MEET THE TEAM

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

​Maxim Jago is an Award-Winning Filmmaker, Best-Selling Author, Consultant Futurist, Strategic Advisor, International Keynote, and Founder and Director of The Creativity Conference.

Maxim consults on future and emerging technology for several international organisations, and as a film director, he has produced over thirty short films, feature length documentaries and is working on a forthcoming feature film. His work has won Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor awards.

Maxim is well-known as a media technology trainer and presenter and is the author of many books and training series for Adobe and Avid.

After 20 years of speaking at conferences around the world, Maxim was inspired to establish a gathering inspired by creative thinking and its practical application, with ideas and examples presented in a beautiful environment where magical thinking might become ‘everyday’: The Creativity Conference.

CONFERENCE MANAGER

Aidan is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and sustainability consultant currently based in London, England.

He is also a TEDx speaker, qualified drone pilot, percussionist, actor, writer and runner, and holds a degree in Geography from the University of Manchester.

Aidan hosts the official Creativity Conference Podcast.

He can be found online @aidan.rhode and at www.aidanrhode.com

ICELANDIC LOCAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Einar is the CEO of an Adobe Gold Certified Reseller company he founded 2012. He has continued to be involved in various projects, production exhibit prints, colour grading proofs for printing of photography books and photography exhibits.

He was the Technical Producer of the Iceland Revealed, two years Smithsonian Museum photography exhibit. He also oversaw lay outing and printing off the book published in relationship to the Smithsonian exhibit.

Einar has been closely involved in the development of The Creativity Conference in Iceland from the very beginning. When Maxim first mentioned the spark of an idea to host a meeting of minds of this kind in Iceland, Einar shared his own similar dream to make such an event happen. For years Einar had hoped to bring together creative minds from around the world and he quickly offered to collaborate with the team to enable them to establish a new annual event. Einar's perspective, experience, and vision have been crucial to the maturation of The Creativity Conference and it's fair to say it would not be happening in Iceland without his infinitely valuable support.

PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR

John is a serial entrepreneur, story teller, futurist, visionary and dreamer.

He leads IEEE-USA’s Washington, DC Communications department and has worked as General Manager of Web Development for Erol’s Internet, which at the time was the 4th largest Internet Service Provider in the USA. 

While there, he founded INTERCOT.com in 1997 – which is now one of the Internet’s oldest (25 years) and longest running Walt Disney World vacation planning websites and podcasts.

In his spare time, he is an avid photographer/videographer, podcaster, graphic designer & gadget nut.