Tyson Mowarin is a father, filmmaker, photographer, musician and a proud Ngarluma born, people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. He is also the founder of Weerianna Street Media and the Creative Director of the Digital Dreamtime Project, where he blends thirteen innovative Australian Indigenous knowledge and culture projects with digital technologies. Tyson has produced content for the National...

Chris Bergstresser is an industry veteran is responsible for driving the international growth of numerous top-selling and highly acclaimed video games. Chris will join XML Switzerland as an International Mentor and Keynote Speaker in Basel tomorrow. 1.  Do you have a secret recipe to foster participation and engagement? No Secret Recipe....

  Malo Girod de I'Ain is the Co-founder of Digital Art International (Digitalarti) – the leading international community and media portal covering digital art & innovation worldwide. Malo will join XML...

  X Media Lab Switzerland "Participation Culture" will extend into the wee hours of the morn at the official after party "Oslo Night" - thanks to our partner, House of Electronic Arts, Basel! Oslo Night – Art, performances, concerts, DJs on September 14 A mobile phone opera, acid noise, synthesizer- and robot sounds, DJ-acts, open exhibitions...

Carlo Donzella is an advisor to the Lazio Region of Rome, Carlo has recently been involved in the Futouring.it project which has created 6 world-class digital media experiences for 6 world-heritage sites within the Lazio region. Carlo will join XML Switzerland as...

Ariane Koek leads the International Arts at CERN - the world's largest particle physics laboratory based outside Geneva, in Switzerland since Spring 2010 1. Do you have a secret recipe to foster participation and engagement? Playfulness 2. Who has been the most important person to your professional life and why? John Moat - the founder of the Arvon Foundation for Creative Writing...

  Susan O’Connor is an award-winning video game writer who creates worlds, plots, characters and scripts for video games. She works with game designers, creative directors, and producers to bring story and gameplay together.Her books include: Bioshock 1, Bioschock 2 and Gears of War. Susan will join XML Switzerland as an International Mentor and Keynote Speaker in Basel next month. 1. ...

Stojan Pelko is the Former Deputy Minister of Culture in Slovenia and a Philosopher. He is currently contracted as spokesperson and chief communication officer to EU Office / EU Special Representative Samuel Zbogar in Pristina (Kosovo). Stojan will join XML Switzerland as an International Mentor and Keynote Speaker in Basel next month. 1.  Do you have a secret recipe...

Tom Chatfiled is the author of four books of non-fiction exploring digital culture and a tech columnist for the BBC. He has also contributed to transmedia and experimental narrative projects, most recently The End - a multi-award-winning game about death and philosophy developed for Channel 4 Education. Tom will join XML Switzerland as an International Mentor and Keynote Speaker in Basel next month. 1. ...

In his many keynotes and presentations, Gerd Leonhard popularized the phrase "Data is the new oil" ) originally coined by Clive Humbey / AMA - which has since been used by thousands.  At XML Switzerland "Participation Culture", this internationally renowned futurist and author of 5 books is going to share even more of his secret sauce..... 1.  Do you have a secret recipe to foster...

  Nominations are open for digital media and cultural practitioners to workshop their ‘participation culture’ ideas with the world’s leading participation culture visionaries and digital media investors in Basel, 14 – 16 September 2012. The internationally acclaimed creative industries event, X Media Lab (XML) is calling for Switzerland’s hottest digital culture people and projects to become a part of XML Switzerland ‘Participation Culture’.  XML is an...

A new documentary film headed by the producer of Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 and an interactive children’s book and iPad app with anti-bullying message are among the first projects to be selected for X Media Lab: Global Media Ideas.   X Media Lab has been flooded with submissions for its annual Global Media Ideas summit, which...

The Oprah of the Web - Corvida Raven - reveals her guilty secrets and what she is going to be sharing with us at X Media Lab "Global Ideas": 1. When should you start a business? As soon as you discover the passion that you want to sustain you. Go for it and don’t stop even after you’ve created it. 2. How do you turn a creative idea into...

Are you an achiever? A killer? An explorer? Or a Socializer? Find out which player you are!  Dr. Steffen P Walz, the Director of Games & Experimental Entertainment Laboratorywill explains it all at XML "Global Media Ideas" from the future of the Digital Gaming world. Traditional gamers, it's time to hear an insightful and critical persperctive on how game design is...

Gerry Gouy is the New York based Global Senior Business Development Director for MTV Networks International - the world's largest television and mobile video network.  Gerry is heading to Sydney for XML "Global Media Ideas" where he'll share with us “The war for your TV: Dispatches from the front lines”. 1. When should you start a business? If...