- October 20-23, 2010
- Camden, Maine
Brilliant Accidents, Necessary Failures, and Improbable Breakthroughs: In a complex and messy world, solutions to big challenges frequently follow unobvious paths to success.
Speakers
| Asil Abulil |
Palestinian student
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| Jad Abumrad |
Host & Producer of Radiolab
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| Nour Al-Arda |
Palestinian student
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| Vijay Anand |
Creator of the '0 Rupee' Note
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| Annemarie Ahearn and Ladleah Dunn |
Gourmets, Salt Water Farm in Lincolnville, Maine
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| April Smith and the Great Picture Show |
Brooklyn based swing & country band
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| Dan Ariely |
Author, "Predictably Irrational" and "The Upside of Irrationality"
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| Dr. Ben |
Debunker of 'bad science' quackery
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| Mike Blum |
Evolutionary biologist
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| Ned Breslin |
CEO of Water for People
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| Susan Casey |
Journalist and author, 'The Wave'
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| Chris Chabris |
Psychologist and neuroscientist
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| Daryl Collins |
Director of Bankable Frontiers
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| Stephanie Coontz |
Author of 'Marriage, A History'
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| Ronald Cotton |
Author
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| Riley Crane |
Researcher
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| Habib Dagher |
Director of the Advanced Structures & Composites Center at the University of Maine
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| Tom Darden |
Builder of ultra-green homes in New Orleans
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| David Deutsch |
Quantum physicist , University of Oxford
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| Kevin Dunbar |
Psychologist
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| Elizabeth Dunn |
Psychologist
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| Nathan Eagle |
Research Scientist, MIT
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| David Eagleman |
Neuroscientist and author
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| Robert Fabricant |
VP, Creative, Frog Design
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| Patrick Flanagan |
Electronic artist
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| Lisa Gansky |
Entrepreneur and author of "The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing"
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| Mathias Gmachl |
Founding member of farmersmanual
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| Simon Hauger |
Science teacher in West Philadelphia
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| Azeem Hill |
Co-captain of the West Philly Hybrid X Team.
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| Graham Hill |
Founder, Treehugger.com
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| Pieter Hoff |
Irrigation innovator
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| Donald Ingber, |
Director of the Harvard's Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering
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| Deborah Kenny |
Founder of Harlem Village Academies
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| Brandon Kessler |
Founder of ChallengePost
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| Heather Knight |
Roboticist
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| John Legend |
Singer-songwriter
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| Marcia McNutt |
Director, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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| Patrick Meier |
Co-director of the 4636 project in Haiti
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| Siddhartha Mukherjee |
Cancer physician and researcher, author of 'The Emperor of All Maladies'
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| Josh Nesbit |
Co-founder, FrontlineSMS:Medic
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| Philippe Newlin |
Former Associate Editor / Tasting Director at Wine & Spirits Magazine
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| Orlagh O'Brien |
Design educator and author of "Emotionally Vague"
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| OK Go |
Renowned indie band & video artists
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| Adrian Owen |
Neuroscientist and expert on consciousness
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| Eli Pariser |
Founder of MoveOn
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| Laura Poitras |
Oscar-nominated filmmaker of 'The Oath'
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| Gustav Praekelt |
Co-founder & Managing Director, Praekelt Foundation
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| Alan Rabinowitz |
Leader in the protection of big cats
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| Carlo Ratti |
Architect and MIT instructor, MIT SENSEable City Lab
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| Colin Rich |
High-altitude balloon maker
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| Tony Salvador |
Director of Social Insights Research, Intel
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| Oscar Schofield |
Biological oceanographer
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| Kathryn Schulz |
Author, 'Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error' about the nature of failure
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| Asil Shaar |
Palestinian student
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| Gary Slutkin |
Executive Director, Cease Fire
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| Larry Smith |
Editor-in-chief, SMITH magazine
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| Kevin Starr |
Director of the Mulago Foundation
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| Jennifer Thompson-Cannino |
Author
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| Stephen Vitiello |
Electronic musician and media artist
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| Erika Wagner |
Head of the XPrize Laboratory at MIT
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| Nigel Waller |
Founder & CEO of Movirtu
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| Reggie Watts |
Writer, composer, musician and comedian
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| Rachel Wingfield |
Textile designer
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