The Habbakuk Expert Meeting gather experts from a range of backgrounds to discuss methods of innovation.
Habbakuk is a research project initiated by V2_ in 2013. It researches the improbable but true historical top secret project Habbakuk. The initial inspiration for this programme of research was a top secret experiment conducted during World War II, involving the proposed use of a special form of ice to build an aircraft carrier for the Allies. More about the project: v2.nl/lab/projects/habbakuk
Aim of the Rotterdam meeting
To gather experts together from a range of backgrounds to discuss and workshop the following questions:
The results of the expert meeting will become part of a larger programme of research and form part of a series of expert meetings around the globe taking place in 2013-14. The outputs from the meetings (notes, interviews, et cetera) will be released as part of a publication and series of documentary shorts.
Participation is by invitation only.