More than 450 young activists from 38 countries gathered in Switzerland to discuss the future of the movement

The week-long conference held in Lausanne from August 5th to 9^th 2019  provided an unprecedented opportunity for the Fridays For Future movement to meet and exchange ideas. In over 60 workshops and working groups, intense discussions took place and were synthesized during three plenaries. The main results are represented in the “Lausanne Climate Declaration” and the “SMILE Working Papers” which were released on the last day, reflecting both the seriousness of the climate crisis and the diversity of the movement.
The highly transparent and democratic procedures the 450 FFF activists from all over Europe strongly united behind a core declaration and three fundamental demands directed to the ones in power:

• Ensure climate justice and equity
• Keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 °C compared to pre-industrial levels
• Listen to the best united science currently available

„SMILE for Future – European Fridays For Future (FFF) summit in Lausanne“ weiterlesen

Der Big-Data.AI Summit, Europas größte Konferenz zu Künstlicher Intelligenz und Big-Data, fand am 10. und 11. April 2019 in Berlin gemeinsam mit der hub.berlin als interaktives Business Festival statt. In zahlreichen Vorträgen, Paneldiskussionen, Masterclasses und praxisbezogenen Workshops wurde auf insgesamt elf Bühnen ein umfassender Einblick in neueste digitale Technologien und deren Auswirkungen auf Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft geboten. Im Digital Arts Lab, einer begleitenden Pop-Up-Ausstellung, wurden Arbeiten von Grenzgängern zwischen Technologie und Kunst gezeigt. „4B: Berlin – BigData – BitKom – Boom“ weiterlesen

“The Greek word for giftedness is “Charismatikotita”. Charisma means “a divinely conferred power or talent”. Maybe it’s this divine dimension that makes it so hard for this word to be accepted by the public. Or is the limited knowledge on the subject to be blamed? Everybody thinks their child is gifted, but do they know what being gifted actually is? After all, talking about giftedness is still quite a taboo in my country.”
This was how Sotiria Kotopoulou described the challenges she faced after her eldest son had been identified as gifted in the first grade of a public primary school in Athens. The working mother of three painted a very vivid and emotional picture of her journey from a confused and stressed parent to the official Parent Facilitator of Mensa Greece since 2016. „A Conference with Charisma – Tackling the challenges of Giftedness in Europe“ weiterlesen