[Liveblog] Selling to the Children of Uber

By Adam Tinworth

Today's generation are used to instant satisfaction via their phone. How can we sell to them in physical spaces? Two speakers explore the challenges.

[Liveblog] Robert Overweg builds virtual from digitised reality

By Adam Tinworth

As we progressively digitise the world around us, virtual reality will become more compelling. Robert Overweg argues that it might beat out reality - in some situations.

[Liveblog] Adrian Hon gets you fit – with a zombie apocalypse

By Adam Tinworth

Fitness apps with "gamification" aren't fun. Games which have health benefits. Adrian Hon is using a Zombie Apocalypse to get you fit.

[Liveblog] eSports is mainstream entertainment – says Michael Bister

By Adam Tinworth

There's a sport - actually, many sports - that attract millions of viewers online and which you have probably never watch: eSports are here to stay.

[Liveblog] Sami Niemelä on how connecting thing changes them

By Adam Tinworth

The digital is moving faster than the physical can keep pace with. What interesting things can we do in the gap between the two?

[Liveblog] Marcel Schouwenaar on a responsible Internet of Things

By Adam Tinworth

There is no cloud. It's just your stuff on someone else's computer. And that means we need to think privacy with the IoT.

[Liveblog] Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino on making the Internet of Things not suck

By Adam Tinworth

Do we really need to make more things, just to connect them together? The Internet of Things needs to ask serious questions about its role in our lives.

[Liveblog] Scott Smith: when your data ghost shops for you

By Adam Tinworth

The future of retail is invisible. Stores are fading away, and our purchases are becoming involuntary - and predictive.

[Liveblog] Laurent Haug on the ongoing reinvention of shopping

By Adam Tinworth

The line between offline and online shopping is blurring completely. And technology - and the return of humans - will change the retail experience even more.

[Liveblog] The future belongs to the exponential organisation

By Adam Tinworth

Yuri van Geest explains the characteristics of businesses built to exploit the changing economy around us.

[Liveblog] How we will move – the rise of the autonomous vehicle

By Adam Tinworth

Self-Driving cars are getting ever closer to reality - or the public road, at least. This session explored the massive changes this will bring to business.

[Liveblog] How Will We Live? Anab Jain explores the near future

By Adam Tinworth

How will we live? To live we must survive, and to survive we must resist giving up our power, argues Anab Jain.

Get ready for NEXT15

By Ina Feistritzer

We are thrilled to welcome 1,200 digital minds to our first NEXT Festival at Reeperbahn Hamburg. Here are some important things to know.

NEXT15: Call for Start-ups

By Ina Feistritzer

Deadline for Call for Startups prolonged until August 23: Present your disruptive start-up idea at the NEXT15 stage and at Reeperbahn Festival!

NEXT15: How We Will Live

By Adam Tinworth

We've announced the theme for NEXT15: How We Will Live

How will we live?

By Adam Tinworth

We're standing on the precipice of another dramatic change in the way digital technology affects our lives. The only question that matters is: how will we live?

Companies attending NEXT15

By Ina Feistritzer

NEXT15 is a gathering of decision makers from companies with a digital agenda, executives of the digital economy and innovative start-ups. Many relevant companies will be represented at NEXT15. Get a first impression by scanning this list.

Joint Sessions for NEXT15 and Reeperbahn Festival

By Ina Feistritzer

In addition to our exclusive NEXT programme, we will join forces with the Reeperbahn Festival Conference for some combined sessions with topics of interest to marketers and music professionals alike. Here are the first speakers

What happens when digital goes big?

By Adam Tinworth

Much of the digital revolution of the last decade has been small - small devices, personal services. What happens when it goes big - and transforms out businesses and cities?

NEXT Reeperbahn Festival: your reactions

By Adam Tinworth

Yesterday, we broke the big news we've been working on for months: NEXT is moving to Hamburg (and the autumn) and joining the Reeperbahn Festival. And, thankfully, most people are pleased.