Idea Festival:
I’m at the Idea Festival this week, a scarcely 7 year old conference that’s already bringing in talent like Sir George Martin, Robert Sapolsky, Twyla Tharp and Ray Kurzweil. I got in on the lesser known speakers outreach program. Despite both its youth and calibur of its programming, the Idea Festival remains both affordable to attendees and old school in style: The “bunch of smart people in a room, mix and stir” formula was perfected nearly 60 years ago by the Conference on World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado, clearly an ancestor of the Idea Festival.
I’ll be speaking on Saturday on a panel about new media with my friends JD Lasica and Rob May, journalist Debra Galant and Plus, I’m in Louisville, Kentucky, where I’ve never been before.
Take a gander at the speakers and the schedule then book your tickets for next year.