News

Starting today, April 8th, news items from the re:publica will be presented on the info screens on the Berlin subway, just like last year. 

Aral Balkan is a man with a mission. The designer and social entrepreneur is developing alternatives for Twitter, Facebook & Co., building a better (networked) world. In our interview, he explains what he wants to achieve, and why the idea of Europe is in jeopardy through the privatisation of democracy.

We’re living in troubled times. Grandmaster sociologist Zygmunt Bauman applies his reflections on the control society to modern-day technology. 

The third article of our Finding Europe series by our media partner euro|topics deals with the (in)dependence of online journalism.

Ben McOwen Wilson, Director Content Partnerships and content strategy lead in Europe at YouTube, tells about YouTube’s next strategic endeavours at MEDIA CONVENTION.

Two weeks ago, we asked you to apply for our Finding Europe With Lights project. Thank you so much for the numerous applications we received from all over Europe! Let’s hear what the applicants have to say.

My home is not only my castle, but my glass(le) – as part of our sub-­‐ conference "Future City", Sarah Kember will expose the anachronistic gender stereotypes in advertisements for so-­‐called Smart Homes, in her talk about "Smart Cities, Gender and Privacy". 

re:presenting the #rp15 team! So now we’ve jumped onto the Selfie wagon too, and here’s why: We’d like to introduce the team organizing this year’s re:publica. Meet the people from the "Events", "Communication" and "Program" units in our first part.

She is the “Godmother of Virtual Reality", a pioneer of immersive journalism, and the initiator of the Oculus Rift "Project Syria" – and in May, Nonny de la Peña will share her insights on the future of journalism with us. 

In our new series, we introduce the activities, program and other details of our Global Innovation Gathering sub-conference, GIG. Read all about GIG in the introduction here!

Our special conference track re:health is breaking new ground in healthcare. We are presenting first parts of the program here.

20 years of blogging – not many of us can say that; Justin Hall can. Meet the pioneering blogger, who started “Justin’s Links from the Underground” in 1994, at this year’s re:publica.