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TNW Conference is an annual tech festival in Amsterdam. Experts on machine learning, blockchain, marketing, design, and more take the stage and shared their insights with over 15,000 attendees. The talks are both available on TNW's YouTube channel and here, in this podcast.
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TNW ConferenceJul 19, 2018

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JF Gauthier (Startup Genome) on Insights from 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report | #TNW2019

JF Gauthier (Startup Genome) on Insights from 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report | #TNW2019

Premiere of 2019 Startup Genome’s Global Report, including a world’s first: the rankings of deep tech startup ecosystems along the subsectors of life sciences, AI and blockchain.


Learn the latest insights that crack the code of scaleups. With the mission of multiplying startup success in every city worldwide, Startup Genome conducts the only global research on startups and their ecosystems. Startup Genome is the leading innovation policy advisor, working with more than 35 governments across 25 countries.

May 24, 201909:49
Michael Martin (Nike) on The Power of Digital Transformation | #TNW2019

Michael Martin (Nike) on The Power of Digital Transformation | #TNW2019

Nike's keynote will give an overview of the Nike Direct strategy and how Nike is innovating to completely transform digital/physical retail and create unbreakable relationships with its customers. Nike will also showcase a new example of how they're doing this via breakthrough technology and capabilities that will solve for a 100-year-old problem in the footwear industry. Ultimately this development will have far reaching impacts for consumers, the industry and for Nike itself.

May 22, 201921:24
André Kuipers (Astronaut) on Educating a generation of earth ambassadors | #TNW2019

André Kuipers (Astronaut) on Educating a generation of earth ambassadors | #TNW2019

We are all passengers on a spaceship with limited resources: our planet. An astronaut’s journey into space bolsters this realization through ‘the overview effect’ — yet unfortunately we cannot all experience this transformative moment. SpaceBuzz, a brand new concept from ESA astronaut André Kuipers, uses this as a premise to educate the world’s children, creating a generation of earth ambassadors in the process.

May 22, 201927:17
Georgina Ustik (TNW) on The big spam on the big stage | #TNW2019

Georgina Ustik (TNW) on The big spam on the big stage | #TNW2019

Big Spam, if you don’t know, is a sassy love/hate letter to technology that Georgina started in 2018 and handwrites daily. Besides delivering the most important tech news of the day, Big Spam has polls, disgusting GIFs, puzzles, puns, and, artist takeovers.

Basically, it's an experiment on how far we can twist what a newsletter is supposed to be, and in this talk Georgina will discuss all the horrific things we learned along the way. And also how you, our readers, are our cute, furry, and, probably diseased guinea pigs.

May 22, 201911:27
Stephanie Hannon (Strava) on Building products for a better world | #TNW2019

Stephanie Hannon (Strava) on Building products for a better world | #TNW2019

As a product leader at Google, Facebook, Strava, and more, Stephanie has dedicated her career to creating products and advancing technologies that drive social impact forward. She’ll share her lessons learned from building tools to aid in natural disaster response, expanding Google Maps across 80 cities, and launching over 100 voter engagement tools as CTO for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.

May 22, 201921:47
James Beacham (CERN) on Solving the mysteries of time and space | #TNW2019

James Beacham (CERN) on Solving the mysteries of time and space | #TNW2019

Our universe is bizarre. Why is most of the cosmos composed of mysterious dark matter? Why is the Higgs boson so strange? Why do atoms exist? The hottest-and-latest in physics suggests that the biggest puzzles of science could be elegantly solved if our universe were one of a possibly infinite number of universes. But is this a testable scientific idea, or eternally speculative? How do we talk about what's outside our universe? Join Dr. James Beacham, of CERN's Large Hadron Collider, as he explores the edges of knowledge -- including CERN's plans for a colossal Future Circular Collider -- and how the future of science, technology, and innovation will be much wilder than we can imagine.

May 22, 201926:23
James Bridle (Author) on The New Dark Age | #TNW2019

James Bridle (Author) on The New Dark Age | #TNW2019

Instead of a utopian future in which technological advancement casts a dazzling, emancipatory light on the world, we seem to be entering a new dark age characterised by ever more bizarre and unforeseen events. The Enlightenment ideal of distributing more information ever more widely has not led us to greater understanding and growing peace, but instead seems to be fostering social divisions, distrust, conspiracy theories and post-factual politics. How have we come to this point – and has utopia gone forever?

May 22, 201923:09
Gillian Tans & Lauren Valbert (Booking.com & Edelman) on Future of tech in Europe | #TNW2019

Gillian Tans & Lauren Valbert (Booking.com & Edelman) on Future of tech in Europe | #TNW2019

Tech companies based in Europe are faced with challenges. With a heavy emphasis on regulation and lack of funding, the EU should place higher priority on incentivizing talent and startup growth. In order for Europe to gain notoriety as an innovative ecosystem, the tech industry should improve recruitment and tackle diversity issues.

May 22, 201920:05
Guy Kawasaki (Author) on Lessons from a Life in Technology | #TNW2019

Guy Kawasaki (Author) on Lessons from a Life in Technology | #TNW2019

Kicking off the TNW2019 Conference in Amsterdam, tech evangelist Guy Kawasaki shared a number of unforgettable pieces of wisdom from his life in the industry over the past few decades.

May 22, 201939:55
Amy Whitaker (Author) on Vulnerability, creativity, and leading from questions | #TNW2019

Amy Whitaker (Author) on Vulnerability, creativity, and leading from questions | #TNW2019

If you are creating a work of art in any area of your life, you are not going from a known point A to a known point B but you will invent point B along the way. Whether your “art project” is a business strategy, a crisis response, or a new technology, this all starts with asking the right questions. 

Drawing on her book Art Thinking, Amy will leave us with better tools to explore all questions on how to integrate the practical and creative parts of ourselves.

May 22, 201917:49
Gilad Lotan (BuzzFeed) on How machine learning and AI are transforming media | #TNW2019

Gilad Lotan (BuzzFeed) on How machine learning and AI are transforming media | #TNW2019

BuzzFeed publishes content across the largest digital media network in the world, fueled by world-class tech stack, and a number of innovative applications of machine learning and AI. With that, the advent of data has brought up important questions around ethics, manipulation, and potential harm. In this session, Gilad will highlight the multi-faceted nature of working on data science in an age of information warfare, manipulation, and mass propaganda.

May 22, 201923:25
David Kerpen (Author) on The art of people: Skills in a technology-driven world | #TNW2019

David Kerpen (Author) on The art of people: Skills in a technology-driven world | #TNW2019

NY Times bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Dave Kerpen shares key lessons learned on how to build successful relationships with other people that will get you far in social media, in business, and in life. Technology is changing fast - but people skills are more valuable than ever before. Don't miss this session - you will walk away with tips that will impact your life right away.

May 22, 201922:21
Des Traynor (Intercom) on What happens after product market fit | #TNW2019

Des Traynor (Intercom) on What happens after product market fit | #TNW2019

Des launched Intercom in 2011 as the first to bring messaging for sales, marketing, and customer service to one platform – helping companies of all sizes build personal relationships with customers.

Before Intercom, Des was co-founder of Exceptional (now a part of Rackspace), the first error tracking company. Before Exceptional, he was a UX designer for web apps. He’s based in Dublin.

May 22, 201920:29
Raj Samani (McAfee) on Cybercrime: The biggest threat in the digital age | #TNW2019

Raj Samani (McAfee) on Cybercrime: The biggest threat in the digital age | #TNW2019

Raj is Chief Scientist and McAfee Fellow for cybersecurity firm, McAfee. He has assisted multiple law enforcement agencies in cybercrime cases, and is a Special Advisor to the European Cybercrime Centre.

May 22, 201914:59
Karen Wickre (Author) on Building your network for life | #TNW2019

Karen Wickre (Author) on Building your network for life | #TNW2019

In a world of gigs, frequent job changes and geographical moves, it's more imperative than ever to build your network for life. Having a personal "brain trust" to call on is key to your work future. Karen Wickre has spent 30 years in fast-moving Silicon Valley, where your network is your currency.  She will talk about how to make authentic contacts and stay in touch with them online — without crowding your diary.

May 22, 201920:17
Louise Troen (Bumble) on The power of kindness in brand building | #TNW2019

Louise Troen (Bumble) on The power of kindness in brand building | #TNW2019

This session will take you through the Bumble story - from fighting misogyny to launching disruptive creative campaigns whilst highlighting how Bumble successfully launched in multiple markets with one core message - women go first. Bumble took a problem in society and utilised tech function and creative innovative marketing to spread this message like wildfire. Troen has been critical to the expansion and consistency of this and will walk us through her thinking behind this. This keynote aims to showcase marketeers that focusing on mission first as a brand, whilst leading with kindness as a business, is key to building a thriving company in today’s modern world.

May 22, 201920:44
Jonathan Rochelle (Google) on Changing school to help students become entrepreneurs | #TNW2019

Jonathan Rochelle (Google) on Changing school to help students become entrepreneurs | #TNW2019


Students learn a lot in school - but are they learning the skills they need to be productive people at work, in their community, and their own lives? Are they learning how to effectively learn and follow their passions and curiosity to achieve greatness - or simply happiness?

What if schools gave students more ownership over their learning the way an entrepreneur owns her own business success? This talk will be a panel session with students from a unique school in the Netherlands which does just that. A School with no classes, no teachers (ok, they have "coaches") where students own their own learning.

May 22, 201920:10
Jack Constantine (LUSH) on The future of retail: What Amazon can’t do | #TNW2019

Jack Constantine (LUSH) on The future of retail: What Amazon can’t do | #TNW2019


At TNW2018, Jack Constantine, CDO of Lush Cosmetics, took the stage with a rallying cry for other organizations to get their hands dirty and produce their own fresh, handmade technology. This year, Jack returns with a reflective view on the ethical tech that Lush Digital have produced that is changing the game for the tech x retail experience. From AI and ML technologies that are reducing the necessity for single use plastic packaging, to the open source till system boosting company profits, to opening the world’s first signage-free store, Jack will show you the future of retail technology, today.

May 22, 201917:38
Nir Eyal (Hooked) on mastering the skill of the century
Jul 19, 201824:06
Åsa Nyström (Buffer) on five years of salary transparency
Jul 19, 201818:33
Kevin Langeree on kitesurfing into the future
Jul 19, 201818:04
Nick Caldwell (Reddit) on high stakes of hyper growth at Reddit
Jul 19, 201820:21
Ariel Ekblaw (MIT) on designing our sci-fi space future
Jul 19, 201822:40
Zach Lieberman (Artist and Educator) on Poetic computation
Jul 19, 201819:51
Nicky Birch (BBC) on designing voice-first experiences
Jul 19, 201821:19
Maykel Loomans (Facebook) on meaningful numbers
Jul 19, 201822:03
Purna Virji (Microsoft) on designing conversational AI
Jul 19, 201820:58
Didier Rappaport (Happn) on data, AI & human relations
Jul 19, 201821:30
Des Traynor (Intercom) on product strategy when scaling a company
Jul 19, 201826:53
Tricia Wang on using 'thick data' in marketing
Jul 19, 201828:48
Jelle Prins (Uber) on global design for local audiences
Jul 19, 201818:35
David Rose (Warby Parker) on the history and future of eyes
Jul 19, 201821:19
Lex Hoefsloot on a smart and sustainable mobility economy
Jul 19, 201815:27
David Mattin (Trendwatching) on AI and core human needs
Jul 19, 201820:42
Che-Wei Wang (CW&T) on designing within generative design
Jul 19, 201822:60
Adolfo Fernández (Google) on international expansion for startups
Jul 19, 201820:15
Clarissa Shen (Udacity) on translating data into global good
Jul 19, 201823:41
Ella Saltmarshe (The Comms Lab) on how to be plural

Ella Saltmarshe (The Comms Lab) on how to be plural

The 21st century is calling us to move beyond the era of the monomath. Automation, economic uncertainty, rising complexity & a growing desire for greater professional fulfillment will see more and more of us taking a plural approach to our working lives. In this session, Ella will explore the power of being plural and show how we can all learn from the craft of the polymath. Full video: https://youtu.be/avrppZFy4-4 All about TNW Conference: https://tnw.to/conference
Jul 19, 201818:33
Mike Rigby on R/GA’s guide to connected brands
Jul 19, 201819:34
Leila Janah (Samasource) on transforming the workplace
Jul 19, 201816:07
Heather Zynczak (Pluralsight) on secrets of a growth marketer
Jul 19, 201816:35
Kipp Bodnar (Hubspot) on spotting AI hype
Jul 19, 201820:15
Elisa Jagerson on experience engineering for healthcare
Jul 19, 201820:29
Lupina Iturriaga & Sofia Benjumea on user acquisition after the first 100K
Jul 19, 201821:36
Len Shneyder (Sendgrid) on why email wins in a crowded market
Jul 19, 201817:24
Coen van Oostrom & Mark Rolston on the future of cities
Jul 19, 201818:28
Roxanne Varza (Station F) interviews John Collison (Stripe)
Jul 19, 201822:08
Eva de Mol (De Mol Ventures) on building a stellar tech team
Jul 19, 201816:09
Mitu Khandaker on why conversational AI needs storytellers
Jul 19, 201825:51
Axel Bard Bringeus & Robert Gaal on international expansion
Jul 19, 201817:34