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A lecture on the cultural significance and recent developments of the World Expo, a presentation on the concepts and scenarios for Rotterdam2025, and short presentations of design concepts by participants of Rotterdam2025 provided the material for a debate on the future of the Expo model.

The 7th May 2015 saw the kick-off of a workshop series organised by Het Nieuwe Instituut on the future of the World Fair model, in which students from a variety of art and design academies from across the Netherlands participate.

The 7th May 2015 was the kick-off of a workshop series organised by Het Nieuwe Instituut on the future of the World Fair model, in which students from a variety of art and design academies from across the Netherlands will participate.

In the context of the 34th World Expo opening in Milan in the spring of 2015, Het Nieuwe Instituut addressed this phenomenon from different perspectives, between April 26 and August 23, in three exhibitions: What is the Netherlands, Garden of Machines and GLASS. The recurring question in the programme Innovation at the World Expo was: under what conditions is innovation achieved, and what role do designers play within that process?