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Programme overview

PICNIC programme by day and location

Please note the programme is subject to change. Multiple-days Labs (all in PICNIC Club) are not in the overview. Check out the Social RFID Games

Wednesday, sept 24th Thursday, sept 25th Friday, sept 26th

  1. 09:00
  2. :15
  3. :30
  4. :45
  5. 10:00
  6. :15
  7. :30
  8. :45
  9. 11:00
  10. :15
  11. :30
  12. :45
  13. 12:00
  14. :15
  15. :30
  16. :45
  17. 13:00
  18. :15
  19. :30
  20. :45
  21. 14:00
  22. :15
  23. :30
  24. :45
  25. 15:00
  26. :15
  27. :30
  28. :45
  29. 16:00
  30. :15
  31. :30
  32. :45
  33. 17:00
  34. :15
  35. :30
  36. :45
  37. 18:00
  38. :15
  39. :30
  40. :45
  41. 19:00
  42. :15
  43. :30
  44. :45
  45. 20:00
  46. :15
  47. :30
  48. :45
  49. 21:00
  50. :15
  51. :30
  52. :45
  53. 22:00
  54. :15
  55. :30
  56. :45
  57. 23:00
  58. :15
  59. :30
  60. :45

  • Conference Hall Zuiveringshal West

    • Conference Event : Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)

      Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

      Welcome to PICNIC and welcome to Amsterdam,

      24 Sept 08 13:30-13:45

    • Conference Event

      6

      We Think: The Power of Mass Creativity

      Keynote and Conversation

      24 Sept 08 13:45-15:00

      The conflict between the rising surge of mass collaboration and the attempts to retain top-down control will be one of the defining ...

    • Conference Event : Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)

      The Sheep Market

      24 Sept 08 15:00-15:30

      Artist Aaron Koblin’s phalanx of 10,000 sheep, all drawn by random strangers through Amazon’s task-distribution mechanism The ...

    • Conference Event : Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)

      Dueling with Distance

      24 Sept 08 16:00-16:20

      Based on his work at MIT and Distance Lab, Stefan Agamanolis reports on hot trends in communication and connectedness that are doing ...

    • Conference Event : Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)

      The Emerging Real-Time Social Web

      24 Sept 08 16:20-17:30

      With ubiquitous internet connections and a surge of connected mobile services, slices of reality can be saved that people could not ...

    • Conference Event : Conference Hall (Zuiveringshal West)

      Conducting Creativity

      24 Sept 08 17:30-18:00

      This Maestro session offers a unique learning experience that explores the magical relationship between conductor, musician and audience ...

  • Transformer Room Transformatorhuis

    • Special : KennisKring Amsterdam

      1

      Executive Dinner: Innovation by Inspiration

      What inspires you?

      24 Sept 08 18:00-22:00

      Invitation only diner This Executive Dinner, the creative dinner of 2008, will offer an opportunity for national and international ...

  • Picnic Club Gashouder

    • Creative Business Lounge : ABN AMRO

      Ideas meet money

      Brought to you by ABN AMRO and Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce

      24 Sept 08 08:00-10:00

      ABN AMRO matchmaking sessions hosted by Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurs with a proper business plan, have a greater ...

    • Creative Business Lounge : De Baak Management Centrum VNO-NCW

      The Baak Reflection Zones

      11.00-11.30 and again 14.00-14.30 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

      24 Sept 08-26 Sept 08

      Roel Dekker -

      The Reflection Zones will be held at the Creative Business Lounge in the PICNIC Club (Gashouder) 11.00-11.30 and again 14.00-14.30 on ...

    • Conference Event : PICNIC Club (Gashouder)

      PICNIC Kick-Off

      24 Sept 08 13:00

      PICNIC Kickoff with Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam All PICNIC Conference delegates are invited to leave the PICNIC Club for the opening ...

    • Lab Dome : Waag Society

      1

      Locative Lab: Education

      "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players"

      24 Sept 08 14:00-18:00

      Ronald Lenz -

      "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one ...

    • Creative Business Lounge : De Baak Management Centrum VNO-NCW

      The Baak Reflection Zones

      11.00-11.30 and again 14.00-14.30 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

      24 Sept 08-26 Sept 08

      Roel Dekker -

      The Reflection Zones will be held at the Creative Business Lounge in the PICNIC Club (Gashouder) 11.00-11.30 and again 14.00-14.30 on ...

    • PICNIC Book Shop : Amsterdam, SubmarineChannel and BIS Publishers

      1

      Book Launch: Modern Living

      The Graphic Universe of Han Hoogerbrugge

      24 Sept 08 17:00-19:00

      Yaniv Wolf -

      Buy full price ticket Buy ticket with discount code OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH: A book+DVD about the unparalleled and offbeat work ...

    • Open Space : PICNIC Club (Gashouder)

      PICNIC Welcome Drinks

      24 Sept 08 18:00-20:00

      Monique van Dusseldorp -

      For all delegates. (PICNIC Club)

  • E-Art Dome

    • Partner Event : Virtueel Platform

      Virtueel Platform Presents: E-ART

      24-25-26 September Showcase of Dutch & international e-art projects - Admission: free access

      Annette Wolfsberger -

      Virtueel Platform shows contemporary trends in art, research and development through a series of show-and-tell presentations. Visit the ...

  • Flexbar

    • Special : Amsterdam, Virtual Knowledge Studio

      Can You See What I Know?

      A starting point for new cross-sector dialogues around shared visualizations of knowledge -- [workshop is full]

      23 Sept 08-24 Sept 08

      Jeannette Haagsma, Paul Wouters, Clifford Tatum -

      Creative experts from academia, audio-visual arts, creative industry and interactive design will develop novel ways to visualize ...

    • Special : Sensible Futures Foundation, together with the Senseable City Lab at MIT: senseable.mit.edu

      The Visible City

      Visible Amsterdam: the real-time city is now real!

      24 Sept 08 14:00-17:00

      Euro Beinat, Filippo Dal Fiore -

      Buy full price ticket Buy ticket with discount code What if an entire city could be visible from above, like we see it ...

  • Heart of the West Westerliefde

    • Special : IIP/Create

      1

      European Creative Industries@PICNIC

      Vision, Strategic Agenda, Work

      24 Sept 08 09:00-13:00

      Andrew Bullen -

      IIP CREATE, the innovation platform of the Dutch ICT/Media Creative Industries, is grasping the opportunity of this year’s ...

    • Special : Telematica Instituut

      Future of Dutch Creative Industry

      Formulating a joint ambition and agenda for the Dutch creative industry

      24 Sept 08 14:00-16:00

      Patrick Strating, Andrew Bullen -

      A new program initiative for the Dutch Creative Industries, with Emile Aarts (Philips), Hermen van der Lugt (TI), Marleen Stikker ...

  • Machine Building Machinegebouw

    • Special: Kennisnet / Creative Learning Lab : Waag Society

      PICNIC YOUNG: Virtual Spaces

      Immersive virtual learning worlds

      24 Sept 08 14:00-17:00

      Buy full price ticket Buy ticket with discount code Virtual worlds like Second Life are hot property right now. But ...

    • Special : InHolland

      Regimes of Innovation

      Researching Co-creation and innovation

      24 Sept 08 19:00-22:00

      Gerard Mohring -

      Buy full price ticket Buy ticket with discount code In this special, research staff members of INHolland School of ...

  • Refining Room Oostelijk Meterhuis

    • Special: EBU at : Refining Room (Oostelijk Meterhuis)

      EBU Transmedia Meeting

      Invitation only!

      24 Sept 08 11:00-17:00

      nicoletta iacobacci -

      PICNIC Internal meeting of several European public service broadcasters to discuss transmedia production, strategies and future ...

  • Western Union WesterUnie

    • Special : Eduverse

      Virtual Worlds

      What's Hype, What's Hip and What's Happening

      24 Sept 08 14:00-18:00

      Robert Shepherd -

      Buy full price ticket Buy ticket with discount code The frontier of virtual environments, the future of e-learning, ...