- October 15-16, 2008
- Providence, RI
BIF-4 took place on October 15-16, 2008 at Trinity Rep in Providence, R.I. and was co-hosted by BusinessWeek Contributing Editor, Bruce Nussbaum and "Mavericks at Work" author Bill Taylor.
Speakers
| John Abele |
Founder and Chairman, Boston Scientific
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| Steve Bendt |
Senior Marketing Manager, Social Media at Microsoft
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| Deborah Brooks |
Co-Founder, Michael J. Fox Foundation
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| Curt Columus |
Artistic Director, Trinity Rep
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| Matt Cottam |
Co-Founder, Tellart
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| Joseph Coughlin |
Founder and Director, MIT AgeLab
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| Marc Ecko |
Founder, Marc Ecko Enterprises
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| Jason Fried |
Co-founder, 37signals
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| Lewis Gordon |
First person to swim at the North Pole
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| Jeffrey Hollender |
President, Seventh Generation
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| Tony Hsieh |
Founder, Zappos
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| Frans Johansson |
Author
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| Joshua Klein |
Hacker and writer
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| Gary Koelling |
Director Emerging Platforms, Best Buy
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| Josh Koppel |
Founder, ScrollMotion
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| David Kusek |
Co-developer, Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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| Cat Laine |
Deputy Director, Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group
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| Dennis Littky |
Co-founder & Co-Director, Big Picture Learning
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| James Ludwig |
Vice President of Global Design, Steelcase
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| Jacqueline Novogratz |
Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund
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| Terry Pierce |
Special Advisor for Disruptive Innovations, Department of Homeland Security S&T
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| David Rockwell |
Architect and designer
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| Deb Roy |
Director, Cognitive Machines group, MIT Media Lab
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| Richard Satava |
Senior Science Advisor, US ARMY Medical Research
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| Alexander Tsiaras |
Founder & CEO, Anatomical Travelogue
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| John Wolpert |
Innovation Consultant, TheThreePercent
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| Richard Saul Wurman |
Founder, TED conferences
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| David Yaun |
Vice President, Corporate Communications IBM
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