Welcome to Connected Ink Düsseldorf

Date: 22 NOV 2023

Location: Wacom Experience Center Düsseldorf

Join fellow creative minds to celebrate Wacom's 40th anniversary at an exclusive yet relaxed event.

Embracing the theme "Back to the Forest," this event marks a retrospective look at our creative roots, celebrating the journey that brought us to today and setting the stage for an exciting future.

Delve into our newest product innovations, which encompass our latest Wacom Cintiq Pro product family, demonstrations of creative workflows in a tangible studio environment, and solutions for digital rights management.

Listen to enlightening discussions delivered by esteemed creatives and studio executives, and engage in networking with fellow professionals in the creative field while savoring complimentary beverages and delectable canapés throughout the day.

As the evening approaches, participate in a fun creative battle for some lighthearted entertainment! We eagerly looking forward to your company on this extraordinary day.

Join fellow creative minds to celebrate Wacom's 40th anniversary at an exclusive yet relaxed event.

Embracing the theme "Back to the Forest," this event marks a retrospective look at our creative roots, celebrating the journey that brought us to today and setting the stage for an exciting future.

As the evening approaches, participate in a fun creative battle for some lighthearted entertainment! We eagerly looking forward to your company on this extraordinary day.

Highlights

16:00 - 21:00

Creative Exhibition

Wacom latest products and services

Discover how creative people and their tools grow, from beginners to creative pros. Expect various use cases that shows the journey and products at each stage. And in addition demonstrations of creative workflows in a tangible studio environment.

17:00 - 17:30

Yuify: Empowering Creative Rights

With special guests

Learn more about how Wacom Yuify can help to proof authorship comfortably and setup legally robust licenses.

18:15 - 19:15

Creative Talks

Stuart Forrest, Darek Zabrocki

Listen to two esteemed members of the creative community, concept artist Darek Zabrocki, and the CEO of Triggerfish Animation Studios, Stuart Forrest as they share their journeys, challenges, and successes.

19:15 - 21:00

Live Drawing Battle

Theme: Creative Chaos

Feel the excitement as talented artists compete in a fast and thrilling creativity challenge. See how they turn empty canvases into stunning art while racing against time. Who will win in this exciting clash of artistic skills?

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Speakers

Stuart Forrest

CEO of Triggerfish Animation Studio.

Stuart Forrest takes a look back to the "roots" of over 27 years of Triggerfish, showing how some of the worst business decisions they made turned out to be decisions that catapulted them to successfully producing 3 original feature films and 3 original TV series - presenting African talent, environments and cultural heritage.

Darek Zabrocki

Concept artist

Peter Sommer

Peter is the Senior Vice President Branded Business EMEA by Wacom. He passionate about exploring and developing new solutions based on Ink technology with Wacom´s strong community of partners. For him, connecting people, listening to and understanding different users is the source for innovation and new value propositions. “More human, more digital” is the guiding concept of Peter and his team.

Heidi Wang

Heidi Wang is passionate about ink and innovation. For her, ink is a reflection and response of our soul and mind. As Head of the Ink Division, she leads ink technology and services development and innovations at Wacom. Partnerships are her focus – under the motto “value is created by connections.” For Heidi, the purpose of technology is to create meaningful experiences. She has also been a key driver of the Digital Stationery Consortium since its founding.

Stuart Forrest

CEO of Triggerfish Animation Studio

Darek Zabrocki

Concept artist

Peter Sommer

Peter is the Vice President Branded Business EMEA by Wacom. He passionate about exploring and developing new solutions based on Ink technology with Wacom´s strong community of partners. For him, connecting people, listening to and understanding different users is the source for innovation and new value propositions. “More human, more digital” is the guiding concept of Peter and his team.

Heidi Wang

Heidi Wang is passionate about ink and innovation. For her, ink is a reflection and response of our soul and mind. As Head of the Ink Division, she leads ink technology and services development and innovations at Wacom. Partnerships are her focus – under the motto “value is created by connections.” For Wang, the purpose of technology is to create meaningful experiences. She has also been a key driver of the Digital Stationery Consortium since its founding.