Wednesday 24th Sept 08

Welcome,Welcome,Welcome
13.30-13.45
Welcome to PICNIC and welcome to Amsterdam, Europe’s creative capital! Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen – one of Time magazine’s 2005 ‘European Heroes’ as well as ‘best
mayor in the Netherlands of the last 25 years’ – welcomes the third PICNIC’s delegates to town
Marleen Stikker Co-founder PICNIC
Bas Verhart Co-founder PICNIC
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We Think: The Power of Mass Creativity
13.45-15.00
Keynote and Conversation
The conflict between the rising surge of mass collaboration and the attempts to retain top-down control will be one of the defining battles of our time. An exploration of what this
means for our culture, the way we work, government, science and business.
Charles Leadbeater thinker, famed policy advisor to former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and author of We Think, a groundbreaking analysis of a changing world
Clay Shirky leading internet thinker (and keynote on Thursday)

Charles Leadbeater at PICNIC08 - We Think: The Power of Mass Creativity from PICNICCrossmediaweek on Vimeo.

Charles Leadbeater in conversation with Clay Shirky at PICNIC08 from PICNICCrossmediaweek on Vimeo.

The Sheep Market
15.00-15.30
Artist Aaron Koblin’s phalanx of 10,000 sheep, all drawn by random strangers through Amazon’s task-distribution mechanism The Mechanical Turk, raises questions about the emergence of new labor systems in the information age – and makes you smile.
Aaron Koblin is one of the most-discussed and thought-provoking contemporary artists, focusing on the creation and visualisation of human systems. His work ranges from the latest Radiohead music video to data visualisations of flight patterns.
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Coffee Break
15.30-16.00

Dueling with Distance
16.00-16.20
Based on his work at MIT and Distance Lab, Stefan Agamanolis reports on hot trends in communication and connectedness that are doing battle with distance in unexpected ways, ranging from sports games you play over a distance to telephones crossed with flotation tanks.
Stefan Agamanolis is the Chief Executive and Research director of Distance Lab
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The Emerging Real-Time Social Web
16.20-17.30
With ubiquitous internet connections and a surge of connected mobile services, slices of reality can be saved that people could not capture before. Saving and sharing our presence, we can feel those of others as well. We are on the verge of a reality with ‘social peripheral vision’, in which ambient friendships flourish and life stories and life’s details are stored, shared and searchable.
Moderator Linda Stone , a lecturer and writer, is widely recognised as a visionary thinker and thought leader focused on trends and their strategic and consumer implications.
Jyri Engestrom is a social scientist as well as the founder of Finnish mobile presence service Jaiku, which was acquired by Google in 2007; his subsequent move to Silicon Valley resulted in his renewed attention to social processes in new media platforms.
Philip Rosedale is the founder of the 3D online world Second Life and a pioneer in virtual worlds.
Matt Jones is a creative director and user experience designer who worked a Sapient and the BBC before founding travel service Dopplr.
Addy Feuerstein is the co-founder and CEO of AllofMe, a service that allows you to create digital personal timelines from digital assets such as pictures, videos, and blogs.
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Conducting Creativity
17.30-18.00
This Maestro session offers a unique learning experience that explores the magical relationship between conductor, musician and audience to achieve inspiring new insights into leadership, management, and teamwork.
Itay Talgam is an internationally renowned conductor and
founder of the Maestro programme.

Itay Talgam at PICNIC08: Conducting Creativity from PICNICCrossmediaweek on Vimeo.

Close of Conference Day
18.00

PICNIC Welcome Drinks
18.00-20.00
For all PICNIC delegates. (PICNIC Club)

Please note this programme is subject to change