EVENTS 2019

The third edition of the I Love Science Festival is bringing a real city of science to Brussels. The Festival creates a dialogue between art and science at the Brussels Expo and BOZAR. From drones to augmented reality, a whole range of experiments and things to discover awaits over the course of a weekend. From […]

Re-FREAM Webinar Electronic Textiles and Fashion Webinar On Tuesday 05. May 2020 at 17:30h CET (Berlin), the STARTS Lighthouse Re-FREAM will be hosting the webinar “Electronic Textiles and Fashion Webinar”. Stakeholders from the technology and fashion industry are invited to join the Re-FREAM artists and scientists during the webinar. The webinar is structured in a diverse

Ask Me Everything with Silvia Zancarli, kicks-off STARTS in MOTION The programme launched by STARTS to support hybrid teams to develop further the project initiated under a STARTS fund (STARTS RESIDENCIES, WEAR SUSTAIN and STARTS PRIZE) is kicking-off on Wednesday, May 6th, with a “Ask me everything” session mediated by Silvia Zancarli. Silvia is a

How can we combine digitization and sustainability together in the fashion and design industries? This was the question at the basis of our discussion with OFundamentO. Some answers are coming straight from the traditional manufacturing industry in Portugal: let us go back to the machines! Did you know that knitting machines were the first computers?

The STARTS Prize partner, Waag, is developing planet B, a mission to recolonise planet Earth based on a narrative of DIY expeditions to a fictional planet. Within this mission, they are organising monthly meetings, to which scientists, artists and citizens are invited to have a dialogue about the social and ecological challenges of our time. The starting

Broto 2020 Conference: Time Sensitive Broto: Art-Climate-Science is an annual conference and online community of collaborating artists and scientists tackling aspects of climate change. The intent, through the Broto Collaboration Blueprint, is innovation through shared co-creation of work — whether it’s art or science or something in between. On 16-17 May, it will be organised

With For About 2020 – A slow conference for a fast evolving crisis Working with the artist and mental health activist ‘the vacuum cleaner’, curator and agitator Cecilia Wee and in partnership with Live Art Development Agency (UK), Create Ireland and Gessnerallee (Switzerland), the 2020 edition of Heart of Glass ‘With For About’ conference will create a vital, slow and complex space

LEONARDO S+T+ARTS: A CONVERSATION “What’s next? Art-science ideas emerging from the lockdown” Leonardo and STARTS are excited to launch a series of two online meetups around this topic! The discussions we have been holding since the beginning of the lockdown express a will to change and not to go back to old negative/harmful ways and behaviors.   In our

#EUvsVirus EUvsVirus Hackathon + Matchathon + EIC COVID Platform On 24-26 April, the European Commission, led by the European Innovation Council and in close collaboration with the EU member states, hosted a Pan-European Matchathon to connect civil society, innovators, partners, and investors across Europe in order to develop innovative solutions for coronavirus-related challenges. Over 30.000

The third edition of Milan Digital Week, in a completely online version, wants to reiterate the importance of an open and inclusive discussion on issues that are now conveyed and supported by digital: from work to education, from governance to the environment, up to the sustainable economy. The connective and supportive fabric of Milan is