Blockchain here, AI there—at the end of the year, marketers are overwhelmed with forecasts of the trends that will be important in the new year. Alleged trends.

The principles on which blockchain is based have the potential to incur great change.

Attorney Yvonne Schäfer sees great potential in many industries

Programmatic advertising solves known problems, but at the same time is not without its own problems.

At DMEXCO in Cologne, yesterday the digital economy started discussing not only the latest trends in technology and marketing, but also its self-image and its responsibility towards users. In 2018, DMEXCO, the meeting place for all major decision-makers from the digital economy, marketing and innovation, will feature 1,000 exhibitors from 40 countries in six halls and more than 550 speakers – 48 percent of whom are from abroad and 33 percent of whom are female. Two start-up pitches are also taking place: the winner of the “SevenVentures Pitch Day” is the platform for online therapy courses Selfapy. The final of “The DMEXCO & Unilever Foundry Start-up Hatch” will be held on September 13 on the Debate Stage.

With his work, the artist Albrecht Behmel builds a bridge between the graphic and the digital world.