From today until saturday the MZW will host the first "Berliner Biennale für Management und Beratung im System". We will be there as well, so just call (+43 512 574749 1010) if you're up for a chat. Short translation of the neat conference description:

"So far, modern day society has relied on its organizations and institutions: public authorities, businesses, schools and theaters, curches and armies have established and sustained law and order; they have coordinated socially necessary labour and work, generated taxes and allocated goods and services of this world to all of us.

However, these organisations cannot rely on society any longer. ... read full article.

Last week we had the pleasure to talk at this years Accelerating Change conference in Stanford, alongside Ray Kurzweil, Thomas Malone, Esther Dyson, Peter Norvig and others. Especially having Doug Engelbart in the audience was a great honor. Here's a  summary of the talk:

Why does it make so much sense to bring together Social Software, the Semantic Web and Information Retrieval, what is the current state and are the limitations, and what are some implications? If your background is in one or more of the areas, you might want skip some parts. ... read full article.