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Pause Fest 2016

date:2016-02-08..2016-02-14
location:Melbourne, Australia
series:Pause Fest · 2 editions
editions:[Pause Fest 2016, Pause Fest 2019]
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The X-files of Teenage EngineeringThomas Howard23m
Studio describes building hardware end-to-end: a compact synthesizer OP-1 with a 4‑track tape metaphor, FM radio sampling, Lego compatibility and a crank…
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Social Traders PitchfestPenelope Lewin, Lisa Boothby, Rowan Workman01h 08m
Eight social startups deliver 90 seconds each to show concrete plans and early traction: a quarter‑acre Carlton urban farm for migrant employment; Life…
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Crowdsourcing the futureBibop Gresta25m
Claims a crowdsourced build of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies with 520 scientists from 42 countries contributing part‑time for stock options, partnered…
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Panel: Tech Talk with Top WomenChiquita Searle, Julie Stevanja, Taryn Williams, Kate McKibbin, Bec Derrington, Danielle Lewis51m
Six founders describe concrete outcomes: a lifestyle blog becomes an e-course business; a talent agency launches a marketplace in Dec 2015 that combines…
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Being an expert at not being an expert-Finbar O Hanlon23m
Argues that deep expertise blocks invention and gives concrete routines to force fresh thinking: 100 questions a day to surface assumptions, learning to…
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Personal Identity x IdeasJack Mussett22m
Claim: ideas come from accumulated experiences not forced brainstorming—cited study shows individual ideation outperforms group brainstorming—and a…
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New Frontiers in Female CultureAlice Kimberley21m
Media claim: women drive $27 billion discretionary spending and 67% of consumer choices in Australia, yet 91% of millennial women say marketers miss the mark…
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Panel: The security paradox. Individual privacy vs digital driftnetsJon Lawrence, Suelette Dreyfus, Angela Daly01h 03m
Australia now passes roughly 70 national security laws since 2001 that expand metadata access, let agencies modify files and create secretive operations under…
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Discover your people - geek cultureDidier Elzinga16m
A culture analytics platform that launches over 1,000,000 surveys and serves 500+ clients builds feedback loops aimed at 10,000 companies, with offices in…
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Pro-tips for Mobile VR Production WorkflowsGrant Miller21m
Asserts that Google Cardboard: ~1M units is the only realistic distribution path today, so development targets phones and Unity (because Unreal lacks Cardboard…
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Get hands-on in the Crumpler kitchenDave Roper24m
Crumpler publishes the bag pattern and step-by-step instructions in envelopes and runs hands-on sessions where a messenger bag is cut and sewn live from a…
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Panel: Artificial intelligence. Is this the end of human race or advancement?Bradley Paton, Joanna L. Batston, Prof Mary-Anne Williams, Toby Walsh01h 01m
Panel surveys concrete advances and risks: AlphaGo beat the European Go champion using deep learning plus search, and Watson applied to medical imaging moves…
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Wally Was Wrong -Luke van O21m
Argues Wally Olins’ fixed, codified frameworks are obsolete and branding must be a continuous cycle with flexible foundations; claims there’s no scientific…
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The dependent relationship between tech and creativeIain Nealie20m
Google Zoo builds utility projects that actually ship: a Pedigree Found alert system uses the Google Display Network, dynamic creative and geolocation to push…
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Building Better Products by Building Better Startup-Jamie Skella13m
Contact Light runs a six-person distributed team (three Melbourne, two Sydney, one Brisbane) that bases hiring on seven operational principles including work…
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What happens after wearables-Lauren Argenta24m
Argues that current wearables are the tip of the iceberg and predicts a sensor‑led ecosystem where data collectors (Fitbit sold 4.5 million units last quarter)…
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Panel: The Foundation for Young Australians and the future of workAndrew Brough, Jillian Kenny, Jacob Lindsey, Mirai Kirsanovs01h 00m
Panel lays out concrete moves: a 12-month Code for Australia fellowship embeds three technologists in government to ship civic products (one school‑matching…
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Looking from the inside-outBronwyn Van Der Merwe, Chris Wood23m
Telstra and Fjord run ethnographic research, ride‑alongs and workshops to rebuild the retail service ecosystem, then prototype and usability‑test iterations on…
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What is your legacy? -Monica Laurence22m
A media project called Turtle Talks brings five experts to a private Fijian island to film three nights of videos and podcasts imagining a 100 percent clean…
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Building Your Own, Authentic BrandAdriana Gascoigne21m
Personal branding treats a person like a product: train the brain to think as a brand, articulate a one‑sentence tagline, and launch a personal website with…
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Closing words -Pete Williams15m
Advice boils down to actionable specifics: focus product design on non-users not incumbent customers, assemble diverse teams including anthropologists…
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The best technology is invisibleStefan Hajkowicz21m
Starts from an exponential-lily-pad claim — half the pond at day 19, full at day 20 — and applies it to data and devices: Moore’s Law continuing, IoT jumping…
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So uncool it’s coolPeter McMahon, Justine Hyde19m
State Library of Victoria is redesigning its service and space with an $83 million five‑year redevelopment, puts people at the center using design thinking…
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Panel: Surviving and thriving through business transformationScott Heron, Sina Kresse, Tony Lee, Mark Cowan51m
Microsoft finds 67% lack innovation culture. Panelists describe a practical five-step approach: audit/discovery → measurable 1–3 year strategy → show-and-teach…
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A start up within a start up -Rhys Hayes18m
IE spins a product out of its agency through incubate a startup within a startup practices, builds a consumer-facing beauty commerce platform, and migrates it…
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Startups are now big business -Richard Curtis, Craig Boshier, Vanessa Wolf Coote26m
Big firms face a concrete crisis: global R&D spends ~$1.6 trillion a year yet one in three public companies will disappear in five years; Blockbuster ignored…
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People Power - How to create experiences people love-JAMES LAW21m
Envato describes using surveys (Culture Amp, Great Place to Work, a Google form), HR tools (Bamboo HR, Small Improvements), and anonymous feedback to stop…
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Modularity -Laura Chisholm20m
Starts with a dot‑com origin story—bookings handled by a bank of 25 fax machines and an IPO of nearly £1 billion—then lays out a modern case study: ahm…
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Clemenger BBDO Panel: How is Creativity Driving Innovation in Australia?Debbie Laing, John Scott, Michael Hauser, Sam Cockfield, Gavin Becker01h 15m
Panel shows concrete outcomes: a responsible-drinking campaign that uses Snapchat underworld tactics and ethnographic segmentation to reach 18–24s and collects…
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Discover Your Future Self in Motion -Mariana Acuna34m
Ten studios produce motion responses as a six-month lab answering the theme "Discover Your Future Self" with an open brief; teams optionally use Foundry tools…
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Transformations 2025: A view of the consumer of 2025Anny Havercroft17m
By 2025 everyday appliances, wearables and vehicles collect continuous data and two dynamics clash: a bionically connected human and a self-aware intelligent…
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Irrational Retail and the Science of Buying -Matt Newell22m
Creative Day // Pause Fest 2016 Through interactive experiments with the audience, Matt will demonstrate the art of persuasion and the science that guides us…
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Music Streaming in the Creative Economy -Jane Huxley19m
Australia hosts about 23 music streaming services and Pandora claims over 300 million registered users in the US with roughly 90 million daily listeners and…
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Australia Post’s moment to pause -Dirk van Lammeren23m
Australia Post reframes itself around e-commerce: 3.2 million people use a myPost account, 240 million parcels move yearly with 75% tied to online…
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Panel: Get onboard the SmartCityHeath Walker, Markus Giesen, Harley Young, Bonnie Shaw, Catherine Caruana-McManus01h 07m
Australia’s SmartCity debate focuses on concrete systems not slogans: Tesla’s Autopilot uses ultrasonic sensors, forward camera, radar, GPS and free…
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Understanding the psychology of the online shopper -Tom Green14m
Claim: online conversion collapses when product information and messaging lack clarity; two concrete requirements are clarity of message and know the customer…
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How to structure for product and personal success -Angela Ferguson18m
Technology stops being the constraint and people do; teams use creative abrasion and intolerance of toxic “brilliant” hires to get better outcomes. Concrete…
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Panel: The spectrum of storytelling and beyondJoel Beath, James Bush, Chris Panzetta, Liz Hughes54m
A range of built projects shows what works and what still fails: a three‑day transmedia thriller that sends texts, calls, Facebook posts and green‑screen…
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Zen & the art of the modern workplace -James Calder, Courtney Clapper15m
Argues that workplaces shift from individual cells to spaces designed for minute-by-minute teams and cites social science as justification, invoking Dunbar…
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Big Data and You: Four Ways to Use Data Every Day -Nigel Mendonca21m
Four practical ways to use everyday data: Charles Minard map proves visual storytelling can turn 700,000 soldiers into a 30,000 return for dramatic impact…
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My Idea! -Tim Devine, Lindsay Lim20m
Five rapid Sprints with Melbourne Central produce two concrete experiments: a reimagined cone turned into a functioning sudden ionosphere disturbance monitor…
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The future experience in health-Vinny Panchal, Jack Morton, James Howe22m
Telstra Health consolidates digital tools into an integrated patient experience, claiming a $250 million investment across 18 acquisitions and partnerships…
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Fashion Fades, Style is Eternal -Clarence Cheah21m
Demonstrates a retail prototype where an Oracle Gadgets mobile app logs a beacon/geo engagement when a user who liked a product walks past a store, prompts a…
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