IncrediblEdge | a Global Collaboration

Participants wanting to attend can register online at www.incredibledge.com

Access to the event is also available through application for an IncrediblE Mentorship Award.

IncrediblEdge Speakers

Speakers are attending from 11 countries. They include:

Nick Egan is a film icon and one of the world’s most influential creative directors of art, design and film for music, fashion, advertising and business – for Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, INXS, Oasis, Iggy Pop, Bow Wow Wow, Book of Love, The Clash, The Pretenders, Belinda Carlisle, New York Dolls, Culture Club, Kylie Minogue, Sonic Youth, the Bee Gees, Bon Jovi, K.D. Lang and Sir Ken Robinson. He was instrumental in launching the fashion brands of Vivienne Westwood and Marc Jacobs, designing and art directing for their labels and fashion shows. Nick has directed commercials and television spots for Coca Cola, Levi’s, Nike, Nintendo and Sony PlayStation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Egan

http://vimeo.com/nickegan

At IncrediblEdge, Nick will share his epic journey in “Notes from a Creative Vandal”. Nick is one of the world’s most accomplished creative directors for film. He is currently directing and producing a film with visionary thinker and creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson. A-list cinematographer Hilton Goring will be travelling from Hollywood to New Zealand to film IncrediblEdge.

Ross Stevens is an industrial design icon, and design futurist. He has worked with many of the world’s leading designers, including Philippe Starck, with high end audio brands, and continues to influence and shape the world’s design landscape. He co-founded Design Led Futures - exploring ideas 80 years in the future for major international brand leaders of innovation. He lectures on complex 3D digital form at Victoria University School of Design in Wellington, New Zealand.

http://www.designledfutures.com/dlf2010/index.html

At IncrediblEdge, Ross will explore “Biological Manufacturing”, and link together how we make things now (industrial revolution technology), how we might make them soon (3D printing), and how he hopes we will make them in the future (growing).

Can Yuksel is lead effects artist for DreamWorks Animation. He has developed major effects for blockbusters. 3D feature films he has worked on include Puss in Boots (2011), Shrek Forever After (2010), Monsters vs Aliens (2009) and feature film Kung Fu Panda (2008). Can’s effects have been nominated for multiple prestigious awards, including the VES Awards and the Annie Awards.

At IncrediblEdge, Can will talk about “Tornados, explosions, and destructions: Taming the beasts of nature for sake of movie magic!” Can started as a physicist in Turkey, and slowly shifted towards his passion of making beautiful images in Hollywood. He will share insights into how he does what he does. Can is multi-talented, and will offer advice on specialisation, passion and collaboration.

Bronwen Evans is a New Zealander entrepreneur and an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. She is working as a strategic communications advisor to a major Thai corporation, and writing a book on the challenges of creating an eco-resort in Thailand committed to responsible tourism.

http://www.faasai.com/home.php

At IncrediblEdge, Bronwen, a former Radio New Zealand economics correspondent and Thai entrepreneur, will discuss "Making a business plan for the next thousand years – and where we start". With the old economic order now under attack from all directions, Bronwen will talk about green economics, the difference between doing business in the West and the East and leaving a heritage for the future. She will address the scenario of change to our time and cultural perspective, and what knowledge and skills we need to survive in a no-growth economy.

Phillip Guzenuk is a Russian entrepreneur and expert in leadership and personal transformation. He coaches other entrepreneurs and executives of many of Russia’s largest companies, and leads international executive retreats to wilderness environments that explore the relationship between self, culture and nature.

At IncrediblEdge, Phillip will lead a workshop on “Happiness in action: energy sources for peak performance” where participants will be able to draw a map of 7 key energy sources to help them create beautiful work and maximise their enjoyment.

Agnesa Secerkadic is a humanitarian and anthropologist, and an international communications and inter-cultural expert. She is Head of Communications for the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, coordinating activities for the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

At IncrediblEdge, Agnesa will present exceptional examples of “Citizen participation in the age of digital power”. She will discuss the power of citizen voice to convey meaning, collaborate and build partnership in the 21st Century. Agnesa says, “In the world of choice and mass information we need to identify individual potential, knowledge and opportunities for creative collaboration and building partnerships around the globe”.

Dr Ignazio Maria Viola is one of the world’s leading experts in yachting technology, who has led teams of engineers in Italy to develop many innovations in the science of sailing. He is a lecturer in Naval Architecture at the School of Marine Science and Technology at Newcastle University, United Kingdom. The school is the largest of its kind in Europe and among the leading global institutes in Naval Architecture.

At IncrediblEdge, Dr Viola will talk about “The mathematics of the wind” amidst the inspiring setting of Gibbs Farm, one of the world’s great sculpture parks.

Dr Sue Peoples is a New Zealand senior social scientist, and a strong advocate for the increased role and participation of farm women in promoting sustainability in the 21st Century. Dr Peoples’ field within agricultural research is concerned with farm women, the sustainability of rural communities, and farmer adoption of practice change, and adaption to extreme climatic events and climate change.

At Incredibledge, Sue will present a case for “Farm women - the critical decision-makers in achieving global sustainable food production systems” in the 21st Century.

For further information, visit the IncrediblEdge website: www.incredibledge.com