Thinking Digital Conference is an inspirational retreat where you will be educated and entertained by some of the world’s most influential and innovative speakers. Over two days you will consider the future of technology, be exposed to new concepts and ideas and become part of a unique community of digital thinkers.  Brought to you by Codeworks, The Centre for Digital Excellence in the North East of England, the conference takes place on the Gateshead Quayside at the magnificent Sage music venue.

Thinking Digital have already announced their first eight speakers with more to come soon. The current line up means you’ll be exposed to thought-provoking speakers including Walter De Brouwer, Nancy Duarte, Sam Martin, Erin McKean, Magnus Lindkvist, Nicole Yershon, Caspar Berry and Tom Scott.

The Thinking Digital Conference team would love to invite members of Manchester Digital to the event and have therefore offered you 10% off the current ticket price when you use the promotional code. 

Please take the time to learn a little about each of the speakers that we have secured. They are a fascinating group of people...

 

Walter De Brouwer is the CEO of OLPC Europe, the European branch of Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop per Child initiative.

He is a Belgian serial internet entrepreneur who was involved in the creation of 38 companies, two of which became successful IPOs including PING which was eventually acquired by telecom giant QWEST.

At present he also is an entrepreneur in residence of the Center for Entrepreneurial Learning (Judge Business School) of the University of Cambridge.

 

 

Nancy Duarte is considered to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on presentation development and design. She has built powerful presentations for hundreds of clients over the years. Most notably she created the slide presentation that was at the heart of Al Gore's Oscar-winning 'An Inconvenient Truth'.

Nancy is the Founder of Duarte Design is one of the most successful and largest woman-owned businesses in Silicon Valley. She is also the author of the award-winning book, ‘Slide:logy – The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations’ and the recently published ‘Resonate – Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences’.

 

 

Sam Martin is the Editor-in-Chief of design mind magazine and the Director of Content Strategy at frog design, where he is responsible for frog’s global thought leadership, social media strategy, and content initiatives and partnerships. He is the author of nine books of non-fiction, including Manspace: A Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory. His writing, ghostwriting, and advice has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers around the world.

 

 

Erin McKean likes to call herself a Dictionary Evangelist. She is the CEO of the new online dictionary Wordnik. She was the editor in chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2e, and is the a