The end of digital and the dawn of a new era of creativity

By Adam Tinworth

Threaded throught the talks and workshops of NEXT25 was a vision for humanity’s new role in the age of AI. The winners will be the first to grasp it…

The future of robotics

By Adam Tinworth

Robots are already at work in our factories, in our manufacturing facilities – and our care homes. Can AI accelerate their use? A NEXT25 panel certainly thought so…

The age of multiple endings: when everything that stands begins to fall

By Martin Recke

Are we witnessing the end of modernity? The post-war order, neoliberal globalisation, shared truth, and work are dissolving. We inhabit the interregnum.

Creativity: a new beginning

By Adam Tinworth

How do keep creative in the age of AI? By embracing vulnerability, uncertainty, and complexity – or so a NEXT25 workshop concluded.

In Conversation with Ndidi Oteh

By Adam Tinworth

The new CEO of Accenture Song charts her course to the future of brands and business

AI is making ageing optional

By Martin Recke

How AI and longevity science are revolutionising healthcare – from reversing ageing to 80% reductions in death rates. The future is now.

Innovation in Motion: Green energy, mobility and the future of transport

By Martin Recke

How BYD and Octopus Energy are transforming electric cars into active participants in the energy and mobility landscape.

Shaping the future of urban mobility: Voices from the road ahead

By Martin Recke

Smart cities need mindset, standards, and openness to reshape urban mobility – insights on tech, policy, and user experience from the German experience.

Endings as thresholds: NEXT25’s search for what comes after

By Martin Recke

NEXT25 reimagined endings – from AI and creativity to screens and agency – and found new possibilities in our shifting digital world.

The End of Creativity

By Adam Tinworth

With AI now capable of creating full outputs, what’s left for humans to add to the system?

Adrian Hon: Exploring the age of immersion

By Adam Tinworth

Suddenly immersive experiences are everywhere. Is this a technology phenomenon – or one born of a fundamental human need?

End of the Screen: Exploring New Interfaces

By Adam Tinworth

What happens when our digital interfaces move into our glasses – or our clothes? A panel discussion at NEXT 25 sought to explore just that.

Joe Macleod: Belief, Agency, and Identity at the End of the Digital Experience

By Adam Tinworth

It’s the end. But it’s not been prepared for. What can we learn from better endings?

Humanoid Robots and the Future of Interaction

By Adam Tinworth

Robots that can learn. Robots that can respond to emotion. Robots that can solve labour force gaps. Are we looking at a robotic future?

Hannah Critchlow: Consciousness and our evolving relationship with AI

By Adam Tinworth

What makes the human brain special in the AI era? The answer lies in the way it changes when we start working in groups…

Nina Jankowicz: AI and Great Power Competition: from Exploitation to Resilience

By Adam Tinworth

AI is accelerating the spread of misinformation – and people are trying to corrupt LLMs. How do we fight back?

David Mattin: This is the end… and a beginning

By Adam Tinworth

What’s left for humans when AI can do most of our work? David Mattin provided some answers at NEXT25.

NEXT25: What you need to know

By Adam Tinworth

Everything you need to know to make the most of your day on and around the conference.

NEXT25: Your ticket to more than one conference

By Adam Tinworth

NEXT itself not enough for you? Your NEXT25 ticket gives you acess to more music and events than you might imagine…

NEXT25: What to expect on the day

By Adam Tinworth

Your handy guide to the three main phases of NEXT25

This is the end. Of truth?

By Martin Recke

The reports of the truth’s death are an exaggeration. Rather, we’re witnessing the end of our current regime of truth.