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  • Speaker 2008
    Laetitia Wolff
    Writer / Editor
    Laetitia Wolff is the founding director of futureflair, a creative conduit through which she consults on design, culture and design trends.
    New York, USA
  • Nakhane Touré Pro-account
    Nakhane Touré
    Musician
    Nakhane Touré is a musician, author and actor based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Pauline Saglio Speaker 2017
    Pauline Saglio
    Interaction Designer
    Pauline Saglio is an interaction designer and artist based in Switzerland whose interest lies in the combination of digital and tangible.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Speaker 2006
    Valerie Steele
    Writer / Fashion Curator
    Valerie Steele has a PhD from Yale University and is director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2005
    Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens
    Architect
    Architects Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens have spent the past 14 years developing a "hand-crafted haute couture" body of work in Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Dan Wieden Speaker 2015
    Dan Wieden
    Advertising Executive
    Dan Wieden is an American advertising executive who co-founded Wieden+Kennedy and coined the Nike tagline "Just Do It".
    New York, USA
  • Marc Dubois Speaker 2015
    Marc Dubois
    Interaction Designer
    Marc Dubois is an interaction designer interested in art, design, music, gaming and science fiction.
    Switzerland
  • Dominic Wilcox Speaker 2015
    Dominic Wilcox
    Author / Interaction Designer / Product Designer
    British designer Dominic Wilcox works between the worlds of art, design, craft and technology, transforming the ordinary into something surprising.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Self-produced singer-songwriter Imogen Heap is an unusual digital diva with rare technical savvy and a personal vision for the future of the music industry. Image: Fiona Garden Speaker 2016
    Imogen Heap
    Musician
    As well as a talented musician, Imogen Heap is a digital master. Her tech innovations include the Mi.Mu gloves and a conceptual platform called Mycelia.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2005
    Jan Kaplický
    Architect
    International
  • Hellicar & Lewis Speaker 2012
    Hellicar & Lewis
    Artist / Interaction Designer
    Pete Hellicar and Joel Lewis use art, design and technology to create experiences that take people into the moment.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2007
    Barbara Hulanicki
    Fashion Designer
    Born in Poland but raised in England, Barbara Hulanicki began her career in fashion in the early 1960s working as a freelance fashion illustrator.
    International
  • Speaker 2018
    Iwo Borkowicz
    Architect
    Architect.
    Poland
  • Helen Isibor-Epega, otherwise The Venus Bushfires, is a Nigerian-born, London-raised composer, singer-songwriter and performance artist. Speaker 2016
    Helen Isibor-Epega
    Artist
    Helen Isibor-Epega, otherwise The Venus Bushfires, is a Nigerian-born, London-raised composer, singer-songwriter and performance artist.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Nandipha Mntambo. Speaker 2014
    Nandipha Mntambo
    Photographer / Artist
    Nandipha Mntambo is a South African artist and 2011 winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2005
    Petra Blaisse
    Architect
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Tom Hulme Speaker 2014
    Tom Hulme
    Design Director
    Tom Hulme former design director at global design firm IDEO and now general partner at Google Venture, is also the founder of OpenIDEO and OIEngine.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Juliana Rotich Speaker 2014
    Juliana Rotich
    Computer Scientist
    Juliana Rotich is co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a non-profit tech company that build tools for democratising information.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Zach Lieberman Speaker 2018
    Zach Lieberman
    Artist / Hacker / Researcher
    Artist, researcher and hacker.
    New York, USA
  • Hailed as one of the world’s greatest chefs, Elena Arzak manages to combine traditional cooking with modernity. Speaker 2016
    Elena Arzak
    Chef
    Hailed as one of the world’s greatest chefs, Elena Arzak succeeds in ingeniously combining traditional cooking with contemporary food design.
    Spain
  • Speaker 2004
    Fernando Gutiérrez
    Art Director
    London, United Kingdom
  • Robbie Brozin Speaker 2015
    Robbie Brozin
    Entrepreneur
    Robbie Brozin is a co-founder of chicken fast food chain Nando’s and ran the company for almost 25 years. Now he’s focussing on philanthropic projects.
    South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Masonwabe Ntloko
    Artist
    Masonwabe a designer who has beaten the odds in pursuit of his dream.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Ozwald Boateng Speaker 2003
    Ozwald Boateng
    Fashion Designer
    Ozwald Boateng OBE is an English fashion designer of Ghanaian descent, known for his trademark twist on classic British tailoring and bespoke style.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2008
    Laetitia Wolff
    Writer / Editor
    Laetitia Wolff is the founding director of futureflair, a creative conduit through which she consults on design, culture and design trends.
    New York, USA
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