Talking About Urban Futures and the Internet of Things at PICNIC, Amsterdam
On Wednesday, 14 September, I will be giving a talk and taking part in a panel discussion on the topics of Trust and the Internet of Things as part of PICNIC 2011 in Amsterdam. The PICNIC Festival is an annual three-day event that blurs the lines between creativity, science, technology and business to explore new [...]
Next: Talking Future of the City in Chicago
On Tuesday 7 June I will be in Chicago speaking as part of Future of the City: The Arts Symposium. The symposium is produced by The University of Chicago, who describes the day as “a one-day gathering of leaders who are shaping the cultural landscape of Chicago and beyond”. The event website continues: Arts and culture [...]
Upcoming Talks in Linz and London; Apologies to Berlin
Over the next two weeks I will be speaking at two public symposiums which explore important aspects of the future design of our cities, so I wanted to spread the word here and recommend that anyone in the respective cities of London or Linz come along and join in. On Wednesday 13 October I will [...]
Strategies for Tough Times: Focus on the Micro-Entrepreneur
I recently gave a keynote lecture to the World Urban Congress in Riga, Latvia, on creative strategies for difficult economic times. The Congress provided a fantastic overview of what is taking place in urban development across the world, but what I saw and heard also left me a bit cold. The reason is that largely, [...]
At the Ecole Speciale d’Architecture, Paris
A day spent judging the next gen of architectural thinking in Paris.





