Which insights into our digital (and post-digital) future did the NEXT Conference community find most compelling in 2025?

Everything is ending at once – work, truth, screens, and even certainty itself. But we’re finally mature enough to see endings as thresholds. Here’s what we’ve learnt. The year 2025 marked something ...

Threaded throught the talks and workshops of NEXT25 was a vision for humanity’s new role in the age of AI. The winners will be the first to grasp it… We have changed. Where once the reaction to new ...

Will AI be the final nail in the coffin of websites? If so, what branded experiences will replace it? The poor old website is having a torrid time of it. Once the centre of everything digital, it’s ...

AI is accelerating the spread of misinformation – and people are trying to corrupt LLMs. How do we fight back? Nina Jankowicz is an internationally recognised expert on disinformation and ...

With AI now capable of creating full outputs, what’s left for humans to add to the system? John Michael Schert works with clients to help them create and unlock customised leadership development ...

Longevity is no longer about tacking on years to our lives; it’s about improving the quality of the years we live. With the help of technology, personalized medicine, and bioscience, consumers are ...

The media industry has been trapped in digital disruption for two decades. AI is only going to accelerate that change. Buckle up. The New York-based company joins several digital media companies in ...

Even as talk of “gamification” has faded, games have become a defining force in culture. Why are we still treating them as child's play? If you’ve been going to digital conferences like NEXT for over ...

With the world feeling ever more complex and chaotic, it's critical to stay focused on the underlying trends driven by consumers themselves – if you want to thrive in the storm As technology trends ...

While Star Trek gave us the illusion of talking computers that provide accurate answers, today’s LLMs are guessing machines that generate responses based on probability rather than factual accuracy.