Want access to some of the world’s leading innovators as they address the most pressing issues facing humanity?
Consider attending the Imagine Solutions Conference, Feb. 22-23, at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Fla.
Forty of the world’s brightest minds, including nationally known academicians, successful entrepreneurs and noted scientists, will be speaking.
The conference, based roughly on the TED and Aspen Institute thought-leader conferences, will provide a forum to learn from today’s great minds, but also connect with those experts as well as like-minded attendees.
Here’s what’s on tap:
-Sustainable, affordable energy from scientific, ecological and innovation points of view will be speakers including Carter Bales, co-author of “Containing Climate Change;” Eisenhower Institute Chairman Emeritus Susan Eisenhower; and X PRIZE Founder Peter Diamandis.
-Threats to the aquatic environment. Included are Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence who was awarded the TED Prize in 2009; Keith Bellows, editor in chief of National Geographic Traveler; and Dave Gallo, Ph.D., director of special projects for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
-Global economics. Speakers will focus on innovative solutions for maintaining this country’s leadership in a global marketplace. U.S. Comptroller General and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation David Walker and economic historian, Harvard professor and author Niall Ferguson will fill out this segment.
-Education: Speakers include inventor and thought leader Dean Kamen; Sony Pictures Senior VP of Marketing Don Levy; National Math and Science Initiative CEO Tom Luce; and One Laptop per Child Foundation founder Nicholas Negroponte.
-Healthcare. Dr. Dean Ornish, author and CEO of the Preventive Medicine Center; Dr. David Katz, founder of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center; and Ken Dychtwald, founding president of Age Wave, are among those who will address health issues.
For more information, including a full speaker list and registration information, visit ImagineSolutionsConference.com or contact Lynne Groth at [email protected].
