On the 3rd March, 2008 Silvan Oesterle gives a talk about the work of the Professorship for Architecture and Digital Fabrication, ETH Zurich under the title "Virtual versus real – what is the impact on design". The lecture focuses on our approach towards teaching digital fabrication as a creative design means. The counterpart to Silvan's lecture is formed by Philipp Schaerer. Other key speakers include Patrik Schumacher (Zaha Hadid), Brett Steele (Architectural Association), Achim Menges (Architectural Association), Prof. Dr. Helmut Pottmann (TU Vienna) and Axel Kilian (MIT). More information about the conference can be found at the conference website. The conference takes place at the BMW world, Munich.