International Visitors Programme
From
United States
Date of visit
28 - 30 March
Purpose of visit
Kevin Kelly, founder of magazine Wired, visits the STRP Biennial to deliver a keynote. With its approximate 30,000 visitors over a span of 10 days, STRP Biënnale stands amongst the world's ten leading festivals on creative technology.
Functie
Kevin Kelly has been a participant of, and reporter on, the information technology revolution for more than 30 years. Kelly is currently Senior Maverick at WIRED magazine. He helped launch WIRED in 1993, and served as its executive editor until January 1999. During Kelly's tenure as editor at WIRED, the magazine won two National Magazine Awards. He is also currently editor and publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets 1 million visitors per month.