Kari Korkman is the man behind Helsinki Design Week. He is the founder and the CEO of the organization that produces the event and also the president of the recently founded World Design Weeks Network.

Kari tells us the story behind Helsinki Design Week: how it evolved from an one-off exhibition to a ten-day celebration of good design. What he means by saying that the residents are taking over the city and are there similarities between captaining a sailboat and leading the Helsinki Design Week.

On his webpage, Saku Tuominen describes himself as ”entrepreneur, innovator, creative director, executive producer, author, keynote speaker, curator, olive oil producer, right wing in ice-hockey. I dream and I do”.

For Saku, bold ideas, clarity of thinking and brilliant execution make great design. He has a great passion for new ideas and creating something wonderful. How to take the first steps from a great idea to the execution and how to avoid the risk of procrastinating.?

Linda Liukas is the founder of the international Rails Girls community for girls and women who want to learn coding, the author of best-selling children’s book Hello Ruby and last spring she attended the TED conference Residency program and also won the largest design prize in China, the DIA Gold award.

Linda’s task is to increase the number of creators in the world by democratizing programming. Why learning coding is so important, and what is the role of programming in designing the future?