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Wednesday Specials

24 September 08

The following specials are currently planned on Wednesday 24 September 2008

Below you will find an overview of confirmed PICNIC Specials. Please check www.picnicnetwork.org for the most updated information on these sessions.
This overview is subject to continuous change.

Can You See What I Know?
09.00-13.30
Workshop with parallel session on knowledge creation (first day of this workshop will take place on Tuesday, September 23) The workshop on Wednesday will end with a lunch.
Main organising partner: Virtual Knowledge Studio of the Royal Academy of Arts & Siences

European Creative Industries@PICNIC
09.00-13.00
Presentations and discussions with European Media/IT Creative Industry leaders.
Main organising partner: IIP/Create

PICNIC Young, Anytime Any Place Learning
10.00-13.00
Mini-seminar on the possibilities and early results of mLearning
Main organising partner: Waag Society

EBU Transmedia Meeting
11.00-17.00
Invitation only.
Internal meeting of several European public service broadcasters
Main organising partner: EBU

Virtueel Platform Presents: E-ART
11.00-17.30
24-26th of September there is a Presentation of a selection of Dutch & international state of the e-art projects.
Main organising partner: Virtual Platform

PICNIC VIP Kick Off
12.30-13.30
A VIP Kick Off held at the PICNIC Club (Gashouder). Invitation only.
Main organising partner: Picnic

Future of Dutch Creative Industry
14.00-16.00
Main organising partner: IIP/Create

PICNIC Young, Virtual Spaces
14.00-17.00
Mini-seminar on the implementation of Virtual Spaces in education
Main organising partner: Waag Society

The Visible City
14.00-17.00
Half day seminar/workshop exploring extreme visibility created by the internet of things and visualising urban life through phone activity.
Main organising partner: Sensible Future Foundation

Virtual Worlds
14.00-18.00
Whole day session were visitors can experience and share the possibilities of virtual worlds, featuring all crossmedia aspects of virtual worldsspeakers and virtual experiences.
Main organising partner: Eduverse

Boekpresentatie Han Hoogerbrugge
17.00-19.00
Main organising partner: American Book Centre

Executive Dinner: Innovation by Inspiration
18.00-22.00
VIP diner. Invitation only.
Main organising partners: Kenniskring Amsterdam and UPC.

Regimes of Innovation
19.00-22.00
Main organising partner: INHolland University of Applied Sciences

  • Partner Event : Wester Union (WesterUnie)

    Enquiring Minds

    New Media Researchers @ Picnic

    24 Sept 08 09:15-11:15

    Sabine Niederer, Anne Helmond -

    Enquiring Minds is an informal gathering for academic researchers, scientists, or all-round investigators to meet up and introduce their ...

  • Special : IIP/Create

    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: 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

  • Special : KennisKring Amsterdam

    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 ...

  • 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: Kennisnet / Creative Learning Lab : Waag Society

    PICNIC YOUNG: Anytime Any Place Learning

    Transform your view on education.

    24 Sept 08 10:00-13:00

    Buy full price ticket Buy ticket with discount code Anybody, anywhere can be online any time. We use our mobile devices ...

  • Special : PICNIC

    PICNIC Kick Off for speakers and partners

    Meeting of all PICNIC partners

    24 Sept 08 12:30-13:30

    A Special by PICNIC in the PICNIC CLUB for sponsors, partners and speakers.

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • PICNIC Book Shop : Amsterdam, SubmarineChannel and BIS Publishers

    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 ...

  • 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 ...