What's new? Pop!Tech!

A small group from Interaction Associates will attend this innovative gathering, with the intention of picking up cutting-edge insights to share with you.

As you may know, Pop!Tech [4], the annual ideas summit, is convening this week in Camden, Maine. Each year, this three-day gathering brings together extraordinary thinkers, leaders and doers to explore the deep forces shaping our collective future, the social impact of new scientific insights and emerging technologies, and the most innovative approaches humanity is taking to address national and global challenges.

A small group from Interaction Associates will attend this innovative gathering, with the intention of picking up cutting-edge insights to share with you. We’ll also interact with some of the leaders who are making a difference in business, geopolitical, health, and sustainability issues worldwide.

This year, with the help of Yahoo!, Pop!Tech 2007 will be webcast - for free. Tune in between 9 am and 6:30 pm EST, October 18-20, 2007. Viewers can even submit questions to the stage live by emailing questions(at)poptech.org.

Here are just some of the confirmed 2007 presenters:

* Steven Pinker, the preeminent cognitive scientist and New York Times-best-selling author, will speak on the nature and essence of human thought.

* Victoria Hale, founder of the world's first non-profit drug company, will share her work on fighting malaria and other illnesses.

* Jessica Jackley Flannery, Internet microfinance pioneer, will discuss the future of 'bottom up' solutions to poverty.

* Van Jones, inner-city eco-activist, will speak about his work on a new "green collar" revolution in America's inner cities.

* Jay Keasling, one of the founding fathers of synthetic biology, will share his path-breaking work on new health and energy technologies.

* Ted Ames, the Macarthur-Award-Winning ecologist and Maine lobsterman, will speak on his work creating sustainable approaches to our management of the oceans.

* Adrian Bowyer, creator of low-cost, open-source fabrication technologies, will speak about how this breakthrough technology can be used to empower ordinary citizens around the world.

* Dan Pink, the noted journalist, will share his thoughts on the rise of the creative economy.