Richard Kastelein
Bio from http://www.linkedin.com/in/expathos
Publisher of TV App Market, founder of The Hackfest (both acquired in 2013) and global expert on Media & TV innovation, Kastelein is an award winning publisher & entrepreneur. He has guest lectured at MIT Media Lab, Oxford University, & the University of Koln - sat on media convergence panel at 2nd EU Digital Assembly in Brussels and worked with broadcasters such as the BBC, ABC, CBC, NPO, RTL (DE and NL), Eurosport, NBCU, C4, ITV, Liberty Global, Seven Network and others on media convergence strategy (Social TV, OTT, VOD, DLNA & 2nd Screen).
Kastelein has judged hundreds of startups for the European Commission Horizon 2020 and UK Technology Board funding programmes.
He's a Fellow of the UK Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and UK Royal Television Society (RTS) member.
Kastelein has spoken on the future of media & TV in Amsterdam, Belfast, Berlin, Brussels, Brighton, Copenhagen, Cannes, Cologne, Curacao, Frankfurt, Hollywood, Hilversum, Geneva, Groningen, London, Las Vegas, Leipzig, Madrid, Melbourne, NYC, Oxford, Rio de Janeiro, Sheffield, San Francisco, San Jose, Sydney, Tallinn, Vienna, Zurich... and been on advisory boards of TEDx Istanbul, SMWF UK, Apps World UK, and judged @ AIB awards, Social TV Awards Hollywood, TV Connect & IPTV Awards.
A versatilist & autodidact, his leadership ability, divergent and synthetic thinking skills, concepting, and storytelling skills, evolved from sailing the world 24000 miles+ offshore in his 20′s on sailboats under 12m.
He spent 10 years in the Caribbean media & boating industry as a professional sailor before returning to Holland.
A Creative Technologist and Canadian (Dutch/Irish/English/Métis) his career began in the Native Press (Canadian Arctic). He's a columnist at The Association for International Broadcasting and writes for Wired Insights, Guardian & Virgin and his work and ideas have been translated into Dutch, Greek, Polish, German and French.
One of his TV formats was optioned by Sony Pictures Television in 2012.
Bio from http://www.linkedin.com/in/expathos
Publisher of TV App Market, founder of The Hackfest (both acquired in 2013) and global expert on Media & TV innovation, Kastelein is an award winning publisher & entrepreneur. He has guest lectured at MIT Media Lab, Oxford University, & the University of Koln - sat on media convergence panel at 2nd EU Digital Assembly in Brussels and worked with broadcasters such as the BBC, ABC, CBC, NPO, RTL (DE and NL), Eurosport, NBCU, C4, ITV, Liberty Global, Seven Network and others on media convergence strategy (Social TV, OTT, VOD, DLNA & 2nd Screen).
Kastelein has judged hundreds of startups for the European Commission Horizon 2020 and UK Technology Board funding programmes.
He's a Fellow of the UK Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and UK Royal Television Society (RTS) member.
Kastelein has spoken on the future of media & TV in Amsterdam, Belfast, Berlin, Brussels, Brighton, Copenhagen, Cannes, Cologne, Curacao, Frankfurt, Hollywood, Hilversum, Geneva, Groningen, London, Las Vegas, Leipzig, Madrid, Melbourne, NYC, Oxford, Rio de Janeiro, Sheffield, San Francisco, San Jose, Sydney, Tallinn, Vienna, Zurich... and been on advisory boards of TEDx Istanbul, SMWF UK, Apps World UK, and judged @ AIB awards, Social TV Awards Hollywood, TV Connect & IPTV Awards.
A versatilist & autodidact, his leadership ability, divergent and synthetic thinking skills, concepting, and storytelling skills, evolved from sailing the world 24000 miles+ offshore in his 20′s on sailboats under 12m.
He spent 10 years in the Caribbean media & boating industry as a professional sailor before returning to Holland.
A Creative Technologist and Canadian (Dutch/Irish/English/Métis) his career began in the Native Press (Canadian Arctic). He's a columnist at The Association for International Broadcasting and writes for Wired Insights, Guardian & Virgin and his work and ideas have been translated into Dutch, Greek, Polish, German and French.
One of his TV formats was optioned by Sony Pictures Television in 2012.
BBC Presentation - Future of TV - Orchestrated Media - New Gatekeepers in the Living Room
28,345 views on Slideshare this presentation went viral and futher established my thought leadership in Future TV arena.
http://www.slideshare.net/expathos/bbc-presention-future-of-tv
Hacktivism 101 - Experiences in White Hat Hacking 2002-2010
Presentation on ethical hacking, hacktivism, open source publishing and some of my adventures as a political activist and publisher from 2002-2010.
