From artisan production to intensive market. Emile Aarts will share with us his experience on how design is a key tool to compete on an intensive market (electronics of consumption). That’s what Philips Design is doing and the success of new products sales confirm they were right.

Emile Aarts is a key figure at Philips Research. He is vice-president and director of the scientific program of Philips Research and Head of New Media System & Applications and his task is to turn visions of the future into everyday reality. In 1998, he launched the concept of ambient intelligence and in 2001, he founded Philips Home Lab. His current research interests include embedded systems and interaction technology. Aarts describes ambient intelligence as the integration of technology into our environment.

Prof.dr. Emile Aarts holds a MS. and PhD. degree in physics. For almost twenty years, he has been active as a research scientist in computing science.