2015DIF ROUNDUP
CURATED BY THE ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION THINKDIF.CO
The Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF) is an online, open access event that explores the question: The economy is changing — what do I need to know, experience and do? We invite thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, businesses, designers, makers and learners to join us over the three weeks of the Festival and participate in a huge range of live and interactive sessions.
With a new learning model, the DIF enables participation from wherever you are with hundreds of sessions and activities streamed live to your device - all you need is an internet connection
What is the Disruptive Innovation Festival?
DiscoverNew stories and insights from innovators around the world
NetworkOpportunities to share innovative thinking and engage your peers and colleagues through the crowdsourced Open Mic Stage
LearnOnline sessions and resources to improve your knowledge of specific emerging trends like biomimicry, the sharing economy and machine learning
Hear from some of the world’s brightest startups and innovators about the
latest disruptive innovations that are shaking up the
industry and providing new inspiration for business, research and teaching
“On a personal level I’ve learnt a lot and it’s made me think differently about life and business. I’m really keen to explore how I might play a part in the circular
economy and to find out more about it.”
“DIF is the education
agent for the new economy
model.”
“[The DIF is] like a rich Scandinavian Christmas lunch (Julefrokost); choose and pick
until all your senses are satisfied.”
“The DIF is education as it should be: freely
accessible, relevant, cutting edge, stimulating, thought
provoking and fun.”
What you said about the DIF
Quotes sourced from the DIF 2015
feedback form. Thanks to all who
submitted their comments.
“I think the DIF format is the future of
conferencing.”
Hunter Lovins President of Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS)
Alison Vincent Chief Technology Officer, Cisco
Robin Chase Co-founder, Zipcar
Michael Braungart Founder & Scientific Director, EPEA. Co-founder of the Cradle to Cradle Design Philosophy
Professor George Lakoff University of California at Berkeley
Michelle Unger The voice of Watson
Leontino Balbo Junior Expert in Regenerative Agriculture Systems
Jeremy Howard Founder and CEO, Enlitic and faculty of Singularity University
Rand Hindi Founder and CEO, Snips
Michel Bauwens Founder and Director, P2P Foundation
Neal Gorenflo Co-founder, Shareable
April Rinne Expert on the Sharing Economy and Shareable Cities
Ida Auken MP and Member of the World Economic Forum Meta-Council on the Circular Economy
Jyrki Katainen Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
Tim Brown - CEO, IDEO
THE DIF HEADLINERS Thought leadership inspiring a generation to rethink
Think Like a Designer • Will Europe Seize the Circular Economy Opportunity? • The Sharing Economy Redefined • Deep Learning Machines • Is this the Future of Global Food Systems? • Deep Learning: How will it change our lives? • Natural Capitalism • The Internet of Everything – Connecting the Un-connected • The Values Behind a Circular Economy • Cradle to Cradle Design
SUBJECTS INCLUDE:Enabling technology • Sharing economy • Food & farming • Systems thinking • Artificial intelligence • Circular economy
DIF LANGUAGES - ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, PORTUGESE, RUSSIAN AND SPANISH
The DIF is a truly international experience. The 2015 Festival saw simultaneous round-tables in Canada, Belgium and France, workshops in Sao Paulo,
presentations in Lisbon, and events in Russia. This approach seeks to encourage the discovery and sharing of new concepts and catalyse disruptive thinking from
different parts of the globe.
PARTICIPATION FROM 181 COUNTRIES, 272 SESSIONS, 500 SPEAKERS, 6 LANGUAGESThe Disruptive Innovation Festival is a platform for crowdsourced contributions from all over the world. From face-to-face discussion panels to online workshops, the DIF connects people from different sectors and backgrounds around a diverse range of topics relating to the changing economy.
Open Source Movement
and Why You Should Join it - Kyle Wiens,
CEO, iFixit (CA)
Do Emerging Economies = Emerging
Opportunities? - and further insights
were gained on developments in
Brazil
Designing a Business Fibre
by Fibre - Carmen Hijosa, Founder and CEO, Ananas Anam UK Ltd
Don’t Listen to Your
Users - Gillian Morris, CEO,
Hitlist
Urban Photosynthesis, - Dr Jan Wurm,
Associate Director, Arup
Disruption in the
Developing World
The Future of Global Food Production
Insects to Feed the World -
Dr Jenny Josephs, CEO
of The Bug Shack
Glass in the Circular Economy:
a Network ‘Tear Down’ Workshop
- University of Technology,
Sydney,
We Are All Manufacturers
Now - Bram de Zwart, Co-Founder, 3D
Hubs
Las Monedas Sociales in
Espana
Циклическая экономика
как контекст инноваций в 21
веке
No Place for Rust Belts in the Circular
Economy
What the Informal Waste Ecosystem in
India Could Mean for the Circular
Economy...
A Global Perspective: What does the Circular Economy Offer to ‘Advanced Economies’?
Thailand’s Influential
Champion of Ecological Design - A Conversation
With Dr. Singh Intrachooto
HEADLINERSThe must-see thinkers and thought-leaders
streamed live.
FESTIVAL LABSTake part in a live,
simultaneous Teardown Lab at participating FabLabs and makespaces globally.
OPEN MIC SESSIONSOnline as well as
physical events and contributions from
people like you all over the world. Register to
get involved.
ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION STAGE
Ellen MacArthur Foundation curated
content around the latest big picture themes, trends
and opportunities to watch.
BIG TOP TENTSUniversity or institution-
led online learning programmes.
DIF 2015 in numbers: 272 sessions, featuring 500+ speakers • 20,188 registered attendees • 34,947 total session views • 85,233 website visitors in 3 weeks, from 181 countries
Quotes sourced from the DIF 2015 feedback form. Thanks to all who submitted their comments.
CONTRIBUTORS’FEEDBACK
Social media reach during live & catchup phase: 7,013,753 post
reach on Facebook • 3,330 #thinkdif mentions with 9.7 million
potential impressions • 590,000 @thinkdif impressions
“A megaphonefor innovators
and disrupters.”
“I was very impressed with the quality of the questions. Really thoughtful. And the
production values were terrific too.
Great job to the team!”
“DIF is dif-ferent, and that’s fantastic.A great platform to test out, learn and interact
with new ideas and concepts.”
“DIF gives the chance to regional
organisations to share their
experiencesinternationally.”
“DIF is a global snowball effect for innovation.”
What’s online at thinkdif.co?
BIG TOP TENTS
COLLABORATORS
GLOBAL PARTNERS OF THE ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
DIF 2015 Partners
TECHNOLOGY PARTNER MEDIA PARTNER
THE DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION FESTIVAL IS CURATED BY THE ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
THANK YOU
for the huge amount of very positive and useful feedback.We are already working on new and exciting ideas for DIF 2016.
Next year’s Festival will be bigger and better.
If you have ideas about how we can improve the Festival, would like to find out about partnerships or contributions, or just want to say hi, please get in touch at [email protected]. We look forward to welcoming you and
your contributions to DIF 2016.
Join us for DIF Sparks...
In the months leading up to DIF 2016, look out for DIF Sparks — a series of events, articles and videos inspired by the themes of the Disruptive Innovation Festival.
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