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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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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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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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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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Shelina Janmohamed: Ogilvy Noor

How modest wear can appeal beyond the Muslim market.

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Disruptive DNA

Embracing DNA is not just about enhancing retail models, but about empowering people in the process.

DNA : Travel : The Dislocated World

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Michelle Kennedy: Peanut

Why today’s mothers need new platforms to socialise and share without judgement.

Peanut : Motherhood : Social Network

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Reid Evans: Introducing Autonomics

NewDealDesign’s strategy design director sets out his vision of a future in which the lines between fixed and mobile economies are blurred.

NewDealDesign : Mobility : Smart Cities

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Matt Branda: Qualcomm

How the 5G revolution will supercharge virtual reality and the Internet of Things.

Qualcomm : Virtual Reality : Telepresence

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Proxy Parents

What are the consequences of raising children under the aegis of artificial intelligence?

Mattell : Artificial Intelligence : Alexa

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Charles Nduka: Emteq

Why tracking users’ emotions is crucial to the success of virtual reality.

Emteq : Virtual Reality : Emotion Tracking

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Roger Michel: The Institute for Digital Archaeology

How technology is revolutionising the way we catalogue and exhibit material culture.

Institute For Digital Archaeology : Musuem Futures : 3D Printing

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Benoit Pagotto: A new e-sports audience

The head of marketing at Fnatic on the company’s pop-up event and retail space.

Esports : Live Streaming : Twitch

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Embracing tradition

With brands rushing to cater for the relentless demands of the consumer, is the fashion system on the verge of collapse in trying to keep up, and w...

Fashion : See Now Buy Now : Luxury

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Zara Mirza: Bacardi

How brands can ethically empower the arts.

Bacardi : No Commission : Zara Mirza

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Jenny Finkel: Mixpanel

Why brands need to think more judiciously about big data.

Lisbon Web Summit : Mixpanel : Big Data

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Carl Bresnahan: Intaglow

Why holograms are the future of phygital retail.

Intaglow : Phygital Retail : Hologram

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Brand-ucating the next generation

With a prevalent skills gap in many sectors of the UK job market is it time for brands to step in and play a more active role in shaping their fu...

Brand Educators : The Learning Economy : Dyson

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Ivan Poupyrev: Google ATAP

How to design wearable technology that people want to wear.

Google : Wearable Technology : Lisbon Web Summit

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The year of the uprising

The MiVote founder explains why the events of 2016 will usher in an era of digitally powered direct democracy.

MiVote : Adam Jacoby : Blockchain

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Anita Schjøll Brede: Iris AI

How artificial intelligence can revolutionise brands’ R&D pipelines.

Artificial Intelligence : Iris AI : Automation

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Archie Wilkinson: Pavegen

How their technology is making retail both more sustainable and more interactive.

Pavegen : Phygital : Retail

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Brand politics

2016 will be remembered as the year when political norms were turned on their head, but should brands join the debate or remain politically neutral?

Brandstanding : Backlash Brands : Ben & Jerry's

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Jackie Hunter: BenevolentBio

How artificial intelligence is already transforming the medical industry.

Jackie Hunter : BenevolentBio : Artificial Intelligence

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