Op zaterdag 11 februari 2012 vindt het 30ste GroenLinks-congres plaats.

Koningin Beatrix heeft op zaterdag 8 oktober in de Grote Sint Laurenskerk de gerestaureerde gewelfschildering ‘Het Laatste Oordeel’ onthuld. Dit gebeurde op een speciale bijeenkomst, georganiseerd door het gemeentebestuur van Alkmaar.

It seems that history is full of cities thought up, imagined, and dreamed of, that were eventually never realized. Admirable projects, magnificent places, utopian plans... human fantasy has built many more cities than what we see on a map.

Media artist and develpoer Scott Snibbe present Björk's Biophilia - the first app album - and discusses how the emergence of music apps for mobile devices promises to reacquaint listeners with an immersive, intimate music experience that has been lost in the age of the digital download.

How are governments responding to the entitlement, engagement and sharing brought about by the Internet? How can policy "mistakes" be fixed in "high functioning democracies"?

So where do we find ourselves, after a solid decade of smart city rhetoric? What was promised to us, what has been delivered, what were the results, and what remains possible? Which cities have successfully capitalized on emergent technology, and which have made the wrong bets?

What will inspire and connect cities of the future?

At our core, we are linked together by the stories that we collectively tell. How can we create experiences that can bind us to each other, even as our technologies, economics and cultures are increasingly diverse and challenging?