“How do we protect something we do not love and do not understand?” Seán Ronayne is the...

Katlyn’s talk digs deep into a critical question: "How did we get here?" She challenges us to...

“Underneath the experience of loneliness is always a longing”. It is not part of our human...

“As we eat food we are consuming things that we don’t even know what’s in there, because they are...

In what kind of future would you like to live? Blade Runner or Black Panther? For too long, our...

“Injustice it’s not rooted in computing. It’s been happening for hundreds of years and it’s still...

Cassie Robinson Associate Director of Emerging Future at Joseph Rowntree Foundation “There’s...

“By the age of 25 there’s no atom in your body that you were born with. It’s all food. So some of...

“Design is an agent of change which can help us make sense of what is happening and turn it to...

“Oceans - I am sorry to say this - are covered from top to bottom in slime.” Life Is Slimey....

“Confusing risk and uncertainty can be very expensive and unpleasant.” “Organisations shaped by...

When everyone else calls for economic growth, innovation, and addition, Timothée Parrique demands...

Sci-fi and religion alike, have always been concerned with dilemmas we now associate with...

”AI is just another tool, but also not just another tool” Che-Wei Wang runs a small design...

Have you ever fantasized about 3D printing your own food? Sakaki and Koyama from Open Meals are...

At The Conference 2019, Zara Rahman, Director of Programs at The Engine Room spoke about the...

”We don’t have an energy problem, we have a matter problem.” Matt Jones (he/him) has been...

The QA from the session Planting the Seeds with Jemma Foster and John De La Parra

”What future will we dream when we dream with plants?” Jemma (she/her) is an artist, writer and...

“We are the time travelers we’ve been waiting for”. Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes – Gust for short...

What connects Leonardo DiCaprio with the Grateful Dead, a 16th century Dutch diplomat, and a tech...

The QA session from Shifting Systems with Dan Shefet and Dr. Katlyn Turner

“Trust is an outcome – not something you can design for.” For many years designers and users...

The QA from session Time, Trust and Wisdom with Monika Jiang, Gustavo Noguiera de Menezes and...

Are we in control of technological megasystems, or are they in fact controlling us? By taking on...

“When we know who enters what, we can also adapt the situation accordingly” As a part of the...

“Almost everyone has a story connected to their mobile phone. They are deeply personal and...

This century will be defined by society’s capacity to respond to climate breakdown. It’s not...

QA from the session Entangled and Enmeshed with Andie Nordgren, Tony Olsson and Matt Jones

“Software is an interesting medium. At least in theory, once you make something and it doesn’t...

Think about your childhood – what made you feel safe at home? For many of us, our childhoods were...

QA from the session Structuring Structures with Jenny L Beijar, Marco Guadarrama, Emily Best,...

“We are living in a world where we do not agree.” The spoken word artist Joshua Idehen kicks off...

The Conference's main partner IBM hosted a talk during Wednesday’s Getting Grounded session...

The QA from the session Late-Stage Digitalization with Somya Joshi and Trudy Painter

The Conference's partner IKEA hosted a talk during Wednesday’s Getting Grounded session focusing...

The Conference's main partner IBM hosted a talk during Wednesday’s Getting Grounded session...

“Could AI ever be a common pool of resources?” Researcher Somya Joshi makes a compelling...

“It’s very fun to make AI tools magical. [...] But when you make AI feel airy, you remove the...

Kickstarter helps bring projects to life and as the first crowdfunding platform with $7 billion...

The QA from the session Manufacturing Materiality with Rosa Whitely and Laura Feinstein

What does a climavore eat? More than a diet, it’s a call to address the manmade seasons created...

“Do we want species to exist only at the bare minimum, just above the threshold of being...

The QA from session Learning How to Learn with Ella Fitzsimmons, James Taylor-Foster and Lore Oxford

“Through others we become ourselves, we learn, we grow and acquire knowledge”. As society...

“Sometimes one has to travel to another planet in order to understand what is going on in one’s...

“By adding AI to software we can create something magical.” Ella Fitzsimmons cleverly draws...

“We should look inwards and consider who gets to be called a designer and think of the cultural...