Program & Speakers
PROGRAM AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
AUGUST 25–26, 2008.
Monday, August 25th
Good Vibrations
DAME EVELYN GLENNIE, world-leading percussionist, on how to touch the sound and learn to listen.
Dame Evelyn Glennie is a Scottish world-famous virtuoso percussionist and composer. Although turning deaf at the age of twelve, music is her life. She has performed worldwide with the greatest conductors and orchestras, as well as with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Bjork and Sting.
The Inheritance of Story Telling
KIRAN DESAI, the youngest female author ever to win the Booker price, on the urge and love for writing.
Kiran Desai is an Indian author living in Brooklyn, New York. Her novel, “The Inheritance of Loss” won the 2006 Man Booker Prize. It has been translated into 40 languages. As might be expected from the rich input of her cultural background, Kiran Desai, daughter of author Anita Desai, is a born storyteller.
Consumer Anthropolgy
YOUNGHEE JUNG, senior designer at Nokia, innovates by understanding people's everyday lives.
Younghee Jung is senior interaction designer at Nokia, based in London. She specializes in developing future product concepts. She does so by combining anthropology with design. Her passion is to learn and understand various cultures of humanity and make contributions to enrich them via design.
Digital Media Lifestyle
SARA ÖHRVALL, head of Bonnier R&D, on iMedia, life at social destinations, and a future that is already here.
Sara Öhrvall is Vice President in The Bonnier Group and leads the newly founded Research and Development department. She formerly worked as a consultant with innovation and product development in media as well as in the car and consumer industry.
The Semantic Web
NOVA SPIVACK, technology visionary, takes you straight from your brain to the global mind.
Nova Spivack lives in San Francisco and is one of the leading voices of the emerging Semantic Web, often referred to as Web 3.0. As a grandson of management guru Peter F. Drucker, Nova shares his grandfather's interests in the evolution of knowledge work. In 1999, Nova Spivack flew to the edge of space with the Russian space agency.
Tuesday, August 26th
Lights, Camera – and Social Action
JIM BERK, Participant Media, challenges Hollywood with inconvenient truths and entertaining stories to make a difference.
Jim Berk is CEO of Participant Media, Hollywood's leading provider of entertainment designed to inspire social change. A lifelong commitment to entertainment, education, social change and business leadership has guided Jim Berk throughout his career. Participant Media has produced films such as The Kite Runner, An Inconvenient Truth, Darfur Now, and newly released The Visitor.
New Technology, Ancient Instincts
JUNE COHEN, on story-telling in a wired world.
June Cohen, Executive Producer of TED Media, is responsible for bringing the legendary TED Conference online. As a result, TED talks have been watched more than 50 million times worldwide, and have created a thoughtful new genre in online video. She has written books on the Web and was part of the editorial team that launched HotWired.com, the pioneering website from Wired Magazine in San Francisco.
The World is Becoming a Better Place
HANS ROSLING, professor at Karolinska Institute, has a fact based world view and amazing statistics to share.
Hans Rosling is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. In 1980, he discovered an outbreak of a formerly unknown paralytic disease. His research led to links between economic development, agriculture, poverty and health. He is invited to speak all over the world and is highly rated for his jaw dropping lecturing style.
Change the Way You Work, Change the Way You Think
PELE CORTIZO-BURGESS, head of Imagine, the creative lab of British ITV, on how to find ideas that can change the world.
Pele Cortizo-Burgess has a background in advertising and has worked for many of the most well known consumer brands in the world. He started ITV Imagine one and a half years ago. Imagine investigates current culture and media platforms, creates television formats, and tries to find inspiring paths to creativity. ITV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK.
Being There
MATTIAS KLUM, world life photographer, on willpower and environmental consciousness.
Mattias Klum is a full time freelance photographer specializing in natural history and cultural subjects. His photographs have appeared in many publications worldwide, including National Geographic, Wildlife Conservation, GEO, and other magazines.
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Moderators:
Jonas Bonnier, CEO, The Bonnier Group
Jonas Bonnier is the CEO of Bonnier AB. He has worked in the magazine business in various positions, most recently as President of the Bonnier Magazine Group. Earlier, upon completion of studies, he worked as a language teacher while writing his debut novel in 1988. He has since published five novels.
Jenny Östergren, Journalist and Program host at TV4
Jenny Östergren is a reporter and program host at TV 4. She regularly leads morning shows, debates and discussion programs. Additionally, she has written several books, some published by Bonnier.
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