PICNIC Academy - Hot100 Presented by Virtueel Platform

PROGRAMME HOT100 Day at 25-09-2008

Business Breakfast Meetings: Meet the Hot100 | 8.00-10.00
Location: Picnic Buzz Hall (Gashouder)

Interested in the most talented, passionate and promising creative media talent of the Netherlands? Virtueel Platform has worked with over 20 Dutch media schools and talent platforms to select the 100 most interesting and creative new media professionals today. Help launch a career, get inspired or simply come listen to their stories. (Bring your business cards!)

Hot100 get together (invitation only) | 10.00-10.30
Location: Westerliefde

Hot100 do the 'State of the e-Art' tour (invitation only) | 10.30 - 12.00
Location: In the tent in front of the Picnic Buzz Hall
Presentation of a selection of Dutch & international state of the e-art projects.

Hot100 Lunch | 12.00 - 13.00
Location: Picnic Buzz Hall (Gashouder)

Preparation of the Hot100 for the debate (invitation only) | 13.00 - 14.00
Location: Westerliefde
The Hot100 will team up and every team will choose a spokes(wo)man to defend their statement.

Stefan Agamanolis | 14.00 - 14.20
Werner Vogels | 14.25 - 14.45

Coffee break | 14.45 - 15.00

Martin de Ronde | 15.00 - 15.20
Loïc Le Meur | 15.25 - 15.45

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From this point the Westerliefde is open to all the visitors of Picnic, Picnic conference guests and guests with a specials pass.

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Hot100 Flaming Pitch | 16.00 - 16.30
Location: Westerliefde
The most eager Hot100's get a chance to 'flame pitch' their project / idea or product. Maximum pitching time per person: 400 seconds (20 slides for twenty seconds each).

Hot100 Debate | 16.30 - 17.30
Speakers and team captains of the Hot100 groups debate about collective creativity and innovation. Alan Kay: “The best way to predict the future is to create it!”

The internet is more or less stabilizing and has become generally accepted and used by (almost) everyone. Large number of people are connected and collaborating in all kinds of ways. There’s no use to address single successful projects anymore, but it is time to look at the bigger picture. Where does innovation come from after 2008 and how can new and fresh things be made in a world where everybody is connected? In this debate we will discuss the role of commercial, political and cultural parties and more important we will discuss the role YOU / (the new and enthusiastic talent) want to play in the creation of the future.
Location: Westerliefde

Hot Cafe | 17.30 -18.30
Still not tired of the Hot100 talents? Move to the Buzz Hall to get a drink with them.
Location: Picnic Buzz Hall (Gashouder)

A little more about Virtueel Platform and the Hot100. Virtueel Platform -founded in 1997- is an independent expertise centre (NGO) that stimulates innovation and supports knowledge exchange in the field of e-culture in the Netherlands. We operate within an international network of cultural and media organisations, both arts and commercially oriented.

Hot100 are the cream of the crop of soon-to-be or recent graduates in creative digital media in the Netherlands, hand picked by their teachers and talent-nurturing networks. We offer them an opportunity to present themselves to professionals in the new media and
e-Culture field at PICNIC.

Besides this event Virtueel Platform also organizes a presentation of a selection of Dutch & international state of the e-art projects, GamePrize Ding! and e-mapping the Netherlands.

Towards the Hot100 on the 25th of September every week Virtueel Platform will launch a profile of one selected Hot100. In total there will be six hot profiles to preview.

Rene Derks is a project manager at W!Games Studio in Amsterdam. He is fascinated with organizational creativity and learning. Help him go to Tokyo Games show in a couple of weeks.

Hot 100 #6: Rene Derks from Hot100 on Vimeo.

Mieke Vullings and Naomi Schiphorst are two architects who created a brilliant website to map out architectural highlights all over the world. They had to warmed up a bit, but now they are totally hot. Don't miss them at the Hot100.

Hot100 #5: MIMOA from Hot100 on Vimeo.

Lisa Dalhuijsen is a graphic designer waks.nl and is studying Media Technology at the Leiden University. She expects to meet inspiring people at the Hot100 and also people who think internet is not the most important in the world.

Hot 100 #4: Lisa Dalhuijsen from Hot100 on Vimeo.

Michiel Wijgmans, Riekus van Montfort, Martin Kuipers and Jurriaan Mous are the founders of Lable. They start a company Lable a year and half ago. They don't like to be labeled, but if we must they are: Pattern Visualizers. Lable creates beautiful tools to help you find patterns and see how lovely the world is.

Hot100 #3: Lable from Hot100 on Vimeo.

Sarah van Hecken, is an 'experience brander'. She was one of the first students of the minor Experience Branding (part of Communication & Multimedia Design of Hogeschool Rotterdam), wherein digital media products are envisaged as part of a consumer's meaningful brand experience. Currently, she works at IN10 Communication.

Hot100 #2: Sarah van Hecken from Hot100 on Vimeo.

Ernst-Jan Pfauth, is 22 and a professional blogger for (a.o.) The Next Web, Spotlight Effect (Dutch Bloggies award winner) and his own blog Dutchproblogger.com. He organises Blog08.

Hot100 #1: Ernst Jan Pfauth from Hot100 on Vimeo.

More on the Hot100 on Virtueel Platform.

Contact: Send a mail to Leonieke Verhoog or send a mail directly to or call 0031(0)20-7273758