May 2-9, 2012, Station-Berlin, Berlin
Berlin Web Week 2012
The international digital community is currently gathering in the capital for the fifth Berlin Web Week, which lasts until next Wednesday. Under the motto "Meet.Connect.Inspire" this annual event brings together the “re:publica” and “NEXT Berlin” conferences as well as many other events under one umbrella. More than 6,000 participants are expected to attend the key “re:publica” and “NEXT 6” events where they will explore current questions occupying the digital industry and digital society. The Berlin Web Week 2012 is organized by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Berlin Partner.
berlinwebweek.de

May 2-4, 2012, Station-Berlin, Berlin
re:publica
The Berlin Web Week gets underway with the “re:publica,” Germany’s largest conference focusing on blogs, social media and digital society. Attendees at this year’s events will debate the influence of social networks on political protest movements under the motto “Action.” Yet another focus of discussions will be the ACTA Agreement, a recent international treaty that aims to establish international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The re:publica’s combination of high-quality lectures and relaxed festival atmosphere make it a flagship event in the European digital community.
re-publica.de

May 8-9, 2012, Station-Berlin, Berlin
NEXT Berlin
Digital technologies have radically transformed markets, media and men and women everywhere. At this year’s “NEXT Berlin” conference, over 100 leading speakers drawn from the worlds of business, politics and society will discuss this transformation while also presenting their strategies, innovations and predictions for the future. This year’s motto is “Post-Digital.” The 2012 NEXT Berlin is the leading European conference for the digital industry and will be attended by an expected 2,000 participants.
nextberlin.eu

May 6-10, 2012, Lucerne, Switzerland
Rose d'Or Festival Presents Events and Stars
The 51st edition of the Rose d'Or Festival promises five days of national and international glamour! In addition to the several TV and film celebrities attending the Awards Night, this year’s festival also offers an exciting program schedule for international TV-industry guests featuring Jørgen Franck (EBU), Nico Hofmann (teamWorx), Catherine Powell (The Walt Disney Company), Markus Schächter (ZDF/Rose d’Or Festival), Thomas Schreiber (NDR), Claude Schmit (Super RTL), Alan Yentob (BBC) and many more. Rose d’Or is one of the world’s most important festivals for the TV entertainment industry and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004.
rosedor.ch

May 16-27, 2012, Cannes, France
Three Medienboard-Funded Films in Competition at Cannes
Three films funded by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg will be in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival in May. The winner of the 2009 Palme d’Or, Michael Haneke, will celebrate the world premiere of his new film “ Love” (“Amour”), a co-production with Berlin-based X Filme Creative Pool, along the Croisette. After 2010’s “My Joy,” Sergei Loznitsa has been invited back to the competition this year with “ In the Fog,” co-produced by ma.ja.de Filmproduktion. And the director of the cult film “The Lovers on the Bridge,” Leos Carax, will enter the race for the 2012 Palme d’Or with the Pola Pandora co-production “ Holy Motors” and a prominent cast including Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes, Michel Piccoli and Kylie Minogue. The traditional Medienboard reception takes place on May, 21 at the Grand Hotel.
festival-cannes.fr

May 22, 2012, Cannes, France
CRC European Network @ Cannes
Europe’s capital cities continue to be enormously attractive to international creatives. These are the locations where culture, creativity and business meet in unparalleled fashion. In 2005, with the goal of pooling the enormous potential of these cities and to expand conditions for co-operative productions, the major European film cities joined together to create the Capital Regions for Cinema Network (CRC) consisting of Berlin-Brandenburg, Paris/Île de France, Rom-Latium and Madrid. On May 22nd at the Cannes Film Festival, the CRC will once again bring together producers, distributors and investors at a co-production gathering organized by the European network. The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg will represent the German capital region.

May 17-19, 2012, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
TYPO Berlin 2012 »Sustain«
In the past 16 years, the TYPO Berlin conference has emerged as the most important annual event for communication designers in Europe. Roughly 60 leading figures in the fields of graphics, design, media, business, science and art will present their respective positions to 1,400 attendees and 70 journalists and bloggers from all over the world. There will also be discussions, workshops and panels – this year focusing on the theme of sustainability under the title “Sustain.”
typotalks.com

May 23-25, 2012, Maritim pro Arte, Berlin
iico2012 – Top Web Trends
For the past eight years, the iico has acted as a trailblazer for trends and issues revolving around the Web. It is also as a meeting place for Web-related decision makers from the fields of IT, marketing and distribution. The focus of the iico2012 and its high-end keynotes, speeches and workshops will be on Web solutions and strategies and their practical use in business. An exclusive side program that includes a gala evening and sightseeing tours will provide a number of networking opportunities.
iico.de

May 23-26, 2012, Messegelände, Berlin
LinuxTag – Where .com Meets .org
The 18th LinuxTag, the leading get-together for Linux and Open Source in Europe, will showcase innovations, trends and expert knowledge designed for professional users, decision makers, developers, novices and the entire community. This year’s focus will be on cutting-edge business models under the motto “Open minds create effective solutions!” Among the themes up for discussion are innovative Android projects, enterprise storage as well as system management tools and methods such as monitoring and configuration management.
linuxtag.org

May 31-June 3, 2012, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Berlin Documentary Forum
The Berlin Documentary Forum is a festival taking place every two years and focusing on documentary productions in a variety of disciplines. The forum defines documentaries as the art of designing and transforming reality. With the help of perspectives from the cultural sciences, philosophy and other artistic genres, the festival emphasizes the critical potential of documentary art in contrast to conventional, mass produced and widely distributed documentary image.
hkw.de