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Digital education hasn't only just become a challenge for schools, universities and other educational institutions in 2016. The educationalist – and curator of our re:learn track – Jöran Muuß-Merholz calls for more courage in moving towards digital technologies.

Three post-modern dance moves, two Snapchat jokes and a large serving of contrarianism – that's the balance sheet for Sascha Lobo's talk on Day 1 of the re:publica 2016. A minute-by-minute protocol.

Men still dominate the music industry. The Berlin singer-songwriter Roxanne de Bastion wants to change that. She spoke about how the decentralisation of the music industry could be the key to that change in the labore:tory at the Musicday.

Collect data and process it so that it benefits everyone: Civic tech expert Sarah Williams showed us how in "Big Data for a Public Good – Design our Urban Future with Civic Tech" on the mainstage. She presented different big data projects from the Civic Data Design Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at the re:publica.
 

"What does a ... do?" There might be a few people out there wondering what the many participants of the re:publica actually do for a living. The trainees from the BR network asked to see specialist's business cards. Get ready for their answers in this video post.

Is the internet a tool for colonialism? The four participants of the “Digital Colonialism: a global overview” panel argue that digital developments can also be an instrument for control and domination.

TTIP, net neutrality, regulation of social media: Topics where Günther Oettinger seemingly has a lot of questions to answer. But the EU Commissioner would rather think about some lighter-weight topics, like network expansion, without having to state any specifics.

Teenager Joshua Arntzen attempted to explain Snapchat for adults at the MEDIA CONVENTION Berlin via a video presentation. It would seem that journalism is still having a bit of a tough time with the app.

You think gamers are nerds? You can't be bothered with computer games? Maybe radio broadcaster Marcus Richter's tips at the MEDIA CONVENTION Berlin can change that.

How can refugees in Germany be assisted to help them master their everyday life and stay up-to-date with news from their area and their home countries? The re:fugees@ARD session in the themed track "re:fugees" presented what's on offer.

No wireless network, but overhead projectors and teachers who desperately struggle with video projectors. In the re:learn session "What do kids think about #digitaleducation", we saw the example of a student project that made it quite clear: There is a lot that's in a sorry state in German schools – and digital education needs the initiative of the students.

Where does the hate on the internet come from? And how should we react to right-wing agitation? A discussion with Frank Richter, Caroline Mohr, Fabian Wichmann and Falk Richter.