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  • DJ Stout Speaker 2014
    DJ Stout
    Graphic Designer / Art Director
    DJ Stout is a graphic designer and art director at Pentagram.
    Austin, USA
  • Speaker 2018
    Ini Archibong
    Designer
    Designer.
    Zurich, Switzerland
  • Oliver Hermanus Speaker 2010
    Oliver Hermanus
    Director
    Oliver Hermanus is a South African filmmaker, best known for his films Shirley Adams and Skoonheid.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2010
    Piyush Pandey
    Creative Director
    Piyush Pandey has been named the most influential man in Indian advertising seven years in a row by The Economic Times, India’s premier business paper.
    Mumbai, India
  • Marina Willer Speaker 2017
    Marina Willer
    Filmmaker / Graphic Designer
    Marina Willer is a Pentagram partner and creative director with a background in graphic design, branding and filmmaking.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2005
    Petra Blaisse
    Architect
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Chris Gotz Speaker 2014
    Chris Gotz
    Creative Director
    Chris Gotz is the chief creative officer of Ogilvy & Mather South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Shunji Yamanaka Speaker 2008
    Shunji Yamanaka
    Industrial Designer
    Shunji Yamanaka is the founder and president of Leading Edge Design in Tokyo.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2011
    Stewart Levine
    Music Producer
    Stewart Levine is an American record producer who has worked with the likes of BB King, Jamie Cullum, Lionel Ritchie, Simply Red and Hugh Masekela.
    New York, USA
  • Coin Projects Pro-account
    Coin Projects
    Social Entrepreneur
    Design thinking, cell phones and South African education re-invented.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Kaki King. Photo by Shervin Lainez Speaker 2017
    Kaki King
    Musician
    American guitarist and composer Kaki King is known for her genre-defying percussive and jazz-like melodies and energetic live shows.
    New York, USA
  • Dean Poole of Alt Group. Speaker 2014
    Dean Poole
    Creative Director
    Dean Poole is co-founder and creative director of Alt Group, a multidisciplinary design studio based in New Zealand.
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Speaker 2004
    Shigeo Fukuda
    Graphic Designer
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Kyla Philander Speaker 2014
    Kyla Philander
    Musician
    Kyla Philander is a Cape Town-based videographer and musician.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Cecelia Martin, Lava Lab Speaker 2016
    Cecilia Martin
    Digital Designer
    Cecilia Martin, co-founder and curator of Lava Lab in Amsterdam, is an innovator by nature. Her motto is "what if...?"
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Eames Demetrios Speaker 2010
    Eames Demetrios
    Design Consultant / Filmmaker
    Eames Demetrios is a filmmaker and the geographer-at-large for Kcymaerxthaere, a parallel universe largely coexistent with our linear world.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Speaker 2017
    Luis von Ahn
    Technology Designer
    Tech entrepreneur and crowdsourcing pioneer Luis von Ahn is best known for creating CAPTCHAs and the language-learning platform Duolingo.
    Pennsylvania, USA
  • Speaker 2013
    Ben Terrett
    Ben Terrett is head of design at the Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office for the UK Government.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Sir John Hegarty Speaker 2013
    Sir John Hegarty
    Creative Director
    Advertising guru Sir John Hegarty is a creative director and founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertising
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2018
    Renata Souza
    Product Designer
    Product designer.
    New York, USA
  • Sun Godd'ess Speaker 2006
    Sun Godd'ess
    Fashion Designer
    Thando and Vanya Mangaliso are the fashion entrepreneurs behind the Sun Godd'ess label, which started out selling skirts from the boot of their car...
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Jessica Bosworth Smith Pro-account
    Jess Bosworth Smith
    Graphic Designer
    A visual artist exploring the multi-dimensional field of illustration.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lernert & Sander Speaker 2017
    Lernert & Sander
    Artist / Filmmaker
    Dutch artists and filmmakers Lernert & Sander are known for their installations and high-conceptual art films.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Haroon Gunn-Salie Speaker 2014
    Haroon Gunn-Salie
    Artist
    Cape Town-born artist Haroon Gunn-Salie translates community oral histories into artistic interventions and experiential installations.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • DJ Stout Speaker 2014
    DJ Stout
    Graphic Designer / Art Director
    DJ Stout is a graphic designer and art director at Pentagram.
    Austin, USA
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