Money Lab

Participants are requested to contribute to effective and strategic answers to:

1. How can RFID technology make the Bijlmer Euro work? How can and should Euro banknotes be tagged in order to be monitored circulating community stores?

2. How can the (technology of) the Bijlmer Euro be implemented in a socially sustainable way? How can communities and local shops be committed to the project?

Take part in the MoneyLab to think and shape new communities of trust and the best ways to sustain them.

Featured Speakers

• Christian Nold: Artist, designer and educator working to develop new participatory models for communal representation.
• Anthony Citrano, cultural analyst, activist, entrepreneur
• Oliver Dudok van Heel, Director, The Lewes Pound CIC (Community Interest Company)
• Dr. Ben  Schouten, Lector Serious Game Design and Ambient Intelligence Fontys School of ICT Eindhoven The Netherlands
• Martien van Steenbergen, Ecosopher, Aardbron
• Bas Withagen, Waag Society

Featured Case Studies

• Bijlmer Euro
• Lewes Pound

The Money Lab is a collaboration between ImagineIC, Waag Society and PICNIC.

If you are interested in joining the lab, please send an e-mail to

PICNIC Labs
PICNIC labs are part of the wildly buzzing PICNIC Festival. They bring together international thinkers and makers in an intense co-creation process, advancing the field by combining very diverse expertise & experiences in a playful setting. There will be Labs on sustainability, augmented cities, alternative money systems and more. Labs kick-off with a plenary panel (THINK), then go off into an invitation-only intense hands-on making session (MAKE) and present their results at the main conference hall (PITCH).