Post-digital world

Puhujat:

Ajaz Ahmed, AKQA

Ajaz Ahmed, Founder and Chairman, AKQA Ajaz founded AKQA when he was 21 to create an ideas and innovation company to help organisations embrace the digital revolution. AKQA is the largest and most awarded company in its field with over 1,200 employees worldwide. Ajaz works with leaders every day to formulate vision and new product ideas.

http://nextberlin.eu/person/ajaz-ahmed/James Hilton, AKQA

James Hilton is one of the world's most recognised and widely respected creative directors.Since co-founding AKQA in 1995, James has been at the forefront of an industry which has seen the company grow to become the world’s largest independent agency. AKQA has offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Shanghai. As a world leader in design and creativity, James has collected a multitude of global awards including Grand Prix and Gold Cannes Lions, and has also served as a judge for Cannes Lions, Webby Awards, D&AD, and as Jury Chairman for the Clio Awards and EuroBest. He was recently appointed into the Creativity 50, a list of the world’s 50 most influential and inspiring creative personalities alongside Apple's Jonathan Ive.

Russell Davies,R/GA London

Head of Planning at R/GA London, a partner at RIG and a founder of Newspaper Club. He writes a column for Campaign and another for Wired. He does a lot of talking for example at ubicomp, or NEXT11. He writes "eggbaconchipsandbeans" and "a good place for a cup of tea and a think". He organised the Interesting conferences, slowpoke, dawdlr and Lyddle End 2050. He even wrote a book called "Egg, Bacon, Chips and Beans: 50 Great Cafes and the stuff that makes them great".
Jörg Jelden

Jörg Jelden is curator and moderator for the mobile track at NEXT Berlin. Jörg is a trend and transformation consultant based in Hamburg, Germany. He helps clients to understand emerging opportunities, develop strategies and implement solutions. His mission is to bring clients into action. Jörg is a known speaker and moderator at future and innovation conferences.
Peter Bihr, Third Wave

Peter Bihr is curator of the experience track at NEXT Berlin. He uses his success story of curating the NEXT11 social track to create a whole new experience again.
Peter Bihr is a founder and managing director of Third Wave. Part think tank, part agency and part business consultancy, Third Wave develops strategies and ideas for the digital world. Occasionally, he organizes events like Cognitive Cities Conference, atoms&bits Festival, Likemind Berlin and TEDxKreuzberg. He studied Communications, Media and Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin and University of Sydney and holds masters degrees from both universities. Peter has lived in Berlin, Sydney and Washington, DC. He blogs at www.thewavingcat.com.

Taustaa:

Velocity – The Seven New Laws for a World Gone Digital (AKQA).
Velocity presents seven new laws for businesses and individuals in a world that is dominated by rapid change and digital technology. Fast paced, useful, provocative and highly motivating, Velocity will arm you with actionable ideas to define your future.

There's A Walrus In My Fridge And It Won't Shut Up (Russell Davies)
Personal production, sentient restaurants and the Geocities of Things - taking tidy nonsense about the future and making a mess of it.

Mobile Track (Jörg Jelden)
Creativity, Interfaces and Business

Experience Track (Peter Bihr)
A look at how emerging technologies change our behavior.

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