TEDxVienna 2012 - Instanity: everything now

Derived from the words ‘instant’ and ‘insanity’, it symbolizes the spirit of our technologically minted times: everything now. In a single minute, we could cook a microwave meal, or snap and print a photo, gather all the necessary information at the press of a single button, and even control an avatar with our mere thoughts. Technological development has become instant, but could that drive us insane? How could a human brain whose developmental processes occur in phases understand and make the best use of technological achievements that have been exponentially growing at an amazingly fast rate? At our conference, we would like to spread the ideas of people who make this exponential development possible. At the same time, we would like to explore the boundaries that have been significantly shaken and pushed by the instant technological development; how technology re-shapes our human nature and how we learn to control for the risks that inevitably come with it.

WELCOME & ACCREDITATION
09:00 – 10:00

FIRST SESSION
10:00 – 12:00
Federico Pistono
Julia Pitters
Georg Holzer
Tom Bieling
Albert Frantz

LUNCH BREAK & INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES
12:00 – 13:30

SECOND SESSION
13:30 – 15:00
John L. Casti
Wolfie Christl
Jan Torgersen
Kyle Ruddick

COFFEEBREAK & INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES
15:00 – 16:30

THIRD SESSION
16:30 – 18:00
Heather Kelley
Dorian Crede
Niall Murphy
Ed Neumeister

NETWORKING, WORKSHOPS, FOOD & DRINKS
18:00 – 22:00

AFTER PARTY
22:00 – open end