Our decade spanning review of re:publica is slowly coming to an end. As of now we've reviewed the very first re:publica in 2007, discussed Anonymous in 2008, reported on Sascha Lobo's 2009 follower party, explained the origin of our awesome karaoke tradition in 2010, celebrated our last event at Kalkscheune in 2011 and found a new home in the STATION Berlin in 2012. The past 10 years have been busy!
re:publica 2013 featured the motto IN/SIDE/OUT to highlight the thrust out of the digital and into the physical world. A total of 5000 people went in and out of the STATION Berlin between 6 and 8 May. #rp13 marked yet another increase in participants, which can be credited to the expanded thematic diversity of the seventh re:publica. Next to proven topics on internet policy and blogging, the year also focused on social media, gamification, open data, data mapping, 3D printing, interactive design, storytelling and copy right issues. Also, the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) hosted a sub-conference on ambivalent technologies and the limits of openness.
The "get re:ady!" track focused on working life in the digital and Berlin's start-up scene in particular. The track was issu
