Yemi Dele Akinyemi
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During his career, Yemi has evolved from a dancer to choreographer, director and producer. Today he is one of the most-wanted creative authors – he previously worked with American rapper Kanye West, creating dozens of global concerts & tours, including performances on Saturday Night Live and at the VMAs. Yemi founded and leads creative agency JAD Productions, working with such clients as Google, T-Mobile, and Coca-Cola, and also producing his own projects: Teniskology (a multi-day European sneaker festival), Ynspirology (a Gen-Y-focused arts, music and inspiration festival) and Cycles (disruptive, highly artistic immersive theatre). JAD Productions was awarded Best Event Agency in the Czech Republic in 2014, 2015 & 2016, and received the World Best Event Award (BEA) in 2015, 2016 & 2018. Yemi’s team won international awards for social media campaigns for Adidas Originals and product launch for Mercedes-Benz. Yemi acted in several films, including Chronicles of Narnia II - Prince Caspian, and Unfaithful Klara (Italy, 2009). Most recently, he appeared in the American TV show The World's Best, aired on CBS, as an international judge. In 2016, Yemi presented his TEDx talk, Revolution of Semiotics. He is a speaker of Aspen Institute CE and has presented as the keynote at the Singularity Summit. Yemi together with the Václav Havel Library created educational short videos about human rights and based on former Czech president Václav Havel's character, legacy and contribution to democracy. The videos are now social science curriculum at high schools across the country. Yemi sits on the advisory board of Slovak Telekom & Czech T-Mobile since 2017. Additionally, he has worked with disadvantaged children in Indonesia, India, Czech Republic, and throughout the world for most of his life. Yemi is a member of the 2019 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.
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