ThingsCon 2019

Shaping the responsible IoT and beyond.

Our annual conference will take place 12 & 13 December in Rotterdam at Het Nieuwe Instituut. Thingscon - Europe’s leading conference on the responsible IoT and beyond — the place where the pioneers of responsible & ethical tech come together to shape the future. If your work involves designing connected products, or if you are involved in creating the frameworks we use to think about them (through policy, media, or academia), you don’t want to miss this all new edition.

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|| First speakers

We are happy to name our first set of speakers and session hosts: Marleen Stikker, Tracy Rolling, Alexandra Deschamp-Sonsino, Klasien van de Zandschulp, Mirena Papadimitriou, Cayla Key, Namrata Primlani, Tijmen Schep, Geke van Dijk, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, Rob van Kranenburg, Lorenzo Romagnoli, Davide Gomba, Jeroen Barendse, Cristina Zaga, Heather Wiltse.

In this edition we will more than ever focus on reviewing what has happened this year and how to shape the (near) future for the better. We want to reflect and use the insights in shaping preferable futures. Not only by talking, especially by doing. By making and/or designing the images of the future. Mixing experts in the field, facilitators and you. Whether you are an expert or relatively new to the field, we connect those who care about the impact of technology. We started this quest for a more responsible IoT six years ago and hope to shape the next iteration together with you.

Learn the latest technologies, systems, design techniques and visions on IoT and beyond. Get to know the latest responsible tech insights and tools and be part of the leading discourse.

We especially like to make the connection with all interested in responsible technology. We provide a program with different routes to choose how to be involved. Our promise that you leave with new inspiration to act in your practice.

|| Two days

Day one we will use even more than last years to shape the future narratives together. We will define themes, and invite people to actively shape the schedule within these themes by hosting their own sessions. At the end of the day we collect the future scenarios and take them into day 2.

Day two will be about contextualising the futures with sessions and keynotes that connect the proposed futures to practice of makers, designers, academia and policy.

|| Expect an active mix of inspiration, activity, connection and more!

ThingsCon is a global initiative to explore and promote the development of fair, responsible, and human-centric technologies for IoT and beyond. Join us in shaping the next iteration.