Since 2006, the innovative PICNIC Festival has contributed to the international reputation of Amsterdam as a city lab for emerging technology, creativity...
PICNIC STORIES 27 March 2013
PICNIC to set out a new course in 2013...
Stefan Gessler...
Presenting
Stefan Gessler
FESTIVAL 2012
Social entrepreneurship is taking socia...
Interview: Roshan Paul of the Amani Institute
PICNIC STORIES 25 March 2013
Loek Hermans...
FESTIVAL 2012
Presenting
Loek Hermans
Loek Hermans (Heerlen, 23 April 1951) graduated from Nijmegen University in 1976 in the field of ...
A Good Start for the Crossover Estafett...
The world of today is increasingly complex and intertwined. Big societal and economical challenges that superseed professional, industrial and cultural...
PICNIC STORIES 16 November 2012
Marina Toeters...
Presenting
Marina Toeters
FESTIVAL 2012
2012 Festival Survey Results...
- Majority of participants continue to work in the creative industries: mostly in technology, media, agencies, artists and designers - Number of...
PICNIC STORIES 13 November 2012
Pascal Deseure...
Presenting
Pascal Deseure
FESTIVAL 2012
Lousia Heinrich on I am Superman, or should it be "Super- me" ...
"My life is made up of data. If I have the right equipment, virtually everything can be tracked." says Louisa Heinrich. Owning one'...
PICNIC STORIES 09 November 2012
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Yuri shares his 2 cents
PICNIC LIVE PHOTO FEED
Melissa Lee...
Presenting
Melissa Lee
FESTIVAL 2012
Tim O'Reilly on Creating More than you ...
Create More Value Than You Capture
PICNIC STORIES 07 November 2012
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Options! at PICNIC
PICNIC FLICKR STREAM
Hedy d'Ancona ...
Presenting
Hedy d'Ancona
FESTIVAL 2012
Daan Roosegaarde on the Business of Sof...
The Business of Soft and Hard Capital
PICNIC STORIES 05 November 2012
Gijs van Rijn...
FESTIVAL 2012
Presenting
Gijs van Rijn
From February 2008 Gijs van Rijn is a Projectmanager for sector ICT at Amsterdam Innovation Moto...
Elizabeth Stark is an influential open internet advocate who was deeply involved in stopping SOPA and fostering online engagement in support of internet...
PICNIC STORIES 02 November 2012
Elizabeth Stark brings ideas for a better Internet to PICNIC Festival 2012...
Thomas Krämer...
Presenting
Thomas Krämer
FESTIVAL 2012
Michiel Schwarz on bringing about a cul...
The Era of Sustainism
PICNIC STORIES 31 October 2012
Lucas Tieleman...
FESTIVAL 2012
Presenting
Lucas Tieleman
Lucas dropped out of college to start his first business at the age of 23. The worlds’ first crow...
Entering the Golden Age of Humanity wit...
Technology’s direct effects on society and culture are evident all around us. We are seeing an unprecedented shift towards decentralization of...
PICNIC STORIES 29 October 2012
Ronald Olsthoorn...
Presenting
Ronald Olsthoorn
FESTIVAL 2012
Cathal Garvey on how to hack your first...
26-year-old DIY biological engineer, Cathal Garvey, wants to help drive a new wave of distributed biotechnology where ownership means more than...
PICNIC STORIES 26 October 2012
Chesley Rach ...
Presenting
Chesley Rach
FESTIVAL 2012
Bonnie Shaw on how 'Collective Individualism' is redefining our community exper...
Bonnie Shaw, Dean of the Awesome Foundation, calls this a new form of collective individualism, which is redefining a collaborative experience with...
PICNIC STORIES 24 October 2012
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PICNIC Festival 2012
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Full Crate...
Presenting
Full Crate
FESTIVAL 2012
Doc Searls brings a customer-centric vi...
"When Customers Take Charge"
PICNIC STORIES 22 October 2012
Mads Thimmer...
FESTIVAL 2012
Presenting
Mads Thimmer
With a background (MA) in Comparative Literature from University of Aarhus and University of Camb...
Rupert Turnbull takes on 'An Inside Job...
An inside Job, Tales from a Corporate Start Up
PICNIC STORIES 19 October 2012
Louise Opprud Jakobsen...
Presenting
Louise Opprud Jakobsen
FESTIVAL 2012
Cesar Harada develops open source hardw...
The French-Japanese inventor and entrepreneur, Cesar Harada, believes that ocean currents, the wind and other naturally-occurring phenomenon can...
PICNIC STORIES 17 October 2012
FESTIVAL 2012
Presenting
Arjen Mulder
Arjen Mulder...
Ross Ashcroft at PICNIC Festival 2012 o...
"Change the Rules. Its that Simple"
PICNIC STORIES 15 October 2012
"The Future is Ours to Create" says Mik...
"The Future is Ours to Create"
PICNIC STORIES 11 October 2012
Report: Co-society12 Barcelona Summit...
Co-society is a global organization which brings together the smartest teams from the most innovative companies and organizations to combine their expertise...
PICNIC STORIES 08 October 2012
Rich Pell on postnatural history and ho...
The Center for Postnatural History exhibits organisms that have been intentionally altered and are in that sense post natural. Think of genetically...
PICNIC STORIES 08 October 2012
Vodafone Firestarters @PICNIC 12...
Vodafone Firestarters @PICNIC 12
PICNIC STORIES 04 October 2012
Bas van Abel about Ownership as Engagem...
Using the example of his son’s Nintendo and the ‘digital anorexia’ in the world of technological devices, Bas van Abel, Head of the...
PICNIC STORIES 04 October 2012
Anne Shongwe says the mobile revolution...
Anne Shongwe says the mobile revolution is a social revolution
PICNIC STORIES 02 October 2012
Dale Stephens on how to put education back in to the hands of individuals...
Education is changing faster than we can imagine and technology has brought about the unbundling of school. Using his own educational journey as inspiration...
PICNIC STORIES 01 October 2012
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Phone making with FairPhone
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"There is Plenty of Room at the Top" sa...
"There is Plenty of Room at the Top"
PICNIC STORIES 27 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 2: Ownership in Cul...
PICNIC Festival Day 2: Ownership in Culture
PICNIC STORIES 25 September 2012
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PICNIC Festival 2012
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PICNIC Festival Day 2: Crowdfunding 101...
PICNIC Festival Day 2: Crowdfunding 101
PICNIC STORIES 25 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 1: The Social Capit...
PICNIC Festival Day 1: The Social Capital of Collaborative Platforms
PICNIC STORIES 21 September 2012
Report from OFF PICNIC: (Im)possible Wo...
The result is (Im)possible Worlds, which includes installations by up-and-coming artists portraying new realities by combining the material, virtual...
PICNIC STORIES 21 September 2012
On September 18th, the Vodafone Foundation and the Waag Society announced the winners of their first Vodafone Mobiles for Good competition at PICNIC...
PICNIC STORIES 21 September 2012
Vodafone Mobiles for Good winners...
Gamification: ...
TNO Workshop at PICNIC Festival 2012
PICNIC STORIES 20 September 2012
Report from OFF PICNIC: Park(ing) Day...
Report from OFF PICNIC: Park(ing) Day
PICNIC STORIES 19 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 2: Tim O'Reilly...
Create more value than you capture. Build things for the love of it, and as a result jobs will emerge. Make the world a richer and fairer place... On...
PICNIC STORIES 18 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 2: Farid Tabarki...
In 2008 Lady Gaga, performed for the first time in the Amsterdam Arena. Back then she was still a relatively unknown pop star. However, she managed...
PICNIC STORIES 18 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 2: PICNIC Academy...
PICNIC Festival Day 2: PICNIC Academy
PICNIC STORIES 18 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 2: Meet a few Cross...
Muzus Muzus is a young user-centered design agency which focuses on the latent needs of users. At the Crossover Marketplace they showed one case...
PICNIC STORIES 18 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 2: Backyard Brains ...
PICNIC Festival Day 2: Backyard Brains & Roboroaches
PICNIC STORIES 18 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 1: Vodafone Firestarters from Lifestyle to Life Savers...
Tracking when you have a seizure, providing a warning to others when you feel a seizure coming, or tracking your whereabouts via a GPS function and...
PICNIC STORIES 18 September 2012
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time to talk apps
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Report from OFF PICNIC: CITIES #2...
Report from OFF PICNIC: CITIES #2
PICNIC STORIES 17 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 1: Robots meet the ...
PICNIC Festival Day 1: Robots meet the Internet of Things
PICNIC STORIES 17 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 1: GOODIY bio competition launched...
After several speakers from the DIY bio community shared their vision on DIY biotech, DIY biological engineer Cathal Garvey ended the session with the...
PICNIC STORIES 17 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 1: Meet the Green C...
PICNIC Festival Day 1: Meet the Green Challenge Winners!
PICNIC STORIES 17 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 1: Crossover Market...
PICNIC Festival Day 1: Crossover Marketplace
PICNIC STORIES 17 September 2012
PICNIC Festival Day 1: Media Wisdom 202...
Paul Römer, media mogul and General Manager of NTR, shared his vision on Media Wisdom 2024 in one of the fully booked cinema's at the Eye Film...
PICNIC STORIES 17 September 2012
In the exhibition ‘PostNatural Organisms of the European Union’ bio-art artist Rich Pell tells the story of the growing pace at which man...
PICNIC STORIES 17 September 2012
Report from OFF PICNIC: PostNatural Organisms...
Report from OFF PICNIC: WeOwnTheCity (A...
Report from OFF PICNIC: WeOwnTheCity (ARCAM)
PICNIC STORIES 17 September 2012
Behind the scenes of the PICNIC build u...
Behind the scenes of the PICNIC build up
PICNIC STORIES 16 September 2012
Report from OFF PICNIC: KamerMaker laun...
Hedwig Heinsman co-founder of DUS Architects, explains that they got inspired by the Amsterdamse Stroom - an art movement where different forms of art...
PICNIC STORIES 16 September 2012
Report from OFF PICNIC: Temporary Museu...
Marcia Nolte of We Make Carpets hosts a kid-friendly OFF PICNIC event to promote sustainability on a new level at the Temporary Museum. Formerly...
PICNIC STORIES 16 September 2012
Report from OFF PICNIC: Transnatural Ex...
Report from OFF PICNIC: Transnatural Exhibition
PICNIC STORIES 16 September 2012
Be smart: take the train or park your c...
Please come to the EYE Film Institute by public transportation! The parking lot behind the EYE Film Institute is small and cannot accommodate a lot...
PICNIC STORIES 15 September 2012
Finalists for the Vodafone Mobiles for ...
Finalists for the Vodafone Mobiles for Good Competition
PICNIC STORIES 14 September 2012
Download your PICNIC program now!...
  Our Web development partner, Yoomee,  has done an outstanding job of making the program app available for iPhone and iPad users. With...
PICNIC STORIES 12 September 2012
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PICNIC Festival 2012
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Build Things That Matter with Andy Maye...
Build Things That Matter with Andy Mayer and Marcel Kampman
PICNIC STORIES 12 September 2012
PICNIC@Night: Get into the groove with ...
PICNIC@Night: Get into the groove with SXSW!!
PICNIC STORIES 11 September 2012
Rijksmuseum @ Amsterdam Fablab...
A small team of Rijksmuseum staff had their first Fablab experience today when they visited the Amsterdam Fablab at Waag Society’s Nieuwmarkt...
PICNIC STORIES 07 September 2012
Join the launch of the Mobile Learning ...
Join the launch of the Mobile Learning Academy with 7scenes CEO Ronald Lenz
PICNIC STORIES 06 September 2012
Introducing… The 2012 Green Challenge...
Introducing… The 2012 Green Challenge Finalists!
PICNIC STORIES 04 September 2012
Meet... Rupert Turnbull, Publisher of W...
How are you involved in promoting the concept of "new ownership: the shift from top down to bottom up"? What specific projects are you working...
PICNIC STORIES 30 August 2012
Mark Holtmann, Tessa van der Eem and Chris Wittkampf, designers at Koeweiden Postma, were on a roll and sent us two submissions for the Collaborative...
PICNIC STORIES 28 August 2012
Announcing the last winners of the Collaborative Campaign Competition!...
PREMIUM SPONSOR
Waag Society...
Meet... Dale Stephens Founder of Uncoll...
Meet... Dale Stephens Founder of Uncollege.org
PICNIC STORIES 27 August 2012
Michiel Schwarz and Diana Krabbendam ab...
What 'new ownership' trend will your session explore? Why is this trend important? Sharing. The rise of sharing-based initiatives strikes...
PICNIC STORIES 24 August 2012
Meet... Christian Leybold an expert on ...
How are you involved in promoting the concept of "new ownership: the shift from top down to bottom up"? What specific projects are you working...
PICNIC STORIES 23 August 2012
And The Winner Is......
And The Winner Is...
PICNIC STORIES 21 August 2012
PICNIC Buzz Barbecue...
Thanks to all who attended the PICNIC barbecue on Thursday, August 16th. Guests enjoyed great weather, nice, North African-inspired food and of...
PICNIC STORIES 20 August 2012
Meet... Bioengineer Cathal Garvey...
Meet... Bioengineer Cathal Garvey
PICNIC STORIES 16 August 2012
Meet... Ross Ashcroft, Director of "Four Horsemen" feature documentary...
What specific projects are you working on that relate to 'new ownership'? Buckminster Fuller said "You never change things by fighting...
PICNIC STORIES 08 August 2012
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Appsterdam in the tent
PICNIC FLICKR STREAM
Earn an extra discount on your Festival...
Earn an extra discount on your Festival ticket
PICNIC STORIES 03 August 2012
Announcing the latest winners of our Co...
Announcing the latest winners of our Collaborative Campaign Competition!
PICNIC STORIES 31 July 2012
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HOT100
PICNIC FLICKR STREAM
UK and German Delegations Confirmed for...
UK and German Delegations Confirmed for Crossover Marketplace
PICNIC STORIES 26 July 2012
Doc Searls on Vendor Relationship Manag...
Doc Searls on Vendor Relationship Management and companies that 'get it'
PICNIC STORIES 24 July 2012
Latest winners of Collaborative Campaig...
Jarr Geerligs, freelance Art Director/Creative at Planet Jarr, is a fervent believer in the paradigm shift that is currently shaping the world. He sees...
PICNIC STORIES 19 July 2012
Co-hosted by PICNIC and Waag Society, the workshop was moderated by Daniel Kaplan of FING (la Fondation pour l’Internet Nouvelle Géné...
PICNIC STORIES 16 July 2012
Event Report: Digital Disruptions Workshop...
Event Report: Buzz Event #2...
Event Report: PICNIC Festival 2012 Buzz Event #2
PICNIC STORIES 12 July 2012
This week’s winner of PICNIC Collabor...
This week’s winner of PICNIC Collaborative Campaign competition!
PICNIC STORIES 06 July 2012
Showcase your company at the PICNIC Cro...
For the past six years, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce and the Syntens Center for Innovation have sponsored the Marketplace, an exhibition where...
PICNIC STORIES 06 July 2012
Announcing PICNIC's first speakers and ...
Our speakers will focus on ‘People Power’ and how connected technologies are empowering people all over the world to connect and drive personal...
PICNIC STORIES 05 July 2012
First winner Collaborative Campaign Com...
First winner Collaborative Campaign Competition
PICNIC STORIES 27 June 2012
Event report: Health Ownership at Vodaf...
The event was hosted at Vodafone’s stunning new Amsterdam headquarters at the Oosterdok which overlooks the Ij. Business Club members and...
PICNIC STORIES 27 June 2012
Futur en Seine report...
Event Report: Futur en Seine digital innovation festival
PICNIC STORIES 19 June 2012
June 26: PICNIC Creative Business Club meeting on Health Ownership...
Our health. We regard it universally as our most important asset. At the same time, we feel that it is one of the things we have the least control over...
PICNIC STORIES 19 June 2012
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PICNIC Festival 2012
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PICNIC Collaborative Campaign...
PICNIC Collaborative Campaign: Participate and Win a Free Ticket!
PICNIC STORIES 12 June 2012
PICNIC Innovation Mash Up Event Report...
PICNIC Innovation Mash Up Event Report
PICNIC STORIES 16 May 2012
Meet...Marja Zonnevylle, Site Manager, Shell Technology Centre Amsterdam, and B...
If you have to pick only one trait or characteristic that distinguishes innovative companies, what would it be? Without a doubt - courage. Having...
PICNIC STORIES 14 May 2012
Participate in Vodafone Mobiles for Goo...
Participate in Vodafone Mobiles for Good
PICNIC STORIES 14 May 2012
Meet Danielle, Manager of CSR/Vodafone ...
Meet Danielle, Manager of CSR/Vodafone Netherlands Foundation
PICNIC STORIES 08 May 2012
Meet Geke, Co-founder and Director, STB...
If you have to pick only one trait or characteristic that distinguishes innovative companies, what would it be? Curiosity. It is key to successful...
PICNIC STORIES 08 May 2012
If you have to pick only one trait or characteristic that distinguishes innovative companies, what would it be? A very human culture. Truly innovative...
PICNIC STORIES 08 May 2012
Meet...Andréa Mallard, Design Director, IDEO...
Meet...Miriam Reitenbach, Design Resear...
Meet...Miriam Reitenbach, Design Researcher, Waag
PICNIC STORIES 08 May 2012
Meet...Emer Beamer, Co-founder of Butte...
Meet...Emer Beamer, Co-founder of Butterfly Works
PICNIC STORIES 08 May 2012
Meet...Gustav Anker Sørensen, Managing...
If you have to pick only one trait or characteristic that distinguishes innovative companies, what would it be? Ability to focus and shoot down...
PICNIC STORIES 07 May 2012
Meet...Ronald van den Hoff, Co-founder,...
If you have to pick only one trait or characteristic that distinguishes innovative companies, what would it be? An innovative company can be recognized...
PICNIC STORIES 07 May 2012
Meet...Abby Godee, Executive Strategy D...
Meet...Abby Godee, Executive Strategy Director, frog
PICNIC STORIES 07 May 2012
Meet... Jay Grossen, Creative Director,...
If you have to pick only one trait or characteristic that distinguishes innovative companies, what would it be? Being uncomfortable. Companies who...
PICNIC STORIES 07 May 2012
Green Challenge jury selecting finalist...
Green Challenge jury selecting finalists
PICNIC STORIES 02 May 2012
Things that make you go 'hmmmm'...
Those 'in the know' about recent Dutch politics will understand what we mean. This group of politicians from different political parties negotiated...
PICNIC STORIES 27 April 2012
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brainstorming digital disruptions
PICNIC FLICKR STREAM
Event Report: PICNIC Sponsor Buzz Event...
Event Report: PICNIC Sponsor Buzz Event
PICNIC STORIES 16 March 2012
Event Report: PICNIC at SXSW Interactiv...
Event Report: PICNIC at SXSW Interactive
PICNIC STORIES 16 March 2012
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Audience
PICNIC FLICKR STREAM
Creativity and Culture at the Heart of ...
Creativity and Culture at the Heart of European City and Regional Development
PICNIC STORIES 13 March 2012
Event report: Consumer Engagement and t...
Event report: Consumer Engagement and the Trust Economy
PICNIC STORIES 02 March 2012
Event report: Connecting UK and NL Digi...
“It is not about making plans. They never work out anyway. Follow your guts!” - Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, serial Internet entrepreneur...
PICNIC STORIES 23 February 2012
Amsterdam is emerging as one of the main creative digital centres in Europe, identified by Wired as one of the top-10 tech start up cities and home...
PICNIC STORIES 16 February 2012
Connecting UK and NL Digital Start Ups...
PICNIC Innovation Mash Up...
PICNIC Innovation Mash Up
PICNIC STORIES 01 February 2012
Future Cities: Carlo Ratti...
Future Cities: Carlo Ratti
PICNIC STORIES 24 January 2012
The Emergence of Brand Philanthropy: La...
Like the philanthropists of the Industrial Revolution, says Laurence Parkes, strategy director at AQKA, brands are realizing that to create wealth they...
PICNIC STORIES 17 January 2012
How Advertising Will Heal the World and...
From his recent research involving 16 countries and 24,000 respondents it's clear: the time has come for a radical paradigm shift in branding because...
PICNIC STORIES 12 January 2012
The Urban Pavilion, World Expo Shanghai...
The Urban Pavilion, World Expo Shanghai: Herman Kossmann
PICNIC STORIES 10 January 2012
Urban Art & Urban Transformation: Maik ...
Using urban environments as integral part of artistic expression and experimentation, the festival is considered one of Amsterdam's major catalysts...
PICNIC STORIES 05 January 2012
Switched Identities: Heath Bunting...
Switched Identities: Heath Bunting
PICNIC STORIES 03 January 2012
Playing The City, Designing Slow Experiences for Urban Environments: Toby Barne...
Chromaroma is a game that provides players new ways to experience city life, from commuting to hunting ghosts, from way finding to serendipity, and...
PICNIC STORIES 15 December 2011
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Frank Kresin talks digital disruptions
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Season greetings!...
Season greetings!
PICNIC STORIES 15 December 2011
Trust me and I'll Trust You: Amanda Moo...
Trust me and I'll Trust You: Amanda Mooney
PICNIC STORIES 13 December 2011
Winner HeadsUP! data visualization competition announced. ...
The winner of the first HeadsUP! data visualization competition has just been announced: Richard Vijgen was awarded for his beautiful visualization...
PICNIC STORIES 12 December 2011
Kick off PICNIC Creative Business Club ...
Kick off PICNIC Creative Business Club at Corio
PICNIC STORIES 09 December 2011
Fix it! The Energetic Society as a New ...
Fix it! The Energetic Society as a New Perspective on Governance for a Clean Economy...
PICNIC STORIES 08 December 2011
Open Data for Smart Cities: Harry van D...
With this enormous influx of population, we’ll need to find new ways to manage complexity, to increase efficiency, to reduce expenses and to improve...
PICNIC STORIES 01 December 2011
Bertholt Leefthink of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation announced at PICNIC Festival 2011 the actions the Dutch government...
PICNIC STORIES 29 November 2011
Open Data for Innovation and Economic Growth: Bertholt Leefthink...
Architecting for Mass Colaboration: Pet...
Architecting for Mass Colaboration: Peter Corbett
PICNIC STORIES 24 November 2011
Beyond the Creative City: Charles Landr...
Beyond the Creative City: Charles Landry
PICNIC STORIES 22 November 2011
Imagine a Building that Grows Food!: Jo...
Designers, engineers, builders, scientists, farmers and chefs are among those whose expertise has contributed to every aspect of The Greenhouse... from...
PICNIC STORIES 17 November 2011
Games in Informal Settlements: Emer Bea...
Today, one billion people live in informal settlements and their numbers are growing as migration to cities is increasing. GetH20 Mtaani is a game based...
PICNIC STORIES 15 November 2011
Vodafone Firestarters at PICNIC 2011...
Vodafone Firestarters at PICNIC 2011
PICNIC STORIES 10 November 2011
Beyond Smart Cities: Tim Campbell...
Yet wired cities are only the trappings of smartness; they sometimes amount merely to dressing a pauper in prince’s clothing. To achieve the...
PICNIC STORIES 10 November 2011
The Demise of the Creative Class: Victo...
The Demise of the Creative Class: Victor van der Chijs
PICNIC STORIES 08 November 2011
The Open Data Movement: Who Owns the Public Data for a Better City?...
In this report by PICNIC festival media partner 2010LAB.tv, explore the Open Data movement and what hackers and developers can generate from the use...
PICNIC STORIES 04 November 2011
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Pitch session
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Socializing Retail Space: Gerard Groene...
Socializing Retail Space: Gerard Groener
PICNIC STORIES 03 November 2011
The New Economy: Built by People, Power...
The New Economy, Built by People, Powered by Technology: Robin Chase
PICNIC STORIES 01 November 2011
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Anne Shongwe
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Bridging the Digital and Educational Di...
Bridging the Digital and Educational Divide in Developing Economies: Jorge Camil...
PICNIC STORIES 27 October 2011
Hello Avatar: 9 Principles of Transmedi...
Hello Avatar: 9 Principles of Transmedia Design: Beth Coleman
PICNIC STORIES 25 October 2011
The Digital Creative City: Ricardo Alva...
Ricardo Alvarez at PICNIC Festival 2011
PICNIC STORIES 25 October 2011
Explosive innovation and adoption of computing, mobile devices and rich sources of data are changing our cities: where we live, work, and play. It...
PICNIC STORIES 20 October 2011
Building the Meta-City: Mark Rolston...
Mobile Scenarios: Benoit Jacob...
Mobile Scenarios: Benoit Jacob
PICNIC STORIES 18 October 2011
Mapping the Augmented City: Blaise Ague...
Mapping the Augmented City: Blaise Aguera y Arcas
PICNIC STORIES 13 October 2011
Urban Collaboration and Storytelling: J...
At our core, we are linked together by the stories that we collectively tell. How can we create experiences that can bind us to each other, even as...
PICNIC STORIES 11 October 2011
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Chamber of Commerce...
Explore the future of immersive technol...
Explore the future of immersive technology at b.TWEEN 3D on 21 July
FESTIVAL NEWS 10 October 2011
Holland from Above: Eric van Heeswijk &...
Holland from Above is a project from innovative Dutch broadcaster VPRO where cameras take the bird's eye view on the Netherlands and discover the...
PICNIC STORIES 06 October 2011
Investigate smart technologies for bett...
Investigate smart technologies for better cities at UrbanTec
FESTIVAL NEWS 05 October 2011
Another City is Possible: Adam Greenfield...
Which cities have successfully capitalized on emergent technology, and which have made the wrong bets? Whose interests are reflected in smart city discourse...
PICNIC STORIES 04 October 2011
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Behind the scenes technical magic
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The Aging City: Matthias Hollwich...
The Aging City: Matthias Hollwich
PICNIC STORIES 30 September 2011
Green Challenge Award Ceremony: Keynote...
Green Challenge Award Ceremony: Keynote Lecture by William McDonough
PICNIC STORIES 29 September 2011
Urban Mobility with BMW i...
One of the primary goals of BMW is to actively participate in a dialogue about the future of urban environments. That made PICNIC Festival 2011, with...
FESTIVAL NEWS 26 September 2011
PICNIC Festival 2011: The numbers...
PICNIC Festival 2011: The numbers
FESTIVAL NEWS 22 September 2011
Art to the People: Victor Hugo Celaya a...
Art to the People: Victor Hugo Celaya and Ricardo Andrés Celaya
PICNIC STORIES 22 September 2011
Help U.S.: Lawrence Lessig ...
Harvard law professor and Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig describes how policy errors in the United States are having unintended negative consequences...
PICNIC STORIES 21 September 2011
Ben Hammersley looks at how cultures and society change, how technology can outpace good manners, and how designers and makers can change the world...
PICNIC STORIES 21 September 2011
Rioting, Ballet and Elvis's Hips: Ben Hammersley ...
PICNIC City hits the road...
PICNIC City hits the road
FESTIVAL NEWS 19 September 2011
PICNIC Festival 2011 highlight videos...
PICNIC Festival 2011 highlight videos
FESTIVAL NEWS 19 September 2011
#picnic11 according to Instagramers...
Thank you PICNIC Instagramers! With well over 300 funny, creative, smart and nostalgic photos tagged #picnic11, the expansion of our publishing...
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
And the Vodafone Mobile Clicks Awards g...
FROGTEK WINNER VODAFONE MOBILE CLICKS 2011 COMPETITION Frogtek integrates a mobile calculating- and analyzingmodel for retailers in developing countries...
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
Sexing up data with VPRO...
Sexing up data with VPRO
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
Quotes from the Boat - Part 2...
The 2 o'clock boat was honoured with Architect Matthias Hollwich and Frog's Creative Director Mark Rolston. What did they talk about? Matthias...
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
Love Life with Biophilia: Scott Snibbe...
Love Life with Biophilia: Scott Snibbe
PICNIC STORIES 16 September 2011
Putting the fun in fungus!...
Following up on the short interview on the Urban Escape boat, Mitchell Joachim and Oliver Medvedik presented their work in the Crystal Palace. They...
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
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Ready for the next speaker
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Quotes from the Boat - Urban Escape!...
Quotes from the Boat - Urban Escape!
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
First two speakers of Day 3...
First two speakers of Day 3
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
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The sun has arrived
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Appsterdam, the Hackathon and an interv...
Appsterdam, the Hackathon and an interview with Klaas Speller
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
Stamps for Grams!...
Stamps for Grams!
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
Marketplace Highlight Day 2: OAT- Shoes...
At the Marketplace there are many cool companies that blow you away with amazement. One of these companies is OAT. To put it mildly OAT makes very...
FESTIVAL NEWS 16 September 2011
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FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
What's in your PICNIC City passport?...
Photographers on the loose, have a look...
Photographer's on the loose out, have a look!
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
Instagram photo winner of day 2...
Instagram photo winner of day 2
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
Urbanizing Technology: Saskia Sassen ...
15 September 2011
PICNIC STORIES 15 September 2011
Day 1: people...
This is just an overview of colourful people we ran into. But there are more in our galery: http://bit.ly/ohDFEH.  Want to meet these...
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
We are blessed with nice weather...
The festival site is flooded by sun
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
The diverse world of PICNIC constructio...
This slideshow is just a preview of all the buildings and other crazy constructions on the site. Explore more on: http://bit.ly/1ezvrl Enjoy!
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
The Best City Never Seen: Lorenzo De Ri...
The Best City Never Seen: Lorenzo De Rita
PICNIC STORIES 15 September 2011
Green Challenge winners announced...
During lunchtime the long awaited winner for the Green Challenge organised by Postcode Lottery was announced. The lucky finalist to take home 500.000...
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
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Solid advice
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Mudbuilding brings ancient building tec...
Mudbuilding brings ancient building techniques to PICNIC Festival
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
Let other people run for you at PICNIC ...
Let other people run for you at PICNIC Festival 2011
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
The Marketplace: In the middle of the action...
Whenever our beloved attendees got a chill yesterday during a windy afternoon, they could find friends and fire up conversations in the middle of our...
FESTIVAL NEWS 15 September 2011
Day 1 at PICNIC Festival 2011...
Day 1 at PICNIC Festival 2011
FESTIVAL NEWS 14 September 2011
How to get to the festival...
How to get to the festival
FESTIVAL NEWS 14 September 2011
Introducing PICNIC Stories...
A new way to share, connect and get inspired — PICNIC introduces: PICNIC Stories With the introduction of PICNIC Stories, PICNIC goes beyond...
FESTIVAL NEWS 12 September 2011
The ‘Heart of Borneo’ is a 220,000 square km area of protected rainforest on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, the third largest island...
PICNIC STORIES 11 September 2011
Heart of Borneo...
Yoomee launches social conference platf...
Yoomee launches social conference platform with PICNIC
FESTIVAL NEWS 11 September 2011
Get interviewed about Urban Futures wit...
Get interviewed about Urban Futures with Shoudio
FESTIVAL NEWS 10 September 2011
Welcome visitors!...
With just seven days to go, speakers and attendees from Brazil to Norway will soon be arriving in Amsterdam. They'll get some PICNIC love as soon...
FESTIVAL NEWS 08 September 2011
Ruins Will Be a Part of Our Life...
The Netherlands are progressively cluttered with buildings. All of the remaining open spaces will be filled up when we don’t stop expanding at...
PICNIC STORIES 07 September 2011
1+1=11...
1+1=11
PICNIC STORIES 07 September 2011
Travelling the World with Solar Power...
About iamoneworld iamoneworld (I am one world) originated from a dream of artist Ingrid van den Boogaard (the Netherlands). As a creative explorer...
PICNIC STORIES 07 September 2011
Hong Kong — Myriad Opportunities...
Hong Kong — Myriad Opportunities
PICNIC STORIES 07 September 2011
Vinkega...
Vinkega is the village where I grew up in the eighties. It’s the village I left ten years ago to start a new adventure in the city with my childhood...
PICNIC STORIES 07 September 2011
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social capital of collaborative platforms panel
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frog meets Chroma...
frog meets Chroma
PICNIC STORIES 07 September 2011
Green Challenge: 6 green ideas competin...
Green Challenge: 6 green ideas competing for €500,000 revealed!
FESTIVAL NEWS 04 September 2011
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David Clinch at maps, crowds & big data panel
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Drumroll, please! 7 Vodafone Mobile Cli...
Drumroll, please! 7 Vodafone Mobile Clicks semi-finalists announced
FESTIVAL NEWS 02 September 2011
Urban Escape floating interviews: broug...
Urban Escape floating interviews: brought to you by Evident
FESTIVAL NEWS 01 September 2011
Call for entries: Designers & Artists 4...
Last year, sessions for the Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award (DA4GA) took place at PICNIC Festival, and the impressive results are now on display...
FESTIVAL NEWS 30 August 2011
What does sustainability really mean? Recently, it’s become synonymous with “green”. But it goes far beyond that. Sustainability refers...
FESTIVAL NEWS 29 August 2011
PICNIC Festival sub-theme spotlight: Sustainability...
PICNIC Loves FigureRunning!...
PICNIC Loves FigureRunning!
FESTIVAL NEWS 23 August 2011
PICNIC Festival sub-theme spotlight: Me...
PICNIC Festival sub-theme spotlight: Media
FESTIVAL NEWS 23 August 2011
Meet the 2011 Marketplace participants...
Organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Syntens together with KansenKanon and Mediaguild, The Marketplace is taking place for the 6th time during the...
FESTIVAL NEWS 11 August 2011
Join our team: Volunteer at PICNIC Fest...
Looking for a way to get more involved with PICNIC? How about applying to be a part of our PICNIC Festival 2011 volunteer team! Every year we welcome...
FESTIVAL NEWS 09 August 2011
Green Challenge gets record number of s...
Green Challenge gets record number of submissions
FESTIVAL NEWS 04 August 2011
PICNIC builds city at NDSM with BAM...
Relying on the construction experts In the collaborative spirit of PICNIC, the city will be a joint production with a variety of partners. And when...
FESTIVAL NEWS 29 July 2011
Special offer: Free ticket to Hello Ets...
Special offer: Free ticket to Hello Etsy in Berlin
FESTIVAL NEWS 19 July 2011
Virtueel Platform wants to hear about your problems!...
For the fifth time, Virtueel Platform will be hosting the HOT100 sessions at the PICNIC Festival 2011 (14-16 Sept).  HOT100 is a full day of lectures...
FESTIVAL NEWS 01 July 2011
Emphas.is: Show your support for photojournalism ...
In line with our theme, Urban Futures, PICNIC has “adopted” a new project from Emphas.is that exposes the impact of the housing shortage...
FESTIVAL NEWS 29 June 2011
The PICNIC Poster Project...
The PICNIC Poster Project
FESTIVAL NEWS 29 June 2011
Share your green idea and win! ...
Share your green idea and win!
FESTIVAL NEWS 22 June 2011
2011 Speakers...
We're just announcing this year's line-up. Here are just six of the people you'll have the chance to hear from and meet at PICNIC Festival...
FESTIVAL NEWS 22 June 2011
'Best Scene in Town' is back at PICNIC ...
'Best Scene in Town' is back at PICNIC Festival!
FESTIVAL NEWS 14 June 2011
Join PICNIC next week at Futur en Seine...
Join PICNIC next week at Futur en Seine
FESTIVAL NEWS 14 June 2011
Sign up for The Marketplace by 4 July...
The theme of this year's PICNIC Festival is Urban Futures. The world is undergoing the largest wave of population growth in history: we are...
FESTIVAL NEWS 09 June 2011
This year’s panel of impressive local and global judges includes Rudy de Waele, founder of Mobile 2.0 Europe and dotopen; Peter Barry, Vodafone...
FESTIVAL NEWS 08 June 2011
Last chance to submit for Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2011!...
Registration starts today...
Early Bird registration is open!
FESTIVAL NEWS 01 June 2011
Hotel and travel info ...
Out of town visitors
FESTIVAL NEWS 27 May 2011
Urban Futures...
After five years, PICNIC moves to NDSM wharf and builds a PICNIC City Now in its sixth year, PICNIC reiterated its commitment to creativity and...
FESTIVAL NEWS 26 April 2011
Spotlight on MaxClass...
Get to know MaxClass: Social media for school and home We’re always curious to find out more about people and companies who participate in...
FESTIVAL NEWS 24 March 2011
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FESTIVAL NEWS 21 March 2011
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