Hours Beirut is a three-day conference exploring how maintenance and the act of maintaining can be understood in the context of new innovation and creativity.
MAINTENANCE AND THE INTERNET // @jilliancyork work with examining the state and corporate censorship and its impact on culture and human rights at Electronic Frontiers Foundation (@EFF). She talked about how to keep the internet open and safe https://t.co/AHAyb0eF9Y
MAINTENANCE AND THE INTERNET // Nicolas Sera-Leyva @nicosrlv works in the human rights and technology realm. In his talk he explored how we as humans can maintain the safety and agency of our virtual selves. https://t.co/HclKgYFoDV
DESIGNING FOR MAINTENANCE & CIRCULARITY // From working on the Circular IKEA team Dominique Fularski talked about circular product design, circular customer experience, innovation and sourcing of materials, and the development of a circular supply chain. https://t.co/DhLSwxb2rE
DESIGNING FOR MAINTENANCE & CIRCULARITY // @Ideo's Circular Business Design Lead @ArianneOrillac presented what the Circular Design Guide is and how it can be utilized as a method to build healthy models for businesses and creative output. https://t.co/BtoC7CTTie #circulardesign
SEEING VALUE IN WHAT IS ALREADY HERE // Hunger relief hero @maya_terro (@foodblessed, Beirut) talked about her approach to upcycling food that is on its way to the dump and at the same time feeding hungry people https://t.co/pFssPjD0Kc #foodwaste#hungerrelief#Sustainability
SEEING VALUE IN WHAT IS ALREADY HERE // In this talk architect & urban designer Monica Basbous (@publicworks_lb) shared research on public space in Beirut & methods on how to maintain that are not being considered financially valuable https://t.co/ima7PfM97a #urbanplanning
WHAT IS MAINTENANCE? - Sociologist @Lara_Houston opened the Hours Beirut 2019 seminar by introducing maintenance theory. In sharing cases from her research, she contextualizes the act of maintenance and talk about why repair matters. https://t.co/i90ETUCGxl
We hope to see you another year. We miss being able to hang out & gain new insights in meatspace. In the meantime, take a look at the nine talks from the 2019 seminar as well as plenty of photos from the city exploration that is available on our site https://t.co/9XVKRaBM10 (4/4)
We had hoped to invite you for a second edition of Hours already in 2020, but a lot have come into play for the beautiful Lebanese capital, Beirut, and all over the world with the coronavirus. (1/4)
It's the people of Lebanon that bring the flamboyant life to the hours of Beirut, in the way they feed their rich culture through passion, hard work, & kindness. Beirut & other places thrives on acts of maintenance and care of everyone calling it home. (3/4)
Conference organizers in Europe: Iβm in Beirut for @HoursBeirut. 3 out of 4 organizers are female and 8 out 11 of the speakers. Itβs possible, if you make an effort.
@HoursBeirut kicking off with a tour around Beirut! People from all around the world will be visiting Beirut for a series of workshops, touring around the country, a music festival, and much more.
The program for Hours Beirut is complete! Tomorrow is the last day to buy early bird tickets.
Maintenance as the main theme. Eleven speakers representing the perspectives of urban planning, art, business, design, food and clowning in the seminar day.
Come join us!
[BIRD DEAL ENDS IN A WEEK]
A friendly reminder that Wednesday (May 15) is the last day to buy bird tickets to Hours Beirut, aka a great deal that saves you $100 on the walk up regular price and $10 on the walk up discounted price.