Author: Pieter

Lily is host of How do we shape the future of human and non-human relationships in public space? (unconference track) 
Thursday 12 December 10:15-13:00 14:00-16:30

Lily is a future-oriented designer of experiences, processes, tools, and methods. She operates as an independent consultant at the intersection of strategic foresight, human-centered design, and serious play. Her current work and practice is informed by her recent thesis, “Future Flex: A Play-Based Approach to Organizational Change in the Age of Uncertainty” which was nominated for Willem de Kooning Academy’s Bachelor Research Prize 2017.

Lily currently collaborates with Changeist as an associate designer, Playspace as a play-experience designer, and various other clients from corporates to local initiatives. She is a trainee at the European School for Urban Game Design and the founder of Urban Playwalks Rotterdam, a monthly walking tour of site-specific urban games that play with the norms of public space. She loves talking situationist urban interventions, mundane futures, and applications of immersive theatre.

www.lily-higgins.com

Pieter Diepenmaat (@__pieter__) is board member of ThingsCom and runs DIEP, an invention studio for smart, well-behaved products. Combining design, research and prototyping they help companies create and validate new IoT solutions, specialising in mobility and industry. His clients include Pfizer, SKF, NS, Ford and Roetz Bikes.

Besides organising Thingscon events and inventing products, Pieter also plays joysticks in the band WLDRF.

Nikky Lenstra has a background in business innovation and digital design. She currently works at strategy agency Fronteer as a part of the Fronteer Digital Impact Studio. She helps strategists to bring their ideas and concepts to life. Her design goal is to create a positive impact on the world.

Nikky will illustrate during the Ideation session on (female) mobility – Trip-chaining is the future!. Friday 13 December 11-13h

Frieda Bellmann is partner at White Octopus GmbH and an expert senior service designer for the mobility realm. She is highly skilled in the conception of services, strategies and products. She worked in New York City, Milano and Berlin, with partners such as Porsche, BCG Digital Ventures and Lufthansa. Frieda is passionate about the study of human behaviour in context. In an ongoing project, Frieda and Lieke research and analyse female mobility. The results are shared by the two within workshops, talks and articles that are open to the public.

Frieda is co-host of the Ideation session on (female) mobility – Trip-chaining is the future! Friday 13 December 11-13h

Lieke Ypma defines strategy from the user perspective. In her work, she combines qualitative observations of travelers with the prototyping of ideas. Lieke is a partner at  White Octopus GmbH in Berlin, working with well-known companies in the mobility industry. She also teaches design methods to master students. She completed her engineering masters degree at the Technical University of Delft, and has since then worked in ideation and development of connected products. Lieke is a speaker in the fields of mobility and UX.

Lieke is co-host of the Ideation session on (female) mobility – Trip-chaining is the future! Friday 13 December 11-13h