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  • Speaker 2017
    Grace Jun
    Social Entrepreneur
    Grace Jun is designer and self-taught coder. Her work examines functional fashion for inclusion with the aim to anchor wearable tech to the human experience.
    New York, USA
  • Photo: williambeaucardet. Speaker 2013
    Marguerite Humeau
    Marguerite Humeau is a speculative designer and director of a design trilogy.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Giorgia Lupi. Image by Caterina Clerici Speaker 2017
    Giorgia Lupi
    Information Designer
    Giorgia Lupi is an award-winning information designer, artist and the co-author of "Dear Data", a book that visualises the details of everyday life.
    New York, USA
  • Zinhle Zulu Standard
    Zinhle Zulu
    Illustrator
    The founder of Zuluvisual, hopes to do good through illustration.
    South Africa
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Malcolm Garrett Speaker 2003
    Malcolm Garrett
    Design Director / Graphic Designer
    Malcolm Garrett's iconic and intelligent design is recognised as a major influence on contemporary English graphic design.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2015
    Emily Oberman
    Brand Specialist / Filmmaker / Multidisciplinary Designer
    Emily Oberman’s work in the entertainment and hospitality industries has demonstrated how design can be integral to the creation of brand identity.
    New York, USA
  • Neri Oxman Speaker 2018
    Neri Oxman
    Architect / Designer / Inventor
    Architect, designer and inventor.
    Boston, USA
  • Speaker 2004
    Vince Frost
    Graphic Designer
    Vince Frost is the founder of Frost* Design, based in Sydney, Australia.
    Sydney, Australia
  • Jesper Brodin Pro-account 2017
    Jesper Brodin
    Design Director
    Jesper Brodin is the CEO of range and supply at IKEA of Sweden.
    Sweden
  • 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
  • Speaker
    Bibi Seck
    Designer
    Bibi Seck is the co-founder of the award-winning design and innovation studio, Birsel+Seck.
    New York, USA
  • Keith Rose Speaker 2009
    Keith Rose
    Director
    Keith Rose is one of only a select few to be inducted into the Clio TV Hall of Fame, for his BMW Mouse commercial.
    South Africa
  • Lebo Mashile Speaker 2018
    Lebo Mashile
    Performance Artist
    An award-winning writer, presenter, actress and activist.
    South Africa
  • Casey Neistat Speaker 2015
    Casey Neistat
    Filmmaker
    Casey Neistat is a maverick American filmmaker whose wildly popular YouTube videos are redefining the industry.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2007
    Maira Koutsoudakis
    Architect / Interior Designer / Product Designer
    Maira Koutsoudakis is the founder and principal of Life architecture, interiors and creative direction.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Asif Khan Speaker 2013
    Asif Khan
    Architect
    Asif Khan's work embraces the fields of architecture, industrial and furniture design, pushing the disciplines in interesting new directions.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2011
    Robert Wong
    Creative Director
    Creative director of Google Creative Lab Robert Wong believes that technology should be about positive interactions, humanity, surprise and creativity.
    New York, USA
  • Rich Mnisi Speaker 2016
    Rich Mnisi
    Fashion Designer
    Rich Mnisi designs fashion for his brand, RICH MNISI, and was part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Blinky Bill Speaker 2017
    Blinky Bill
    Music Producer
    Nairobi-based "Blinky" Bill Sellanga is a singer-songwriter, beat maker, producer and one fourth of Kenyan art and music collective, Just a Band.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Speaker 2002
    James Victore
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Animator
    New York, USA
  • David Butler. Photo: Brett Falcon. Speaker 2011
    David Butler
    Brand Specialist
    David Butler is responsible for leading the global design vision and strategy for the Coca-Cola Company.
    Atlanta, USA
  • Speaker 2017
    Grace Jun
    Social Entrepreneur
    Grace Jun is designer and self-taught coder. Her work examines functional fashion for inclusion with the aim to anchor wearable tech to the human experience.
    New York, USA
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