FI-Week

Tron Café about digital music

admin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:23:44 +0000

Tron Café was the afterparty of the Future Internet conference week. On tuesday, wednesday and thursday the top floor of the UCO building in Ghent Ledeberg was turned into a groovy dance lounge with djs and live gigs.
There was also a one hour talk show every day. On tuesday Bart Becks and Maurice Engelen (Sonic Angel) and Vincent Reinders (22tracks – NL) came by to talk about their new approaches to selling music online. Barefoot and the shoes played live on stage.

Check out the video report:

Interview with internetguru Peter Hirshberg

admin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:51:47 +0000

An interview with Peter Hirshberg, keynote speaker at the iMinds Conference, about the internet of things, Facebook and other social media.

Interview with Agoria’s Mark Cumps

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:41:54 +0000

Marc Cumps is advisor at Agoria, the Belgian employers’ organization and trade association of the technological industry. He explains what he talked about in his speech.
Click on the player belo to hear the audio interview.

Interview with Mario Campolargo

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:00:47 +0000

Mario Campolargo, Director with the European Commission, explains why this conference is unique, and maps out the challenges of the industry.

Mario Campolargo from REC Radiocentrum on Vimeo.

Cory Doctorow talks about DOS-attacks, Wikileaks and the power of protest

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:58:06 +0000

Cory Doctorow (blogger, writer, editor of the legendary Boingboing blog) gave a lightning fast presentation at the Future Internet Conference Week. Rec Radiocentrum interviewed him about the internet, Wikileaks and the tactics of a DOS-attack. Read more →

The next Spielberg is a computer

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:03:37 +0000

No, to be honest, that’s not going to happen within the next few years. What will happen however is videoconferencing with multiple cameras without a cameraman or director.

In this video the people from Alcatel-Lucent tell us about their part in the evolution of the internet.

Back to the future: Ghent in 3D

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:00:42 +0000

Thanks to Ghent in 3D technology you are able to walk through 14 km2 of the scanned Ghent inner city, with a joystick at hand. The construction, a hybrid 3D cave, is officially called D.I.R.I.-gent: Digital, Interactive, Spatial and Informative Ghent.
The next step: taking a look into the near future. Literally that is! By using 3D scans and mockups they show us unfinished building projects. Inhabitants of Ghent will be able to comment on the plans by walking around in a virtual world, not by studying hard-to-read architectural plans.

FICW Day 2 in pictures

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:00:41 +0000

Gowalla’s Future Internet Fun Trip

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:40:24 +0000

Mayor Daniël Termont said it tuesday at the Future Internet Conference: “Ghent rocks”.
Head over to Gowalla on your mobile device, to find a trip around Ghent, conveniently called “Future Internet Fun”.

What to expect from the Future Internet Conference week?

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:33:47 +0000

Ok, everybody here has big expectations of the future, but, what about the near future? What do you expect from this Future Internet Conference Week?