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22
May
The first day at the Thinking Digital conference
Backstage is supporting the Thinking Digital conference in Gateshead/Newcastle. Its a new conference along the lines of TED/Pop!Tech but based in the North of England and not exclusive to the in crowd.The conference has great wireless and so we're able to upload videos straight from the conference only a few moments after the speaker was on stage.
Day one
Session 1: The Future of Media
-- Matt Locke
-- Eric Lindstrom & Steve Jelley
-- Jeremy Silver
Session 2: United We Stand
-- Darren Thwaites
-- Ian Kennedy
-- Tara Hunt
An Entrepreneur's Story
-- Sean Phelan
Thinking Digital Tech Demo
-- Steve Clayton
-- Q&A
Session 3: Happiness
-- Helen Fisher
-- Caspar Berry
-- Jonathan Harris
Session 4: The Singularity
-- Ian Neild
-- Ray Kurzweil (via Teleportec)
Almost every talk is special but all the talks about happiness which I have to say were the best of the day.
