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.

1. CONTENT DRAFT

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