BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000326T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260820T223621Z - 88394@odoo DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20140319T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20140319T173000 CREATED:20260820T223621Z DESCRIPTION:10th European Trend Day\nHome Speakers Programme Information Venue Fees Par tner Documentation About the conference Polarised markets: Consumption in the next society 10th European Trend Day\, together with the 18. German Tr end Day Poor versus rich\, large families versus childlessness\, educated versus uneducated – polarities are shaping our lives as never before. An d the divisions in both economy and society – between religions\, system s of government\, generations\, genders and ethnic groups – are steadily widening and proliferating. Some call for transparency\, others for unive rsal surveillance. There's growth here\, excessive indebtedness there. The re's online versus offline. While the 20th century with its focus on natio nal interests was driven by the population explosion\, the builder economy and lifestyles\, the major trends of the 21st century are social overagei ng\, the replenishment economy and deathstyles. From these multipolar tens ions – with us right in the middle\, locked into a variety of such confl icts – a new society is emerging. How will it function? What markets wil l it generate? What sort of business models will evolve from the battle zo nes? The 10th European Trend Day will guide you through the age of polaris ation's new patterns of consumption. And it will show you what this megatr end means for consumers\, citizens and entrepreneurs. It's an opportunity to learn from the experience of start-ups and technology experts\, trend r esearchers and marketing strategists\, social-change campaign professional s – and rock bands! Speakers Norbert Bolz Germany Professor of Media Stu dies at the Technical University of Berlin\, zeitgeistphilosopher and tren d analyst. Bolz is an important thinker on cultural development and author of numerous publications on media\, marketing and communication. Peter Wi ppermann Germany Founder of Trendbüro\, Hamburg. Peter Wippermann was a P rofessor of Communication [...] DTSTAMP:20260820T223621Z LOCATION:GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute\, Langhaldenstrasse 21\, 8803 R üschlikon\, Switzerland SUMMARY:10th European Trend Day X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:10th European Trend Day\nHome Speakers Programme Informati on Venue Fees Partner Documentation About the conference Polarised markets : Consumption in the next society 10th European Trend Day\, together with the 18. German Trend Day Poor versus rich\, large families versus childles sness\, educated versus uneducated – polarities are shaping our lives as never before. And the divisions in both economy and society – between r eligions\, systems of government\, generations\, genders and ethnic groups – are steadily widening and proliferating. Some call for transparency\, others for universal surveillance. There's growth here\, excessive indebt edness there. There's online versus offline. While the 20th century with i ts focus on national interests was driven by the population explosion\, th e builder economy and lifestyles\, the major trends of the 21st century ar e social overageing\, the replenishment economy and deathstyles. From thes e multipolar tensions – with us right in the middle\, locked into a vari ety of such conflicts – a new society is emerging. How will it function? What markets will it generate? What sort of business models will evolve f rom the battle zones? The 10th European Trend Day will guide you through t he age of polarisation's new patterns of consumption. And it will show you what this megatrend means for consumers\, citizens and entrepreneurs. It' s an opportunity to learn from the experience of start-ups and technology experts\, trend researchers and marketing strategists\, social-change camp aign professionals – and rock bands! Speakers Norbert Bolz Germany Profe ssor of Media Studies at the Technical University of Berlin\, zeitgeistphi losopher and trend analyst. Bolz is an important thinker on cultural devel opment and author of numerous publications on media\, marketing and commun ication. Peter Wippermann Germany Founder of Trendbüro\, Hamburg. Peter W ippermann was a Professor of Communication [...] END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR