By: Adnan Arnautlija
TEDXMOKRIN: GLOBAL VILLAGE IS BEING BORN IN VOJVODINA
TEDx is the world’s most recognizable conference format and a couple of TEDx events has been held so far in the largest cities in the region, such as Belgrade, Zagreb and Sarajevo. The next Saturday (September 16th), this conference will be held in an unexpected place – Mokrin. TEDxMokrin represents the first time in the region that this conference is held outside of urban centers, more precisely, in a small village in Vojvodina. The theme of the conference itself is Global Village. Through 10 lectures, positive examples will be shown of people who managed to achieve an impressive influence or success from rural areas.
Every year in Serbia, about 40,000 more people die or leave the country than is born or comes there to settle down. In Vojvodina, that number is 12,000. Therefore, every year, one small town, the size of Foča or Bačka Palanka, disappears. About 40% of the population of Serbia lives in villages, and out of 4,700 villages, 1,200 are considered to be in the phase of disappearance.
“The Internet is gradually democratizing the labor market and work space. Today, it’s possible to work on world-relevant things from anywhere in the world, as long as you’re online. And as inequality decreases among countries, thus reduces inequality between urban and rural environments. The idea of TEDxMokrin is to show stories and ideas that managed to break through or in spite of, or because they started in rural areas,” said TEDx organizer, Ivan Brkljač.
More information on TEDxMokrin can be found on the official TEDx website, and the conference itself starts at 10.00 in Mokrin House, Serbia’s first rural coliving space.
REPRESENT COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS UP WITH SLOVENIAN AGENCY GET INTERACTIVE
Digital media agency Get Interactive from Slovenia has become a partner to Belgrade’s Represent Communications agency in the field of native advertising.
Borislav Miljanović, the director of the communication agency Represent Communications, described the partnership as a logical consequence of many years of work in the field of communication and public relations. “In Get Interactive we found a reliable partner with many years of experience in native advertising in the Slovenian market, which primarily gives us technical and expert support first in the Serbian, and soon in the remaining markets of the former Yugoslavia where we are present,” commented Miljanović.
“In Serbia, more and more communication is moving to digital media. In native advertising we recognized the possibility of upgrading our content creation services with this new way of communication,” added Miljanović. (Marketing magazin)
WORKSHOP FOR DESIGN BEGINNERS: STRIPKOVNICA
On Saturday, 16 September, starting at 10:00h, the Croatian Design Society will host a comic book workshop called STRIPKOVNICA. The workshop leader is the designer Davor Šunk, and the workshop is intended for children from 10 to 15 years of age. Participation at the workshop is free.
In the workshop, participants will master the basics of comic creation.
Place: Croatian Design Society, Boškovićeva 18, Zagreb
Time: Saturday, September 16, 2017, 10-12.30
Age of students: 10 to 15 years
Deadline for registrations: by Friday, September 15 at 17:00h, at [email protected]
CHANGE THE WORLD FROM YOUR ARMCHAIR – SUPPORT GOOD IDEAS
If you want to provide support to young people to launch business ventures that bring positive changes in society, as of today you can vote for three business ideas of young people which you most like, and you can do so on the website of the Social Impact Award (SIA), the largest project dedicated to youth social entrepreneurship: SocialImpactAward.rs.
Voting is open until 27 September at midnight, and the team whose idea gets the most votes will win the Community Vote. The award will enable the team to participate free of charge at the SIA Summit – a conference that brings together the winners of the Social Impact Award from 18 countries of the world, and to participate in the mentoring program and help future project finalists to perfect their ideas.
In addition to the Community Vote, three more teams that the jury chooses will receive support for their business ideas, in the amount of 1,500 euros, and all awards will be presented at a ceremony on 3 October at Impact Hub Belgrade.
The project is realized by the organization Razlivalište, with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Serbia, Erste Bank, Coca Cola Hellenic, Alma Quattro, Austrian Development Agency and ERSTE Foundation.
AIRBNB NAMES WIEDEN+KENNEDY AS ITS GLOBAL AGENCY OF RECORD
Airbnb has made Wieden+Kennedy its global agency of record which will see it lead the company’s roster of community agencies.
The account was won following a competitive pitch with DDB, and sees the Portland-based agency replace TBWA\ChiatDay LA, which was not involved in the process.
Jonathan Mildenhall, global CMO for Airbnb, confirmed the appointment, and described the contest as one of the closest he had been involved in. “Both Wieden+Kennedy and DDB developed outstanding thinking but W+K’s creative work has shown us a very compelling community voice that we know will take our creative output on to the next level.”
APPLE UNVEILS IPHONE X, 8 AND 8 PLUS
This Tuesday, in front of the packed Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Apple unveiled their new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus devices, as well as the highly awaited iPhone X.
The new 8 and 8 Plus devices mainly bring some cosmetic changes and improvements to certain features of the device. It’s worth noting that devices will now have the capability of wireless charging, and come with improved chipsets, cameras and speakers.
However, the real change comes with the iPhone X, which lost its home button and the “chin” that housed it, so now the front of the device is almost completely covered by the new Super Retina OLED screen, with only a small cutout on the top part of the screen for camera and the sensors.
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