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Winner Igor Kluin: “PICNIC Green Challenge changed my life”.
Written by Ina Eggink Published in De Telegraaf (Dutch Newspaper in May 08)
AMSTERDAM – “And the winner is…..” When his name and his idea for a local energy network were announced last year, Igor Kluin had no idea his life would change so much. As the first winner of the PICNIC Green Challenge, he received €500,000 to help him realise his idea for decentralised power stations.
But the media attention and the international network that were placed at his disposal proved even more important. “Without a doubt, winning the Green Challenge totally changed my life,” he says. “Yes, the idea of generating energy locally using the Qbox was there, but its execution really took off after that.”
The idea is brilliantly simple. Energy is generated locally – say, in a residential neighbourhood or on an industrial site – by sustainable means such as solar panels or a windmill. The energy coming into each house or business is measured by something called a QBox. This intelligent unit knows exactly when energy is needed and how much. The Qbox can be set to turn appliances on and off at optimal times. It also handles the administration of incoming and outgoing energy. All information is stored on a central server. In this way, every user gets an overview of his or her own energy use.
The system is full of advantages. Since energy transport is no longer necessary, electricity costs considerably less. The user is no longer dependent on power stations. The optimal use of locally generated energy means a vast increase in efficiency, and people’s knowledge of their own energy use can improve it even more.
Igor Kluin’s company, Qurrent, is no longer a one-man business. “There are seven of us working on the product now,” he reports. “Various pilot projects will start this year all across the Netherlands, at businesses as wel...
25.06.08, Claire Powell Read more
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PICNIC Programme online
Conference, Specials and Lab programme live!
Registration is also live! Take advantage of Early Bird Discount up to 30th June.
You can now choose when and how you want to participate in PICNIC 08.
This year there are multiple ticket choices which means you will not miss out even if you only have 1 day or 2 hours spare.
Check out the programme by day.
For those that only have one day spare, you can either attend all the PICNIC Specials in one day for 95 euros or attend the conference for a day at 595 euros.
To get the most out of PICNIC, sign up now for a full conference ticket for 3 days and gain access to the whole conference, all PICNIC Specials, award ceremonies and evening events.
Take a look at our ticketing page for more details and to register.
23.06.08, Claire Powell Read more
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PICNIC GO GO GO!
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Check out all the Buzz photos here.
It’s that time of year again, the PICNIC season has now officially started! On 22 May, the PICNIC partners gathered to get a first glimpse of the program of the PICNIC conference, to learn more about the PICNIC Specials and Labs, to admire the new PICNIC design, and to hear some warm words from our biggest supporters.
Caroline Gehrels, Amsterdam's Alderman for Art and Culture underlined the importance of PICNIC as a place for inspiration and new business, and Harry Odenhoven of Vodafone explained why his company is now a premium PICNIC supporter. The program of speakers and the PICNIC Green Challenge were discussed, PICNIC videos were shown, drinks were served, and a good time was had by all.
With our many PICNIC partners, we will work hard in the coming months, to make PICNIC the best event ever! Do you want to help us? Secure your place as well as a wonderful 10% early bird discount by pre-registering now. And, of course, help us spread the word!
(If you wonder who's asking: that's us, right there, the PICNIC team. From left to right, Anne Cramwinckel, Monique van Dusseldorp, Nicolette Vink, Kitty Leering, Claire Powell, Annemarie van Asselen and Ajomora Tjon-A-Tsien; plus - not in the picture - Saskia Waldhober and Sylvester Lindemulder)
23.05.08, Monique van Dusseldorp Read more
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PICNIC project wins Webby
Eboman wins Webby Award for ¡Viva la Creaçión!
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Another award! PICNIC is proud to announce that '¡Viva la Creaçión!' has won a Webby! Hurray! In its 11th year, The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, and creative celebrities.
During PICNIC'07, Media artist Eboman invited the audience to collaborate in video sampling contest, culminating in the ¡Viva la Creación! party on September 27 at PICNIC'07 in Amsterdam.
Congratulations to Eboman, as well as his partners in crime, XS4all and Creative Commons!
09.05.08, Monique van Dusseldorp Read more
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PICNIC Specials and Labs
Last Call for Proposals!
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Picnic Jr Lab at PICNIC'07, picture: Thomas Schlijper
From 24 to 26 September 2008, the Amsterdam Cross Media Week Foundation will organise PICNIC’08. In addition to the PICNIC Conference, PICNIC will host the PICNIC SPECIALS and the PICNIC LABS, organised in collaboration with a select number of partners. Interested parties are requested to send in their proposals before April 15.
Please contact Anne Cramwinckel at anne@crossmediaweek.org if you wish to receive more information and the form you should use to send in your ideas..
03.04.08, Monique van Dusseldorp Read more
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I have never Googled something in my life
Report of the Creative Company Conference
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CCC event, view over the IJ from the event's venue picture by Mattmo, designers of the logo
The Creative Company Conference took place in Amsterdam yesterday, and brought together an interesting assortment of speakers and delegates. Main topic of the day: how can companies be creative?
Some quotes from four chief creative officers on fostering creativity, attention to detail and entrepreneurship and social responsibility:
• “To be creative, you have to start from a place of connection”, according to Ivy Ross, who has worked for Disney, Mattel and Old Navy. She gets teams to ‘hum’ together. She had video profiles made of everyone in a new design department– to facilitate connections. She gets a consultant in to classify people based on their facial characteristics (which sounds as scary as it is), striving for the right team composition. “People are more creative in groups, and you need to find a way to get a group to connect. Smart leaders will be like orchestra conductors”.
• Stanley Hainsworth, who is the 'Global Creative' at Starbucks referred to the '100 list' he spotted in the back office of a local Starbucks. It turned out to be a list of 100 clients, their names, mnemonic aids (‘ pink bag’), and personal coffee orders - the barristas challenged each other to memorise all of their local customers’ preferences. When he came back months later, the list had turned into "the 200 list"....
03.04.08, Monique van Dusseldorp Read more
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Wired pays tribute to Eckart Wintzen
Maverick entrepreneur played role in launch of Wired
Eckart Wintzen and Woody Harrelson at PICNIC'07. Picture Guido van Nispen
Today many people gathered to say goodbye to Eckart Wintzen, PICNIC adviser, maverick entrepreneur and green venture capitalist. We are pleased that Wired Magazine pays hommage to Eckart Wintzen. Wintzen also played a role in the founding of Wired: In 1991, his company made a one-time investment of $35,000 in a single-issue magazine, never printed, produced by Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe. Rossetto and Metcalfe went on to found Wired in 1992.
30.03.08, Monique van Dusseldorp Read more
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PICNIC Network News
What are YOU up to?
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Job Cohen hugs a stranger in the Westerpark. Picture Waag Society.
What does PICNIC Co-founder Bas Verhart do in real life? He runs Mediarepublic, a brand development company that just landed a big job: putting together the online video campaign for miCoach, a real-time coaching system developed by Samsung and Adidas.
In the mean time, co-founder Marleen Stikker’s Waag Society has launched Games Atelier, a platform for location based game play. Job Cohen, the Amsterdam Mayor himself, played the first mobile game made by and for Dutch high school pupils. Called 'Being an Amsterdam-citizen' (Amsterdammer Zijn), his tasks included hugging a total stranger. See our ever gracious Mayor in action! (video in Dutch).
Do you have a great new project you want to share with the PICNIC Community? Let us know. Here's how.
First, brush up your PICNIC profile! Log in or sign up if you had not done so before (see the navigation bar on top of this page for instructions).
Put a recent picture online and tell us something about yourself (or make sure that what you told us last year is still correct). You can then start adding news items to the PICNIC Network.
To get them listed on the front page and in the newsletter, send your very own blogger a message at Monique@crossmediaweek.org and you might get featured some day soon...
27.03.08, Monique van Dusseldorp Read more
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Why join PICNIC as a Corporate Partner?
Different ways for companies to benefit from PICNIC
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Picture: Thomas Schlijper, www.schlijper.nl/
BE A PICNIC PARTNER!
Creativity & Innovation are essential ingredients for companies and organisations competing in a global marketplace. PICNIC is proud to work with a select number of Corporate Partners who are leaders in their sectors. Why should you consider becoming a PICNIC Partner?
Please find below three different reasons for Corporate Partners to get involved.
Gathering Business Intelligence
PICNIC identifies trends, offers new ideas, and brings together the best and latest thinking on media, business, technology and entertainment. PICNIC combines a high level conference with many interactive ‘specials’ and is attractive for both strategic management as well as professionals ‘on the floor’, offering companies the chance to bring different departments to PICNIC.
Special offer: Corporate Partners can invite selected PICNIC speakers for in-house sessions and can host special meetings for their own staff and their network of contacts at PICNIC.
Sharing your Story
PICNIC gathers an interesting network of thought leaders, creative and innovative individuals and business partners, as well as a wider audience of creative consumers. In addition PICNIC attracts over 250 national and international journalists as well as many bloggers. PICNIC is an excellent place to get attention from press, the audience and the industry. ...
27.03.08, Monique van Dusseldorp Read more
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Literature meets Gaming
Penguin 'We Tell Stories' project by PICNIC speaker Dan Hon
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It's always interesting things, the things that our PICNIC speakers are up to. Dan Hon, the alternative reality games specialist who came out to PICNIC last year, is one of the forces behind 'We Tell Stories'.
This digital writing project has Penguin challenge some of its top authors to create new forms of story. The first story is ‘The 21 Steps’ by Charles Cumming uses Google Maps technology. The second one, 'Slice' by Toby Litt, combines blog entries and Twitter streams.
Read more about it on PSFK, or visit Penguin's We Tell Stories website to get your daily literature fix.
26.03.08, Monique van Dusseldorp Read more
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