Video Archive – The Conference by Media Evolution

Sebastian Posth - Libraries in a Digital Age

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:15:33 GMT

Sebastian Posth is a publisher, consultant and entrepreneur in the publishing industry since 2004. He has a strong focus on digital distribution, ebook retail marketing and data analytics. He is the founder and CEO of Germany’s first ebook distributor and conversion house, Digital Content Distribution Director at arvato media (Bertelsmann), consultant for German and European ebook publishers, intermediaries, retailers and bookstores.

To explore the role of libraries in a digital age, Publit and Axiell has invited five internationally acclaimed experts to a two hour track. The first hour will focus on libraries as a place, elaborating on digitally enhanced buildings, hacker space's and community centres online. The second hour will offer an in-depth analysis of e-lending as a customised service, as opposed to handling physical products.

Richard Nash - Libraries in a Digital Age

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:13:55 GMT

Richard Nash is the VP of Community and Content at Small Demons. In this talk he gives an overview of the commercial response to e-lending and discuss its relation to the library sector.

To explore the role of libraries in a digital age, Publit and Axiell has invited five internationally acclaimed experts to a two hour track. The first hour will focus on libraries as a place, elaborating on digitally enhanced buildings, hacker space's and community centres online. The second hour will offer an in-depth analysis of e-lending as a customised service, as opposed to handling physical products.

Louise Overgaard - Libraries in a Digital Age

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:12:07 GMT

Louise Overgaard is the Team Manager at The Maker Library at The Aarhus Library. By constantly involving users and partners and by focusing on constant development, the library in Aarhus is transforming itself from a place for books to a place for relations. The Maker Library is focusing on informal learning processes and collaborative, user-driven innovation.

To explore the role of libraries in a digital age, Publit and Axiell has invited five internationally acclaimed experts to a two hour track. The first hour will focus on libraries as a place, elaborating on digitally enhanced buildings, hacker space's and community centres online. The second hour will offer an in-depth analysis of e-lending as a customised service, as opposed to handling physical products.

Kate Pullinger - Libraries in a Digital Age

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:11:03 GMT

Kate Pullinger writes novels, short stories, and digital fiction – works that combine text with image, sound, animation, video, music, and other media. Her most recent books include her collected short stories A Curious Dream, 2011, and the novel The Mistress of Nothing, which won Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, 2009.

To explore the role of libraries in a digital age, Publit and Axiell has invited five internationally acclaimed experts to a two hour track. The first hour will focus on libraries as a place, elaborating on digitally enhanced buildings, hacker space's and community centres online. The second hour will offer an in-depth analysis of e-lending as a customised service, as opposed to handling physical products.

Javier Celaya - Libraries in a Digital Age

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:10:05 GMT

Javier Celaya is the vice president of the Spanish Digital Magazines Association (ARDE), member of the Executive Board of the Digital Economy Association of Spain and CEO and founder of Dosdoce.com, an online portal analyses the use of the new technologies in the cultural sector.

To explore the role of libraries in a digital age, Publit and Axiell has invited five internationally acclaimed experts to a two hour track. The first hour will focus on libraries as a place, elaborating on digitally enhanced buildings, hacker space's and community centres online. The second hour will offer an in-depth analysis of e-lending as a customised service, as opposed to handling physical products.

Teresa Belton - Being Bored, But Never Being Boring

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:05:49 GMT

Teresa is an Educational researcher, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia, UK. Her interest in imagination began in the 1990’s when she was involved in Play for Life, a small UK voluntary organisation set up to stimulate fresh thinking about what kinds of play nurture children’s emotional, social, cultural and spiritual development. This led to her researching the influence of television and videos on children’s story-making.

When were you last bored? Overstimulated as we are, it rarely happens. But what if boredom is important to stimulate creativity? What if we can create "in-between" space to be more creative and better leverage the brain's natural creative capacities?

Denise R. Jacobs - Being Bored, But Never Being Boring

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:04:50 GMT

Denise R. Jacobs is a speaker and author who consults with companies teaching techniques to make the creative process more fluid. Working in Web Design since 1997, she is an industry veteran and regarded expert on many things web. She is the author of The CSS Detective Guide, and co-authored the Smashing Book #3 and Interact with Web Standards.

When were you last bored? Overstimulated as we are, it rarely happens. But what if boredom is important to stimulate creativity? What if we can create "in-between" space to be more creative and better leverage the brain's natural creative capacities?

Being Bored, But Never Being Boring - Q&A

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:03:54 GMT

Denise Jacobs and Teresa Belton discuss conditions for creative work.

When were you last bored? Overstimulated as we are, it rarely happens. But what if boredom is important to stimulate creativity? What if we can create "in-between" space to be more creative and better leverage the brain's natural creative capacities?

Wearable Technology - Q&A

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:02:33 GMT

Martin Källström and Millie Clive-Smith discuss wearable technologies.

Technology is by now an essential part of our lives. The trend is clear, it's getting closer to our bodies. The quantified self-trend has been thriving for some years, but what happens if the technology we carry goes from measuring to documenting and enhancing our sense in real time? How will this new technology be adopted, and will we eventually become cyborgs?

Martin Källström - Wearable Technology

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:01:27 GMT

Martin is the founder and CEO of Memoto. He is an experienced entrepreneur and technologist, thinker and tinkerer. The past decade was a period of transformation for him. Since both his parents passed away in cancer and his two daughters came into his life, he realized how much value there is in the small everyday moments that ties our lives together.

Technology is by now an essential part of our lives. The trend is clear, it's getting closer to our bodies. The quantified self-trend has been thriving for some years, but what happens if the technology we carry goes from measuring to documenting and enhancing our sense in real time? How will this new technology be adopted, and will we eventually become cyborgs?

Millie Clive-Smith - Wearable Technology

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:00:41 GMT

Millie is part of the team behind Eidos, a project exploring sensory augmentation technologies. She will discuss the evolution of Eidos and how we can think beyond today's wearable devices and AR to a future where technology will be used to directly enhance the human body.

Technology is by now an essential part of our lives. The trend is clear, it's getting closer to our bodies. The quantified self-trend has been thriving for some years, but what happens if the technology we carry goes from measuring to documenting and enhancing our sense in real time? How will this new technology be adopted, and will we eventually become cyborgs?

Anita Sarkeesian - Online Harassment, What Drives it and How it Lowers Visions

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:58:34 GMT

The harassment of people online is emerging as one of the biggest issues on the internet. It's a topic that thankfully has gained much attention in the media recently. Media critic Anita Sarkeesian illustrates the gamification of online harassment through her own experience of being the target of a rigid and violent hate campaign. Important subject and a must see!

Anita Sarkeesian is a media critic and the creator of video blog Feminist Frequency. Her 2012 serie Tropes vs. Women in Video Games triggered a massive online harassment campaign and she became center of attention in the media discussion about the subject.

Laurie Penny - Online Harassment, What Drives it and How it Lowers Visions

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:57:41 GMT

Laurie Penny is a journalist, author and Contributing Editor at New Statesman magazine. She has written for The Guardian, Vice, Salon, The Nation and many others, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2010 and is a commentator on radical politics, feminism, pop culture and protest.

The harassment of people online is emerging as one of the biggest issues on the internet. It's a topic that thankfully has gained much attention in the media recently. In this session we want to examine what the drivers of hate online are and why it's so important to work against it.

Kate Miltner - Online Harassment, What Drives it and How it Lowers Visions

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:56:46 GMT

Kate Miltner is an internet researcher whose interests focus on online behavior and networked cultures. She received her MSc in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics in 2011, and most recently has worked as a Research Consultant for Microsoft Research New England.

The harassment of people online is emerging as one of the biggest issues on the internet. It's a topic that thankfully has gained much attention in the media recently. In this session we want to examine what the drivers of hate online are and why it's so important to work against it.

Online Harassment, What Drives it and How it Lowers Visions - Q&A

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:55:44 GMT

Kate Miltner, Anita Sarkeesian and Laurie Penny discuss online harassment.

The harassment of people online is emerging as one of the biggest issues on the internet. It's a topic that thankfully has gained much attention in the media recently. In this session we want to examine what the drivers of hate online are and why it's so important to work against it.

Henrik Berggren - Media Consumption Online

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:54:07 GMT

Henrik Berggren is a Swedish entrepreneur that relocated to Berlin to build Readmill – a digital reading platform for e-books. Readmill lets readers store all of their ebooks in one place, enjoy books in one of the best readers on iOS and share their favorite parts with friends.

We all listen, read, play and watch media on a daily basis. But how do we actually behave while doing it. In this session the speakers will try to paint a picture from the data they have as platforms or content creators. How much time do we spend with each content and how long does it live on for.

Media Consumption Online - Q&A

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:52:55 GMT

Alex Dale, Henrik Berggren and Will Page discuss media consumption online.

We all listen, read, play and watch media on a daily basis. But how do we actually behave while doing it. In this session the speakers will try to paint a picture from the data they have as platforms or content creators. How much time do we spend with each content and how long does it live on for.

Alex Dale - Media Consumption Online

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:50:41 GMT

Alex Dale is the Chief Marketing Officer at King. Prior to King, Alex was in charge of the Microsoft consumer and online business in Eastern Europe. And before that, he was the founder and MD of UK broadband ISP, virgin.net. He started work in TV production at the BBC.

We all listen, read, play and watch media on a daily basis. But how do we actually behave while doing it. In this session the speakers will try to paint a picture from the data they have as platforms or content creators. How much time do we spend with each content and how long does it live on.

Matthew Berman - Lean Marketing and Growth Hacking

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:27:35 GMT

Matthew Berman, Distribution Hacker in Residence at 500 Startups, will speak about growth hacking, and his experience from helping companies that they invest in with user acquisition, analytics, growth, and development.

Growth hacking, or lean marketing, is a set of tactics and best practices for getting people to use what you are creating. It’s about having a sense of design, human behavior on the internet and technology, and to feed what you learn to the developing processes of a product or service.

Fabian Stelzer - Lean Marketing and Growth Hacking

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:27:00 GMT

Fabian Stelzer, Co-founder at EyeQuant, will introduce the importance of testing one's design intuitions with new tools and ask the question: What do neuroscientists and Piet Mondriaan know about capturing attention that the rest of us may not?

Growth hacking, or lean marketing, is a set of tactics and best practices for getting people to use what you are creating. It’s about having a sense of design, human behavior on the internet and technology, and to feed what you learn to the developing processes of a product or service.

Lean Marketing and Growth Hacking - Q&A

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:26:48 GMT

Matthew Berman and Fabian Stelzer.

Growth hacking, or lean marketing, is a set of tactics and best practices for getting people to use what you are creating. It’s about having a sense of design, human behavior on the internet and technology, and to feed what you learn to the developing processes of a product or service.

Lina Thomsgård - Change Making

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:26:41 GMT

Lina Thomsgård, Founder of Rättviseförmedlingen, will talk about how more than 50 000 people on social media have worked together to make a real change for gender equality in Swedish media.

Let’s acknowledge that what we all do can actually make a better world. You can set the agenda for events bigger than your everyday life. All people, from all fields, have the power to make an impact – a techie just as much as a truck driver.

Marcin De Kaminski - Change Making

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:26:35 GMT

Marcin De Kaminski, Internet researcher at Lund University, will present the outlines of hacktivism, policy hacking and how to change society by the use of progressive technologies. In a world of technology, we need to hack it all.

Change Making - Q&A

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:26:32 GMT

Marcin De Kaminski and Lina Thomsgård discuss change making.

Let’s acknowledge that what we all do can actually make a better world. You can set the agenda for events bigger than your everyday life. All people, from all fields, have the power to make an impact – a techie just as much as a truck driver.

Ruth Daniel - Do it Together

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:26:23 GMT

Ruth Daniel, Co-founder of Un-Convention, will talk about how we can "Do It Together" and how alternative economies can be created without having economic gain as a key driver.

The "Do it Yourself" movement is one of the strongest cultural powers we have. It is becoming stronger as all sort of tools are becoming cheaper and more evenly distributed. But over the last decade these tools have been complemented by ways of accomplish great tasks together.

Ariel Waldman - Do it Together

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:25:06 GMT

Ariel Waldman, Founder of Spacehack.org and global instigator of Science Hack Day, will speak about what we can accomplish when we open tools that are available to everyone.

The "Do it Yourself" movement is one of the strongest cultural powers we have. It is becoming stronger as all sort of tools are becoming cheaper and more evenly distributed. But over the last decade these tools have been complemented by ways of accomplish great tasks together.

Do it Together - Q&A

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:24:48 GMT

Ariel Waldman and Ruth Daniel discuss ways of working together to solve big problems.

The "Do it Yourself" movement is one of the strongest cultural powers we have. It is becoming stronger as all sort of tools are becoming cheaper and more evenly distributed. But over the last decade these tools have been complemented by ways of accomplish great tasks together.

Peter Sunde - Dark Side of Innovation

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:47:33 GMT

Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, will share is thoughts on how he and file sharing site innovated our contemporary media landscape and what we all can learn from that.

What do pirates, computer hackers and inner city gangs have in common with Silicon Valley? Innovation.

Cindy Gallop

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:55:33 GMT

Cindy Gallop, the founder & CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld and MakeLoveNotPorn, offers some provocative, challenging and highly subjective views on how to redesign the future of business; the power shift from the old world order model to the new; the lies we tell ourselves around the most fundamental aspect of human behavior, our sexuality; and why disruption is so critically important in the only gigantic billion-dollar sector nobody in the tech world ever encourages you to disrupt.

You can change the world in more profound ways than you ever thought possible, by changing what you do in the office, and what you do in bed. Cindy Gallop will talk about changing the world through business and sex.

Suzannah Lipscomb - Opening keynote

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:41:45 GMT

Suzannah Lipscomb is Senior Lecturer and Convenor for History at New College of the Humanities. She also holds a post as Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia.

Suzannah will open The Conference by looking back. She will talk about what we can and can not learn from the past.

As a Scholar, Suzannah took a double first in her BA and a distinction in her Masters, both in History at Lincoln College, Oxford. In 2007-2010, Suzannah was Research Curator at Hampton Court Palace. She is now a consultant to Historic Royal Palaces and an External Advisory Member on their Research Strategy Board.