C&T 2017 – Technology for the Common Good

The biennial Communities and Technologies (C&T) conference is the premier international forum for stimulating scholarly debate and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – both physical and virtual – and information and communication technologies.  ...
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Digital Africa – Arte cross-media project

Digital Africa – Arte cross-media project

By Victoria WenzelmannNo Comments
„Digital Africa“ is a multi platform project about digital innovations in Africa, produced by Berlin based film production company Berlin Producers in cooperation with French-German TV ARTE, GIG, re:publica, Shrinkfish and others. The project consists of four elements: Documentary Film A DOCUMENTARY FILM (52‘) will be broadcasted on German – French TV ARTE in 2018. Starting from Berlin GIG founder and re:publica curator Geraldine de Bastion goes on a journey through Africa. Geraldine discovers digital inventions and innovations, interviews creators and pioneers, and experiences the application fields of new developments. Webpage A WEBPAGE hosted by GIG provides additional information to digital innovations in Africa: An interactive map, information to various projects. Blog Geraldine´s travel blog is published here as well as articles of other bloggers on this subject. Geraldine is open for ideas before and even during the journey. Please leave your comments, ideas and invitations below!   Web-Clip-Series A provocative WEB-CLIP-SERIES presents six European problems and six African inventions. Animation artists Ebele Okoye and Shrinkfish (Nigeria) will “bring” these inventions to...
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MozFest

MozFest is a diverse, highly interactive event with something for everyone. The festival kicks off Friday evening with a science fair, where attendees can stroll around and check out presentations on inspiring ideas and projects, many of which were developed at previous MozFests. Saturday and Sunday are filled with participant-led sessions that generally run between one and three hours. These might be interactive labs where participants can learn something new or share their knowledge; small group breakout discussions where bright minds debate the most pressing issues facing the Internet today; or design sprints dedicated to hands-on making, hacking and producing a ‘thing’. Sessions are organized into spaces -- physical and thematic learning hubs based around a broad topic, like science, art, or journalism. Ongoing, interactive experiences weave between spaces, connecting thematic threads and allowing participants to explore topics in a self-directed way. Some people choose to enjoy MozFest by completely immersing themselves in a single space, while others like to roam around the...
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Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin

The Asia-Pacific Weeks celebrate their 20-year anniversary! You are invited to join and participate in the Asia-Europe Dialogue on Digitalization, the theme of the upcoming APW. Exploring the 4th industrial revolution and its future impact on economies and society is crucial for governments and the civil society worldwide. We invite experts from the fast-growing and high-tech affine regions of Asia-Pacific to discuss their perspectives with local representatives. Our conference program will continue Connecting Startup Cities, building on the successful conference formats of 2015 and 2016. A special focus of 2017 will be laid on the cities of Bangalore, Jakarta and Manila. The extensive and versatile APW cultural program will be hosted by our outstanding event partners and presented at various venues across Berlin. The APW (since 1997) are Europe’s unique platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and cooperation between Asia and Europe....
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Transform Africa Summit 2017

Transform Africa Summit 2017 has been designed to foster constructive conversation towards building a Smart Africa and facilitate meetings of like minds seeking policy & opportunities to accelerate the continent towards socio economic transformation....
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3D printed solar clock

3D printed solar clock

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Samer Shawar is one of the founders of Vecbox, the hackerspace and knowledge hub in Ramallah, Palestine with a focus on civic tech and digital rights. I had the chance to 3D print a solar clock that i always admired and liked to make it in my childhood by using just a stick and small stones. But this 3D printed version is totally different and impressive by using the sunlight beams to pass between the model gaps – it shows the clock in digital numbers. This is an open source model that i found on Thingiverse, it works from 10:00am until 4:50pm. The purpose for me to print it was to explain to kids how in old times people got to know the time and also to trigger their imagination when they see how ancient tools and concepts can be adapted. For example, an outside sensor added to the clock could track the sun's position on the sky, and that will make changes on the...
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Think 20 Summit GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

At a Glance The Think 20 Summit 2017 – GLOBAL SOLUTIONS will provide 20 Global Solutions for the G20. is mandated by the German G20 Presidency. focuses on G20 topics, such as the digital economy, climate policy and finance, or migration and refugees and convey recommendations and visions by the newly established T20 Task Forces to international policy-makers. is research-based, independent, focusing on facts, knowledge and hands-on experience. State-of-the-art research underpins all the sessions. draws on the excellent intellectual network of the Global Economic Symposium (GES). will be chaired by Dennis J. Snower, President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and Dirk Messner, Director of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), who co-chair the T20 think tank engagement group for the German G20 presidency. is organized by the Kiel Institute in cooperation with the DIE, the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin) and the conference department of Tagesspiegel Publishing (part of D.v. Holtzbrinck Media as “Die Zeit”, “Handelsblatt”, and „Wirtschaftswoche“). After...
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GIG@re:publica 2017

At re:publica 2017, GIG will come together for its fifth annual gathering. Its members will take over the #rp17 stages on numerous occasions during the three re:publica days. GIG will again host the Makerspace where curious participants can tinker and solder in various workshops. ...
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Towards an IoT from the Masses

Towards an IoT from the Masses

By Victoria WenzelmannNo Comments
re:publica is Europe’s largest and most inspiring conference on internet and digital society. It attracts to Berlin over 7000 participants to discuss, in a 500 hours program with more than 850 speakers, themes and topics concerning our interconnected society and creates a space for bloggers, politicians, scientists, business people, artists and activists to come together. The founders of re:publica GmbH, newthinking communications and Spreeblick Verlag have been involved in internet policy and digital culture and society for over a decade. They are also the founders of two of Germany’s most well-known blogs: netzpolitik.org and spreeblick.com. This large background on digital policies cleary drove the main themes of the 10th anniversary festival edition – called TEN (or NET), on the first week of May, 2016. One could get a full perspective on world´s worst policies for digital (software and hardware) innovation or enjoy a pleasure talk about the ethics around digital design; a lecture about the economy loss of new migrations...
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