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SpaceBass
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Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2701 Location: pellucidar
PICNIC '06 - Cross-Media Week and ARGParty Europe Event starting Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:00 am for 4 days From September 27 through 29 this year, the Cross Media Week PICNIC '06 convention will be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ARGN has entered into a network partnership with Cross Media Week and is offering discounts on registration to the three-day convention.
Some of the hard-hitting scheduled speakers at the event include Simon Guild, President and Chief Executive, MTV Networks Europe; Dr. Michael B. Johnson, Moving Picture Group Lead, Pixar Animation Studios; John de Mol, Co-Founder of Endemol and Founder of Talpa; Philip Rosedale, Founder of Linden Lab/Second Life; Craig Newmark, Founder, craigslist.org; Jamie Kantrowitz, Senior VP Marketing Europe, Myspace.com; Reinier Evers, Founder, Trendwatching.com.
Imbri and I will be meeting up with Giskard to attend the convention. We'd love to organize a get-together of European ARGonauts who can make it to Amsterdam sometime that week, probably Saturday the 30th of September. Watch this post for exact details; meanwhile, anyone who would like to get together with us in Amsterdam at the end of September, sound off in this thread!
We hope you see you there!
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:56 pm
Last edited by SpaceBass on Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:39 am; edited 2 times in total
imbri
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Joined: 21 Sep 2002 Posts: 1182 Location: wonderland
woo!
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:38 am
chippy
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Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 789 Location: Leeds, UK
I may be able to detour to amsterdam from munich on the way home, although you could come over to Munich for the Octoberfest
How long are you planning on being in Amsterdam?
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:00 am
colin
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Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 810 Location: Australia
I'll be there...in spirit
(take lots of pictures )
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:04 am
SpaceBass
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Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 2701 Location: pellucidar
chippy wrote:
How long are you planning on being in Amsterdam?
We'll be arriving on Sunday the 24th of September and (at least I will be) leaving on Sunday, October 1. The convention is Wed/Thu/Fri.
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:21 am
imbri
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Joined: 21 Sep 2002 Posts: 1182 Location: wonderland
woo!
(did I say that already?)
oh, and I'm also arriving the 24th and there until the 1st.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:38 pm
Giskard
Sassypants
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 2066 Location: Chicago
Ok, let me second all the woo'ing, and erh, I will be there ... eh... permanently
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:54 pm
Kender
Decorated
Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 264 Location: The Netherlands
I won't be going to the conference, but I'm up for beers!
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:59 am
Fi
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Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 444 Location: London
Just checked flight prices from London - EasyJet are currently doing Luton to Amsterdam for about £66. BA are about £80 (on lastminute.com).
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:47 am
Giskard
Sassypants
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 2066 Location: Chicago
Fi³ wrote:
Just checked flight prices from London - EasyJet are currently doing Luton to Amsterdam for about £66. BA are about £80 (on lastminute.com).
And, so...?
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:40 pm
Fi
Guest
And so I need to get my ass in gear and book one! ;P
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:15 pm
Kender
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Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 264 Location: The Netherlands
So, who's coming when and where?
I have the week off so I can come to Amsterdam for beers anytime
Friday perhaps?
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PICNIC at Night: Friday, September 29th beginning at 20:30
PICNIC at Night has been organised to allow members of the public to participate in PICNIC '06, Amsterdam's Cross Media Week.
PICNIC at Night will be a night of performances, music, VJs, fashion, presentations, a news lounge and art installations in a special setting!
Date: September 29, 2006
Time: 20:30 - 2:00
Location: Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg 8-10, Amsterdam
Costs: € 17.50 (passe-partout which provides entry to all activities)
Advance ticket sales start on September 9th. Tickets are available for purchase at AUB (www.aub.nl) and all Ticket Service points in the Netherlands (www.ticketservice.nl). Tickets will also be available at the door.
PICNIC at Night Program
Ooglive
Location: Zuiveringshal West
20:30 - 22:00 (Doors open at 20:00)
Click here for more information.
Machinima Salon
Location: Openbare Verlichting
20:30 - 22:15 (Doors open at 20:00)
Click here for more information.
Night Program
Location: Zuiveringshal Oost
22:00 - 2:00 (Doors open at 21:30)
Click here for more information.
*edit: linkified links
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:00 am
Last edited by Kender on Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:04 am; edited 1 time in total
Nola
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 675
hey guys, I live in Amsterdam! I relocated in the spring. I don't think I can make it to the conference, but I would really like to get together with y'all on Friday or Saturday. Please let me know the plans!
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:17 am
imbri
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Joined: 21 Sep 2002 Posts: 1182 Location: wonderland
I'm definitely up for either Friday or Saturday night or, even, both.
Also, I wanted to mention that there is going to be a presentation on alternate reality gaming on Wednesday. I'm not positive on the time. The picnic website says 10:00-13:00 but was told 11:00-midday by the person who's organizing the panel (Adam Martin, former MindCandy CTO). It's not listed on the regular conference schedule but as one of the "Partner Events". You can find out more on the picnic website , but we're going to be presenting a whitepaper that was put together by the IGDA Special Interest Group on ARG as well as answering questions and whatnot. So, if you're going to be at the conference, I do hope you'll stop by and say hi!
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:16 am
krystyn
I Never Tire of My Own Voice
Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Posts: 3651 Location: Is not Chicago
Spacebass had a few hours to spend in Chicago, so I headed out to O'Hare to meet him. We had a nice late lunch at the Hilton, and then hung out chatting about stuff.
It turns out I almost made him miss his last leg of the flight to Amsterdam! I got a text from him while I was on the train home, telling me that he made it, but just barely. They had to page him and everything. Oops!
Wish I could be there at PICNIC, if only to meet Sassypants in person!
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:58 pm
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