SIME is very happy to announce their partnership with PICNIC ’07

PICNIC’07 isn’t just a conference. It’s a festival - a week of fresh, creative, innovative ideas. At this leading international event, creative minds from the worlds of media, entertainment, science and the arts convene from Monday 24 September to Saturday 29 September in Amsterdam. And on Saturday the 29th of September, Jury Chairman Sir Richard Branson will talk about entrepreneurship and announce the winner of the PICNIC GREEN CHALLENGE, the exciting € 500,000 eco-invention competition, at an Award Celebration. Whose bright idea will save the planet? Come and find out! Please take a look at the PICNIC’07 brochure for an overview of the wide range of activities. Most importantly, PICNIC’07 is offering all SIME Friends a unique € 100,- discount off the full conference pass price of € 950,- +VAT. To register is easy. All you need to do is follow these steps: 1. Please go to this link 2. At step 4, you will be asked to fill in your discount code which is: gbvqht 3. Please note that each person will need to enter this code to receive a discounted ticket, as per the registration instructions in the above link) More about Picnic: The biggest event, the PICNIC’07 CONFERENCE, begins on Wednesday afternoon. There will be three days of state-of-the-art presentations, debates and workshops. MIT’s Neil Gershenfeld will tell us about FAB, and a session on Mystery, Sensuality and Intimacy will be presented by Saatchi & Saatchi’s Richard Hytner. Blaise Aguera y Arcas will tell us how we can transform the way we manipulate digital images through a fantastic process called Photosynth, while David Weinberger, Author of Everything is Miscellaneous will further enlighten us on the enormous impact the web has on knowledge and business; and David Silverman, the Director of The Simpsons, will provide us with insight into one of the most popular TV series and recently released film. Actor and activist Woody Harrelson will host a special green moment.