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Introduction by Frank Kresin
Parool Theatre The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsOpening of InnovationTours in Innovative Amsterdam
Parool Theatre The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsShula Rijxman, alderman of ICT and Digital City of Amsterdam, opens the InnovationTours. InnovationTours will put Amsterdam innovation in the spotlight, and helps to posiiton Amsterdam as an innovative city. The municipality invites you to contribute to the development of the digital public space of which InnovaitonTours will form one element. (Submit ideas with Erik.de.Vries@Amsterdam.nl) Read moreOpening of InnovationTours in Innovative Amsterdam
Societal curriculum and micro credentials – INVITATION ONLY
Meeting Room 4 The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsInvitation only Vormen micro credentials een goede digitale ondersteuning van de sociale basis? Micro credentials zijn digitale bewijzen die een aanbieder van maatschappelijke participatie kan uitgeven aan een burger en waarmee de burger aan een werkgever of opleiding zijn ervaring of competenties kan aantonen. Micro credentials zijn dus ook erkenningen voor vrijwilligerswerk en kunnen dat ... Read moreSocietal curriculum and micro credentials – INVITATION ONLY
Redesigning participation – Platforms & Politics
Parool Theatre The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsDemocratic participation is shaped in new ways through the platforms citizens use. Through their design and management platforms afford certain use and behavior stimulating promising new forms of online participation, yet also restricting or shaping debate in a certain way. On the other hand, people find creative ways to use platforms for their participatory purposes. ... Read moreRedesigning participation – Platforms & Politics
Bank’s don’t hold your money, they hold your data
Meeting Room 2 The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, Netherlands24 years after Google launched their browser, we have slowly come to realize that the largest marketing corporation in the world built its business by encouraging us to give away all of our personal data. In stark contrast, financial regulations have existed for far longer that don’t allow banks to give away information about our ... Read moreBank’s don’t hold your money, they hold your data
Sensors and Democracy
External: Marineterrein Entrance AMS-Institute, Kattenburgerstraat 5, building 027W, Amsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsHow do we organize transparent communication regarding sensors in public space? Sensing systems play a growing role in smart cities. Sensors allow cities to organize public space in a more efficient and liveable way. But sensor technology comes with risks. Next to taking social values, like those in the TADA manifesto, into account when implementing ... Read moreSensors and Democracy
Reflections on Water (It happened tomorrow) A workshop on speculative landscaping with archival material
Meeting Room 1 The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsIn this workshop, you will be invited to create speculative Dutch landscapes of tomorrow, with the use of archives, paper, pencils, markers, and AI. Background: “The climate crisis is also a crisis of the imagination.” Author Amitav Ghosh argues in this way for the incorporation of climate change in our cultural artistic work. Ghosh is ... Read moreReflections on Water (It happened tomorrow) A workshop on speculative landscaping with archival material
The Climate Conversation
Meeting Room 3 The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsIt is not always easy to discuss politically sensitive topics like climate change. In this workshop you’ll find out how you can engage with your friends, family, colleagues or for example people in your sports club in a way that is accessible and positive. The workshop is for everyone who is concerned about climate change ... Read moreThe Climate Conversation
Speculative Futures Amsterdam Chapter Meetup
Meeting Room 2 The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsAfter two amazing meetups this year, the Speculative Futures Amsterdam Chapter is back but now as a part of the Society5.0 Festival. The chapter meetup will close the festival's first day of interactive workshops and exhibitions, but also serve as an independent standalone gathering for the wider community. This time, we are encouraging even more ... Read moreSpeculative Futures Amsterdam Chapter Meetup
The future of (public) space: what are we designing, and for whom?
Parool Theatre The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsWith the rise of remote working, we see that big office spaces are no longer needed. There seems to be renewed attention for communal spaces, with co-living and co-working becoming popular, but with gentrification on the rise one could question whether this is a voluntary development or simply a means to stay afoot in the ... Read moreThe future of (public) space: what are we designing, and for whom?
Film Screening: Honeyland
Meeting Room 4 The Student Hotel - Wibautstraat 129, Amsterdam, NetherlandsHoneyland is a beautiful award winning documentary, that tells the story of beekeeper Hatidze from a quiet village in Northern Macedonia. Hatidze lives of the sales of honey and takes care of her old mother. The delicate harmony with the wild bees is rudely disturbed when a new family moves into the village. Honeyland is ... Read moreFilm Screening: Honeyland