Brain Bar Explained

Brain Bar
Location:Budapest, Hungary
Founded:2015
Founder Name:Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy
Dates:June (dates vary)
Frequency:Annual
Next:2020
Genre:Festival
Attendance:15,000+
Website:http://www.brainbar.com

Brain Bar is an annual event held in Budapest, Hungary. It has been referred to as "a sort of South By Southwest on the Danube" as it is both a tech conference and a music festival.[1] The event attracted more than 15,000 attendees in 2019 and a livestream audience of more than 50,000.[2] [3]

Brain Bar's audience is allowed to communicate with the speakers. The festival hosts roundtable talks and debates that set up opposing viewpoints against each other, and talks challenging commonly held beliefs.[4] [5]

History

Brain Bar was founded by Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy with the goal of creating a platform concerned mostly with future studies.[6] [7] [8] [9] The event grapples with future scenarios in the areas of technology, business, politics and lifestyle. Brain Bar features multiple on-stage debate formats meant to encourage audience members' participation and challenge conventional thinking. Accompanying keynote presentations and debates, the festival also has artistic performances including DJ sets, live music and dance as an integral part of the program.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Brain Bar has featured figures including Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson,[17] [18] model and dietitian Maye Musk,[19] [20] [21] PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel,[22] restaurateur Massimo Bottura,[23] EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, sci-fi author Ted Chiang,[24] Google Vice President Jacquelline Fuller,[25] [26] former President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves,[27] retired astronaut Chris Hadfield, paleontologist Jack Horner, criminal law professor Gabriel Hallevy, co-founder of Pirate Bay Peter Sunde[28] and robot Sophia.[29]

Brain Bar formed a strategic partnerships with Deloitte, BMW, Vodafone, OTP, Bosch, MOL and WIRED as its media partner.[30] Other sponsors include Google, E.ON and BlackRock.

In previous years the festival has included moderators from Forbes, the Financial Times and Politico Europe.[31]

Educational outreach

Each year, a large number of tickets are given away to European students and teachers: in 2019, 5,000 students and teachers attended the festival free of charge.[32] [33] In 2017, organizers launched a new platform, Future Jobs, which offers specially selected future-proof jobs from the fields of communication, design, IT, services and business and gives "a unique opportunity for young people to learn what employers are looking for, to inform educators about the requirements of tomorrow, and to help employers learn more about today’s talent."[34] In 2018, Brain Bar launched its business-focused workshops, Mastermind Sessions.[35]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Elon Musk's artificial intelligence. 2016-06-07. 2017-06-26.
  2. News: Ezt láttuk a Brain Baron. kreativ.hu. 2018-06-06. hu.
  3. News: Engaging speakers, cramped auditoriums and robots. Hungary Today. hungarytoday.hu. 2018-06-04.
  4. News: Brain Bar Budapest: Top Scientists, Artists, Entrepreneurs. Zareva. Teodora. Big Think. 2017-06-20.
  5. News: Why Promoting Human Rights May Not Be the Way To a More Peaceful World. Zareva. Teodora. Big Think. 2017-06-29.
  6. Web site: The Brain Behind Brain Bar: Q&A with the Co-Founder. Budapest. Brain Bar. 2016-04-22. Medium. 2016-10-27.
  7. News: Brain Bar Budapest. Design for Europe. 2016-11-10. 2018-06-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172655/http://www.designforeurope.eu/events/brain-bar-budapest. dead.
  8. News: The Four Immortality Stories We Tell Ourselves. Zareva. Teodora. Big Think. 2017-06-29.
  9. News: Why science alone can't discover all truth. Zareva. Teodora. Big Think. 2018-06-14.
  10. Web site: Star chef Massimo Bottura to attend Brain Bar festival. Budapest Business Journal. www.bbj.hu. 2018-04-03.
  11. News: A humanoid robot comes to Brain Bar. We Love Budapest. welovebudapest.com. 2017-11-29.
  12. Super-AI, immortality and love are among the topics awaiting you at Brain Bar Budapest. Insider. WIRED. WIRED UK. 2017-06-20. en-GB.
  13. News: We can't alter the course of time but, according to physics, we can bend it. 2017-10-31. Futurism. 2017-11-30. en-US.
  14. News: Experts May Have a Viable Alternative to Universal Basic Income. 2017-11-08. Futurism. 2017-11-30. en-US.
  15. News: CERN scientist on life after the higgs boson. 2017-10-24. Futurism. 2017-11-30. en-US.
  16. Brain Bar: Dangerous ideas welcome. WIRED UK. 2018-05-05.
  17. Web site: Why Jordan Peterson Teared Up During His Budapest Lecture. 2019-05-31. www.aier.org. en. 2019-06-03.
  18. Web site: Tavaly még diktátornak nevezte, most szívélyesen beszélget Orbán Viktorral az internet megosztó sztárja. Máté. Világi. 2019-06-01. index.hu. hu. 2019-06-03.
  19. Web site: Hogyan neveljünk zsenit? – A Brain Barra jön Elon Musk édesanyja, Maye Forbes.hu. 2019-03-07. Forbes Magyarország. hu. 2019-06-03.
  20. Web site: Mindent megtudhatunk a szex jövőjéről és a harmadik világháborúról az idei Brain Baron. Máté. Világi. 2019-05-29. index.hu. hu. 2019-06-03.
  21. Web site: Modellkednél 40 felett? Hajrá! szmo.hu. www.szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu. 2019-06-03.
  22. Web site: Peter Thiel, a Szilícium-völgy ellentmondásos zsenije Budapestre jön Forbes.hu. forbes.hu. hu. 2018-06-14.
  23. Web site: A világ legnépszerűbb séfje: Ha nem fejlődnék, abbahagynám a főzést Forbes.hu. forbes.hu. hu. 2018-06-14.
  24. News: Ted Chiang: A mesterséges intelligenciák nem akarnak munkahelyeket ellopni. KönyvesBlog. 2018-06-14. hu-HU.
  25. News: Kreatív Online - A régióban először nálunk indul el a Google oktatási programja. Kreatív Online. 2018-06-14.
  26. News: Brain Bar Budapest: Top Scientists, Artists, Entrepreneurs. Zareva. Teodora. Big Think. 2017-06-20.
  27. News: Estonia's ex-president: Countries must issue digital IDs for a viable future. Maack. Már Másson. 2017-06-07. The Next Web. 2017-06-20. en-US.
  28. News: Pirate Bay founder: We've lost the internet, it's all about damage control now. Maack. Már Másson. 2017-06-09. The Next Web. 2017-06-29. en-US.
  29. News: Brain Bar will tackle tough questions about the future. Zareva. Teodora. Big Think. 2018-06-14.
  30. Web site: Brain Bar Budapest, Europe's festival on the future Inter Relocation. www.interrelo.com. 2016-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030345/https://www.interrelo.com/en/brain-bar-budapest-europes-festival-on-the-future/. 2017-12-01. dead.
  31. News: Elképesztő sikert aratott a Brain Bar Budapest. Grund. mno.hu. 2016-11-10.
  32. Web site: Telt ház és világsztárok a Brain Bar Budapesten. Origo. Origo. 2016-11-10.
  33. News: Kreatív Online - A Facebook ex-topmenedzsere is jön a Brain Bar fesztiválra. Kreatív Online. 2018-06-14.
  34. News: Hrpwr - Hr-eseket is vallathattak a rendhagyó állásbörze résztvevői. Hrpwr. 2018-06-14.
  35. News: Mit keres a görög filozófia és sci-fi az üzleti döntésekben?. Portfolio.hu. 2018-06-14.

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