Media Evolution The Conference

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48 H
conference

The Conference brings the big societal questions to the table, asking how media and communication can contribute to building a better future. We are stretching the boundaries, keeping the two day conference open 48 hours
on August 21st-22nd.

5 days of
action

The 2013 edition of The Conference is expanding its universe and will this year span over five days of master classes, discussion forums, parties and other events, culminating in a 48-hour intense conference experience.

  • February 13

    New Speaker

    Alexis Ohanian

    Alexis Ohanian is an entrepreneur and investor from Brooklyn, NY, best known as the co-founder of the social news site reddit. With a proven record of making something people love as the model for success, he will come to The … Continued

  • February 13

    New Speaker

    Anita Sarkeesian

    Anita Sarkeesian is a media critic and the creator of Feminist Frequency, a video webseries that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives. Her work focuses on deconstructing the stereotypes and tropes associated with women in popular culture … Continued

  • April 17

    New Speaker

    James Bridle

    James Bridle is a writer, artist and technologist based in London, UK. He exhibits and speaks worldwide on the subjects of literature and technology, networks and culture. In 2011, he coined the term “New Aesthetic”, and his ongoing research around … Continued

  • May 14

    New Speaker

    Kate Crawford

    Kate's research focuses on how people engage with data, including big data, crisis events, networked journalism, and the everyday patterns of mobile and social media use. Kate Crawford is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and a Visiting Professor at … Continued

  • May 14

    New Speaker

    Golden Krishna

    Many believe the future of design is in screens. They're wrong. Our love for the digital interface is out of control.  Golden Krishna, will speak about how “The best interface is no interface”. Eliminating counterintuitive input mechanisms for natural inputs … Continued

work in progress

In the name of transparency we
publish invitations we make to
speakers as well as thoughts, links
and videos that passes in the process
of creating the program.

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Buy tickets early to get a sweet deal.

We want to encourage people from around
the world to join us. So the further away
you are, the less you pay! Choose your
region on the map below

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CHRISTMAS BIRD
3000 SEK (€330)
50 tickets
EARLIEST BIRD
4000 SEK (€440)
Until April 1
EARLY BIRD
5000 SEK (€550)
Until June 12
WALK UP
6000 SEK (€660)
Walk up rate
NEW YEARS BIRD
3500 SEK (€385)
200 tickets
(or until February 1)
Members of
Media Evolution
always get a 1000 SEK
discount.
Scandinavia
5 000 SEK
Europe
4 000 SEK
North America
Middle East and
North Africa
3 000 SEK
Very far away from
Malmö, Sweden
2 000 SEK

Power,
Disruption & Lies

 

Who sets the agenda, what changes the playing field
and how do we shape society from now on. The world
needs more visionary thinkers, from a wider group of people.
Entities that go their own way and draw a different picture
of what to come. Like art in Pablo Picasso’s saying that
"art is the lie that helps us understand the truth”.

 

Welcome to The Conference 2013.

5 days
19 - 23 August
Thursday
The Conference
Monday
Company visits +
see the countryside
Tuesday
Master classes +
pre-party
Wednesday
The Conference
Friday
Relaxing discussions + The
Worlds Best Afterwork
Facebook
Pinterest

Transportation



Nearby airports
Copenhagen Kastrup (15 minutes by train)
Malmö Sturup (40 minutes by bus)


Discounted flights
Malmö Aviation (lowest price available)
Lufthansa (10% discount, access code: SEZAPGQ)


Train tickets
National trains - sj.se
Local trains - skanetrafiken.se


Bus and taxi
Local buses - skanetrafiken.se
Taxi Skåne +46 (0)40 330 330

Check out The Conference
2012 and 2011 All presentations
are available in our video archive 
mediaevolution.23video.com

 

Previous speakers include

Ben Hammersley (Wired UK) Maria Popova (Brain Pickings)
Clay Shirky (NYU) Öjje Holt (Spotify) Bill Drummond (KLF)
Paola Antonelli (MoMA) Naveen Selvadurai (foursquare)
Caroline McCarthy (Google) and Jesse Schell (Schell Games)

 

We drank
500
liters of coffee

" From Solid to Liquid to Air: Cyborg Anthropology and the Future of the Interface "

Amber Case, Geoloqi

" How Al Jazeera is using Social Media "

Riyaad Minty, Al Jazeera

" Origins of Creativity "

Anna Haupt, Hövding

Last year
in numbers

It’s important for us to have a gender equal and a culturally diverse conference. Our participants drink a lot of coffee and candy is an essential part of our DNA.

900
participants

45% of
the speakers
were women

We ate
600
kilos of candy

40
international
speakers

3 tracks
Human behavior
New technology
Make it happen

 

Scandinavia’s 
most important 
conference

Media Evolution The Conference is an
international conference organized annually in
Malmö, Sweden. We focus on factors that are
affecting our society, with a media industry angle to it.
The Conference attracts, among others, executives
and creatives working with communication, design,
planning, programming and growth hacking.

Press

For press and PR
inquires contact
Pernilla Lavesson

General inquires

Fan mails and other
general inquires can be sent
to our Conference Director
Yasemin Arhan Modéer

Media Evolution AB
Stora Varvsgatan 6a, 211 19 Malmö
Orgnr: 556774-4247

Wanna speak?

If you are interested in
speaking, send an email
to our Program Director
Martin Thörnkvist

Matchmaking

If you want us to connect
you with other interesting
companies during the
conference, contact
Sara Ponnert

Our beloved sponsors

  • stratiteq

Our beloved mediasponsor