Our Awesome Media Partners, Part 1
re:publica wouldn't be what it is today without our awesome media partners and our 10th edition is no different. Today, we're proud to be present the first three partner organisations.
Berliner Fenster
10 years of re:publica: What were your best experiences from the past events? What memories stood out for you?
Tailoring our full programme to cover the digital revolution during the duration of re:publica 2014. This included producing and broadcasting 35 hours of airtime over the course of three days.
Our motto this year is TEN. TEN is NET. We're looking into the mirror and reflecting. How do you evaluate the state of the digital society in 2016?
The scandals surrounding the hacking of the Chancellor's phone, the protracted exile of Edward Snowden in Russia and the accusations of treason against Markus Beckedahl all seem to have fallen by the wayside, without much resolution, and been overshadowed by the ongoing refugee crisis. Even the UN's call to free Julian Assange was reduced to a side-note in the media.
Instead, in many areas of life, digital changes have gone relatively unnoticed by the majority of people – this includes the huge developments in the Internet of Things, replacing people with “thinking” machines. Sports news are written by algorithms and Julian Nida Rümelin contemplates the moral questions of break assistance in mid-range cars of the future.
Looking back at the last 10 years of the digital society: in your opinion, what was the biggest event / most interesting development / most felt change over the course of the past years?
The absolute implementation of data mining strategies in the USA, adopted by both Apple, Google, Facebook and co. and the state, via the NSA.
#rpTEN: What are you looking forward to the most at this year's anniversary edition?
1. Party
2. Party
3. Party
Eurotopics – @eurotopics
10 years of re:publica: What were your best experiences from the past events? What memories stood out for you?
We have fond memories of the focus on “European Openness” at re:publica 2012 and, of course, the “Finding Europe” motto of last year.
Our motto this year is TEN. TEN is NET. We're looking into the mirror and reflecting. How do you evaluate the state of the digital society in 2016?
The fight for internet freedom still has a long way to go – in Germany as well as in Europe. We're looking forward to another 10 years of re:publica!
Looking back at the last 10 years of the digital society: in your opinion, what was the biggest event / most interesting development / most felt change over the course of the past years?
For us, the Snowden Revelations was the most important debate the digital society has had in recent years. It's truly frightening, how indifferently many European's have reacted – and continue to react - to the topic of surveillance.
Finletter – @finletter_de
10 years of re:publica: What were your best experiences from the past events? What memories stood out for you?
Is it too cheesy to say that it's probably the very first “Bohemian Rhapsody” karaoke?
Our motto this year is TEN. TEN is NET. We're looking into the mirror and reflecting. How do you evaluate the state of the digital society in 2016?
It needs some serious optimising. We still have a lot to do before we can truly say that the whole of society is truly a digital one.
Looking back at the last 10 years of the digital society: in your opinion, what was the biggest event / most interesting development / most felt change over the course of the past years?
Anonymity on the internet was something of the past – today, even the most racist people go online with their real names and accounts, no longer seeming to fear the consequences of their actions. This lurch to the political right, spiralling further and further throughout the web, is one of the scariest developments of the digital society over the last ten years.
#rpTEN: What are you looking forward to the most at this year's anniversary edition?
We're looking forward to many exciting Fintech topics and to attending a re:publica that is no longer mainly aimed at the digital elite.
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