This week I’ll be hanging out in “The Westerpark”. Not because I’m choosing a new career as a street musician or as a re-born fisherman. But because I’m attending one of the best conferences in the World: PicNic ‘09.

This 4-day conference started out under the name of “Cross Media Week”, but covers a lot more subjects than just media and creativity. I’ve been coming here for years and have blogged about it several times. Last year I even got the chance to give a talk on the main stage. This was my talk about “Virtual Happiness“, just two months before I went offline.

I’m particulary looking forward to the following speakers at PicNic’09:

• Peter Molyneux
• Nicholas Nagreponte
• Linda Stone
• Ben Cerveny
• and of course Philip Zimbardo who I shared the stage with during TED University, earlier this year

I can’t believe it has allready been a year since I had my first TED-experience. Only a few days from now and the whole circus will start again. This year in Long Beach, instead of Monterey.

With well known speakers like Bill Gates and Tim Berners-Lee, but also with TED-favorites like Barry Schwartz and Seth Godin… this is just a fraction of the extraordinary line-up of speakers.

This is going to be a very special TED for me, because I was asked to do a talk about my research project during TED University!

Very exciting! My talk is scheduled for February 6, so please feel free to visit this session. You can also drop me a line and we’ll meet up for coffee or drinks.