Connections

Puhujat:

[Ajaz Ahmed|http://nextberlin.eu/person/ajaz-ahmed/],

[AKQA|http://www.akqa.com/]

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.

[James Hilton|http://nextberlin.eu/person/james-hilton/]

James Hilton is one of the world's most recognised and widely respected creative directors.As a world leader in design and creativity, James has collected a multitude of global awards including Grand Prix and Gold Cannes Lions. 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|http://nextberlin.eu/person/russell-davies/],

[R/GA London|http://www.rga.com/]

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 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|http://nextberlin.eu/person/jorg-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.

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Peter Bihr is curator of the experience track at NEXT Berlin and 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. Peter has lived in Berlin, Sydney and Washington, DC. He blogs at www.thewavingcat.com.

Taustaa:

We without borders
How we cope with challenges of social media at the office and at home in our families.

The soft power of objects: the future of the internet of things
The "internet of things" has been developing slowly both as corporate meme and as product and business experiments. Most of these discourses exploit the idea in terms of connecting devices and objects to the web. I'll explore the power of these objects to exhibit and dictate behaviour in ways that digital devices don't and what this means moving ahead.

Authenticity and trust on the Internet
How do individuals, companies and institutions manage to engender trust though social networks, when people find it hard to judge what's real - and why do we lose our sense of smell when judging information on the web? I'll look at examples, good and bad, as well as those whose authenticity is their brand and their product.

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