Amsterdam Edition

For the latest edition of ‘NEXT is NOW’, we transformed the iconic NIO House Amsterdam into a setting for exchange, inspiration, and forward-thinking dialogue. Together with our partner FRAME and leading voices from design, innovation, and brand experience, we explored ‘Humanity’s Edge in the Age of AI’: a topic defining not only where we are heading, but what will keep us distinctly human.

Across curated conversations and shared reflections, we examined the qualities that will continue to matter in an AI-driven world – empathy, creativity, and the power of genuine connection. It was an evening shaped by ideas that challenge, inspire, and move the dialogue forward.

Perspectives from Meike Hartelust (Managing Director, LIGANOVA Netherlands), Richard Lems (Executive Director Format & Design, Rituals), David Mahyari (Chief Executive Officer, SolidNature), and Tracey Ingram (Editor at Large, FRAME) revealed a shared understanding: In an era shaped by intelligent systems, our most powerful advantage lies in what cannot be automated: human emotion, creative vision, and meaningful connection. We can’t outpace AI – but we can outfeel it, outimagine it, outconnect it.