the World – Life in the Age of Real Time Information
25 Sept 08 14:50 - 15:40The city of the future will be an experiment in new social forms, based on real-time information and feedback. What information ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Design as a Collaborative Process
25 Sept 08 16:30 - 17:15New interactions develop into new design practices; new processes induce new forms of creativity. How can creators involve the people ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
PICNIC Green Challenge Award Ceremony
25 Sept 08 18:30 - 19:30Please note this programme is subject to change
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Welcome and Introduction of the Day’s Topic
26 Sept 08 09:15 - 09:30Monique van Dusseldorp PICNIC programme director
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Celebrating Collaborative Creativity – A Showcase of Creative Production
26 Sept 08 10:00 - 11:00Matt Hanson , a filmmaker, will talk about the open-source movie project A Swarm of Angels. Ton Roosendaal , the founder of Blender, ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Stefan Agamanolis
26 Sept 08 12:10 - 12:30Stefan Agamanolis , a scientist and developer, reports on ways people can connect, based on his work at MIT and the Distance Lab.
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
The Future of Media, Business, Advertising, Entertainment and Friendship: A Vision of a Post-Google World
26 Sept 08 15:00 - 15:40At the close of PICNIC, Jeff Jarvis provides an indispensable manual for survival and success that addresses the most important question ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Creative Research
26 Sept 08 16:30 - 17:00The PICNIC Report
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Conference Event: PICNIC Club (Gashouder)
PICNIC Kickoff
24 Sept 08PICNIC Kickoff On the PICNIC VIP deck. (PICNIC Club)
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome
Welcome to PICNIC and welcome to Amsterdam,
24 Sept 08 14:00 - 14:15Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen - one of Time magazine’s 2005 ’European Heroes’ as well as ‘best mayor in the Netherlands of the last ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
The Sheep Market
24 Sept 08 15:10 - 15:30Artist Aaron Koblin’s phalanx of 10,000 sheep, all drawn by random strangers through Amazon’s task-distribution mechanism The ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
The Emerging Real-Time Social Web
24 Sept 08 16:20 - 16:45What is the secret behind successful social applications? Good web services allow people to create social objects that add value. ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Conducting Creativity
24 Sept 08 17:30 - 18:00This Maestro session offers a unique learning experience that explores the magical relationship between conductor, musician and audience ...
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Conference Event: UPC
Sources of Inspiration
24 Sept 08 19:00 - 23:00Speakers dinner hosted by Mayor Job Cohen Chair of the Amsterdam KennisKring, and UPC (by invitation only)
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Welcome and Introduction to the Day’s Topic
25 Sept 08 09:00 - 09:15Monique van Dusseldorp PICNIC programme director
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Join the Video Conversation – The Story of Seesmic
25 Sept 08-25 Sept 09Serial entrepreneur Loïc LeMeur presents Seesmic, a video chat service with threaded video conversations, and conversations on ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Commercial Collaborations: Tools, Things and Toys
25 Sept 08 12:00 - 12:45How do social and commercial networks interact, and what does this mean for media, advertising, and brands? What is the role of the ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Music, Music, Music
25 Sept 08 14:30 - 14:50Demo of a new online service launched by one of the Netherlands’ most popular bands. Bas Kennis pianist, Bløf.
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Idea Saves Planet! Who will the PICNIC Green Challenge?
25 Sept 08 15:40 - 16:00One bright idea can make a big difference! To encourage and aid the invention of great new green products and services, the Dutch ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Connecting Worlds
25 Sept 08 17:15 - 18:00A presentation and an update on vibrant and fast-moving technological and creative developments in cities across Africa, from mobile ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
PICNIC Food and Fun
25 Sept 08 20:00 - 22:00Please note this programme is subject to change
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Celebrating Creative Genius- Across Media
26 Sept 08 09:30 - 10:00Matt Costello is a writer and games developer whose bestselling and award-winning work crosses all media, meshing gameplay, technology ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Data Visualization
26 Sept 08 11:30 - 12:10Artists, scientists and designers are exploring software aesthtics and developing new languages for interactive and visual expression. ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
The Business of Creation
26 Sept 08 14:30 - 15:00The contexts in which designers, brands, companies, and individuals operate have been changing radically in recent years. We need to ...
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Conference Event: Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)
Conversation on Business and Creativity
26 Sept 08 15:40 - 16:30How can you build a business around ideas instead of resources? A conversation on the future of business, computing clouds and the ...
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Conference Event: PICNIC Club (Gashouder)
The Ultimate PICNIC Show
26 Sept 08 17:30 - 18:00Join us for the closing session of PICNIC in de PICNIC Club, followed by an evening of cross-media art and entertainment, culminating in ...
