Amsterdam Creative Tour by Syntens & MediaGuild & Chamber of Commerce

A select yet diversified group of national and international representatives including company owners, venture capitalists, politicians and journalists, are invited for the boat tour, heading to the Chamber of Commerce. Over there they will be introduced to projects of the three initiators, representing various fields of expertise and diversified stages of development. After thatn, both parties are invited aboard for the return trip, providing everyone with an extended and uninterrupted networking opportunity.

Details Picnic Creative Boat Tour
Thursday September 25
18:00 departure Picnic terrain
18:30 Arrival at Chamber of Commercel hq, event opening
19:15 Project market opens
20:45 Announcement of departure
21:00 departure at Chamber of Commerce hq
21:30 Arrival at Picnic festival area

The 25 participating business initiatives

BeamSystems sells, rents and installs audiovisual equipment. Their specialty is the combination of technical know-how with creative audiovisual ideas and results. They can provide each (art) exposition, performance, presentation, concert, fashion show or event with a unique and visual dimension. Besides all these possibilities, BeamSystems is also able to produce and sell complete and tailor-made projects, suited to any clients needs. BeamSystems is unaffiliated to one specific manufacturer or brand of equipment. Therefore they are able to provide a wide range of the newest and most professional in audio and video equipment. More info: www.beamsystems.nl

The Blue Noise Department is an Amsterdam based company specialized in designing and constructing interactive environments for the arts, theater, dance and video. Next to making interactive installations, they are innovative in designing and producing the digibrush. The digibrush is a painting tool which enables you to paint real time on top of film and/or make paintings with time as an extra variable. Further more we developed a search engine, which uses the internet real time and spits out a moving collage which keeps on changing and never repeats itself due to a constant live updating on the internet. More info: www.bluenoise.nl

2D3D is a multidisciplinary design firm: graphic design, environmental design and new media. As a team they work on editorial, information, environmental and multimedia design. Experienced designers develop and design clear and original concepts for all sorts of media and for graphic, environmental and digital use. The studio is specialized in corporate identity programs, with experience in communication through design for: visitors in museums and public buildings, for organizations through websites, infomercials, advertisements, posters etc. Another specialty is to provide insight into data by using digital presentations, diagrams, charts and three-dimensional installations. www.2d3d.nl

Creativecrowds is an internet start up, founded in 2007, fully dedicated to crowd sourcing. The company offers technology and services to help organizations engage customers to their products and services. CreativeCrowds' technology is a unique idea-platform: the CreativeChallenge. On this platform organizations can start a dialogue with consumers in an intelligent manner. The CreativeChallenge is based on the vision that companies will increasingly be cooperating with internal as well as external online communities. By crowd sourcing, organizations gain real engagement and consumer insights from their customers. More info: www.creativecrowds.com

DIGIFiT is developing a fitness system, which offers a challenging and easy way to get fit. The system consists of a device for motion tracking and software that allows the users to create their own workout and diet plan. Additionally, it offers instructions, provides direct feedback on performance and long term progress registration. In this way getting fit becomes a challenging and fun experience, offering a motivation for a more frequent and profound workout over time. More info: www.digifit.eu

Donkeypedia is a cross media project with a donkey that travels through European nations. The donkey carries various devices (laptop, GPS, camera etc) and is digitally directed by local children, from village to city, from nation to nation. Children will collect stories, art expressions, movies and objects that represent something essential about their place and its residents. The result: a kaleidoscopic platform that reveals the European identity step by step. Donkeypedia started its walk as pilot on 29th of august 2008 in the Netherlands. Donkey ‘’Asino’ will visit Picnic at the 24th of September. Site: www.donkeypedia.nl

EverybodyHere is all about creative collaboration. They develop community sites, such as Digidicht.nl, where poets and designers can share ideas to create e-poetry. EverybodyHere also organizes real-world events. At the Don't-do-it-yourself Days, freelance designers and programmers get together to help each other out. We believe effective collaboration requires both online and offline activities. For more info: www.DoeHetNietZelf.org and www.Digidicht.nl

Flavour If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! get a taste of homemade advergames @ flavour
Wanna know more? www.flavourplay.com

Fortress is specialized in the development of unique marketing tools. They have vast experience within the entertainment industry and work with most major music labels. Fortress offers direct promotion on: internet communities and online fora, socials networks and street promotion. They also develop interactive products such as websites, widgets and flash applications. In addition, we have a street team of more than 2500 members that supports online campaigns by carrying out street and guerrilla marketing. For more info: www.fortressmusic.com

Gamewise GameWise Serous Games believes that the playing organization is tomorrow’s winner. Organizations that learn by play, learn faster. Organizations that learn to play, learn more effectively. GameWise develops games for (internal) communication, education & development, recruitment and management & change. They offer full service gaming, from strategy and advice to development and implementation. GameWise develops incorporate games for NS, ING, TNO ICT, Eneco and TU Delft. www.gamewise.nl

Globe4D is an interactive four-dimensional globe. It displays interactive animations of the Earth on a real sphere featuring hands-on interactivity. The globe can be viewed from all angles and can be controlled directly by the user by rotating the sphere itself and turning the ring around the sphere. It shows the historical movement of the continents as its main feature, but is also capable of displaying other kinds of geographical and geological data like water levels, climate changes, human migration, other planets and moons. For more info: www.globe4d.com

Iconomical When relationships change, so do identities. These influences can have far-reaching consequences for events and cycles. Watching changes over time helps us understand the past, manage the present and plan for the future. Iconomical develops software with interconnected time-based data. Their multi-dimensional visualization draws on semantic resources, such as RDF, for meaningful representations of database narratives. The δt. modular toolkit uses the Flash/Flex platform to create a truly unique user experience, re-branded and re purposed to suit a variety of scenarios. More info: www.iconomical.com/dt/

info.nl Full service internet agency.

Laika Vitamin P is a new online gaming concept for publishers and business-to-consumer brands. It brings together the success of Nintendo DS, casual online games and the daily puzzles in newspapers. Vitamin P offers:
- Online puzzles as casual games aimed at developing skills
- New daily puzzles in the categories of: 3D, memory, numbers, logic and language
- Clear interface design
- Online chatting while solving puzzles
- Paid membership for unlimited practices and comparison of results with other gamers
- A value-added turnkey product for users. Partners will enjoy a share in advertising and membership profits.
www.laika.nl

Mijn naam is Haas: a revolution in language education.
A true serious game, that unites learning with children's creativity into an animated, story environment.
Mijn naam is Haas (My name is Hare) is a serious game concept that teaches toddlers language in a playful environment. By drawing the world of character Haas the inventiveness of children is challenged. The system fuses the child's drawings into the emerging story and connects them to learning components (e.g. a situation or a specific word). Currently an online environment of Mijn naam is Haas is being developed. Depending on (inter)national partnerships the product's final shape and content will be determined to target specific markets and languages. For more info: www.mijnnaamishaas.nl

Outdoor Game Console www.outdoorgameconsole.nl

Paladin Studios creates 3D Serious Games. Their applications are used for training, marketing and visualization. The Paladin team is specialized in real-time 3D. Aiming for the richest user experience and highest visual quality, they have successfully completed a wide range of projects. They work for clients like Philips Design, EMI Music, the Offshore Simulator Centre and the Dutch government. For more info: www.paladinstudios.com

Postmachina designs experiences. They believe in highly innovative, immersive and integrated products. They design for clients, but also create new products for the world of tomorrow. The philosophy: making technology adaptive to human beings through design, intelligence and ethics. The professional expertise of Postmachina is broad: they operate within the fields of interaction, graphic, product, web and service design.
For more info: www.hellomynameise.com

Red Chocolate – Social media specialist. Red Chocolate specializes in the development and exploitation of social media and community websites. Their development department advises companies how to use social media to improve business internally (HR) or externally towards customers or business relations. The exploitation department localizes international licenses of successful online communities and develops integrated advertising for top brands. For more info: www.redchocolate.nl

SmadSteck (www.smadsteck.nl) specializes in real time interactive sampling technology. Currently SmadSteck is working on SenS, an advanced video sampling and real time motion graphic design solution.
For video examples of SmadSteck products in action, visit eborelease.wordpress.com/.

The mission of Space Synapse is to develop a niche creative portfolio of next generation cutting edge, space education and sustainable design products.
Fusing futuristic innovation with a global environmental vision, Space Synapse will bring the unique experience of space to both private and global markets, preparing the next generation for the challenges that they face in the 21st century. In conjunction with our commercial and philanthropic partners Space Synapse will share the space experience using frontier space technologies with millions of people on earth, bridging economic gaps between future space frontier technology and society in general. Our revolutionary sustainable design products will enhance and define a new approach in education, environmental awareness, space simulation and edutainment. For more info: www.spacesynapse.com

Tipspot TipSpot - your social city guide - is a new online service that makes sure you always know what's going on in your city. Via the web and your mobile phone, tipSpot offers a personalized homepage with a last-minute overview of the most relevant events nearby; such as nice parties, concerts, exhibitions, theater shows or the sale of a cool store. You can tip events yourself or subscribe to the tips of friends and other interesting parties, like your favourite bands, DJ's, artists, magazines, clubs and shops. www.tipspot.com

VicarVision develops state of the art solutions and products for computer vision. The technologies we develop aim for vicarious perception, we want our machines to perceive and name, the objects and events presented to them through cameras, in the same way as we would. VicarVision has a special interest in perceiving people. FaceReader™ is the premier product for on line evaluation of the emotional expressions of the human face, used in behaviorial research institutes all over the world for studies in e.g. user experience of software systems, food preferences and video conferencing interactions. For more info: www.vicarvision.nl

Vlijmscherp Producties is a young and growing audiovisual production company with lots of ambitions, that specializes in many different areas of filming. We produce promotional films for small and big companies and we film concerts and events. We also produce television programs for regional television from concept to delivery. In fact, when a movie camera is needed, we're there! Creativity, quality and knowledge are the characteristics that are found in all our projects. We use high quality equipment and the latest software to provide professional service to our clients. At Vlijmscherp Producties, we see lots of opportunities to combine film and internet in a innovative way. Tell us about your plans and wishes regarding audiovisual material and we'll help create a satisfying product. Vlijmscherp Producties: fresh ideas and movies for every budget! www.vlijmscherp.tv

Wuzzon is the first community in which youngsters and music artists are able to create, upload, share and sell mobile content. With Wuzzon you can start your own online shop and turn your creativity in to cash. Widgets allow you to embed your shop in other social communities or your own website. After a successful national launch Wuzzon is now preparing international roll out. 
Wuzzon aims to open up the mobile content market with its unclear & expensive ringtone subscription models. The consumer is back in charge! Currently the community has over 70.000 registered users and 15.000 shops. For more info: www.wuzzon.nl

For questions please contact Bruni Hofman

Made possible by Chamber of Commerce, Rabobank Amsterdam, Kenniskring Amsterdam and Amsterdam Partners, Kansenkanon, Provincie Noord-Holland