archives
december 18
The 2019 Young Convergence Pioneers at the World Frontiers Forum in Berlin.
december 16
Stepping back. Aesthetics. Getting sociable again. Watch Doris Sommer’s talk during this Fall’s World Frontiers Forum in Berlin.
december 13
AI as Extension of our Identities. In the words of Blaise Aguera y Arcas, consciousness is “a vector, a property that is attributed.”
december 11
A Humanistic conception of the Internet, with Max Senges, Agnieszka Kurant, Larry Lessig and Andy Clark.
december 9
Tod Machover speaking on music making and the future of digital identity.
december 6
The WFF Conversation on Digital Identity & Cultural Expression moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Max Senges with Simon Denny, A, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, and Jenna Sutela. [See the Video link]
December 4
Fabrizio Hochschild speaking about Digital ID For Sustainable Global Development. [Full Video link]
DECember 2
Andy Clark speaking on human consciousness and the future of digital identity. See [Full Video Link]
November 29
Sandy Pentland speaking on data privacy and the future of digital identity. See The [Full Video Link]
november 27
Lawrence Lessig speaking on internet governance and the future of digital identity. [Full Video Link]
november 6
Our founder, David Edwards is interviewed by Janet Perry to discuss his book, during which he talks about the World Frontiers Forum. Listen here
NOVEMber 4
CHASING LIGHT & invisible sun
PRESS RELEASE
Opening today “Chasing the Light” by Maya Sanbar and “Invisible Sun” by Bobby Sager, commemorating the 30 years since the fall of the Wall. On Display from 4th - 10th at Factory Berlin Mitte
Factory Berlin Mitte Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Read the English & German press release
october 18
We are a month away from hosting our third World Frontiers Forum, and couldn’t be happier to announce Servier BioInnovation as our latest World Frontiers Forum sponsor. Servier recently opened offices in Boston, MA in the United States. “Servier BioInnovation is the first member of the Servier International Research Network (SIRN), whose role is to increase the Group’s visibility, attract talent and establish R&D partnerships through targeted representation in the world’s top innovation centers.”
OCTOBER 8
2019 WORLD FRONTIERS FORUM BERLIN
HUMAN DIGITAL IDENTITY FUTURE
For Immediate Release, October 8, 2019 - The World Frontiers Forum is pleased to announce the 3rd annual gathering of the Forum will take place this year at Factory Berlin at the site of the former Berlin Wall. Taking place over November 8 and 9, the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, WFF Berlin will bring together leaders in culture, government, academia and industry from 23 countries in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and North & South America around the theme of digital human identity, and the crossing of boundaries to empower the human condition. Read the full press release
Want to learn more about this year’s gathering in Berlin and who are pioneers are…. Click here
SEPTEMBER News
The World Frontiers Forum is proud to take part in the Berlin Science week. For more information click on the link
july news
You missed the Net@50. No worries, you can watch it again here:
June News
The Getty Research Institute announces Tavares Strachan as the next artist to join the Getty as a Guest Scholar for 2019-2020 in fall of 2019 through Summer of 2020. Tavares Strachan will receive a fellowship from the GRI to continue his research related to an ongoing epic project regarding the nature of invisibility, questioning institutionalized cultural knowledge while unearthing critical narratives and histories obscured from our public imaginary. The anchor of this project is Strachan’s creation of an Encyclopedia of Invisibility.
“For me, an encyclopedia is a fundamental paradox: the premise of it is it’s a place where most knowledge will be kept. So, we just went through the process of looking and seeing what has been left out of encyclopedias to examine how cultures are really constructed... I ended up working on a project having to do with this idea, where we create our own encyclopedia, amassing the nonentities and giving them somewhere to go. So, [the] work [is] finding a place for these nonentities..Invisibility..... Nonentities. Things that might not have a fully formed shape or are part of a larger cultural conversation....” -Tavares Strachan
May News
Castle Hill at the Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA
From navigation, to gathering information and all forms of communication, digital devices have become integral to every activity. Technology provides the ultimate convenience while simultaneously registering our every move. In the recent past we were defined by our race, profession, religion and what we consumed. Today our digital activity and how we portray ourselves through social media, creates a virtual identity which is mined by tech firms. David Edwards will lead a conversation asking how do we take advantage of the conveniences afforded by digital technology without sacrificing our privacy?
Along with our co-founder, David Edwards, Doug Aitken, inaugural Frontier Art Prize winner (2017), will take part in a unique art event: New Horizon. This multifaceted art event that challenges the notion of art in the 21st-century. The project is composed of a series of live events across the state of Massachusetts, centered around a stunning reflective hot air balloon and gondola.
One of the great American mythologies is the road trip. New Horizon is a 21st century version of a journey, traveling through the landscape by air. The project is composed of a series of live events across the state of Massachusetts. At each stop the mirror balloon touches down becomes a happening. It is both an artwork and an event where ideas, conversation, music and art are shared. The journey creates a continuous, flowing event, encountering unique individuals and providing an insight into the future of our culture.
NEW HORIZON IS AN UNPREDICTABLE PROJECT.
FROM A FARMER IN THE FIELD WHO COULD LOOK UP AND SEE THIS MIRRORED SCULPTURE FLOAT BY OR SOMEONE HIKING IN THE FOREST WHO WANDERS INTO A CLEARING AND DISCOVERS LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND CONVERSATIONS.
Sunday, July 21
Castle Hill at the Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA
The Future of Identity
Conversations & Music
Tickets
APRIL NEWS
robert buderi, wff president and xconomy chairman writes about our upcoming event: Net@50: The Roots and Future of the Internet
The World Frontiers Forum was thrilled to be part of Questlove’s special creativity talk at harvard university led by co-founder david edwards, on april 12, 2019
Questlove and WFF co-founder, David Edwards. on April 12, 2019 at the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
march NEWS
special visit from president bio along with Sierra Leone delegation on march 7, 2019
FEBRUARY NEWS
Tavares Strachan, 2018 Frontier Art Prize recipient, was honored at cafe artscience
on february 8, 2019
Tavares joined board members and special friends of the World Frontiers Forum to discuss his work, his recent trip to Sierra Leone, visiting president Bio. Strachan also spoke about his recent creative work since being awarded the FAP prize this past fall.
DECEMBER NEWS
Tavares Strachan, 2018 Frontier Art Prize recipient, joined SpaceX to launch sculpture honoring fallen astronaut
Strachan’s Enoch sculpture, a canopic jar structure, launched on Monday, December 3, to honor astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.. Lawrence should have been the first African American in space, but died at the age of 32 in a jet crash. By creating this unusual satellite in the form of a 24-karat gold urn, Strachan symbolically sent Lawrence into space. Strachan was one of the first artists selected to participate in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)’s Art + Technology lab, in 2014. At the same time, he began a collaboration with SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell. Shotwell spoke live from her office about SpaceX’s partnership with Strachan during this year’s World Frontiers Forum. To read more about this fascinating project, see this New York Times article as well as the LACMA’s press release.
Fabrizio Hochschild
Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination - Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) to the United Nations - (c)Phase One Media Group
The second annual World Frontiers Forum took place on October 14 and 15, 2018 and was attended by some 150 leaders from around the world, including seven U.N. ambassadors and Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination Fabrizio Hochschild. Following an opening address on future challenges and opportunities for frontier change, artists, humanists, engineers, chefs, and other pioneers gathered for talks, performances, networking, meals, and other memorable experiences that included brainstorming sessions with the young pioneers around the Foods That Matter effort.
(Left to Right) Mohamed Edrees, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Kai Sauer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations, Ib Petersen Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, João Vale de Almeida, Ambassador of the European Union to the United Nations, Mariangela Zappia, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Juan José Gómez Camacho, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations - (c)Phase One Media Group