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The Wellness Reset

Energy fields, somatic sensing and spiritual technologies are resetting elite approaches to wellness, according to Carlos Urrutigoity, general manager of London club Grey Wolfe.

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Rehumanising 3D Design

Fashion designer Karina Bond talks to LS:N Global about redefining couture with a printing pen and bringing the human touch to 3D design.

Webinars

Anticipating Tomorrow On-demand Webinar

If uncertainty is a virus, then strategic foresight is the best way to inoculate your organisation against it, as we find out in this much-anticipated webinar.

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Regenerative Olive Oil

Citizens of Soil, an innovative olive oil brand, is championing provenance transparency, healthy soils, gender equality and sustainable packaging at a fair price.

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Neurodesign: Beyond choice

Could reading the subconscious mind inform design decisions and eliminate consumer anxiety?

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Benoit Pagotto: IVR-Nation

The IVR-Nation founder talks about how virtual reality will disrupt everything from fashion to travel.

VR : Ubiquitous Gaming Culture : Immersive Experience

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Le Grand Jäger: Khaki Ethics

Guillemette Legrand and Eva Jäger explain why khaki is the perfect metaphor for our era.

The Emotional Economy : New Bricolage Living : Neutral Culture

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Steve McCallion: Future health

The creative director and CMO of ZOOM+ on how a retail-style approach would change healthcare.

Healthcare : The Optimised Self : Wellbeing Tech

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Smog life: Airborne anxieties

The decline in air quality is giving rise to new products and the commoditisation of oxygen.

Future Cities : Urban Air Quality : Pollution

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BiotA Lab: Bioreceptive Design

Architects Marcos Cruz and Richard Beckett explain their design innovation for greener cities.

Energetic Architecture : Urban Development : Architecture Futures

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Ross Urwin: Design Shanghai

Expect globalised ideas and revived craft techniques at this year’s Design Shanghai festival in March, says creative director Ross Urwin.

Shanghai : Global Design : Design Weeks

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Kassem Younis: Private messaging

The CEO of anonymous messaging service Thoughts Around Me talks about sharing without revealing personal data.

Personal Information Economy : Data Privacy : Messaging Apps

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Uber update: Driving disruption

The transport start-up’s new services, CSR and content partnerships are proving effective.

Uber : Transportation : App Travel

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Jennifer Tidy: VR Make-up

The vice-president of partnerships at ModiFace explains how virtual experience enables people to sample make-up online.

Virtual Browsing : Digital Beauty : Beauty Futures

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Jessi Baker: About blockchain

Jessi Baker is demystifying the blockchain and helping improve brand trust with her start-up Provenance.

Jessi Baker : Provenance : Blockchain

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#Sologoals: Spend time alone

Enough about #squadgoals. What about #sologoals?

Generation Me : JOMO : Sologoals

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TechCrunch Disrupt : Sirencare

Wearable technology can give diabetics a more holistic wellness service, explains Sirencare’s Ran Ma.

Sirencare : Ran Ma : Healthcare

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Julian Borra: The new deep

Creative comms strategist explains that people need to feel, not think, before they engage with big issues.

Ethical Brands : Faction Marketing : Emotional Engagement

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Ivor Williams: App therapy

Co-founder of Humane Engineering talks about his Cove app that uses music to process emotions.

Awakening Tech : Cove : Wellbeing Apps

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Neil McFarland: VR gaming

Director of games at digital design studio ustwo talks about his VR game for the Samsung Gear system.

Gaming : Ustwo Studio : Samsung Gear VR

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Bill Hampton: Kite Power

CEO of Kite Power Solutions on why wind kites are the most exciting thing in green energy innovation.

Sustainability Futures : Green Energy : The Age Of The Long Near

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Web Summit 2015 : Riley Ennis

The body can be reprogrammed to tackle tumours says Immudicon and Freenome co-founder.

Web Summit 2015 : Immudicon : MedTech

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Mark Sear: Big and fast data

Mark Sear, EMC Corporation’s chief technology officer, talks relevance and healthcare tech.

Big Data : Healthcare Tech : Boomers

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Bio-beauty: next-gen naturals

As supplies of raw ingredients dwindle biotechnology will step in and challenge beauty brands and consumers to forge new definitions of natural.

Biotechnology : Beauty Futures : Natural Beauty

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