Re-designing Life @ Dialogue Cafe 0 Reply

Yesterday we were joined by Rachel Armstrong, Phillip Beasley, Guto Nobrega, Nara Saraiva and Miguel Neiva for a discussion on Re-designing Life.

PICNIC Afternoons @ Dialogue Cafe with Rachel Armstrong 0 Reply

Today, we’re hosting the first PICNIC Afternoon at Dialogue Cafe Amsterdam.

RE-DESIGNING LIFE
Wednesday 22nd September 5.30pm – 7.00pm

As we are increasingly able to manipulate the building blocks of life and the (living) world around us, the possibilities seem endless: prolonging and enhancing human life with improved healthcare, implanting nano-chips in our brains to boost human intelligence, creating smart materials for more sustainable use, improving food crops and developing sustainable energy sources. But what are the ethical and moral implications of these developments? How does it change our role as human beings in the greater order of things?

Speakers:
Rachel Armstrong (Amsterdam)
Miguel Neiva (Lisbon)
Daniela Pais (Lisbon)
Nara Saraiva (Rio de Janeiro)
Guto Nóbrega (Rio de Janeiro)

Moderator:
Lucas Evers, Waag Society (Amsterdam)

Join us at Dialogue Cafe Amsterdam:
Waag Society
Nieuwmarkt 4
1012 CR Amsterdam
The Netherlands

To find out more contact waag@dialoguecafe.org

Dialogue Cafe Amsterdam Launch III 0 Reply

Here are just some of the best pics of the day…

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We were also joined by Professor Miroslaw Miller and Bartek Michalowski in Warsaw

and Barbara Stutz from the HUB Sao Paulo and Guilherme Benevides from EDP Foundation

and Jorgen Myrland, Tore Taraldsvik, Kirsti Kierulf, Mailliw Sorensen Grann  and Lisa Jensen from Oslo.

Thanks to all our guests and participants for making yesterday’s launch such a success!

Dialogue Cafe Amsterdam Launch 0 Reply

Yesterday we launched Dialogue Cafe Amsterdam at Waag Society. It was a fantastic event – connecting people from seven cities around the world.

Diogo outside de Waag…

Russel Craig, Marleen Stikker and Diogo Vasconcelos outside de Waag.

Marleen Stikker.

In Amsterdam, we were joined by the inspirational Marleen Stikker, the Director of Waag Society, Ger Baron from Amsterdam Innovation Motor, Diogo Vasconcelos, Chairman of the Dialogue Cafe Association and Simon Willis, Cisco.

We were absolutely thrilled that President Jorge Sampaio, High Representative to the UN
Alliance of Civilisations, was able to join us, together with Relina Bulchandani from Cisco.

In Lisbon, we were joined by Barbara Coutinho, Director of MUDE, Rui Esgaio from the Gulbenkian Foundation, Beatriz Vidal from the Portuguese Design Centre, Luís Mah from the UN Millennium Campaign and Prof. Jose Santos from INSEAD and MIT, together with his class of students.  We also spoke to our colleagues Luisa Sena and Katia de Marco in Rio de Janeiro.

Getting ready for Dialogue Cafe Amsterdam launch 0 Reply

Getting ready for the launch of Dialogue Cafe….