FRA(x) Program Teaser
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Three keynote speakers are scheduled to present at an upcoming event covering topics of culture, business, and design. Thomas Dolby, an English musician best known for the 1982 hit "She Blinded Me with Science", will discuss culture, media, and arts. Don Tapscott, a Canadian business author and consultant specializing in innovation and technology, will address business and economic topics. Ken Denmead, the author of a top-rated blog explaining complex topics, will cover design, creativity, and DIY subjects.
FRA(x) Program Teaser
- 2. THEMEN BEISPIELE Society, Politics, Education, Environment Business, Economy Culture, Media, Arts Design, Creativity, DIY Lifestyle, Food, Health Technology, SocialMedia, Gadgets Digital &
- 3. CULTURE, MEDIA, ARTS TRACK Businesses and traditional non-profits do not have a monopoly on collaboration for social impact. Recently, 32 musicians from 21 countries completed an international music exchange called OneBeat, collaborating with local communities up and down the East Coast. Sharing ideas and spreading people-to-people diplomacy. ALL philanthropists want their donations to mean something, be it for a new wing for a hospital or to finance a program aimed at doing social good. Increasingly, though, philanthropists are looking for a way to measure the impact of their dollars. How can schools set the next generation up for success when we don't have a clear picture of what the jobs of the future will be? The growing consensus is that we need to shift schools toward fostering creativity and conceptual thinking abilities. OneBeat: Social Innovation through Music GiveWell.com: Philanthropists weigh the returns of doing good Imagination: Creating the Future of Education and Work
- 4. BUSINESS & ECONOMY TRACK Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is the name of an online community of volunteer developers, aka hackers, who create apps, interfaces, platforms and systems to solve the world’s problems. In 2010, they left the comforts of their school and headed south to Guatemala to live on a dollar a day themselves. They did this for two reasons – to gain a deeper understanding of what the extreme poor go through and to make a documentary film that would engage… Getaround is one of several peer-to-peer car-sharing companies that lets 10,000 users in select cities rent out their car by the hour to neighbors. That's smart business meant to help car owners cut the cost of keeping up their rides, and making good use of an abundant, idle resource. Reinventing Corporate Citizenship Through Hacktivism Living on 1$ Get Paid to Ignore Your Car for Months at a Time
- 5. DESIGN, CREATIVITY, DIY TRACK Berlin filmmaker Sam Muirhead has come up with an ambitious stunt: He'll live without proprietary goods for one year in an effort to immerse himself in the open-source maker movement. Muirhead will be something of a fish out of water—he doesn't code and isn't a die-hard DIYer, but he's excited to spread the gospel and benefit the community. The Imagination Foundation's mission is to find, foster, and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids. It was formed by the creative team behind Caine's Arcade, a short film about a 9-year-old boy's cardboard arcade. Posted online April, 9th, 2012, the film became a global phenomenon, receiving over 7 million views, raising a scholarship fund for Caine, and inspiring a wave of cardboard creativity around the world. High schools would be smart to bring back shop class but rename it design class, a shift that really would entail just adding a few MakerBots to the school’s existing computer labs. How many students wouldn’t rather design and print real things than mock up yet another PowerPoint presentation? Open Source Year One Man's Experiment in Living Without Copyrighted Products Cardboard Revolution 'Caine's Arcade' Inspires Global Imagination Challenge The New MakerBot Replicator Might Just Change Your World
- 6. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Ken DenmeadDon TapscottThomas Dolby CULTURE, MEDIA, ARTS BUSINESS & ECONOMY DESIGN, CREATIVITY, DIY Thomas Dolby is an English musician and producer. Best known for his 1982 hit "She Blinded Me with Science". He has also worked extensively in production and as a session musician. Don Tapscott is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and speaker, specializing in business strategy, innovation, and the role of technology in business and society. Ken Denmead is author at geekdad.com, The blog was named one of the top ten best-written blogs for its in-depth explanations of difficult and intricate topics.
- 7. DIE DIGITALE BIENNALE hello@fra-x.de Darren Cooper & Wolfgang Weicht Frankfurt 15. Oktober 2012