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True to their motto, "All For Water, Water For All", the mineral water brand Viva con Agua shows how a social business model is put into practice. Viva con Agua is also coming to re:publica – help us and have a drink!

Today we present the second piece of our Finding Europe series by our media partner euro|topics: Europe debates the costs and benefits of big data.

His Weltschmerz breaks our hearts, his gloomy dialectics fill us with delight - we look forward to #FailedIntellectual and #rp15 media partner Eric Jarosinski, better known by his Twitter handle, NeinQuarterly.

Help us out for a day, and you will be rewarded with three full days of re:publica! Register now to become a #rp15 helper.

“Wir bauen eine neue Stadt” (We’re building a new city), the New Wave band Palais Schaumburg sang in 1982. But what does it look like, the city of tomorrow? We will be presenting the first program items that are part of the #rp15 sub-conference “Future City” in the next few weeks. 

930 submissions to our Call for Papers – a new record! We are giving you a first glimpse of the #rp15 schedule, with almost 50 sessions from the program now online. Find an overview over the individual tracks and focus topics after the jump.

The close partnership between MEDIA CONVENTION Berlin and re:publica was been strengthened even further with a joint ticket this year. Participants can look forward to a broader range of contents. Here is a first taste of some of this year’s prestigious speakers from the media track.

We have embarked on a journey through continental Europe, searching for its digital communities. Now we want to make these places visible – and locatable – for you.

“Learning by doing” is the motto of Johanna Frelin, CEO of Hyper Island. Her innovative school form spread rapidly around the world in less than ten years. 

You are from a European country, but can’t come to the conference? Apply now before March 23 as a Sensor Host for our trans-European Internet-of-Things project Finding Europe with Lights – and you will become part of a light installation at #rp15!

Today we start a new series under our heading Finding Europe: in the first piece our media partner euro|topics looks at how whistleblowers are viewed across the continent.

Bring on the European Republic, says the publicist and #rp15 speaker Ulrike Guérot. In our interview, she explains how the democracies of Europe can grow together, and why participation is not always the best way.