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....
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....
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...
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...
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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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...
There’s something magical happening here in Berlin. Every year the Global Innovation Gathering brings people from all across the world who create empowering community spaces together, and this year we have our friends from Basra, Palestine, and Egypt as a part of our crew.
The Global Entrepreneurship and Maker Space Initiative [GEMSI], has been supporting the development of collaborative community spaces across MENA and I took the opportunity to be with our crew in person to discuss some of our history and some of our dreams for the future.
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70 innovators, makers and hackers from 25 countries
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GIG Makerspace and GIG Stage focus on global Maker Movement and innovation ecosystems
DIY workshops and talks on grassroots innovation, circular economy and industrial (r)evolution
Berlin, 27 April 2016 - Just a few days left until Global Innovation Gathering (GIG) returns to re:publica for its 4th iteration. This year, we are celebrating re:publica’s 10th anniversary (#rpTEN: 2 - 4 May 2016) and we’re inviting over 60 GIG members from 25 countries. These innovators, makers and hackers from across the world will present tech innovation and maker projects from Asia, Latin America and Africa.
The GIG network brings new perspectives from across the world to Europe’s leading conference on the Internet and society, re:publica. With three days of workshops at the pop-up GIG Makerspace and a full day of stage programme, GIG is one of the largest and diverse tracks of this year’s re:publica.
The full #GIG16 @ #rpTEN programme can be...
The GIG Makerspace is back! If you were at either re:publica ‘14 or ‘15 you will no-doubt remember the awesome 3D printing, laser cutting, soldering, wiring, moulding and building going on in the GIG Makerspace. This year we’re back with a fabulous third iteration sponsored by Autodesk and equipped by Fab Lab Berlin, and are happy to be able to join in the celebration of re:publica’s 10th anniversary. In past years, the GIG Makerspace featured some of the most innovative projects and people from the global maker culture: home made laser cutters, 3D printers made from e-waste, self-made solar-powered phone chargers, LED graffiti and singing vegetables. This year promises to be even better!
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