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WEB SQUARED, MAKING SENSE OF THE WORLD THROUGH SHARED DATA

Session 1: The New Science of Data

>Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Indian Prime Minister - What can Indian innovation tell and teach the world?
>Yan Moullier Boutang, - How can we create and share knowledge out of the masses of data we collect on the world?
>Fabien Girardin, urban data researcher - From mobile data to visualizations of urban activity
>Jan Blom, Nokia research center - How can mobile phone users be more than sensors for data analysts?

Session 2: Open Public Data, a New Resource for Innovation and Participation

>Jarmo Eskelinen - Open public data: the finnish example, apps for democracy
>Michael Cross, The Guardian - How can open public data become reality? The "Free our data" initiative
>Hugues Aubin - Open public data and public transports in Rennes

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"FAB LABS", REINVENTING INDUSTRY

Session 3: Future things, future design process and challenges

>Matt Cottam, CEO Tellart - New material for physical computing and independent manufacture
>JL Fréchin & U Petrevski - Hacking industrial machinery to design desirable objects
>Amit Zoran, MIT - Personal fabrication: what does it mean? What are the opportunities?

Session 4: What If Anyone Could Make Almost Anything ?

>Adrian Bowyer, University of Bath - The RepRap: Towards open-source personal manufacturing?
>Ton Zijlstra, FabLab Foundation Netherlands - What does it take to BE a fab lab?
>Haakon Karlse, Fablab Norway - The global Fab Labs network

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"PEOPLE HACK", DISTRIBUTING CONTROL AND KNOWLEDGE

Session 5: Designing for implications

>Anab Jain, founder Superflux - Designing for 'implications': prototyping near future worlds with emerging technologies