NEXT Conference

Pep Rosenfeld

Co-Founder / Director of Creative Content, Boom Chicago

Adrian Leu

CEO, Inition

Alexander Baumgardt

Professor, Interaction Design, California College of the Arts

Alexander Meinhardt

Creative Director, Experience Designer, Krunchtime

Alexandre Naressi

Managing Director, Accenture Song

Alison Fielding

Head of Creative, Beggar Group Global

Ame Elliott

Design Director, Simply Secure

Aminata Belli

Influencer, fashion journalist & moderator, GRAZIA, Refinery29

Andrea Rothaug

Managing Director, RockCity Hamburg e.V.

Anil Seth

Cognitive Neuroscientist, University of Sussex, Brighton

Antje Kruse-Schomaker

Design Principal / Executive Design Director, IBM

Arash Aazami

Futurist, Inventor & Entrepreneur

Arne Kittler

Director Mobile Product Management, XING AG

Arne Wolter

Chief Digital Officer, Gruner + Jahr

Axel Averdung

Managing Director Strategy, OH-SO Digital

Barbara Wegmann

Head of Media DACH, Dropbox

Bastian Bauer

Country Lead Germany, Mindspace

Ben Sauer

Product Design Leader

Björn Lindén

Creative, Oatly

Bruce Sterling

Author & Journalist, Freelance

Carolin Neumann

Founder, finletter

Carsten Brosda

Minister of Culture and Media, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Christian Souche

Next Gen Robotics Global Lead, Accenture

Christina Stenglein

Partner, Hamburger Resilienz Institut/ Curious

Christoph M. Frank

VP Business Development and Partner Management, RIO – The Logistics Flow

Christophe Stoll

Co-founder & Designer, precious design studio

Christopher Böhnke

Managing Director & Song Design Lead DACH, Accenture Song

Colette Ballou

Ballou PR

David Li

Director, Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab

David Mattin

Founder of New World Same Humans

David Wortley

CEO, GAETSS

Dirk Belling

Communication and Change specialist, Partner at Curious

Eddie Meehan

Company President and Co-Founder, Wonderful Union

Felix Heinricy

CCO, Pendula Resource Management UG

Felix Wunderer

Vice President IoT Products & Services Digital Division, T-Systems International GmbH

Francesca Bria

President, CDP Venture Capital

Frank Bolten

Managing Partner, CHAINSTEP GmbH

Frank Rosenberger

Executive Board, IT and New Markets, TUI

Harald Neidhardt

CEO, MLOVE

Ina Feistritzer

NEXT Curator, Senior Marketing Manager, Accenture Song

Jaime Levy

UX Strategist, Author, College Professor, UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want

James Bridle

Artist & Writer

James Williams

Writer/Researcher, University of Oxford

Jamie Bartlett

Writer, The Dark Net & Radicals

Jenni Schwanenberg

Innovation & Product Consultant, Architecture Matters

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

Head Of Music Journalism, BIMM

Jeremy Abbett

Creative Evangelist, Google

Jess Erickson

General Assembly

Jessica Berlin

Founder & Managing Director, CoStruct

Johannes Saß

CEO, Bluenini GmbH

Jonas Buddrus

Founder, TOP OF THE LAKE - space for effective thinking

Jonas Mannherz

Founder & Creative Director, Büro Mannherz

Juha van't Zelfde

Julia Ruzicka

Bassist, Future of the Left

Kai Hattendorf

VP Digital Business, Messe Frankfurt

Karl Berglund

Founder / CEO, Happy Ears

Katrin Hesse

Musician & Director Strategy and Concept, Clara Bow & HOFFMANN UND CAMPE X

Kerstin van Eckert

Digitalisation and Culture Pathfinder, GPi Global Performance Improvement Ltd

Kevin Besthorn

CEO, e-matters GmbH

Kristina Bonitz

Managing Founder, Serotonin

Lars Trieloff

Director of Platform Marketing, Adobe

Laura van de Vorst

Co-Founder & COO, healthcoachFX

Lily Kollé

Creative Director, Kollé

Manlio Celotti

CEO, Membran Entertainment Group / The Orchard Enterprises

Mark Curtis

Head of Innovation, Accenture Song

Martin Recke

Freelancer, Worthauer

Martin Thörnkvist

Context maker, Deep Cuts

Maryam Alimardani

Associate professor, Brain-computer interface expert, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Matthias Müller von Blumencron

Editor-In-chief of Digital Media, Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung

Matthias Schrader

Founder, Magnetars Capital

Matthias Weber

Transformation Designer, IT'S THE GLUE.

Monique van Dusseldorp

NEXT Curator, International Programme Director

Mozamel Aman

Project Manager, Digital Career Institute (Devugees)

Nandini Stocker

Head of Conversation Design Advocacy and Partnerships, Google

Nick Sohnemann

Founder and Managing Director, FUTURE CANDY GmbH

Nils Wollny

CEO & Co-founder, Holoride

Omaid Hiwaizi

Global Head of Experience Strategy, Blippar

Ottavia Tomarchio

Community Manager, Mindspace Ltd.

Pamela Pavliscak

Pratt Institute

Pau Garcia

Founder, Domestic Data Streamers

Payal Arora

Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures, Utrecht University

Petra Wille

Product Manager, Petra Wille | Produktmanagement & Menschenverstand

Philipp Grefer

Co-Founder, NEU China | FakeMusicMedia

Prashanthan Ganeswaran

Mechanical Engineer, Gowerlabs

Prof. Peter Gentsch

Partner, DDG – Digital Devotion Group

Rhys Marc Photis

Digital Transformation Pathfinder, GPi Global Performance Improvement LTD

Robert Franken

Digital & Diversity Consultant, Robert Franken Consulting

Roland Eisenbrand

Head of Content, Online Marketing Rockstars

Samuel West

Curator, Museum of Failure, Helsingborg Sweden

Sat Bisla

President/Founder, A&R Worldwide

Scott Smith

Futurist, Changeist

Sebastian Deterding

Senior Research Fellow / Principal Designer, Digital Creativity Labs / coding conduct

Shermin Voshmgir

Founder, BlockchainHub

Sonja Petersmeier

Co-Founder & General Manager Germany, JIN

Stephan Dörner

CEO, fph

Steve Schnur

Worldwide Executive and President of Music, Electronic Arts

Susan Tackenberg

Consultant & APITs strategist, Susan Tackenberg Media & Communications Consultant

Sven Krüger

Chief Marketing Officer, T-Systems International GmbH

Sven Wedig

CEO, Vollpension Medien GmbH

Tatjana Biallas

Media Sales Director DACH, Taboola

Thomas Bedenk

VR Consultant, Exozet Berlin GmbH

Thomas Meyer

Director Regional Transformation, Adobe

Thomas Müller

Global Head of Design, Accenture Song

Tim Leberecht

Author, The Business Romantic

Tobias Jost

Chief Strategy Officer, Hackerbay

Tricia Wang

Co-Founder, Constellate Data

Victoria Loomes

Head of Premium Content, TrendWatching

Volker Martens

CEO, FAKTOR 3

Wolfgang Wopperer-Beholz

Co-founder and Managing Partner, mindmatters