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I.A. is due less than a month from now and his speaker list is filling out nicely. Here are some of the people we expect and sort of what we expect them to say/do:

Alexandru Rosu on the Romanian Peasants Museum (I'm a big fan of the Museum. I'd live there if I could.)
Anne Charbonneau on an as yet unspecified interesting subject
Chidi Onwuka on urban nomads
Daniel Bonn on the physics of quicksand
Devon Reid on love
Esme Vos on building municipal wireless networks
Geert Wissink on cognitive psychology and social software
Jeff Ubois on personal digital archives
Jennifer Benavidez on salsa and The Seven Deadly Sins of the Dance Floor (with actual dancing! (which in retrospect, should have been the conference tagline))
Massimo Benvegnù on the enduring legacy of Russ Meyer
Nina Siegal on something involving Rembrandt, Golden Age Holland, autopsies and the Anatomical Theater (if she could just get zombies in there somehow...)
Otto Berchem on a kidnapping in Memphis (He's putting together an art piece based on a choir singing an ode to a girl who was kidnapped 25 years ago and hidden in the church where the choir...well, you just have to hear it.)
Otto Kokke will describe his system of the world (I didn't know other people had them too.)
Paul Hughes on an as yet unspecified interesting subject

We're expecting confirmation from someone who herds bacteria and a boutique beer brewer with samples for the audience. We'll keep them apart.

May 21, 2008 in Interesting Amsterdam | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Interesting Amsterdam

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Most of you are probably familiar with INTERESTING, the anti-conference conference as debuted by Russell and Emily in London and Sydney last year. We figure it's time to give it a go here in lovely Amsterdam.

The thing will take place on June 14th at De Balie, from 10 to 6. Tickets are available from Eventbrite for 20 euros. Same minimal rules as always: presentations of 3 or 20 minutes on something interesting. (If you'd like a bit more of a steer, you can watch the videos from London and Sydney on their respective sites.)

We don't know exactly who will be speaking yet, but so far we've lined up the world's leading expert on quicksand (who also happens to be my neighbor). If you're interested in joining him on stage (at a safe distance) or suggesting someone else to speak, you can write to me here or at speakers@interestingamsterdam.com.

And, I'm very happy to say, you can also write to co-organizer André Bouwman (andre@60layersofcake.com) a delightful copywriter/designer/entrepreneur who is Dutch but plays real (i.e. American) football.

There are 175 seats available, so order early, order often. See you here.

April 30, 2008 in Interesting Amsterdam | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

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