Tag: NEXT18

NEXT18 Themes #2: Preparing our societies for transformational technology

By Adam Tinworth

The speakers on day two of NEXT18 dove deeper into the things about humanity that technology can't change - and thus challenged us to address the factors we can.
NEXT18 Themes #1: Rediscovering the human in the digital

By Adam Tinworth

Perhaps it seems obvious, but the clear thread running through NEXT18 was that the digital fix we really needs is a digital industry that serves all humanity, not a handful of billionaires in Silicon Valley. The fightback starts here…
Holley M. Murchison: the path to accurate and artful self-definition

By Adam Tinworth

How do you truly define yourself and what you do? Our on-stage host closed out NEXT18 with a workshop helping us do just that.
How to deal with ubiquitous technology?

By Adam Tinworth

A NEXT18 discussion between Amber Case, Pamela Pavliscak and Monique van Dusseldorp on the emotional and social impact of having our connected technology always with us.
Indy Johar: we’re asking the wrong questions. Here are some better ones.

By Adam Tinworth

Over the last two days, we asked some very good questions. Indy Johar concluded the main stage sessions with some really hard — but critical — ones.
John Watton: using AI to humanise customer experience

By Adam Tinworth

Customer experience is becoming the critical differenciator for business. Counter-intuitively, AI could be the route to humanise the experience at scale.
Virginia Dignum: what ethical AI can do for us

By Adam Tinworth

Artificial intelligence is no longer a computer science problem alone. We need ethics expertise, legal expertise and more… A 30 year veteran of the field puts it in context for us.
Imogen Heap: the diaries of a music and tech adventurist

By Adam Tinworth

What does Block chain have to do with music? Everything, if Imogen Heap has anything to do with it. It could build a new network of creativity…
Joseph Lubin: where Blockchain takes us next

By Adam Tinworth

The Blockchain is widely seen as the next wave of online technology — but can it live up to the hype and, if so, when?
Tobias Revell: Imagining Machines Better

By Adam Tinworth

Perhaps one of the reasons technology has gone wrong is that our dreams of its future have got so small. Does art offer a way out of our failure of technological imagination?
Amber Case: Designing calm technology

By Adam Tinworth

Our technology demands out attention. We lack control over it. It stops us losing a sense of time. Amber Case tells the NEXT18 crowd how to reclaim calm technology.
David Mattin: New technologies and the search for meaning

By Adam Tinworth

The last wave of tech failed because it didn’t account for humanity. If we remember our higher order needs, says David Mattin, we’ll build better tech in future.
Marc Mellone: a global study into mobility needs – and opportunities

By Adam Tinworth

The future of mobility is about much more than autonomous cars. A Fjord research project delved deep into the specific mobility needs of varying people worldwide.
Samuel West: #FailLikeAGerman – and other things we can learn from failure

By Adam Tinworth

There's always more to learn about smart failures. The Museum of Failure founder makes a return visit to NEXT, to take about new and old failures, and even a German failure…
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal: bootstrapping a new digital culture with the Copenhagen Catalog

By Adam Tinworth

A peculiarly California version of libertarianism has come to define the internet. It's time for a new, European vision to replace it. And the Copenhagen Catalog is a first step towards that.
Pamela Pavliscak: A future with feeling

By Adam Tinworth

Beyond AI lies artificial emotions — but can we teach machines about emotions, if we don't really understand them ourselves. Pamela Pavliscak shows NEXT18 the way forwards.
Openbook & Tykn: Startups applying a digital fix

By Adam Tinworth

Tech isn't bad - we've just done bad things with it. Here are two start-ups aiming to sue technology to fix very real problems today.
Eco Moliterno: Let digital fix the world, locally

By Adam Tinworth

Can local solutions fix global problems - Eco Moliterno thinks so, and he gave five disparate examples to the attendees of NEXT18.
Ayesha Khanna: Business reimagined with AI

By Adam Tinworth

AI can and will change the way we live and work - and we should prepare for that now. A liveblog of Ayesha Khanna at NEXT18.
Marco Börries: Standing up against Amazon

By Adam Tinworth

Amazon has claimed the majority of the 20% of commerce that has gone online. Can we stop them getting the 80% - mainly local - that has yet to do so? A NEXT18 liveblog.
Andrew Keen: How to fix the future

By Adam Tinworth

Andrew Keen has a fix for digital's problems - and it starts 500 years ago. A liveblog of his talk at NEXT18.
The Digital Fixers that will stop us repeating tech’s mistakes

By Adam Tinworth

The obvious answers and fixes are not working. We need to think more deeply about building a positive, sustainable digital future than today’s wave of bandaids on a deep wound.
Digital Fix – Fix Digital

By Martin Recke

Our overblown digital egos have turned tech into a huge mess. Digital sucks, yet we are still desperate to get our daily digital fix. Now, let’s fix digital!

Tag: NEXT18

NEXT18 Themes #2: Preparing our societies for transformational technology

NEXT18 Themes #1: Rediscovering the human in the digital

Holley M. Murchison: the path to accurate and artful self-definition

How to deal with ubiquitous technology?

Indy Johar: we’re asking the wrong questions. Here are some better ones.

John Watton: using AI to humanise customer experience

Virginia Dignum: what ethical AI can do for us

Imogen Heap: the diaries of a music and tech adventurist

Joseph Lubin: where Blockchain takes us next

Tobias Revell: Imagining Machines Better

Amber Case: Designing calm technology

David Mattin: New technologies and the search for meaning

Marc Mellone: a global study into mobility needs – and opportunities

Samuel West: #FailLikeAGerman – and other things we can learn from failure

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal: bootstrapping a new digital culture with the Copenhagen Catalog

Pamela Pavliscak: A future with feeling

Openbook & Tykn: Startups applying a digital fix

Eco Moliterno: Let digital fix the world, locally

Ayesha Khanna: Business reimagined with AI

Marco Börries: Standing up against Amazon

Andrew Keen: How to fix the future

The Digital Fixers that will stop us repeating tech’s mistakes

Digital Fix – Fix Digital