Caroline Siegers, Karoline Schneider and Tilmann Schneider run Ü, an animation company specialised in 2D animation. They co-developed “Nächster Halt”, a television series for kids on philosophy. Currently they are producing the animated component of the second season.

They talked about the development of the series and their approach to the audiovisual concept and production.
www.studio-ü.de

Stefanie Hoffmann recounted the story of the mobile phone application aka-aki that started as a diploma project at Berlin University of the Arts in 2007. The goal was to bring features of social networking from the internet to the streets.

Aka-aki enables the user to find people sharing same interests within walking distance. This can be useful for dating, flirting but also in business, on fairs and conferences.
www.aka-aki.com

Ryotaro Bordini Chikushi has just moved back to Europe after working in Japan for the past 8 years. Focussing on trend and market research for the Asian market, he has been working as a consultant for international clients such as P&G, Vidal Sassoon, Ogilvy, Beacon, etc. helping them to position themselves in the ever changing Japanese consumer market.

He recalled his impressions and insights of the past years and share some stories of the obstacles foreign entrepreneurs have to face in order to make it in Japan.
www.bordinichikushi.net