Keynote speakers at XTech 2007

Gavin Starks (d::gen network)

Gavin has been engaged in the cross-over between Technology, Science, Media and Business for more than a decade. In 1995 he helped set up Richard Branson’s “Virgin Net” ISP, and the International Webcasting Association in Europe. In 1999 he created the cross-media company, Tornado Productions, and sold it in 2003. Having led projects with clients as diverse as Channel Four, Rolls Royce, Tate Modern, Shell and Christian Aid he has broad and deep knowledge of how worlds collide.

Gavin holds a BSc in Astronomy and a Masters degree in Computer-Music: he worked at the Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory in Radio Astrophysics, and created and lectured new courses in Electronics and Music at Glasgow University.

Gavin is the founder of d::gen network and MD of CI.

Adam Greenfield

The author of “Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing”, Adam Greenfield is a user experience consultant and critical futurist. Before starting his current practice, Studies and Observations, Adam was lead information architect for the Tokyo office of Razorfish. He’s also been a rock critic for SPIN Magazine, a medic at the Berkeley Free Clinic, and a PSYOP sergeant in the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Command.

Matt Webb

Matt Webb is a principal of the creative design consultancy Schulze & Webb Schulze and Webb where his work has included material prototyping for Nokia, Web strategy for the BBC, and exploration into the future uses of RFID. S&W works in near-term product R&D and, as embodied in the USB puppet Availbot, has a special focus on the social life of stuff. Matt speaks on interaction design and technology, is co-author of Mind Hacks, cognitive psychology for a general audience, and builds polite social software and Web toys. He can be found at Interconnected and in London.