PICNIC '10 Program & Speakers: A Preview

Program Highlights PICNIC '10

The theme of PICNIC '10 is Redesign the World, with a focus on Life, Design, City and Media. Each day will kick off with inspiring speakers who are changing the world! The core focus of Wednesday will be Life and Design, and Thursday will focus more heavily on City and Media. Friday will cover all four topics. Check out a few of the highlights of each day below, and scroll to the bottom of the post to see our latest list of speakers!

(Please note, the programming is still in progress, so sessions will continue to be updated and added throughout the coming weeks.)

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Lectures

• Life Sciences De-Mystified with Denise Caruso
• Design with Life, with Philip Beesley
• Open Design with Jay Rogers, Local Motors

Labs, Specials & Workshops

• Synthetic Bio Design Lab with Oliver Medvedik & Mitchell Joachim
• Global Reporting Room with Paul Pangaro & Claudine Boeglin

Sponsor Activities & Side Events

• Green Challenge Nominee Presentations
• PICNIC Academy: InHolland Program
• PICNIC Young: Sensor Technology with Waag Society
• Dinner@PICNIC
• PICNIC Pitch Night with Ernst & Young

Thursday, 23 September 2010

Lectures

• Redesign the World with David Gallo
• Future City Mobility with Mitchell Joachim
• Redesign the City, with Reinier de Graaf, OMA
• New Journalism with Jeff Jarvis

Labs, Specials & Workshops

• The Future of Journalism with the European Journalism Center
• PICNIC Business Masterclass: Exceptional Enterprise
• City Debate with Adam Greenfield
• Unlimited Design Lab with Premsela & Waag Society
• How to Grow, with IIP Create

Sponsor Activities & Side Events

• Green Challenge Award Ceremony
• Hot100 Program: Lectures & Workshop
• Dinner@PICNIC

Friday, 24 September 2010

Lectures

• Redesign Media with Cory Doctorow
• Redesign Design with Tom Hulme, IDEO
• Redesign the World with Geoff Mulgan, Young Foundation
• Scenarios for 2020 with Andreas Weigend

Labs, Specials & Workshops

• Open Data Special and Lab
• Opening the Vault with CultureMondo
• Bookmania with Jason Epstein & Cory Doctorow
• Intellectual Property Rights, with IIP Create
• Your Future Self Special and Lab with Sabine Wildevuur, Waag Society

Sponsor Activities & Side Events

• Vodafone Mobile Clicks Award Ceremony
• Unlimited Design Contest Award Ceremony
• Drinks@PICNIC

PICNIC Speakers '10

We’re pleased to introduce you to a selection of the speakers at PICNIC ’10. Get to know these thought leaders that are redesigning the world, media, life, design and cities. To learn more about our speakers, go to the PICNIC home page and click on the "Speakers" button. Stay tuned for more speaker announcements in the coming weeks!

Dr. Andreas Weigend, Ph.D.
Consumer Data Expert
Themes: World

Charles Leadbeater
Author, Advisor on Innovation & Creativity
Themes: Media, World

Cory Doctorow
Author, Blogger, Journalist, Activist
Themes: Media

David Gallo
Director of Special Projects, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Themes: World

Denise Caruso
Journalist & Researcher
Themes: Media, Life

Geoff Mulgan
Director, Young Foundation
Themes: World

Jeff Jarvis
Blogger, Entrepreneur, Media Consultant
Themes: Media

Matthias Hollwich
Architect, Co-founder HWKN
Themes: City, Life

Dr. Mitchell Joachim, Ph.D.
Architect & Urban Designer: Terreform ONE, Terrefuge, Bioworks Institute
Themes: Life, City

Dr. Oliver Medvedik, Ph.D.
Co-founder, Bioworks Institute
Themes: Life, City

Philip Beesley
Architect, Professor, Artist
Themes: Design, City

Dr. Rachel Armstrong
Scientist, Researcher
Themes: Life, Design, City

Reinier de Graaf
Partner OMA, Director AMO
Themes: City, World

Sebastian Chan
Head of Digital, Social & Emerging Technologies, Powerhouse Museum
Themes: Media, City

Tom Hulme
Design Director, IDEO
Themes: Design