2015 DIF ROUNDUP CURATED BY THE ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

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1 2015 DIF ROUNDUP CURATED BY THE ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION THINKDIF.CO

2 What is the Disruptive Innovation Festival? 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. What you said about the DIF [The DIF is] like a rich Scandinavian Christmas lunch (Julefrokost); choose and pick until all your senses are satisfied. Discover New stories and insights from innovators around the world 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 The DIF is education as it should be: freely accessible, relevant, cutting edge, stimulating, thought provoking and fun. Network Opportunities to share innovative thinking and engage your peers and colleagues through the crowdsourced Open Mic Stage Learn Online sessions and resources to improve your knowledge of specific emerging trends like biomimicry, the sharing economy and machine learning 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 I think the DIF format is the future of conferencing. Quotes sourced from the DIF 2015 feedback form. Thanks to all who submitted their comments. DIF is the education agent for the new economy model. 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.

3 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 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. Cofounder 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 CEO, Enlitic and faculty of Singularity University Rand Hindi CEO, Snips Michel Bauwens 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

4 PARTICIPATION FROM 181 COUNTRIES, 272 SESSIONS, 500 SPEAKERS, 6 LANGUAGES The 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. A Global Perspective: What does the Circular Economy Offer to Advanced Economies? Insects to Feed the World - Dr Jenny Josephs, CEO of The Bug Shack We Are All Manufacturers Now - Bram de Zwart, Co-Founder, 3D Hubs Designing a Business Fibre by Fibre - Carmen Hijosa, CEO, Ananas Anam UK Ltd Open Source Movement and Why You Should Join it - Kyle Wiens, CEO, ifixit (CA) 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. Disruption in the Developing World Don t Listen to Your Users - Gillian Morris, CEO, Hitlist What the Informal Waste Ecosystem in India Could Mean for the Circular Economy... Las Monedas Sociales in Espana Glass in the Circular Economy: a Network Tear Down Workshop - University of Technology, Sydney, SUBJECTS INCLUDE: Enabling technology Sharing economy Food & farming Systems thinking Artificial intelligence Circular economy Thailand s Influential Champion of Ecological Design - A Conversation With Dr. Singh Intrachooto Циклическая экономика как контекст инноваций в 21 веке Do Emerging Economies = Emerging Opportunities? - and further insights were gained on developments in Brazil Urban Photosynthesis, - Dr Jan Wurm, Associate Director, Arup No Place for Rust Belts in the Circular Economy The Future of Global Food Production

5 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 Social media reach during live & catchup phase: 7,013,753 post reach on Facebook 3,330 #thinkdif mentions with 9.7 million potential impressions impressions CONTRIBUTORS FEEDBACK A megaphone for innovators and disrupters. I was very impressed with the quality of the questions. Really thoughtful. And the production values were terrific too. HEADLINERS The must-see thinkers and thought-leaders streamed live. BIG TOP TENTS University or institutionled online learning programmes. Great job to the team! What s online at thinkdif.co? DIF is dif-ferent, and that s fantastic. A great platform to test out, learn and interact with new ideas and concepts. DIF is a global snowball effect for innovation. Quotes sourced from the DIF 2015 feedback form. Thanks to all who submitted their comments. DIF gives the chance to regional organisations to share their experiences internationally. ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION STAGE Ellen MacArthur Foundation curated content around the latest big picture themes, trends and opportunities to watch. FESTIVAL LABS Take part in a live, simultaneous Teardown Lab at participating FabLabs and makespaces globally. OPEN MIC SESSIONS Online as well as physical events and contributions from people like you all over the world. Register to get involved.

6 DIF 2015 Partners BIG TOP TENTS TECHNOLOGY PARTNER MEDIA PARTNER COLLABORATORS THE DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION FESTIVAL IS CURATED BY THE ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION GLOBAL PARTNERS OF THE ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

7 THANK YOU for the huge amount of very positive and useful feedback. We are already working on new and exciting ideas for DIF 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 thinkdif@ellenmacarthurfoundation.org. We look forward to welcoming you and your contributions to DIF 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. Never miss an update. Sign up for the DIF newsletter at: thinkdif.co