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A N N O U N C E M E N T Tulipomania DotCom A Critique of the New Economy An International Conference @ De Balie, Amsterdam, June 2 & 3, 2000 & @ Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, June 4, 2000 http://www.balie.nl/tulipomania P R E L I M I N A R Y P R O G R A M ------------------------------- Aim of the Conference ------------------------------- The conference Tulipomnania DotCom intends to develop an informed critique of the politics of electronic finance and internet economics. The aim of the conference is to raise the level of economic competence of the cultural and social sector, and simultaneously inject economic analysis with a sensitivity to on- and offline cultures, as well as a hands-on understanding of the new communication spaces. The conference aims to set an agenda for possible models of intervention in this new domain of networked communication, and to reclaim vital public functions of the new information and communication environments. To achieve this a dialogue has to be started between critical economic analysis, critical net discourses, and the premises of policy making, as well as the various social movements that operate in this domain. To facilitate this exchange of knowledge is a prime aim of the conference. By bringing together critical discourse in these different domains we intend to find alternatives to deadly adapt-or-die rhetorics, as well as to dire structural inevitability (aka "There Is No Alternative") or simplifying activism. -------------------------------------------- Main Topics of the Conference: -------------------------------------------- * The New Economy: Premises and Pitfalls * Silicon Valley as a Global Business Model * Financial Markets and Regulation * Convergence, Mergers and Monopolies * Inclusion and Exclusion in the New Economy * Consumer Rights in the New Economy * A Critical Assessment of Alternative Strategies * Nettocracy: A Class Analysis of the Information Society * Gift Economies and Free Services * The Public Sector and the Network Society * In Defence of Internet Culture ----------------- Registration: ----------------- Day-tickets: DFL 35,- Entire Conference: DFL 60,- Contact: e-mail: balie@balie.nl Fax: +31.20.553 51 55 Tel: +31.20.553 51 00 De Balie Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10 1017 RR Amsterdam http://www.balie.nl/tulipomania General enquiries: +31.20.553 51 51 or: balie@balie.nl ---------------------------- Preliminary Program: ---------------------------- * FRIDAY JUNE 2: 10.00 - Opening Welcome by Andrée van Es (Director of De Balie) 10.30 - Plenary Debate I The New Economy - Premises and Pitfalls Moderator: David Hudson Key-note Speakers: Luc Soete (Inst. of Infonomics, University of Maatsricht) Doug Henwood (Financial Journalist, Left Business Observer, New York) 12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch Break 13.30 - Afternoon Session I Debate: Silicon Valley as a Global Busines Model Moderator: Ted Byfield Speakers: Clay Shirky (Hunter College, New York) Steve Cisler (Writer / Analist, San Jose) Corinna Snyder (Razorfish, New York) Reinhold Grehter (etoy.com) Nils de Witte (NEBIB, Netherlands) Andrew Ross (New York University) 15.30 - 16.00 - Coffee Break 16.00 - Afternoon Session II Debate: Alternative Strategies Moderator: Felix Stalder Speakers: Jesse Hirsh (TAO Communications, Toronto) Nina Ascoly (Clean Clothes Campaign) Greenpeace Representative - tbc Olivier Hoedeman (TNI, Amsterdam) Hans van Heijningen (ATTAC NL) Gerd Junne (University of Amsterdam) 18.00 - Dinner 20.30 - Plenary Session Public Debate: Inclusion and Exclusion in the New Economy Moderator: Geert Lovink Speakers: Andrew Leyshon (University of Nottingham) Age Bakker (Ex-director Netherlands National Bank) Roberto Bissio (Economist, Chili) Cees Vendrik (MP Netherlands Green Party) * SATURDAY JUNE 3: 11.00 - Conference Resumes / Morning Session: Debate: Consumer Rights Moderator: Eric Kluitenberg Speakers: James Love (Consumer Project on Technology, Washington) Wibo Koole (Netherlands National Consumer Organisation) David Mandl (Autonomedia, New York) Maurice Wessling (Bits of Freedom, Amsterdam) 12.30 - 13.00 - Coffee Break 13.00 - Afternoon Session I Debate: Nettocracy: A Sociological Analysis of the Virtual Class Moderator: Geert Lovink Speakers: Michael Gurstein (Technical University of British Columbia) Alexander Bard, (Business Analyst, Stockholm) Richard Barbrook (University of Westminster, London) 14.30 - 15.00 - Lunch Break 15.00 - Afternoon Session II Debate: Convergence, Mergers and Monopolies Moderator: Guikje Roethof (Prezz.com, Paris) Speakers: Richard Kramer (Arete Research, London) Korinna Patelis (Goldsmiths College, London Kenneth Neil Cukier (Redherring.com, London) Michael Latzer (ICE, Vienna) Heath Row (Fast Company, Boston) 17.00 - 17.15 - Coffee Break 17.15 - 19.00 - Closing Plenary Session (Moderated discussion) 19.00 - Close of the Conference 22.00 - Cinema De Balie goes Wall Street -------------------------------- Workshops & Seminars: -------------------------------- The program will include a series of workshops and impromptu smaller scale meetings on the following topics: 1 - Development Finance and the Global Market Network 2 - Financial Cryptography 3 - International Venture Capital 4 - ATTAC Further details will be announced at the conference ------------------------ Program Updates: ------------------------ The updated and final program will be available at the conference web site, at: http://www.balie.nl/tulipomania -------------------------------------- Preliminary List of Speakers: -------------------------------------- Nina Ascoly - Clean Clothes Campaign, Amsterdam Age Bakker - Ex-Director National Bank of The Netherlands Richard Barbrook - Professor at Westminster's Hypermedia Research Centre in London Alexander Bard - Commentator, majored in Economic Geography, works as a composer and record producer in Stockholm. Roberto Bissio - Economist, Executive Director of IteM - The Third World Institute in Montevideo, Chili Ted Byfield - Co-moderator of nettime, international mailing list for net criticism & free-lance book editor Steve Cisler - Writer, Analyst, based in San Jose Kenneth Neil Cukier - Senior Editor at Red Herring Communications, London. Reinhold Grehter Member of the artist collective Etoy Michael Gurstein Sociologist, Associate Professor Management and Technology,Technical University of British Columbia Douglas Henwood - Investigative Journalist, Author of "Wall Street" & Editor of Left Bussiness Observer Hans van Heijningen - ATTAC NL Jesse Hirsh - TAO Communications, Toronto Olivier Hoedeman - TNI - Trans National Institute of Ideas, Amsterdam David Hudson - Journalist and Editor of Rewired, Journal of a Strained Net Gerd Junne - Economist, University of Amsterdam Eric Kluitenberg - Media Theorist and New Media Program Co-ordinator, De Balie (Amsterdam) Richard Kramer - Consultant at Arete Research (London), and former technology analyst with Goldman Sachs Michael Latzer - Deputy Director ICE - Research Unit for Institutional Change and European Integration, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Andrew Leyshon - Researcher and Professor at the School of Geography, Research Group Economy and Society, University of Nottingham & Editor of Geoforum James Love - Director Consumer Project on Technology (Washington D.C.) Geert Lovink - Media Theorist and Activst, co-founder of nettime & Initiator of Tulipomania DotCom David Mandl - Journalist, writer, radio programmer, editor at Autonomomedia publishers, New York Korinna Patelis - Media Researcher, Department of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths College, London Guikje Roethof - Journalist, Former MP, CEO of Prezz.Com - European News Services, Paris Andrew Ross - professor and director of the American Studies Program at New York University Clay Shirky - Professor of New media at Hunter College New York Luc Soete - Professor of International Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Maastricht University & Research Fellow at the International Institute of Infonomics Corinna Snyder - Trained as a cultural anthropologist, she works on topics relating to Lithuanian cultural production and as a general manager at Razorfish NY Felix Stalder - Researcher, University of Toronto & co-moderator of nettime international mailing list for net criticism Cees Vendrik - MP for the Netherlands Green Party Maurice Wessling -Bits of Freedom - a Dutch privacy and civil rights organization for the information society Nils de Witte - Netherlands Exchange for Angel Investments (NeBIB) [Note: this list may still be subject to minor changes] Conference web site: http://www.balie.nl/tulipomania _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold