MFW16
Robert Overweg: Technology and Empathy
20 april 2016Robert 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
Alexa Clay: 5 Lessons from Misfits
19 april 2016Alexa Clay is an expert on misfits, having grown up a self proclaimed child of misfits, her mother traveled the world studying people who believed they had been up-ducted by aliens. She has spent her life researching misfits and … Read More
Nell Watson Opens Day 2: Smart, Wise, and Kind Machines
19 april 2016Day 2 was kicked off with an eye opening talk from Nell Watson, an engineer and futurist who specialises in artificial intelligence. She believes with confidence that human intelligence level AI will ‘certainly happen in your lifetime’ and dove into: … Read More
7x connected activism according to Lucas de Man
18 april 2016Lucas de Man is a creator, he makes projects and doesn’t compromise in content or form. He, for example, puts elderly women on top of bus stops to show the world how lonely they are. Monday April 18th, he opened … Read More
Lucas de Man opens Media Future Week 2016: ‘I don’t know, so I am’
18 april 2016This morning at 10.00AM Media Future Week 2016 started! Lucas de Man, director, actor, and concept developer, gave the first keynote speech. His inspiring speech urged participants to take action to create their own world, to tell the stories they … Read More