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Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 10:14:41 -0400 From: Felix Stalder

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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

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Aim of the Conference

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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.

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Main Topics of the Conference:

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  • 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
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    Registration:

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    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

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    Preliminary Program:

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    - FRIDAY JUNE 2:

    10.00 - Opening Welcome by Andree 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 (CEO, 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

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    Workshops & Seminars:

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    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

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    Program Updates:

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    The updated and final program will be available at the conference web site, at:

    http://www.balie.nl/tulipomania

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    Preliminary List of Speakers:

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    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 ```

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