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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What’s New on LS:N Global?

From shifting definitions of value to TikTok-fuelled commerce and hormone health retreats, our analysts unpack what’s new and next on LS:N Global.

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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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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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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.

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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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Web Summit 2015: Maximilian Tayenthal

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

Maximilian Tayenthal : Mobile-first Banking : Number26

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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