Festival to think and talk

Innovators Breakfast – A/B Group

The Future Innovators Summit begins on Thursday with the first communal breakfast in Arkadenhof. The members of Working Groups A and B will present their projects and ideas. Continue reading

Future Innovators Summit / Mentors, Speakers, Facilitators

Mentors of Future Innovators Summit 2014 Continue reading

ICT ART CONNECT.study roundtable / Lunchbox 2

What is the outcome if work on novel ICT – Information and Communication Technologies –is linked with artistic expression? This is the question asked by the study ICT Art Connect funded by the European Commission (DG CONNECT) and the question raised during the roundtable. Following a trend towards convergence of all domains of knowledge, the Arts are gaining prominence as a catalyst for radical transformations of R&D&I practices. Continue reading

OHMI

The OHMI projects main goal – fostering development of a one handed musical instrument for physically impaired musicians – has long since gotten underway. Continue reading

LeNi

The mission of a project named LeNi – an acronym of Leòn, Nicaragua – is to construct housing fit for human beings to accommodate single mothers and their children in the slums of Leòn. Their current quarters made of logs and plastic tarps provide hardly any protection during the rainy season. Cooking, toilet and bathing facilities are usually under a makeshift roof outdoors. Continue reading

The Creative Intelligence

Knowing how the mind creates ideas is not enough. We need to train our minds and create a culture that supports the creative potential. Ideeomat explains how to put this knowledge into practice, so everyone brings their best to the innovation process. Continue reading

Colliding Worlds. How Cutting-Edge Science is Redefining Contemporary Art

Butterflies created by designers, plastic surgery as the subject of a theatrical performance, a glow-in-the-dark rabbit, and data sculptures – the interplay of art and science has reached a new dimension in which it has become a discipline in its own right. Artsci is what renowned author, journalist, historian and philosopher Arthur I. Miller calls it. Continue reading

BIO KiiCS Open Training workshop, ICT ART CONNECT.study preview & discussion

KiiCS–Knowledge Incubation in Innovation and Creation is produced jointly by Kapelica Gallery in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Science Gallery in Dublin and the Waag Society in Amsterdam. Continue reading

Future Innovators Summit – Talks, Workshops, Events

Overview of the Future Innovators Summit 2014 events. Continue reading

Prix Forum IV – Digital Communities

At the Prix Forum IV the winners of the Prix Ars Electronica 2014 belonging to the category “Digital Communities” will meet each other: Takeo Saijo (JP), Ole Reitov (DK) and Maria G. Perulero (ES). Moderator: Jury member Ian Banerejee (IN/AT). Continue reading