Club of Amsterdam pdf version SupporterPricewaterhouseCoopers Kamiel J. Koelman: Open source software and software patents The open source method of software development is becoming widespread. Recently, a proposal for a European regulation of software patents was rejected. Koelman will discuss the legal implications of these developments. Hans Bousie: Intellectual property … [Read more...] about the future of Ideas – Intellectual Property, September 2005
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the future of Philosophy, June 2005
Club of Amsterdam pdf version SupporterPricewaterhouseCoopers Huib Schwab: It has an impact on reality, which cannot be. Philosophy is first of all an agora where ideas and frameworks of thinking meet; it contains a timeless treasure of possible and impossible thoughts about existing and non-existing worlds. Overestimated, although the influence cannot be … [Read more...] about the future of Philosophy, June 2005
Media & Technology, August 2004
Club of Amsterdam pdf version The Club of Amsterdam presents at the Amsterdam New Media Institute: Media & Technology This year Windows Media Center will be available for the Dutch market. Windows Media Center enables you to record and replay TV and music or to watch your photos. The PC and Internet now reach the living room. But the Windows Media Center's features are … [Read more...] about Media & Technology, August 2004
NanoWater, September 2004
pdf version The aim of the NanoWater conference is to examine how nanotechnology can help address the issues facing the world's water supplies. According to Unesco, although 70 percent of the world's surface is covered by water, only a fraction of that - 2.5 percent - is freshwater, of which 70 per cent is frozen in ice caps. The remainder is present as soil moisture. This … [Read more...] about NanoWater, September 2004
the future of Culture & Religion, June 2004
pdf version SupporterPricewaterhouseCoopers TO BE AND NOT TO BEAbout religion and God in a secularised society We live in a paradoxical world. Numerous religions and cultures provide people a sense of belonging and identity. At the same time they alienate people from themselves and each other. In Western Europe the historical religious institutions evaporate. … [Read more...] about the future of Culture & Religion, June 2004