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Thinking Digital Producer Viki Carr & Programme Director Herb Kim

Some of the greatest minds in technology, digital marketing and mobile from around the world will head to North East England on 21st - 23rd of May

Thinking Digital looks to discuss the ideas and technologies that are set to fundamentally alter the way people live and work.

"the broad scope of the digital conference makes it the first event of its kind in the UK"Herbert Kim

One speaker to watch out for is artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris, whose work aims to explore and explain the world through artifacts found on the web.

• Thinking Digital: Jonathan Harris
• Thinking Digital: Event Details

The two-and-a-half day event will see an eclectic mix of speakers including key players from some of the world's leading digital agencies and media organisations, such as:

Jonathan Harris:

Visual artist, storyteller and internet anthropologist, Jonathan Harris designs systems to explore and explain the human world.

Ray Kurzweil:

World-leading inventor and futurist who predicts computer intelligence will surpass human intelligence in 2029

Matt Locke:

Commissioning editor for Education and New Media at Channel 4, developing open initiatives like BBC Backstage (http://backstage.bbc.co.uk) and Open BBC Labs (http://open.bbc.co.uk/labs)

Sean Phelan:

Founder of Multimap, the first company to put maps on the web in the UK

Steve Clayton:

CTO of Microsoft's UK Partner Group speaks of technologies that will fundamentally alter the way we interact with the digital world

The "Thinking Digital" technology conference is run by Codeworks, a centre for digital innovation based in North East England. For up to date information on speakers head over to the website:

• http://www.thinkingdigital.co.uk