The City of Venice with AGIRE, the Venetian Energy Agency, in collaboration with the private companies GIANT-GIEM and WEMPOWER is supporting three experimental project to use waves to generate renewable energy that could meet the energy demand of schools and public buildings.
video: Energia pulita dalla marea – VeneziaEnergia on youtube
txt: Falling Walls Conference: Unique Access to Breakthrough Research
The Falling Walls conference is an annual global gathering of forward thinking individuals from 75 countries. Each year, 20 of the world’s leading scientists are invited to Berlin to present their current breakthrough research. The aim of the conference is to:
- connect science with industry, politics, media and culture
- identify trends, opportunities and solutions for global challenges
- make research understandable to a broad audience
- inspire people to break down the walls that we face todayThe initial conference was held in 2009 on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall to celebrate this historic day by looking into the future and getting an understanding of the world of tomorrow.
video: Falling Walls in 100 secs
links:
- www.presspauseplay.com
- PressPausePlay youtube channel
txt: PressPausePlay
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.
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The creative landscape is changing. Some talk about a revolution. Others talk about a natural evolution. These changes affect everything. From creation to distribution, from artist to consumer.
link: 9 Reasons Why Failure Is Not Fatal – the99percent.com
txt + video: Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong
And to me, if you really want to rediscover wonder, you need to step outside of that tiny, terrified space of rightness and look around at each other and look out at the vastness and complexity and mystery of the universe and be able to say, “Wow, I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong.”
link: www.digitalweek.it
txt: Ca’ Foscari Digital Week 2011 – Infoscari
Saranno tre giorni veneziani intensi e ricchi di eventi e iniziative dedicate alle nuove frontiere della tecnologia, in particolare al rapporto tra digitalizzazione e innovazione, didattica, apprendimento, ricerca, editoria e biblioteche, pubblica amministrazione, disabilità e accessibilità, sanità, lavoro, sicurezza (informatica e sul lavoro), lifestyle, marketing, social media, impresa, design, arte, turismo, musica, sport, creatività.
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A Ca’ Foscari, dal 3 al 5 maggio 2011, sbarcheranno più di 150 relatori impegnati in oltre 60 appuntamenti tra workshop tematici (sessioni della durata di circa 1 ora e mezza nelle quali i singoli temi vengono esplorati da diversi relatori), fast workshop (sessioni della durata di venti minuti con contenuti mirati a condividere un’esperienza con la platea o a fornire un contenuto mirato) e special events (anteprime e contest, appuntamenti particolari come lo “Storming Pizza” promosso da H-Farm, in cui giovani imprenditori possono presentare le proprie idee, o ancora “Imagine Cup”, la competizione promossa da Microsoft) distribuiti in vari luoghi: nella sede centrale di Ca’ Foscari, nell’area expo di Ca’ Foscari Esposizioni, all’Auditorium Santa Margherita, all’Aula Magna Ca’ Dolfin e al CLA (Centro Linguistico di Ateneo).
