The Gaming world has become a parallel universe for a whole generation. And it's obvious that architecture more and more is playing a leading role here. But where are the architects? The gaming business, who is creating tomorrow's software, has understood that people are prepared to pay, and pay well, for the ultimate design experience. When will the architects discover the possibilities of the gaming world? Is it an overlooked market by the architects? Could game developers and architects learn something from each other?

Will FutureDesignDays Light Now be an event solely dedicated to designers and architects? No, it is aimed at anyone and everyone who wants to be at the forefront when it comes to future business opportunities and the monumental changes in a number of areas that the explosive development in the lighting field will bring about. FutureDesignDays Light Now will provide professionals who never or only rarely meet one another with an opportunity to make unique contacts and, in turn, prepare the ground for further business. So, a CEO will derive as much benefit as a student, but also
> Marketing manager or marketer
> Product developer, product manager
> working with brands and communication

Developments in textiles are advancing with fierce intensity. Application areas stretch far beyond the traditional, trained more on spacewalks than the flashbulbs of the catwalk. Tomorrow’s textiles are intelligent, interactive and in all likelihood not developed in a western country near you. The BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China stand ready to move to sixth gear and, due to enormous financial resources and increasingly higher expertise in the field, can skip development phases with which the “old” world still struggles.

FutureDesignDays will visit Gotland in autumn 2009 to present the topic of RAW IDEAS. The conference will be held over two days and will examine the potential future of the Baltic region from a design perspective. FutureDesignDays will give manufacturers, visionaries and creative types the opportunity to meet under exciting and lively conditions in order to set innovative processes in motion to develop their businesses. All in all, worldclass speakers, topical industry questions and no end of opportunities to expand your collection of essential business cards.

Have you grasped the full implications of the real world web? The fact that the dividing line between the virtual/digital world and the real world melted away long ago? With the resultant paradox that, in an increasingly digitalised world, physical meetings are being subjected to new demands, and that the shop once more stands centre stage in the growth and development of retailing, a position that is increasingly focussing on relations rather than transactions.

So what are the challenges? Where are the opportunities? Most important of all, who are the crazy, courageous and insightful people who are driving the issue of tomorrow’s retailing?

FutureDesignDays Nomad continues its quest for tomorrow’s business models from a design perspective, and turns the spotlight on the future of retailing in a series of exciting splashdown-events in spring 2008. As usual, the programme will feature lots of interesting speakers, plus a series of come-and-enjoy supporting events in which the networking opportunities of the mingle format are justifiably renowned.