Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

Riyaad Minty

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:06:47 GMT

Riyaad Minty leads the Al Jazeera Network’s social media initiatives. As part of the Network’s New Media team, he ensures that Al Jazeera has a presence and is part of the conversation across Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms.

Funding creativity with the crowd - Q&A

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:23:10 GMT

Daniel Daboczy, Simon Klose and Britta Riley.

Britta Riley - Funding creativity with the crowd

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:22:53 GMT

Britta Riley is an artist and entrepreneur. Two years ago, she launched the Windowfarms Project, an experiment in mass collaboration to reduce the environmental cost of fresh food production in cities. The Windowfarms Project uses a process called R&D-I-Y, or research and develop it yourself, wherein thousands of people openly help design low power vertical hydroponic gardens to grow food in their apartment windows without soil. In this presentation Britta talks about how she raised $28,000 on Kickstarter to fund development of Windowfarms kits that now support the project through sales.

Simon Klose - Funding Creativity with the Crowd

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:22:42 GMT

Simon Klose is a Swedish documentary film maker from Lund in southern Sweden. He has a law degree from Stockholm University and has lived on and off in Japan, South Africa and Sweden. He is currently directing TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard , a film he partially crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Simon will talk about what he learned from crowdfunding his future film.

Daniel Daboczy - Funding creativity with the crowd

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:22:27 GMT

Daniel Daboczy is a previous art curator and producer. As the CEO and co-founder of FundedByMe.com, Scandinavian first and premium platform for crowdfunding he is passionate towards finding new ways to make sure that brilliant or creative ideas get as much input and support at a very early stage.Daniel introduces what crowdfunding is and talk about some lessons learned with his work with Funded By Me.

New business opportunities with disruptive thinking - Q&A

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:54:04 GMT

Tine Thygesen, Luke Williams & Naveen Selvadurai.

Naveen Selvadurai - New business opportunities with disruptive thinking

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:53:59 GMT

Naveen is Co-founder of Foursquare, a location-based mobile platform that helps you explore the world around you, meet up with friends, discover new places, and save money using your phone. In this presentation Naveen talks about how Foursquare went from 0 to 10 million users, how the service evolved and what they’ve learnt from it.

Luke Williams - New business opportunities with disruptive thinking

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:53:53 GMT

Luke Williams is a leading consultant and speaker on design and innovation strategy, and the author of Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business. Luke speaks about how to spark business transformation with Disruptive Thinking. A way of thinking that will help business leaders to produce and implement ideas that alter the trajectory of a business and revive stagnant markets.

Tine Thygesen - New business opportunities with disruptive thinking

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:53:48 GMT

Tine is a founder of Everplaces, a tech company trying to build the new standard in personal navigation by helping you find your way to people and places that are special to you. In this presentation Tine introduces disruptive thinking and why certain products are able to change the way an industry functions.

A sneak peek of future media formats -Q&A

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:10:43 GMT

Martin Bryant, Jonas Lennermo & Chirdeep Singh Chhabra.

Chirdeep Singh Chhabra - A sneak peek of future media formats

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:10:23 GMT

Chirdeep Singh Chhabra does Strategy and Marketing at Sobees. Sobees is the company behind the cross-platform digital “Newsstand” Newsmix which he's introducing in this presentation.

Jonas Lennermo - A sneak peek of future media formats

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:09:58 GMT

Jonas is Head of Innovation at ustwo™. ustwo™ is a digital design studio based in Malmö and London. Jonas is presenting the company’s vision on publishing innovation, as well as ustwo’s latest product, Papercut, a publishing platform offering multi-sensory reading experiences for iPad users.

Martin Bryant - A sneak peek of future media formats

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:09:42 GMT

With a particular interest in European startups, apps and the constant evolution of digital media, Martin Bryant is European Editor at The Next Web. In this presentation Martin dive in to how media products might look in the future.

Creating with fans and build on other peoples work - Q&A

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:53:16 GMT

Kirby Ferguson, Hanna Sköld, Unni Drougge.

Unni Drougge - Creating with fans and build on other peoples work

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:52:48 GMT

Unni Drougge is considered to be Sweden’s leading female cult author, and has generated a wealth of literature in just over a decade of writing – as well as a great deal of debate. Unni talks about how she this summer released a book written together with some of her fans.

Hanna Sköld - Creating with fans and build on other peoples work

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:50:33 GMT

Hanna Sköld is known for her unconventional way to produce and distribute her first feature film Nasty Old People, which had its premiere at the end of 2009 on the front page of The Pirate Bay. Hanna talk about how she works with a collaborative process and participatory storytelling where the audience takes part in the creation, creatively, practically and economically.

Kirby Ferguson - Creating with fans and build on other peoples work

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:48:37 GMT

Kirby Ferguson is a New York-based writer, producer, director and editor. He is currently at work on the fourth and final part of the popular web video series, Everything is a Remix. Kirby is taking us on a journey spanning back through centuries of western culture. He’ll illustrate how inventions are the products of copying, transforming and combining previous ones.