Mideast Youth at Germany's re:publica'09
I’ll be attending this conference in Berlin representing (and presenting) our work and activism on Mideast Youth. Apparently I’m giving the keynote speech, which is a true honor, and making a joint presentation with Mary Joyce of DigiActive at some point.
What the conference is about:
The motto “Shift happens” promises change. Tanja Haeusler explains: “With ‘Shift happens’, we focus on the social and cultural changes generated by the digital society, changes that are the status quo for the young generation. We want to discuss which political and cross-social flux this shift might breed and in which areas it already manifested itself.”
More than 100 speakers and panelists, including many international guests, will provide a comprehensive discourse to edutain all attendees. The first names published by the re:publica team include Cory Doctorow (boingboing.net), Anthony Volodkin (hypem.com) and moot, founder of 4chan.org. Former New Media Operations Manager of the Obama campaign and founder of DigiActive.org, Mary C. Joyce, will be speaking on a panel with Esra’a Al Shafei of MideastYouth.com. German blog researcher Jan Schmidt will be presenting his latest study.
re:publica founder Andreas Gebhard: “In 2009, we have a huge shift of quality for the conference: The opportunity to invite outstanding international speakers is in large part due to our sponsors. Companies like IBM believed in our success from the very first moment on and supported us. Also, organizations like the Federal Agency for Civic Education allowed us to keep admission fees on a very low-priced level, therefore making re:publica a true conference for net activists of all ages and backgrounds.”
Read the full press release here.
I’d love to meet anyone in the area interested in our work.
