Gel conference

Gel (Good Experience Live) is a conference focused on experience in all its forms -- business, art, society, technology, and life.

The conference has been held annually in New York City since 2003, and the first European counterpart, euroGel 2006, has taken place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 1 September 2006. Each conference has been hosted by Gel's founder, Mark Hurst.

GEL 2007 took place Thursday-Friday, April 19-20, 2007 in the The Equitable Theater (7th at 51st/52nd), New York City.

euroGel 2007 was unfortunately cancelled.

euroGel 2006 Speakers

Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Mark Hurst
  • Jytte Hilden
  • David McQuillen
  • Lise Autogena
  • Alison Young
  • Ted Dewan
  • Jan Gehl
  • Bosch & Fjord
  • Christopher Bauder
  • Ritt Bjerregaard
  • Han Bennink
  • Ann de Gersem
  • Vuk Ćosić
  • Stephen Bauman
  • Max Gadney
  • Ane Lykke
  • Jimmy Wales
  • Steffen Gulmann

GEL 2006 Speakers

New York

  • Katy Börner
  • Geoffrey Canada
  • Dennis DiFlorio
  • Jason Fried
  • Seth Godin - (watch video)
  • Ji Lee
  • Jane McGonigal
  • Erin McKean
  • Craig Newmark
  • Douglas Rushkoff
  • Marc Salem
  • Cathy Salit
  • Leni Schwendinger
  • Rick Smolan
  • Linda Stone
  • Danny Brown
  • Dan Dubno
  • Andrew Rasiej
  • Charlie Todd

2005 Speakers

  • Dee Breger
  • Sona Chawla
  • The Flying Karamazov Brothers
  • Charles Gehring
  • Theo Jansen
  • Ross Kauffman
  • Yuri Lane
  • Bob Mankoff
  • Ron Pompei
  • Laurie Rosenwald
  • Alexandra Schwartz
  • Barry Schwartz
  • Bruce Shapiro
  • Russell Shorto
  • Rick Smolan
  • Charlie Todd
  • Jimmy Wales - (watch video)
  • Seth Godin
  • Dan Dubno

2004 Speakers

  • Andre Haddad
  • Bob Roberts
  • Brian Collins
  • Christina Wodtke
  • Christo & Jeanne-Claude
  • David Bodanis
  • David Greenberger
  • Eloma Barnes
  • James Ludwig
  • Maria Schneider
  • Phil Mirvis
  • Rodney Brooks
  • Scott Heiferman
  • Seth Goldman
  • W. Russell Neuman

2003 Speakers

  • Sam Brown
  • Stewart Butterfield
  • Ze Frank
  • Kenneth T. Jackson
  • James Howard Kunstler
  • Pam Lewis
  • Marissa Mayer
  • Maryam Mohit
  • Elizabeth Peaslee
  • Stephen Bauman
  • Rick Robinson
  • Gillian Zoe Segal
  • The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
  • Andrew Zolli