On the Map.

• Speaker
• Simon Garfield

Simon explores the weird and wonderful world of cartography, taking us on a whistlestop tour of maps, starting at 276 BC, and ending in the present day. We are shown…

The art of Parkour.

• Speaker
• Ben Scheffler

In this nail-biting talk and demo, Ben Scheffler takes us through the philosophy of this fast growing urban phenomenon while his crew take on the 5M walls of Stattbad Swimming…

Ben Scheffler

Parkour or Freerunning is the non-competitive physical discipline of training to move freely over and through any terrain using only the abilities of the body. Ben Scheffler is the founder…

Free will as an evolved brain function.

• Speaker
• Prof. Björn Brembs

In this rigorous, 15 minute talk, Björn combines philosophy and science to explore the topic of determinism. Sharing his discoveries involving the spontaneous behaviour of fruitflies and leeches, he levels…

Projects, Punishment and Pigeons.

• Speaker
• Julius Von Bismarck

Julius is a uniquely talented visual communicator and has a sense of humour to match: in this deadpan, yet highly amusing talk, he shares some of his most recent project:…

Julius Von Bismarck

Julius Von Bismarck is somewhere between an artist and an inventor. Known internationally for creating the Fulgurator: a high intensity light emitter that projects images for a split second onto…

Democracy 2.0

• Speaker
• Anke Domscheit-Berg

Anke envisions a future in which government and civil society can collaborate, share data and work together towards common goals. In her talk, she takes us through some fantastic digital…

Revolution 3D.

• Speaker
• Josef Průša

Josef’s talk takes us through the revolution that is Rep Rap. A totally open source rapid prototyping project with thousands of members and tens of thousands of machines worldwide, able…

Opening nature’s bounty.

• Speaker
• Katharina Frosch

“The Streets are paved with fallen fruits!”. A self-proclaimed optimist, Katharina takes us on a culinary journey while outlining her vision for collaborative harvesting. By connecting people who have talent,…

The British Paraorchestra.

• Speaker
• Charles Hazlewood

In this powerful and compelling talk and performance, Founder Charles Hazlewood discusses the importance of levelling the playing field of musical excellence and ending the limitations placed on individuals, not…