WELCOME TO THE FUTURE FORUM 2010 http://www.designhotels.com/future_forum_2010/welcome http://futureblog.designhotels.com/ The Design Hotels™ Future Forum 2010 will focus on "Hybrid Thinking" in the context of hospitality. Hybrid thinking requires much more than a multidisciplinary team – it requires a team of multidisciplinary people. Hybrid thinkers blend different skills and fields of thought to develop innovative concepts. Their ideas have the ability to shape entire industries from automotive to hospitality. Like-minded, visionary hoteliers around the globe have started to create hybrid properties that go far beyond the original purpose of simply providing a bed. Multidimensional hotel concepts focusing on authentic experiences are on the rise, combining elements from galleries, hospitals or film theatres with the classic idea of hospitality. Find out more at this year`s Design Hotels™ Future Forum. Please check back regularly for more information, or send us an email to: FUTUREFORUM@DESIGNHOTELS.COM to be added to our mailing list. FUTURE FORUM 2010 >> VENUE As part of the “Zentrum am Zoo” the Bikini House was built between 1955-57 by the architects Paul Schwebes and Hans Schoszberger. The name “Bikini” derives from its original structure: an office part at the top, a shopping part at the bottom and an “air-floor” stabilised through massive pillars in between. Bikini House Berlin Budapester Str. 42 D-10787 Berlin FUTURE FORUM 2010 >> AGENDA THURSDAY 10 JUNE 2010 Future Forum Welcome Lounge TIME: 8pm - open end LOCATION: Bikini House DRESSCODE: TBA FRIDAY 11 JUNE 2010 Future Forum - The Symposium TIME: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM LOCATION: Bikini House Gala Dinner TIME: 8:00 PM - open end LOCATION: TBA DRESSCODE: TBA FUTURE FORUM 2010 >> TICKET INFORMATION Purchase your tickets for the Future Forum 2010 in Berlin! Future Forum Ticket: Future Forum incl. Gala Dinner and Welcome Lounge EUR 900 (excl. tax) Spouse Ticket: Gala Dinner and Welcome Lounge: EUR 300 (excl. tax) Cancellation Policy: Cancellations can be made without penalty up to 2 weeks prior to the Future Forum. Cancellations made thereafter are subject to a 25% cancellation fee. Get your tickets from the online shop: http://www.designhotels.com/shop/future_forum_shop/tickets FUTURE FORUM 2010 >> SPEAKERS Moderation: Ralf Grauel Ralf Grauel, 45, business journalist and consultant. From 1999 until 2009 Grauel was member of the editorial board of the renowned business magazine brand eins; he still consults brand eins Wissen, a brand-eins spin-off concentrating on events and corporate publishing. In 2009 he developed the „Wirtschaftsplattform Irak“ an internet-based business plattform to enhance German and Iraqi economic relations, funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He still publishes his stories and comments in brand eins magazine. Besides that he works for institutions and companies like Philipp Morris Stiftung, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut (gdi) in Zürich, Design Hotels AG, Quirin Bank and Wempe. http://www.kas.de Trend Brief: Christopher Sanderson Christopher Sanderson is the Creative Director of Viewpoint. A co-founder of The Future Laboratory, his other recent projects include directing “Futurescape”, a series of short films about the future for Channel Four television in the UK. A regular writer on style and design for British and international publications, Sanderson was until recently a contributing style editor at British Esquire magazine. He has also worked as a freelance Creative Director on strategic planning for fashion brands. His current projects, in conjunction with the British Council, include setting up magazines in India and Estonia. http://www.thefuturelaboratory.com Trend Brief: Martin Raymond Martin Raymond edits Viewpoint magazine and is also author of The Tomorrow People: Future Consumers and How to Read Them To(continued)