Program on Friday 2 June

Big hall

10:00 - 10:10
Recirquel Company Budapest contemporary circus

10:10 - 10:35
OPERATION NO COMPROMISE
Sea Shepherd and the quest to save the oceans
Peter Hammarstedt Director of Operations at Sea Shepherd

10:35 - 11:15
IS THERE A GLOBAL WAR COMING?
Peace and violence in the next decade
George Friedman Founder of Geopolitical Futures

11:30 - 11:55
SEX AND DATA
Intimacy, childbirth and menopause in the 21st century
Mona Chalabi Data Editor of The Guardian
Mae Ryan Show Developer at The New York Times

11:55 - 12:20
THE DIET MYTH
What if modern fitness is a lie?
Tim Spector Author of The Diet Myth

13:30 - 13:50
Soharóza / Deadly Colours catwalk concert premiere

13:50 - 14:20
BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES
Redefining success in sports and business
Shane Tusup Badass of swimming

14:20 - 14:50
THE FUTURE OF DINING
Plant bones and other oddities on your plate
Marije Vogelzang Founder of the Dutch Institute of Food&Design

15:05 - 15:35
WILL WE EVER TRAVEL IN TIME?
A physicist's guide to human imagination
James Beacham Physicist at CERN

15:50 - 16:30
INEVITABLE: 12 TRENDS THAT SHAPE OUR FUTURE
A personal journey with the founder of WIRED
Kevin Kelly Legend of futurism

18:00 - 20:00
BLASTOFF 2017 - CENTRAL EAST EUROPEAN STARTUP COMPETITION
Where the best startups will be given the chance to pitch their idea or project to the top venture capitalists and representatives of the European tech sector.

Small hall

10:00 - 10:20
INSECTS FOR BREAKFAST?
A tasty revolution to fight climate change
Megan Miller Co-founder of Bitty Foods

10:20 - 10:45
THE FUTURE OF BRANDING
Making mass products cool and loveable for Generation Z
Ákos Takács Head of marketing at Red Bull Hungary

11:00 - 11:40
THE MISFIT ECONOMY
Learning creativity from gangsters and pirates
Alexa Clay Author of The Misfit Economy

11:40 - 12:05
THE NEW CULTURE OF BUSINESS
How to reinvent a stucked corporation?
Lord Michael Hastings Global Head of Citizenship for KPMG International

13:30 - 13:50
Jónás Vera Duo music

13:50 - 14:10
THE CALL OF UTOPIA
How false hopes and too much optimism are endangering our future
Roger Scruton Philosopher

14:10 - 14:35
THE TROUBLE WITH BEES
Why our modern life depends on beehives, and how to save them now
Hannah Nordhaus Author of 'The Beekeper's Lament'

14:50 - 15:20
THE FUTURE OF PARENTING
How to raise your kids in the 21st century
Kevin Zollman Guru of game theory
Pamela Druckerman Author of Bringing Up Bébé

15:20 - 15:40
A ROBO FRIEND FOR ALL?
Building humanoid buddies in your garage
Tomotaka Takahashi Founder and CEO of Robo Garage

Detailed program for the rest of the event

Some of the masterminds for Brain Bar Budapest 2017 are:

Albert-László Barabási - Rockstar of network science
Peter Sunde - Co-founder of Pirate Bay
Simone Giertz - Queen of Shitty Robots
Shane Tusup - Badass of swimming
Carol Cleland - Professor of Astrobiology
George Friedman - Founder of Geopolitical Futures
Hannah Nordhaus - Author of 'The Beekeper's Lament'
Péter Árvai - CEO and Co-founder of Prezi
Boyd Cohen - Urban strategist
Stephen Cave - Director of the Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Kevin Zollman - Guru of game theory
Rocio Fonseca - Executive director of Start-up Chile
Roger Scruton - Philosopher
Megan Miller - Co-founder of Bitty Foods
Tim Spector - Author of The Diet Myth
Mona Chalabi - Data Editor of The Guardian
Colin Beavan - No Impact Man
Travis Rieder - Bioethicist

Further info: http://brainbarbudapest.hu/