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  • Comment: This still needs all additional major news publications, but no press releases, trivial passing mentions, interviews and business journals (as these are simply local news stories); focus with actual major news publications. SwisterTwister talk 21:02, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
Brain Bar Budapest
GenreFestival
DatesJune (dates vary)
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Budapest, Hungary
Founded2015
FounderGergely Böszörményi-Nagy
Next event2017
Attendance5000
Websitewww.brainbarbudapest.hu

Brain Bar Budapest is an annual global festival on the future held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2016, the event attracted more than 5,000 attendees coming from 43 different countries while over 12,000 followers were watching the live stream online.[1]

Brain Bar Budapest was founded by Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy with the goal of creating a platform where attendees can discuss and debate futures, while drawing inspiration from world-class thinkers from a broad spectrum of disciplines.[2] The event addresses a wide range of topics related to how communities and humanity as a whole will live like in the future.[3] Aside from to the obvious question of how technology will transform our lives, the event aims to outline possible futures in the domain of business and politics as well as in a variety of lifestyle topics. Brain Bar Budapest developed several formats for on-stage debates in order to establish a holistic viewpoint and to encourage the audience to form their own opinions.[4] Accompanying keynote presentations and debates, the festival hosts artistic performances including DJ sets and mini shows as an integral part of the program.[5][6]

Throughout the years, Brain Bar Budapest introduced various top-notch visionaries from all around the world, including Chris Hadfield, former commander of the International Space Station, Sir Martin Sorrell, founder and CEO of WPP, Niall Ferguson, professor of History at Harvard University, Sugata Mitra, professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, Virginia Postrel, author, columnist for Bloomberg View, and Philip Zimbardo, professor emeritus at Stanford University, alongside the over 200 other speakers from 25 countries. [7][8]

Each year, a limited amount of tickets are given away for European students and teachers in an effort to make the latest visions and trends more accessible. [1]

Brain Bar Budapest formed a strategic partnership with Google and onboarded WIRED as its media partner.[9] It also managed to form long-term collaboration with General Electric, BMW, Heineken and KPMG.[10][11]

The festival receives extensive media coverage with over 200 media workers attending each year. Previous years of the festival featured moderators from Forbes, The Financial Times and Politico.[12]

Debates

Brain Bar Budapest focuses on the free exchange of ideas instead of one-way communication, and its audience is encouraged to communicate directly with the speakers. The festival hosts roundtable talks and debates that clash different points of view, and mythbusting talks challenging common beliefs. With its unique formats Brain Bar Budapest emphasizes the importance of the dispute about of our common future and even encourage dissent from the unchallenged commonplaces of the times.

Diversity

As for the speakers, the festival aims to line up its visionaries with various social and geographical backgrounds and different political views, in order to maintain the diversity of opinions presented onstage. This aspiration is also manifested in the free access for students and teachers.

References

  1. ^ a b Origo. "Telt ház és világsztárok a Brain Bar Budapesten". Origo. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  2. ^ Budapest, Brain Bar (2016-04-22). "The Brain Behind Brain Bar: Q&A with the Co-Founder". Medium. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  3. ^ "Brain Bar Budapest". Design for Europe. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  4. ^ "Így találhatjátok meg, miben lehettek sikeresek: ezeket próbáltátok már?". eduline.hu. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  5. ^ "ne100". www.ne100.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  6. ^ Son. "Az idei év legütősebb fesztiválja lesz a Brain Bar Budapest". mno.hu. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  7. ^ Insider, WIRED. "Brain Bar Budapest: a clash of ideas in the heart of Europe". WIRED UK. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  8. ^ "Brain Bar Budapest to welcome experts". Budapest Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  9. ^ "Brain Bar Budapest, Europe's festival on the future | Inter Relocation". www.interrelo.com. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  10. ^ "Az első Brain Bar Budapest". epiteszforum.hu. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  11. ^ "Brain Bar Budapest 2016 | KPMG Hungary". home.kpmg.com. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  12. ^ Grund. "Elképesztő sikert aratott a Brain Bar Budapest". mno.hu. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
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