Designregio Kortrijk will organize ‘WE ARE THE NEXT GENERATION’ talks at BUMP, where promising young designers graduated from notable international schools, give a lecture or workshop on their research. Get your tickets on www.bump-festival.be for just €45 (including lunch and afterparty) and €25 for students.

• Frank Kolkman
  is an experimental designer whose latest projects include: an Out-of-body experience simulator, a Domestic drug screening kit, a DIY Surgical Robot and proposals for a Humane Caviar Extraction Super Yacht & a Synthetic Rhino Horn Growing Device.
• Alexandre Humbert
  was trained as a product designer (Design Academy Eindhoven) and gradually developed a fascination for, and expertise as filmmaker. He currently focusses on Filmmaking as a design practice. “As designers we are storytellers, we are not designing chairs but ways of sitting.”
• Tomo Kihara
  is a Japanes designer en has developed a tool for “street debating”, which allows homeless people to earn money without compromising their dignity.
• Kate Dawkins
  is an award winning designer, creative director and founder of Kate Dawkins Studio. A studio specialising in creating and delivering bespoke content for spectacular live performances, shows and brand events, working across both projection and LED, indoor and outdoor.
• Hayley Hughes
  is a Design Lead for IBM’s Design Language. Her work is showcased on IBM’s “26 Innovations by 26 Innovative Women” and she is a certified IBM Design Thinking Leader. When she’s not focused on the language, Hayley works with IBM’s Executive Women’s Council to create awareness of unconscious bias and its impact on business.
• Gene Kogan
  is an artist and a programmer who is interested in generative systems, computer science, and software for creativity and self-expression.
• James Curran (Slim Jim)
  is a British animator and director with a background in videos games, music videos, commercials and animated GIFs.
• Pamela Pavliscak
  is founder of Change Sciences, a future insights firm that works with Google, IKEA, Virgin and a plethora of visionary organizations. She’s faculty at Pratt Institute where she teaches the next generation of designers.
• Nicolas Sassoon
  uses early computer imaging techniques to render a wide array of forms and figures, encoded visually with pixelated patterns and animation.