Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

Chris Grantham - Circular Creativity

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:07:16 GMT

"The economy is designed. We designed it. And we designed it to do a specific thing."

Circular economy is a mindset, and the economy is designed. Those are some of Chris Grantham’s ideas put forth in his talk. He tackles how we can move from a linear economy to a circular one – from the astronomical costs of plastic, food waste and cars, to a better everyday. The economy can serve us more equitably, if we are able to fundamentally rethink how it should be designed.

Music & Code + Machine learning for creatives - Q&A

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:32:43 GMT

Q&A with Alexander Chen (Google Creative Lab), Kate Sicchio and Gene Kogan.

Moderator: Johanna Koljonen

Kate Sicchio - Music & code

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:32:07 GMT

Inclusive Artificial Intelligence - Q&A

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:31:15 GMT

Q&A with Dr Rand Hindi (Snips), Sebastian Schmieg and Stephanie Dinkins (Stony Brook University)

Moderator: Johanna Koljonen

Gene Kogan - Machine Learning For Creatives

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 09:13:05 GMT

"You can’t formally define creativity."

The scientific fields aren’t the only ones rapidly getting used to the thought of applying AI within their practices. Artist and Programmer Gene Kogan talks about how you as a professional within fields of technology, culture, and art, can apply machine learning in your work. Whether it is generating 3-d models, images, music, text, or video; machine learning and artificial intelligence can make it possible.

Alexander Chen - Music & Code

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 19:03:10 GMT

"What does music look like?"

In this visual and musical presentation, Google’s Alexander Chen explores how music and code is interconnected. By experimenting with music, he shows us how music is math, and that we can understand music in new ways by taking it apart. By combining music and code, we can think about music and creativity in a different way.

Leyla Acaroglu - Disrupting Status Quo by Design

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:13:10 GMT

"Nature is the best teacher. Everything in nature is feeding into itself."

Everything is interconnected in this world. In order to encourage sustainable development as a designer, you need to think like an ecosystem. According to Dr Leyla Acaroglu, Director of the Un-School of Disruptive Design, creating a sustainable economy is only possible if we move beyond the linear systems that ultimately leave us with waste products. The solution to this? Thinking in circularity.

Dr Rand Hindi - How not to lose your job to AI

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 16:34:33 GMT

"Half of the jobs in the future will be the combination of a human and a machine working together."

When Rand Hindi’s dad lost his job as a trader to a machine, something dawned on him. He was working to automate the jobs that his father was doing. He realized that we can find ways to coexist with AI, instead of it devouring our jobs. In his talk, Rand Hindi puts forth a 4-step test if your job is at risk, and concludes that it all comes down to adaptive learning and working together with machines.

Stephanie Dinkins - Inclusive Artificial Intelligence

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 16:29:04 GMT

"When you train algorithms on limited data, what you get is holes in the results."

We are at the start of an epoch that will change everything, Stephanie Dinkins says about AI. But does the robots that we create represent everyone? In order to avoid problematic machine bias, she asks us developers to bring different people to the table. Developers shouldn’t be afraid to rock the boat and encourage a little discomfort in the workplace. AI should foster inclusivity, transparency and diversion.

Vesselin Popov - Un-understanding Identity

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:49:23 GMT

"We create identies for our self everytime we take out our phone and do something."

Know your digital self as well as organisations and governments do. If you’re not prepared to go through that effort, you should probably go live in the woods. Vesselin Popov, Business Development Director for the University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre, talks about the ongoing battle about freedom and privacy online. New ways of harvesting our digital profiles can take advantage of our vulnerabilities, giving way to questions about ethical data use.

More reading: https://gizmodo.com/the-other-cambridge-personality-test-has-its-own-databa-1823997062

Un-Understanding Identity - Q&A

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:46:58 GMT

Q&A with Mari Magnus (NRK), Vesselin Popov (University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre) and Yousef Tuqan (Jumeirah Group).

Moderator: Johanna Koljonen

Mari Magnus - Un-understanding Identity

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:46:46 GMT

"Sitting down and really listen to your target group will give you what you need to create a concept on their premises."

It is always a challenge for producers to mirror a culture that they themselves aren’t a part of. Mari Magnus, Web Producer of NRK's web drama series SKAM, explains how and why your target group will give you everything you need to create a meaningful experience if you actually listen to them. Believe it or not - it is possible to compromise with your target group while making no compromises about how you produce a show.

Yousef Tuqan - Un-understanding Identity

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:03:01 GMT

"We need the best of us to stand up against the worst of us."

In the midst of political and social turbulence, the Arab youth are speaking up against patriarchal traditions, breaking boundaries of expression, and reshaping their identities.

Yousef Tuqan, Group VP of Jumeirah Group, explores the ways that the Arab digital generation is going to change the world. Traditional and modern values are constantly colliding and changing; it is a generation that is simultaneously lost, confused, and connected.

Circular Creativity - Q&A

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:02:33 GMT

Q&A with Chris Grantham (IDEO), Ingrid Zeegers (Circular Friesland) and May Al-Karooni (Globechain.com).

Moderator: Johanna Koljonen

May Al-Karooni - Circular Creativity

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:02:18 GMT

"Why do we not measure the value of redesign?"

It was when May Al-Karooni worked in an investment bank that was about to move, that she realized that big companies have a lot of waste. That was the start of Globechain. By digitalizing waste and turning it into a reuse marketplace, May Al-Karooni has created meaning out of what someone thought was waste – changing companies’ behavior and helping communities. The end of an object’s life may just be the beginning of it.

Ingrid Zeegers - Circular Creativity

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:01:47 GMT

"Circular economy is a common sense economy."

Circular economy is a common sense economy, Ingrid Zeegers argues. In her talk, she shows us how we can move from waste to asset and move towards the goal of eliminating the concept of waste as we know it. As a part of the project Circular Friesland, working with sustainability in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands, Ingrid Zeegers shows us the key takeaways from the ambitious project.

Swim - Lying to you

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:54:15 GMT

From The Conference 2017.