WTHX #2

WTHX #2

On the 24th of September professionals from the worlds of peace, justice and security come together with creatives, coders, techies, designers, artists and philosophers at WTHX. Thinkers and makers will join for a 12 hour rollercoaster ride of ideation and co-creation at The Pier in Scheveningen.

In small multidisciplinary teams, the attendees will formulate questions and prototype potential solutions for tomorrow’s issues. They will use the themes peace, justice, and security as their starting point. To boost inspiration, expert guest speakers will feed knowledge and inspiration.

Program

Four sessions, each with 2 or 3 speakers, 2 cases (prototyping workshop) and group discussion.

09:30 Doors open

10:00 Welcome

10:10 First session, the ‘what’: “Defining the questions on peace, justice, security + code” Think-tank “WTHX” introducing speakers from the humanitarian world, followed by the prototyping workshop.

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Second session, the ‘how’: “Defining the tools; code, cyber security, hacking, the internet” Think-tank “TekTok” introducing speakers from the technological field, followed by the prototyping workshop.

15:50 Break

16:00 Third session, the ‘why’: “Technology is the answer, but what was the question?” Think-tank “When You See Me Again, It Won’t Be Me.” introducing speakers within art, science and philosophy, followed by the last prototyping workshop

18:30 Dinnertime

19:30 Fourth session “Highlighting & sharing” Presentations and discussion with conclusions and reflections with speakers, participants and moderators.

21:00 Performance in collaboration with the TodaysArt Festival

22:00 End

With (among others): Stan Bentvelsen (director of Nikhef and member of CERN), Andrew Stroehlein (Media Director of Human Rights Watch), Victor Gevers (ethical hacker), Constant Dullaart (visual artist), Pim Takkenberg (Director Cyber Security at Northwave and Business Director Cyber Security & Resilience at TNO), Roland van Rijswijk (Researcher and Innovator in Internet Security at SURFnet and Ph.D. Candidate at University of Twente), Martijn Engelbregt (researcher, procedural artist, collector, statistician and founding managing director of EGBG and Circus Engelbregt).

Session moderators: Mariken Gaanderse (Municipality of The Hague), Onno Warns (content producer),  Chris van ‘t Hof (TekTok), Jelte Timmer (Rathenau Instituut), Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen (LUST/LUSTlab) and Marijke Cobbenhagen (arts & design reflector)

Why join WTHX?

– WTHX is an open, non-hierarchical platform that facilitates experimentation, new ideas and innovation.
– WTHX brings required innovation into the humanitarian world and gives technology its necessary significance.
– The event is invite-only, so all participants have been carefully selected for their expertise and talent.
– It’s an opportunity to meet and collaborate with professionals from a diverse collection of disciplines.
– You can share your experience, benefit from others’ expertise and plant the seeds for future collaborations.
– Hundreds of new sparks will ignite to foster valuable offspring.
– It will be held at a unique and inspiring location with unparalleled view: top floor of the Pier at Scheveningen.
– The price includes lunch, dinner and drinks with unlimited sea view.

Network

WTHX is an initiative by LUSTlab and de Municipality of The Hague and is made possible by /dev/haag, Bedatadriven, Elva, HiiL, Hivos, KPSRL, Linkspot Research, New World Campus, OneWorld, PAX, Peace Informatics Lab, Q42, Rathenau, TekTok, The Hague Institute for Global Justice, The Hague Security Delta, TodaysArt, Voor de wereld van morgen/ASN.