Experts & Opinion

Discover the opinions that matter and the ideas shaping our future, including on-demand webinars, videos and podcast discussions with innovative thinkers on how we can collectively shape a more positive future.

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Democratising Longevity

Neko Health tells LS:N Global why preventative healthcare needs a glow-up – and how design and data can reshape the way we future-proof our bodies.

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The New Youth Club

Moot is a membership-based third space redefining UK youth clubs for a generation craving real-world connection, culture and community.

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Compostable Cosmetics

Wildsmith is setting a new standard for sustainable luxury with Vivomer, a compostable, microbe-made packaging material designed to disappear into the earth without a trace.

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Connected Healing

Dr Jonathan Leary, founder and CEO of Remedy Place, tells LS:N Global how the intersection of social wellness and technology is creating a new era of connected healing.

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Web Summit 2015: Maximilian Tayenthal

The Number26 co-founder and CFO on why he's taking on the age-old banking industry.

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Dave Cox: AI billboard ads

M&C Saatchi’s chief innovation officer shares the Darwinian logic behind his agency’s artificially intelligent posters.

Artificial Intelligence : Advertising Futures : M&C Saatchi

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David Willans: Brand purpose

It must be rooted in genuine commitment throughout the business, explains the director of OgilvyEarth.

Brandstanding : Corporate Culture : Ogilvy

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Web Summit 2015: Remi El-Ouazzane

Machines are now able to make sense of the world around them and learn from their surroundings, explains Movidius CEO Remi El-Ouazzane.

Movidius : Remi El-Ouazzane : Machine Vision

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Multisensory food packaging

Considering the noise around synaesthesia, food packaging could experiment with stimulating senses other than sight.

Packaging Design : Charles Spence : Synaesthetic Selling

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Benjamin Hubert: Design’s New Priorities

The designer known for his interiors explains why rebranding his studio Layer to focus on human-centric solutions feels right for our time.

Benjamin Hubert : Design : Conscious Commerce

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New Bricolage Living Webinar

New Bricolage Living examines how, as we enter the third stage of globalisation, our identities are becoming things we collect, assemble and arrange.

New Bricolage Living : Webinar : Sixth Continent Consumers

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Web Summit 2015: Ben Alun-Jones

The co-founder of London start-up UnMade explains why printing clothes to order is the logical route to restructuring the garment production industry.

Ethical Fashion : New Industrial Revolution : Millenials

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Leanne Wierzba: Digital fashion

Digital tech is changing how designers and viewers see the body, says fashion curator and luxury expert.

Fashion Futures : Digital Design : Leanne Wierzba

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Matt Cottam: From the future

Tellart co-founder Matt Cottam explains why the connected home will only take off once it starts to have an impact on social interaction in the home.

Matt Cottam : The Connected Home : Tellart

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Revelation Brands Webinar

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond and LS:N Global editor Jonathan Openshaw discuss Revelation Brands, the second macrotrend from Beyo...

Revelation Brands : Webinar : Autumn/ Winter Trend Briefing

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Web Summit 2015: Blathnaid Healy

News site Mashable owes its growing readership to keeping one step ahead of the online conversation, says UK editor Blathnaid Healy.

Blathnaid Healy : Mashable : Line

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Carlos Menendez: Digital wallets with social sharing

Mastercard’s president of partnerships and growth discusses how users want social experience integrated alongside seamless payments and reassuring ...

S-commerce : Mobile Payments : Online Retail

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Social media v self-validation

In the 21st century teenagers will have to deal with a new kind of growing pain: learning how to be a person online.

Essena O'Neill : Instagram : Insta-real

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Anti-authenticity Marketing Webinar

The Future Laboratory co-founders Chris Sanderson and Martin Raymond examine Anti-authenticity Marketing, one of three macro trends from our Autumn...

Anti-authenticity Marketing : Advertising : Webinar

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Web Summit 2015: Ken Bretschneider

Expect 2016 to be the year that virtual and augmented technologies finally come of age, says The Void founder and CEO Ken Bretschneider.

Ken Bretschneider : The Void : Virtual Reality

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Patrick Dixon: E-commerce now

Smartphones are re-shaping e-commerce, global retail and premium retail, says the founder of Global Change.

E-commerce : Retail Futures : Mega-Systems

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Nick Gray: Hacking institutions for the better

The founder of Museum Hack on the value of understanding the system enough to subvert it.

Culture : Storytelling : Museums

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Sarah LaFleur: Online personal styling

MM.LaFleur’s sleek Bento Box workwear packages enable a streamlined shopping experience for busy professional women.

Online Referral Commerce : E-commerce : The Athena Woman

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Fashion advertising cools off

In an age of ubiquitous hyper-sexual imagery, knowing brands are turning down the heat to remain relevant.

Neutral Culture : Advertising : The Athena Woman