Side Events
Aug 15-19, 2016

We couldn’t think of a better way to kick the The Week off than with a combination of dance, psychological research, art and the future of artificial intelligence. All with humans and human behavior as the red thread.

We start at Dansstation and transition to the Moderna Museet half-way through.

Dance - DEAR HUMANS - Dansstationen Inspired by sci-fi, Daft Punk and Mr Bean, the dance performance Dear Humans travels into a world full of unknown languages, sounds and movement. Three dancers, women or maybe aliens, try to explore and interpret situations with each other and the audience - who is the normal one? Who is observing who? What happens if you can't understand social structures and communicate accordingly?

Talk - SELF-KNOWLEDGE - Petter Johansson How much do we know about ourselves, really? And how do we come to acquire this knowledge? To study these questions, cognitive scientist Petter Johansson have developed an experimental paradigm called Choice Blindness. In a 20 minute talk Petter will talk about self-knowledge, the things we think we know about ourselves, but don’t.

Art - NEW HUMAN - Moderna Museet The extensive video-based exhibition project THE NEW HUMAN - Knock, Knock, Is Anyone Home? is exploring the human condition in a rapidly changing world.

The exhibition puts attention to the conditions for human life, with a focus on technological progress and how it is changing and reshaping our existence as human beings.

Talk - WATSON AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Maya Weinstein Maya will talk about that the future is now. IBM's Watson hit the limelight for winning Jeopardy but in the years since researchers and designers have worked together to build dozens of APIs and services that companies and individuals are using to make an impact.

During this event we explore what makes a city a startup-haven and how that affects the development of the city and influence creativity and innovation among people living in it.

Join Nazanin Daneshvar, Aral Balkan and Jemma Xu, all three from completely different cities in the world, as they share their perspective in contrast with the local startup scene in Malmö.

The interest in moving images is exploding. More and more people, companies, organisations communicate through moving images and new technology makes it possible for everyone to be both storytellers and publishers.

But the massive availability of content and the huge flow of information is a game changer. It challenges the way we use media. How we tell stories, how we communicate and how we deal with data.

SVT, the Swedish public service broadcaster, invites you to a seminar where key industry professionals discuss how digital technology is changing creativity. How the meeting between technology, storytelling and content can change the way we interact with our audience and make an impact in an ever changing media landscape.

SPEAKERS: Jan Helin, newly appointed Programme director of SVT and previous publisher at Aftonbladet, talks about the changing media landscape and the possibilities and the challenges it poses for content providers.

Based on the hugely influential Panama Papers project, Helena Bengtsson, editor for data projects at The Guardian and Emil Eifrem, Founder and CEO of Neo4j, talk about the interaction between investigative journalism and digital technology.

Billy Sjöberg and Jonna Hjort from SVT Interactive will tell you all you never knew you wanted to know about HbbTV. What it is - and how it will change the way you watch TV.

Henrik Rejving, Thomas Strindberg and David Karlsson, also from from SVT Interactive, will give you a brief introduction to SVT’s VR ventures before you will get a chance to test it yourself. We will provide VR cardboard headsets but do not forget to download the app: SVT 360 (available for both Android and iPhone).

SVT profile Anne Lundberg will guide you safely through the entire event.

Smart phones, tablets and wearables have changed our lives but mobile devices are just our window into Cloud, Social, Cognitive, the Internet of things, Big data, Blockchain and everything else that's transforming the digital world.

Companies are finding new ways to engage with consumers, employees, and each other. Industry boundaries are becoming blurred, and our work, social and family interaction is integrated.

In this seminar IBM mobile leader, Tony Storr will explain all of this - armed with a projector, a harmonica and a sense of digital humour.

Originally a deep IT architect who accidentally fell into leadership, Tony puts a simple lens on things that might just be very complex. An entertaining presenter who puts unique spin on his topics, he may do more than just talk in this session.

As cities are increasingly becoming the powerhouses of the world there’s a bigger need to have a broad conversation on how they develop. In this seminar we’re looking into urban development from a human and community perspective.

Who’s in charge of our cities and who's agenda are they driving? Who should be in charge? How do we make sure to use the built-in tensions a city has as energy for good development. For example the energy fields where organic meets mechanic, where soft meets hard, fast meets slow, humans meet technology.

SPEAKERS Architect Indy Johar (Project00) is leveraging his experience in setting up social ventures and co-led research in to discuss what a 21st century town hall should look like. Process manager Jessica Segerlund (Älvstranden) is going to talk about prototyping with citizens. Giving a future scenario Looking to the future architect Liam Young (Tomorrow's Thoughts Today) will do a rather dystopian extrapolation of current technological and economical trends. Artist Refik Anadol will talk about public art and how to utilize parametric data to make it mirror the soul of citizens. The seminar will be moderated by urban designer Gunilla Kronvall (Atelier 01 Arkitektur).

What happened to the viral successes we’d almost gotten used to? It seems like they’ve disappeared, or at least, gotten waaaay harder to achieve.

Overall, we’re facing an era where the megaphone is becoming useless and getting into people’s conversations is the key to getting stories out.

By taking responsibility of your content and engaging in a conversation with your audience, you can build a relationship based on trust which will hold in any digital future.

This is a seminar on why getting people talking is the best survival strategy in a digital world.

SPEAKERS: Maria Dietrichson, journalist and former radio show host, now digital development editor at Sveriges Radio and Robert Jakobsson, social worker, sexologist, journalist and a social media expert at Sveriges Radio will together with Jacob Hamacher, CTO, digital media at Sveriges Radio, explain how the digital strategy of Swedish radio has become all about being open to the audience, from the API, to the Facebook comment field.

Hosted by Sveriges Radio, Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster.

Skip the rosy visions of the future and promises of a perfect life. Instead visit Topp Design & Innovation for an Internet of Things Dystopia afternoon where speakers will illuminate daunting futures of everyday life through analysis, design fiction, and more.

Explore a world where today’s innovations wreak havoc in the future, and where all can go wrong when everything has a chip in it. Speakers David Cuartielles (Arduino) and Gaia Scagnetti (Pratt Institute) will touch upon the ethics, opportunities, and responsibilities within the field of data and Internet of Things.

Come thirsty, drinks will be served! (and needed)

Although The Conference is a knowledge experience for professionals and that most participants represent a company or an organization, the topics we discuss are of relevance to many more.

Robots and artificial Intelligence are slowly but surely becoming a bigger part of our lives. Human labour will be taken over by smart machines.

The same goes for migration, humans are leaving their homes behind to escape war, climate hazards etcetera, and unfortunately, there are no signs of migration ending anytime soon.

At first sight the two might not have anything in common but both will have great impact on the mental health of the ones affected and in both cases there’s a huge risk of people being left as strangers on the margins of society. No one wants this.

Join three speakers from The Conference in a discussion on migration, technology and labour.

SPEAKERS Dragana Kaurin, human rights researcher and ethnographer, will discuss migration and what role technology can play in making life easier for refugees.

Malmö based entrepreneur Hampus Jakobsson will share his thoughts on how much and what impact new technological advancements in artificial intelligence will have on humans, work, business and our society.

In an interview by journalist Karin Arbsjö professor of Development Studies Guy Standing will discuss the growing precariat class and how we can re-think the way we structure social security.

The interview is made in collaboration with international writers stage, Malmö Stadsbibliotek.

CreativeMornings is an international movement of free monthly breakfast talks for creative types.

Every month, people gather at one of over 100 chapters globally to enjoy breakfast, friendly colleagues and an inspiring talk. The global topic in August is Weird.

Ray Noori (Block Zero) is going to talk about how in art, technology, or design, it’s often the choices and directions we see as ‘weird’. He will look at a few case studies from film, music, technology and design, where weird decisions challenged conventions and broke new ground, and have a discussion about how you can unleash the power of ‘thinking weird’.

SPEAKER Ray Noori is the CEO and Co-founder of Block Zero, a design and technology studio based in Malmö, Sweden. After a decade in various leadership roles within UX and technology companies such as TAT – The Astonishing Tribe and BlackBerry, he co-founded the design and technology studio Block Zero, working in such diverse fields as Smart Cities, E-Health and Fashion Tech. Ray is also an award-winning filmmaker, whose most recent feature film is the acclaimed The Philosopher King.

Designing with and for kids is a challenge, in this seminar we look at what learnings from these challenges can teach us about design practices in general.

And, by design we mean everything from formats and environments for meetings, to gathering of information and actual design design.

SPEAKERS Livia Sunesson, Unsworn Industries, will talk about the importance of daring to leave something unfinished. But how letting go of control and leaving blanks for users to fill can be highly inspiring and a good method for figuring out what users actually want and need.

Play designer Chris Lindgren of Toca Boca will talk about how to design intuitive experiences that anybody can pick up and just start playing with.

Anna Bylund, producer at Sweden's public broadcaster SVT is going to talk about when to do proper research and when to go with gut feeling when creating content, how to figure out who a target group really is and how to search for real needs in an audience.

The seminar take place in Lilla Slottet, the newly redesigned (actually, it opens the week after we’re there) children's department at Malmö City Library.

Together with Publicistklubben we invite you to a lunch seminar about the future of virtual reality.

SPEAKER Gabo Arora is a Creative Director & Senior Advisor at the United Nations and an award-winning filmmaker. His work focuses on new technologies that promote social causes and make decision-making processes more inclusive. Among these projects is a viral video campaign for the recent climate change summit in Paris, and various collaborations with internet influencers to promote accountability on global humanitarian aid assistance.

Food is our fuel. Food fuels our love. Food is experiences. Food is memories. Food is also waste, an industry and a science.

So where is it all heading? What will we be eating and how and why? Exciting stuff! Four persons including The Conference speakers Charles Spence, Arielle Johnson and Isha Datar as well as farmer Johan Widing will share their experiences.

Join us for a meal and discussion about the future of food with fellow food lovers and food innovators.

Come hungry, lunch is included! It's all vegetarian and the price is not for the food but for thoughts.

-> The event is free for food creators (waiters, baristas, chefs, bakers etc). Email us if this description fits you.