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When he talks about home, he doesn’t mean his backyard, but Earth itself – no wonder after the 166 days that Alexander Gerst spent in space. He is joining us on stage in May! And robot hero Rosetta will also get a panel of its own.

Music, music, music – lots of us, the re:publica team included, can’t make it through the day without our own personal soundtrack. But there’s so much more: we’re happy to present to you the first program highlights of the new re:cord MusicDay sub-conference.

After the #rp15 team started the game with some stage-ready selfies, our wonderful media partners have upped the ante! And they’ve answered our Twitter-length questions as well, as you can see for yourselves here.

Is this your first re:publica? Are you excited, a tiny bit nervous and curious to see who else is there? #rp15 is all about connecting like-minded people. So don’t be shy and come to our two Meet Ups for Newbies!

What kind of information belongs in a legal notice, and do I need one? How do I deal with others’ contents? What do I have to know about data protection on my website? Our legal experts will give you first-hand support and explain it all – in our very first re:publica Law Lab!

The fourth article of our Finding Europe series by our media partner euro|topics explores how Europe deals with cyberwarfare.

Take part in the IBM Design Thinking Workshop on Day 0 of the re:publica – for free! Stefan Pfeiffer from IBM explains what it’s all about.

Under the header RETHINKING BROADCASTING, the Media Innovation Center Babelsberg (MIZ) is challenging media professionals to break out of their routines – at the MIZ_innovationspace @rp15 on May 5 and 6. Read more about the MIZ program at #rp15 here.

We have now published half of the #rp15 sessions as a program calendar. See what’s what on all of the 16 re:publica stages!

Smart as a fox: Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, the "poster girl" of the dotcom bubble and former digital adviser to the Cameron goverment, will be gracing the re:publica 2015.

For the first time, there will be a music theme day at re:publica – the re:cord MusicDay.

Just like last year, we are publishing highlights from the re:publica conference as an accompanying e-magazine, freshly made on a daily basis during the event.