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We are happy to announce we will organize an event in 2021 on 10 December. The format is hybrid online with so-called Boutiques of Salons curated from 3 cities (Rotterdam, Eindhoven, and Antwerp) combined in an online combined event at the beginning of the evening (17:30-20:00 CET). We will also organize our student awards accessible […]
Why a theme? We primarily want to put forward a yearly theme to set the tone, a general message we’re after. This theme can be pulled through various events and eventually set the scene for the yearly ThingsCon RIOT publication we will launch in December again. 2021: EVERY____ The COVID pandemic cut short what we once […]
In April and May IoT Eindhoven will host in collaboration with ThingsCon three online workshops. Join us on 22 April, 6 May, and/or 20 May. Together with ThingsCon we have set an ambitious goal for 2021 – join us to discuss how we might develop from ethical and regulatory ‘codes of conduct’ into building the […]
Masterclass Responsible Design for Networked Objects Organised by ThingsCon as part of IoT Rotterdam 2020 ThingsCon has been an active promoter of a responsible and human-centric Internet of Things for years now. At our conferences and Salons we shared knowledge and organised deep-dives. In 2018 we partnered with Mozilla to introduce the Trustable Technology Mark […]
We look back at a successful annual gathering last December GoodThingsFest. For obvious reasons the event was online, but this allowed for experiments with formats, activities, and responsible conference technology (♥ Hochschule Darmstadt) while keeping the ThingsCon spirit. Judging by your feedback you very much enjoyed the experience. You can revisit the event through video’s, our annual RIOT Report (also available […]
7 – 11 December 2020 Mark you calendars! This year we’re moving the annual Thingscon conference online, and are excited to share the first details. Like many other communities this year, we’ve been pondering on what to do with the annual thingscon conference. Ever since the pandemic took off, it feels like we’ve been getting […]
Responsible onboarding public digital ecosystems 24 September 15:00-17:00; Innovation Days Scheveningen Join us for the first ThingsCon Salon in The Hague, organized in close partnership with the Smart City Team of The Hague municipality. The theme is smart cities and the governance of digital public infrastructure. You can find more details below the live-stream and […]
ThingsCon and EHVIOT announce further dates for the series of workshops Don’t Be Evil: Building Trustable and Responsible Technology Business August 27 a number of experts and practitioners joined the online collaborative workshop (designed in Miro) to kick-off a series of discussions around the frameworks and requirements for more acceptable technology, data, identity and privacy […]
We will host a session at the NGI Policy Summit that is held online 28 September, titled: Learning from ‘critical making’ – Good Things for the Next Generation Internet Join us to discuss the benefits of critical making in the process of policy making. The team of ThingsCon will share experiences from 7 years of […]
ThingsCon is organising a ‘distributed makers jam’ on Friday 5th of June on the theme of physical connection in time of virtual gathering. We invite designers, makers, tinkerers of our community and beyond to join us for a this day of making, sharing and fun.