Design has been around since the dawn of humanity.
For Artificial Intelligence, however, it is only the beginning.
Design has been around since the dawn of humanity.
For Artificial Intelligence, however, it is only the beginning.
Yet, the implication of A.I. on Design is
both promising and threatening.
Is A.I. going to make Design, one of the oldest
professions of the human race, irrelevant soon?
How can we use Design to infuse
more humanity into A.I.?
What are the positive influences that
Design and A.I. can have on each other?
The aim of the New Context Conference 2018 is to explore, debate and provoke possible clues to these questions and then some.
Thursday
Along with Joi Ito, co-founder of Digital Garage and Director of MIT Media Lab, former Chief Creative Officer of AKQA and Founding Partner of Inamoto & Co., Rei Inamoto will be co-hosting the conference as a part of the fifth anniversary event of Digital Garage’s co-working space located in downtown San Francisco, DG717.
Founding partner of Inamoto & Co
Co-Founder of Digital Garage, Inc & Director of MIT Media Lab
I don't pretend we have all the answers.
But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
Arthur C. Clarke
We are bringing an unusual mix of the most brilliant and fascinating minds from various fields that you rarely
see in one place: A.I., Architecture, Art, Branding, Business, Design, Media, Robotics, and Venture Capital.
Head of Computational Design & Inclusion @Automattic
Global Leader, IBM Design Principal
VP of Product Design, Facebook
Head of Emerging Design, Adobe
Co-founder and CEO of Replika
Artist
By focusing on a handful of speakers in an intimate setting in
the heart of San Francisco, NCC 2018 will help us understand the
new context we live in and inspire us all in shaping the
future at the intersection of design, data and technology.
Brilliant mentors with unique backgrounds come together for the mentoring session. The team of Global Incubation Stream covers the startup ecosystem worldwide, including: the East and West coast US; Northern and Western Europe; and South, South East and East Asia. Together we generate waves of innovation with the fast growing startups. Mentors include: Joi Ito, Rei Inamoto, Lisa Katayama (SY Partners), Brian Yeh (DG Incubation), Phil Libin (All Turtles) Eric Lagier (byFounders), Adam Lindemann (MindFund), Teruhide Sato (BEENEXT).
The mentoring session this year is focused on Resi-tech and technologies around it such as AI.
CambridgeCo-Founder, Digital Garage, Inc
Director, MIT Media Lab
TokyoPresident and Group CEO, Digital Garage, Inc
BrooklynFounding Partner, Inamoto & Co
San FranciscoCo-founder and CEO, All Turtles
San MateoFounder & Managing Director, Golden Whales Ventures
San FranciscoChief Investment Officer, DG Incubation
New YorkCreative Director, SY Partners
CopenhagenManaging Partner, byFounders
SingaporeFounder and Managing Partner, BEENEXT
Hong KongFounder and CEO, Mind Fund Group
Join us and meet thinkers, creators, designers & entrepreneurs like yourself .
