ThingsCon
As AI and generative technologies reshape our relationship with physical objects, ThingsCon presents a new edition of the report RIOT 2025, themed Generative Things. The RIOT publication is the fifth edition of the report, which ThingsCon started in 2017 as the State of Responsible IOT. “The State of Responsible IoT is a collection of essays […]
To mark the new RIOT 2025 publication, we will organize an unconference on 6 June 2025 in Rotterdam. We invite the authors to have a moment to officially launch the RIOT 2025, and reflect on the theme of generative things through the lens of the topics raised by the authors, and beyond, in unconference style. […]
Imagine a world where everyday objects are imbued with the power of generative AI. What possibilities and challenges would emerge? ThingsCon aims to explore this frontier by inviting designers to create provotypes of the near future “generative things”. The exhibition “Generative Things” premiered at TH/NGS 2024, on 13 December 2024 in Volkshotel Amsterdam, and will travel […]
ThingsCon Salon Parallel at TH/NGS 2024, we organize a dedicated salon to discuss the impact of possible developments towards Generative Things for the daily practice of designers of things. In this special Salon, we invite experts from connected things to AI scholars and design professionals to reflect on the impact on design methods and practice. […]
Designing the unknown unknowns of new relations with generative things As the theme for 2024 ThingsCon is exploring Generative Things, what will be the impact of extending our digital lives with generative AI on the physical things we live with? How can we design new relations with things with agency? Interactive session based on reflections […]
On 5 September, ThingsCon will team up again with the Human Values for Smarter Cities project to organize a Salon linked to the research project. This time, we are guests at Marineterrein in Amsterdam. We focus this meetup (and workshop) on participatory design for machine learning. Don Quichot in the Smart City?In this ThingsCon Salon, we will […]
In 2024, we will celebrate 10 years of ThingsCon with our annual event in December. We will start planning soon but you can save this date: 12 & 13 December 2024. Andrea and Iskander announced this at the end of another inspiring edition 15 December 2023. ThingsCon started in Berlin in 2014 in springtime and […]
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 […]