ThingsCon
14th/15th December – Save the date: ThingsCon 2023 Conference: Unintended Consequences In keeping with tradition, we are busy organising the 2023 ThingsCon conference again in December. As we adapt to new event practicalities since the pandemic disruptions, we were particularly charmed by the format we created for our Summer edition last year, so we will […]
On 6 September ThingsCon, we will team up with the Human Values for Smarter Cities project to organise a Salon on Doing Ethics at VONK Rotterdam. With two great speakers that bring ethics daily in practice, short pitches by researchers from the project, and an insightful workshop on designing rules into policy. Workshop 16:00-18:00, evening lectures and […]
We are happy to announce a new ThingsCon Salon! We will keep updating this page with the latest on the program. ThingsCon Salon: Listening Things SmartHome Interoperability, Inference and Impact Discussions on IoT and AI; Ethics, Privacy and Trust An STRP Festival partner event #STRP #ThingsCon #iot #AI #Ethics #Privacy #Trust #SmartHome #Matter Date: 14th […]
You might wonder what we have been up to in the last few months. In earlier years, we would have announced the date for our end-of-year conference. But as you know, we moved our conference to last June to prevent Covid impact. After discussing with the ThingsCon core team, we all agreed it would be […]
We are looking back at a great event 9 & 10 June, our new Summer Edition in Keilepand Rotterdam. Check out the pictures and aftermovie. We might add some reporting here, but definitely read the post by Peet here. Check the pictures by Nuno Cruz Photography on Flickr.
As previously announced; for this year’s ThingsCon we plan to take full advantage of the opportunity to meet each other in-person again, and to celebrate the renewed energy this brings us. To make that happen, we’re planning the 2022 ThingsCon in June! Mark your calendars: ThingsCon 2022 🎉 June 9 & 10 Thursday 9 June 17:00-21:00 * community […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]