Stacey Toews: Hug a Farmer
Doing business sustainably can be achieved by creating personal relationships with the farmers you do business with. Stacey Toews is the co-founder of Level-Ground Trading.
Jane McGonigal: The Game that can give you 10 Extra Years of Life
When Game Designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, ‘SuperBetter’. In this moving talk, Jane explains how a game can boost resilience and promises to add 7.5 minutes to […]
Elyn Saks: A Tale of Mental Illness from the Inside
“Is it okay if I totally trash your office?” It’s a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn’t a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present. In this powerful talk, she asks us to see people with […]
Massimo Banzi: How Arduino is Open-Sourcing Imagination
Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that’s inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine. From toys to satellite gear. Because, as he says, “You don’t need anyone’s permission to make something great.”
Jane Carlson: Life Is Short, Family Is Forever
Jane Oseid Carlson has had a life-long fascination with genealogy and has always been interested in how we are all connected to each other. She has worked to find her own heritage in the world and has interesting insights as to how you can find yours.
