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Idea Festival

Idea Festival. Thinking out-of-the box, innovation, cross-fertilization of knowledge...in an idea-driven world these are all things that really matter for entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, writers, business professionals...in short, people whose lives depend on ideas. Idea Festival.

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Idea Festival

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  1. Idea Festival • Thinking out-of-the box, innovation, cross-fertilization of knowledge...in an idea-driven world these are all things that really matter for entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, writers, business professionals...in short, people whose lives depend on ideas.

  2. Idea Festival • The ideaFestival is a process, “space” and network for the exploration of ideas and innovation across and at the intersections of different fields (science, business, arts, technology, education, design, philosophy, etc.). The ideaFestival promotes the synthesis and convergence of ideas as a means toward developing new innovations in products, services and creative endeavors.

  3. 2004 Idea Festival:MGT 699 Field Trip • Sept. 22-24 • Most sessions in Lexington (most free) • Each 699 team will “cover” N+1 sessions • Attend sessions of your choice • Go as team or individuals • Draft 1-page Exec Summary of how session relates to new ideas in strategy, organization, leadership, market space, product characteristics, communication, etc., etc. • Discuss in class the week of Sept 27

  4. Potential Sessions • Consciousness and the CosmosGreg SchmidtNASA Ames Research Center • The Next CityAdam Gordon, The Next American CitySylvia Lovely, New Cities FoundationDavid Mohney, University of Kentucky College of Design • The Blank SlateSteven PinkerHarvard University • Innovation and Transformation: Big New IdeasAyanna Howard, an engineer at NASAHelene Andersson, Silex Microsystems AB, StockholmErin Lavik, Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Yale

  5. Thinking Out-of-the-Box in an In-the-Box WorldJeff Baxter • Systems Thinking for Social ChangeJim McMurtrayNational Alliance of State Science • Why We Read FictionLisa ZunshineUniversity of Kentucky • The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Confict Between Word and ImageLeonard Shlain San Francisco Surgeon and Author • Unconscious Drivers of Consumer ChoiceMargaret King & Jamie O'BoyleCenter for cultural Studies and Analysis

  6. Emerging Products, Discoveries, and Trends Transforming BusinessRobert D. Quinn, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryTerry Samuel, Lexmark InternationalJohn Sibert, Global Financial Group • Swarm TheoryIain CouzinPrinceton University • Personal Fabrication: A Talk with Neil GershenfeldNeil GershenfeldMIT Media Lab • The Unconscious, the Uncanny and CoincidenceElizabeth MayerUniversity of California Berkeley • Making the Greatest Album of All Times: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandSir George Martin, Producer/Composer

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