Skype's Videophone and the Long Nose of Innovationbr Innovation Lab - Aarhus City Hallbr Nicolas Novabr Co-founder, Lift Labbr br Recurring failures are a surprising road to beautiful mistakes and future products. From a leading researcher in patterns of successful wrongdoing and explorer in new tech paths comes a look at the grand past of wrongs and a glimpse of future failures with great potential.br br Nicholas is one of Europe’s foremost tech thinkers in the rules of the new digital reality. “Explorer” would be a more apt description as he explores human needs, motivations and contexts to map new opportunities for engineers and designers. He is a regular guest at top research facilities in Europe and USA with a keen eye for how developments can find a suitable product or service form. In his free time, he collects video game controllers and peculiar interfaces dug up in flea markets here and there.br br The NEXT 2011 Conference is a rare glimpse into the latest trends and innovations in food, green, design, health and digital. Cutting-edge and single track, the conference brings together a diverse group of speakers from a variety of industries and organizations, including AT&T, Time Inc., Google and Ferrari. This is a great chance to watch idea-driven leaders as they help shape the future of the world.