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Dear Future I’m Ready – 21 for 21 series In this podcast we explore more responsible ways to use the global transformation for the benefit of society. As a listener, you will hear from 21 transformational leaders about how we might address the challenges of the 21st Century. As they share their ideas you’ll learn ... Read morePop Up Podcast “Dear Future, I’m Ready”
Hello meat eaters, hello vegetarians. Welcome to Bistro In Vitro, the restaurant for trailblazers, world changers and nature lovers. We cook to a high standard using the latest culinary techniques and a revolutionary new ingredient: in vitro meat. Welcome to the restaurant of the future! In Bistro In Vitro’s mobile Ice Cream Car we already ... Read moreBistro In Vitro Icecream Cart
How much control do you feel over your online data? Does technology make you feel safer? What is a way technology impacts your life that you wish you understood better? We're curious what you think! Join the students of Inholland's Sustainable Media Lab for a new podcast concept where we learn what people really think about current issues related to media and justice. Using our "question wheel" as a conversation starter, we are collecting ... Read moreThe Pop-Up Podcast Project
The majority of people are unsatisfied with our current politicians and the political climate. But only very few feel tempted to take on the role of politician themselves. This fun workshop challenges you to see yourself as political agents of change, just for a moment. How would you entice others to follow your political goals? ... Read moreHybrid Democracy Poster Exhibition
A place where guests have a chance to relax, reflect on the learnings, tinker with others, and create their own futures. Join us and design your future outlook. Use the materials available to imagine a world that you’d like to see. Get inspired by: Postcards from the Future & Eliza – The Ghost in every ... Read moreSpeculative Futures Corner
The public space is increasingly digitized, for instance by using sensors (e.g., measuring devices, cameras). The City of Amsterdam is designing an assessment framework for placing sensors. During Society 5.0 Festival, the City of Amsterdam would love to hear also your thoughts, especially about urban aspects that you care about and you might be concerned ... Read moreConsideration framework for sensors Desk
The Design thinking Open Resources Network (DORP) will be launched during the festival. DORP is aiming to build a collection and a community around design thinking in general and prototypes and imagining in particular. The purpose of the session is to show and share the power of prototypes and imagining for scholars in their daily ... Read moreBeyond post-its Exhibition
A group exhibition featuring projects: Digital Tree Monument – What does a tree dream of? When an old, iconic tree disappears from our surroundings, it often invokes a feeling of loss. This project creates a digital archive of trees that have disappeared from the Castricum Duinbos. By Nicole Spit. NeoBio – what could emerge if the big commercial tech ... Read moreBedroom speculations: Nature Re-imagined
Sometimes, ingenuity needs a push. And emergencies can provide such a push for designers, both professional and beyond, all over the world. Some of the best solutions are invented when urgency is at its hightest. And there is no lack of urgent challenges that are calling for solutions. Design Emergency is both a call to ... Read moreDesign Emergency, Building a Better Future
To really become Agents of Change, designers need to shake off the gospel of infinite economic growth. Only then will they be able to take on the role of drivers, accelerators and shapers of the solutions the world's grand challenges are calling for. In this panel, Ruurd will share his thoughts on the role and ... Read moreDesign for Live (Dutch-spoken)
Mathilde presents new narratives about possible and desired futures in which biology and technology are merging; the Next Nature. Dare to think about desired futures from a fresh perspective. An open mindset in which humans are no longer above all other life forms. In which nature is a dynamic element and technology co-determines evolution. She ... Read moreThe Next Nature