Author Archives: Polle de Maagt

Youthwatching ‘09 shirts are in

At the moment, we’re waiting for our customised Youthwatching ‘09 shirts. We’re thrilled that some extremely talented young people agreed to give their interpretation of Youthwatching and Trendwolves.
While we wait, however, we still got some promotion to do for the event. That’s why we were really glad to see the temporary promo shirts coming in [...]

The flyer is in!

The amazing people of Toykyo, who did our housestyle, also designed this amazing flyer. Tom couldn’t resist showing it to our house pets.

Talented?

Young, talented and can’t afford to go to Youthwatching ‘09? Tell us why you should be part of our talent pool and get in for free!

New impressions from the Eskimo Factory

Today, whole of the Youthwatching ‘09 team visited the Eskimo Factory to check on the location. The location is amazingly cool and inspirational (don’t forget to check the slideshow). The large industrial spaces, empty or fully decorated, our creative neighbours, the rough walls and great lighting are a fantastic environment for Youthwatching ‘09.
With about six [...]

Speakers highlighted: Willem Sodderland

After receiving a Master of Laws at Leiden University, Willem started his career in 1994 at Michael Porter’s strategy consultancy Monitor Company. In 1998 he launched an ‘incubator’, which helped create several new companies and concepts. Willem has been involved in marketing and innovation ever since. In a number of startups he actively sought out [...]

Free copy of Martin Lindstrom’s Buyology book for subscribers

Last week we were able to confirm Martin Lindstrom as the keynote speaker for the Youthwatching ‘09 event.
We are really proud that we can offer 100 copies of Martin Lindstrom’s new Buyology book for the first 100 subscribers.
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Martin Lindstrom confirmed as keynote speaker

We are really delighted we can confirm Martin Lindstrom, the CEO and Chairman of the LINDSTROM company and the Chairman of BUYOLOGY INC. is the keynote speaker for Youthwatching ‘09.
As one of the world’s most respected marketing gurus, Martin advises top executives at companies including the McDonald’s Corporation, Nestlé, American Express, Microsoft, The Walt Disney [...]

Website Youthwatching.com live!

After some time we spent in beta, today, finally, our Youthwatching ‘09 website went live!

An unique location for an exceptional event: Eskimo in Gent

We just confirmed the old Eskimo Factory in Gent as the location of the Youthwatching ‘09 event. The location is a renovated and modernly equipped textile factory from the nineteenth century.
The oldest buildings, among which the “Grote Fabriek”, the “Kleine Fabriek” and the “Promenade”, date from the end of the 19th century. The buildings, visible [...]