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SUMMARY:How Torture Garden Creates Safety\, Anticipation & Intention Before and During Events
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte Hellicar is Director of Torture Garden\, the world-renowned fetish and body art club night\, which has hosted monthly London events for over 35 years. \nWith more than 25 years as a core member of the Torture Garden team\, Charlotte is passionate about curating events that celebrate individuality\, connection\, and provide welcoming spaces with a unique edge for those willing to step through the door. \nHer work is defined by creating dynamic\, inclusive spaces that champion creativity\, boundary pushing\, self-expression\, and community for those seeking something that challenges the norm – and she brings that passion and expertise to London Experience Week this April. \nAt LXW26\, Charlotte will reveal how Torture Garden uses communication and production to create safety\, anticipation and intention before and during events. She will detail how using rules\, event info and immersion can actually increase excitement\, giving partygoers the freedom to enjoy the best experience possible. \nCome and learn something from a club who has been prioritising community\, inclusion and creativity for over three decades.
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/how-torture-garden-creates-safety-anticipation-intention-before-and-during-events/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: The Art of Listening | Music & the Experience Economy
DESCRIPTION:Full guest list to come. Please come along and join in the debate with our expert panel.\n \n  \n\n  \nTitle: The Art of Listening \nA Business of Experience Roundtable \nHost: Keith Jopling (CCed)\, author of Body Of Work and Riding The Rollercoaster\, host of The Art of Longevity and ex Sony Music\, EMI and Spotify. \nDescription: One the one hand – music is one of the most powerful forms of experience design. It shapes emotion\, controls attention\, builds community. It drives repeat behaviour. And yet\, most experience creators underuse and misunderstand sound. \nOn the other – the music industry is going through huge changes: the fall of clubbing\, challenges for smaller venues\, the rise and economic impact of mega residencies\, the rise of listening rooms and high-end audio experiences. \nSo where does experience design fit in with the future of music? \nThis session brings together people from music\, audio\, and experience design to explore what happens when sound is treated not as decoration\, but as core infrastructure. And how the broader idea of experience design is becoming ever more important to the music industry. \nKey Questions: \n\nWhat can experience designers learn from how music creates emotion and memory?\nWhat can the music industry learn from the wider world of experience design – in terms of engaging and monetising the product?\nHow do you design sound as part of the experience – not just an add-on? What are the best examples of sound-led experiences\nHow do live music formats translate into other experience categories?\nWhat role does sound play in dwell time\, behaviour\, and repeat visits?\nWhere do most experiences get audio wrong?\nHow is spatial audio changing what’s possible?\n\nWhat You’ll Come Out Of This Roundtable With: \nConcrete tactics to use sound as a design tool\, and practical ways to integrate it into your experiences.
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/roundtable-the-art-of-listening/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T143000
DTSTAMP:20260418T092331Z
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SUMMARY:Bridge Command - the Most Repeatable Experience in the World? How to Create\, Maintain and Harness the Power of a Cult Following
DESCRIPTION:Bridge Command is entering its third year of operation with a hyper-engaged fan base – some of whom have attended over a hundred times.  \nIt has proven that an immersive experience does not have to have the broadest possible appeal to achieve success\, and has become a masterclass in how to build an experience on a niche interest catering to significantly smaller audience sizes than immersive experiences commonly rely on. \nIn 30 minutes\, Owen will walk you through how Bridge Command has developed\, maintained and grown that core fan base\, and the benefits that have come from this approach. \n 
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/bridge-command-the-most-repeatable-experience-in-the-world-how-to-create-maintain-and-harness-the-power-of-a-cult-following/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T140000
DTSTAMP:20260413T214519Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn for Experience Entrepreneurs with Professor Chris Coleridge (University of Cambridge)
DESCRIPTION:Chris Coleridge is a Management Practice Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. He creates and runs venture builders for entrepreneurial start-ups. \nHe has recently partnered with the WXO and Technology Innovation Associates to launch The WXO Venture Builder\, a global launchpad for the next generation of ventures in the Experience Economy with a mission to help founders… \n\nFind the right co-founders\, advisors & investors\nShape irresistible propositions & pitch decks\nBuild ventures that are not just creative – but fundable\, scalable\, and profitable\n\nChris has raised c. $20m in early-stage funding\, entored 100s of founders at London Business School and the University of Cambridge and built one of Europe’s most respected innovation ecosystems. \nCome and join him for an invaluable lunch and learn session. If you’re starting your own experience business or need help with an existing one\, this could be the best lunchtime you’ve ever had. \n  \n\n  \nAbout Chris Coleridge: \n\nManagement Practice Associate Professor\nFellow of Wolfson College\nMBA (London Business School)\, MSc\, PhD (London School of Economics)\n\nIn addition to my Strategy and Entrepreneurship teaching responsibilities\, I work on advancing startups (by mentoring\, and by creating and running venture builders)\, on advancing business ecosystems (by consulting on ecosystem strategy\, and through my Faster Climate Impact project)\, and on advancing innovation ecosystems (through the Innovation Ecosystems Network at Wolfson College).  My work aims to protect liberal democracy by strengthening our innovation capacities. \nMy research interests include collaborative innovation\, top management teams in ventures\, venture builders\, networks and innovation ecosystems. I’m a member of the Strategy and International Business subject group.
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/lunch-learn-for-experience-entrepreneurs-with-professor-chris-coleridge-university-of-cambridge/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T124500
DTSTAMP:20260418T150746Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: Around The WXOrld | What's Working Now\, What's Coming Next
DESCRIPTION:Please come along and join in the debate with our expert panel. \n\n  \nTitle: Around The WXOrld: What’s Working Now\, What’s Coming Next \nA Business of Experience Roundtable \nHost: Richard Parry (Experience UK) \nDescription: \nFrom Shanghai to Riyadh\, from London to Los Angeles – the Experience Economy is evolving fast. New formats\, new funding models\, new audiences. Jubensha in China\, vibrations in Los Angeles… \nThis session is a global intelligence exchange: what’s working\, where\, and why. \nKey Questions: \n\nWhat are the most interesting experience formats emerging globally right now?\nWhich regions are leading in what areas?\nAre there models/formats that only work locally? What’s set to scale internationally?\nWhat can we learn from tier 1 and tier 2 markets in China\, South East Asia\, the Middle East\, and different cities across the US?\nWhere are the biggest opportunities over the next 3–5 years?\nWhat trends are overhyped\, what’s under the radar?\n\nWhat You’ll Come Out Of This Roundtable With: \nIdeas you can use in your work. A clearer global picture of where the Experience Economy is heading\, and if that will impact your work\, locally or if you’re intending to scale internationally. You’ll also make useful global connections.
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/roundtable-around-the-wxorld-whats-working-now-whats-coming-next/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T113000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150705Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: The Best Experiences in the World Are Made by People Who've Never Met
DESCRIPTION:Full guest list to come. Please come along and join in the debate with our expert panel. \n  \n\n  \nTitle: The Best Experiences in the World Are Made by People Who’ve Never Met \nA Business of Experience Roundtable \nHost: David Botchey \nDescription: The experience industry talks endlessly about collaboration\, but the reality is that the studios making the content\, the designers building the worlds\, the technologists engineering the moments and the brands funding it all are still largely working in parallel\, not together. \nThe results are incredible. \nNow imagine what happens when they actually converge. \nDavid Botchey sits at that intersection every day\, one foot in games and VFX\, one foot in experiential and immersive. What he’s seeing seeing is that the next generation of experiences won’t be built by one brilliant team. They’ll be built by ecosystems. \nThe question is who’s building those ecosystems now\, and how. \nNot a case study\, more a real world provocation. Come and join David and guests at London Experience Week. \nKey Questions: \n\nWhere do the biggest breakdowns happen between studios\, designers\, technologists\, and brands?\nWho is actually working well across these boundaries today? What are they doing differently?\nWhat does a high-functioning experience ecosystem look like in practice?\nAt what point should each discipline enter the process? What happens when they’re brought in too late?\nHow do you align creative ambition\, technical feasibility\, and commercial reality from the start?\nWhat structures\, partnerships\, or ways of working actually enable better collaboration?\nWhat should we stop doing because it consistently leads to poor outcomes?\n\nWhat You’ll Come Out Of This Roundtable With \nPractical ways to collaborate more effectively across disciplines to create better\, faster\, and more commercially successful experiences.
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/roundtable-the-best-experiences-in-the-world-are-made-by-people-whove-never-met/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T110000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152446Z
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SUMMARY:I MUST BE INVISIBLE: A Laboratory of Belonging
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be invisible — and why do some people long for it? \nIn this intimate gathering\, participants become researchers of their own lived experience — exploring how invisibility operates in personal\, social\, and institutional life\, and how being seen or unseen shapes behavior\, belonging\, and choice. \nThe Laboratory of Belonging is a place where visibility is examined with curiosity and care — and where participants leave feeling seen\, heard\, and celebrated. Blending storytelling\, live music\, audience reflection\, and participatory ritual\, this experience fosters resilience and a genuine sense of belonging that tends to stay with people long after they leave the room. \nFacilitated by social practice artist and In/Visibility Lab Founder Gabrielle Senza\, assisted by Dan Ruderman. \nGrounded in over 500 real responses from the Archive of Invisible Things — an ongoing cross-cultural research project. \nCapacity: up to 25. No late entry. \n——– \nPresenting at London Experience Week 2026\nI MUST BE INVISIBLE: A Laboratory of Belonging\nMinistry of Sound · April 23rd  |  CitizenM London · April 24th \ngabriellesenza.com\ninvisibilitylab.com\nwalkunafraid.org
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/i-must-be-invisible-a-laboratory-of-belonging/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exclusives,Experience Safari 2026,Experiences,LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T163000
DTSTAMP:20260410T152951Z
CREATED:20260318T103200Z
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SUMMARY:Making Meaning\, Connection\, and Transformation: Tools\, Reflections\, and Explorations
DESCRIPTION:Impactful experiences create a transformation in their guests…but how do we design to create embodied\, emotional connections and meaningful\, memorable audience journeys? \nDrawing on 25 years of creating immersive\, site-specific\, and experiential work\, Zach will offer practical tools and considerations on creating emotionally engaging audience journeys. \nHe will detail the myriad methods he and Third Rail Projects have used to create critically-acclaimed works that place the audience at the very heart of the storytelling including: Then She Fell\, The Grand Paradise\, Ghost Light\, Behind the City\, the VR adaptation of Wolves in The Walls\, and many others. \nKey takeaways: \n\nWhy you need to hire a theater/dance/movement director as a consultant and/or key member of your team. What is crucial about designing for the whole body & choreographing/blocking the audience experience?\nWhy it is important to create pathways for personal meaning-making through audience endowment and resonance. How does this offer essential and meaningful agency and participation?\nWhy you might want to reimagine what intimacy means in immersive/experiential performance and activations. How we can foster deeply connected\, emotionally resonant\, and scalable audience experiences without relying on unsustainable performer-to-audience ratios?
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/making-meaning-connection-and-transformation-tools-reflections-and-explorations/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T143000
DTSTAMP:20260330T095850Z
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SUMMARY:Human Tech Under Martial Law: Lightsticks\, Flags\, Prepayment & BARAM
DESCRIPTION:On 3 December 2024\, South Korea lived through a surreal day: martial law declared\, then overturned within hours.  \nFear and old memories of violence surfaced – but what appeared in the streets was different: \n\nK-pop lightsticks instead of weapons\nHand-drawn meme flags (“I want to go home”\, “National Lying Down Association”)\nPrepaid cups of warm coffee waiting for strangers\n\nIn this session\, Jooseok Oh (Founder\, CEO BARAM Experience Co.\, Ltd) shares these fragile\, powerful “human technologies” and explores what they teach us about designing experiences\, democracy\, and sustainable coexistence – not as the organiser\, but as a Korean experience researcher and storyteller. \nKey takeaways: \nThis session gives you a set of lenses and prompts to design with the human technologies your audiences invent for themselves – not just with the tools you buy or build. \n\nA backstage context-mapping method for any audience\nA reusable way to map the “hidden layers” behind behaviour – from 1980–90s democracy movements to 2002 World Cup streets\, 2016 candlelight protests and the 2024–25 “revolution of light”. You’ll leave with questions you can use to surface your own city’s historical layers before you design.\nA lens for reading symbols as human tech\, not props\nHow to treat K-pop lightsticks\, meme flags and prepaid cups of warm coffee as serious interfaces for emotion\, identity and care – and how to run the same analysis on the objects\, memes and habits your audiences already bring from home.\nDesign prompts for when people refuse to follow the script\nConcrete prompts to redesign one current project so it anticipates where people will really move: from staying home to coming out\, from standing still to studying under streetlights\, from consuming to organising heated buses and late-night snacks for strangers.\nA pattern library for bottom-up solidarity hacks\nTransferable patterns from Korea’s winter nights – from foil-blanket “Kisses” cheering squads to anonymous donors sending heated buses – that you can adapt to festivals\, museums\, cities and brands without copying the politics.\nA sharper definition of “human tech” for experience makers\nA way to distinguish between digital tools and the human technologies of time\, risk and shared belief – plus a closing question set you can use with your team: “Where will we let people become the protagonists here?”
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/human-tech-under-martial-law-lightsticks-flags-prepayment-baram/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T123000
DTSTAMP:20260410T152925Z
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SUMMARY:The Hidden Economics of Experience: How To Turn Art Into Business
DESCRIPTION:So many ideas… so many ‘art-preneurs’ who need to know how to create a business plan investors will understand + draw a direct line between experience and returns. \nSo Blair Russell\, Tony-nominated producer and developer of theatre and live performance\, will share: \n\nFunding structures (commercial vs subsidised vs hybrid)\nRisk models in live experience\nWhy most projects fail to get funded\n\nIn particular\, Blair will consider non-traditional development paths\, more complex revenue streams\, more options to raise funds and other opportunities that are as diversified as they are resilient. \nCome and join Blair for a session that shows that the business of art is more than just seats\, popcorn and merch!
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/the-hidden-economics-of-experience-how-to-turn-art-into-business/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T113000
DTSTAMP:20260414T121522Z
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SUMMARY:What if Places of Escape Could Help Rebuild the World We’re Escaping From?
DESCRIPTION:Location-based experiences already shape how people think\, value\, and behave – but that influence is rarely recognised as a strategic lever.  \nThis session marks the launch of Immersive Influence\, a new white paper that reframes experiences as behavioural infrastructure: places where mindset shifts can emerge and compound positive actions beyond the visit itself. \nDrawing on systems thinking and behavioural science\, it shows how experiences can influence norms\, choices\, and behaviours in everyday life – and why the downstream effects of those shifts can rival\, or in many cases far exceed\, a venue’s operational impact. \nSession takeaways: \n\nA reframing of experiences as behavioural systems — not just venues\, content\, or moments in time.\nImmersive Influence — the core framework introduced in the white paper\, and how its elements connect to shape post-visit behaviour.\nA systems view of impact that distinguishes what venues control operationally from how guests influence outcomes in everyday life.\nThe 3R Framework (Revelation → Reinforcement → Replication) as a practical design lens for how influence can carry beyond the exit gate.\nGreater clarity on leverage – where experience design can matter most\, and why small shifts can have outsized effects at scale.
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/what-if-places-of-escape-could-help-rebuild-the-world-were-escaping-from/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260422T103000
DTSTAMP:20260414T010045Z
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SUMMARY:What Game Engines Actually Enable in Location-Based Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Spectacle is no longer enough to sustain engagement in location-based experiences. Yet one powerful solution remains vastly underused.  \nToo often\, game engines like Unreal function merely as pre-viz or rendering tools\, rather than as systems for interaction\, state\, agency\, and personalization. This session explores how lightweight game mechanics\, logic layers\, and rule-based design can deepen immersion and enable meaningful personalization — without turning LBEs into “games” or disrupting operations. \nDrawing on real-world projects\, it offers practical ways to introduce interaction that supports throughput\, resilience\, and guest experience\, while avoiding the assumptions that keep teams anchored in spectacle. \nKey takeaways: \n\nA Mechanics Ladder (passive → reactive → interactive → systemic) to evaluate interaction depth\nA decision matrix for determining whether an experience is ready for mechanics\nA shared vocabulary for discussing mechanics with non-game stakeholders\nClear guidance on where not to use game logic (and why)
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/what-game-engines-actually-enable-in-location-based-experiences/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260421T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260421T173000
DTSTAMP:20260311T150054Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Individual Experience: Mapping Experience Ecosystems
DESCRIPTION:From high streets to cultural districts\, experiences are rarely created in isolation\, yet the ecosystems that enable them are fragmented and invisible. \nWhile micro high-street businesses are good at creating meaningful experiences\, they often struggle to translate these strengths into growth\, innovation or long-term resilience. Limited resources\, time and funds are common challenges. \nThe session introduces network analysis as a practical tool for mapping relationships among businesses and other actors\, like place managers\, funders. Ecosystem mapping reveals gaps and opportunities for collaborations. \nThrough a participatory mapping exercise\, participants leave with a tool to apply ecosystem thinking in their own contexts. \nKey takeaways: \n\nA simple ecosystem mapping approach to visualise relationships between businesses\, support organisations and other stakeholders.\nA practical way to identify gaps\, under-used support and non-monetary value flows such as knowledge exchange within an experience ecosystem\, supporting resilience and collaboration.\nA clear entry point for applying ecosystem thinking when supporting experience-led businesses working in resource-constrained contexts.
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/beyond-the-individual-experience-mapping-experience-ecosystems/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260421T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260421T163000
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SUMMARY:Session: Harshadha Balasubramanian
DESCRIPTION:Session description to come. \n  \n\n  \nAbout Harshadha Balasubramanian: \nHarshadha (Harsha) Balasubramanian is an anthropologist researching the labour of making immersive media accessible to disability communities. \nShe is an Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art and a consultant working to embed digital access in galleries\, libraries\, archives\, and museums. \nOutputs from her research include a patented prototype for non-visual virtual reality access\, co-creative research methods\, and workshops on designing with disability justice principles.
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/session-harshadha-balasubramanian/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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SUMMARY:Unbuilt: What We Can Learn From Our Most Precious Projects
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is about featuring unbuilt experience projects – from the famous like Walt Disney’s failed Mineral King ski resort in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the hidden like the Turner Entertainment Experience that was killed by the AOL merger with Time-Warner. \nKey takeaways: \nPeople will learn lessons from unbuilt projects\, including the history of the experience industry\, why projects fail (and it’s not always because of ROI) and most importantly\, that there are no previous ideas because often times the timing just isn’t right.\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://londonexperienceweek.com/event/unbuilt-what-we-can-learn-from-our-most-precious-projects/
LOCATION:The Green Room\, Ministry of Sound\, 103 Gaunt St\, London\, SE1 6DP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LXW 2026
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