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Orit Halpern is a hypermodern renaissance person. At #rp18, the Professor will be taking us along for the ride as she builds bridges between the history of science, computing and cybernetics.

Did you know that you can attend the re:publica as part of your official educational leave for further education? Then why not come to #rp18 as part of your training! Employees and trainees in Germany can put in a request with their employers for educational leave.

This year, we’re inviting our specialist audience to symposia on 3rd and 4th May. We’ll be focusing on "digital food", "digital retail", "women in fintech" and "experience marketing".

The last week of the Call saw a huge surge of great ideas! The number of sessions received climbed from 400 to 950. Read more on the end of the Call here.  

Thanks to the huge amounts of work done by activists, journalists and scientists, the general facts have become clear to a section of the population: The internet is broken.

Got an idea that illustrates how the right application of technologies can contribute to more efficiency, transparency and participation? Then you’ve got until 31 January to submit your proposal for #rp18.

This year, we not only have the honour of welcoming speakers Wendy Chun and Safiya Umoja Noble from the US. Katherine Roberts Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation (US), will also be flying in for #rp18.

To all female techmakers, to all tech pioneers, to all the coders out there: Take part in the Call for Participation 'Fe:male Digital Footprint'! Attention: We’re extending the Call for Participation for 'Female Digital Footprint' until 31 January 2018!

We’ve unfortunately had a bug creep into our system that made it unnecessarily hard for some of you to submit your session proposals. We’ve already managed to find a solution and have decided to add an extra week to the Call’s runtime. New Deadline: 14 January 2018.

The Berlin pop critic Jens Balzer will be explaining present-day mass cultural phenomena to us and #rp18. Clear the stage for an introduction into pop!

One last shout-out at the end of the year! 2017 is coming to a close and we look back at a year with LOVE OUT LOUD! and re:connecting EUROPE.

For the fifth time, MEDIA CONVENTION Berlin is taking place in cooperation with re:publica. In Mai decision-makers and opinion-shapers will discuss media and Internet policy issues, market trends, and developments of our digital media society.