The MFW16 aftermovie is here!

MFW16 has been concluded on thursday april 21st 2016 after 50 hours of hard work, cocreation, speakers etc. etc. But we will release every minute of footage the communications team created during the week. This aftermovie made by Helemaalloos gives … Read More

Narratives of a storyteller – Floris Kaayk

Inspiration Speech Floris Kaayk – Narratives of a storyteller

The last speaker of Media Future Week 2016 is visual artist and director Floris Kaayk. Floris presents two extraordinary transmedial narratives about fascinating, but somewhat controversial themes, both of which had … Read More

Citizen vs consumer

Jon Alexander founded the ‘New Citizenship Project’ in 2014. He is fascinated by the shift in society in which we go from being ‘Consumers’, to being ‘Citizens’, and thereby participating more actively in society. The biggest difference between the two … Read More

Bots: What is behind the curtain?

Scott Smith is Media Future Week’s favorite trend watcher. Wednesday morning on April 20th, he took us to a future where bots are part of our daily lives. What are bots? What do they do? And what topics are important … Read More

Robert Overweg: Technology and Empathy

Robert Overweg is an artist and expert on virtual worlds; he believes, and brought the research to back up, that technology needs to provide an emotional experience to users. He shared some compelling examples of how people are already connecting on … Read More