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The 10 Conference seeks to ignite and foster catalytic ideas by bringing together a community of global thought leaders and extraordinary innovators for a two-day conversation about the most important ideas shaping the future of business and society.
2011 Conference photos and program
Foresight. Creativity. Innovation.
The10 Conference brings together a community of global thought leaders and extraordinary innovators for a two-day conversation to explore the most important ideas shaping the future of business and society - and what they mean for our collective future .
Our mission is to ignite and foster breakthrough, catalytic ideas by bringing together leading edge innovators and visionaries from diverse fields and perspectives - scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, economists, designers, educators and more - to share insight, experience and inspiration.
Unlike a traditional conference, at 10 there are no talking-head keynotes, no breakout session in poorly-lit conference rooms. Instead, 10 is built around a series of interconnected conversations. The program features 10 sessions, each a deep-dive into one powerful idea, explored through a series of short, dynamic, presentations.
The 2011 program for the 10 Conference asks the question: Is business ready for Catalytic Ideas ?
With rising global demand for the "good life," with rising awareness of the vulnerabilities and interdependencies of our current global economy, and with a widespread loss of confidence in the unrestrained free market, what new ideas and developments point the way to global prosperity?
Through a series of interconnected conversations, driven by the provocative presentations of our speakers, we will explore the ideas that hold the promise for reshaping business and society in the years ahead.
What are the business models of the future?
How will companies and consumers create value?
What technologies and ideas will power commerce?
In past eras the crowd has always been the mob, a sea of unfamiliar and strange faces, a source of uncertainty and danger.
How profoundly will society change as everyone becomes a partner, funder, and contributor in our lives?
Self-healing materials, autonomous drug delivery, and self-organizing networks are emerging technologies of adaptation.
What are the new philosophies and technologies that will inspire the creation of a more robust and sustainable world?
Myths, passion, and purpose are the ingredients for compelling, irresistible narratives that communicate and inspire.
What are emerging as the most exciting stories and how are they being told?
Triple-bottom line, social entrepreneurship, the bottom billion: all part of the rising recognition about creating 360 degree value in our endeavors.
What are the most innovative ways for creating value for consumers, community, and the world?
Structured by nature for lives with a few, strong relationships in a slowly changing environment, the pace of modern life often overwhelms.
What are the tools and skills to deal with lives of immersive connectivity?
History has moved from the hand crafts of the hunter gather to the guild artisans of the agrarian age to the routinized manufactures of the assembly line.
What new models and possibilities are emerging in the era of mass DIY culture?
Black swans, wild cards, and creative disruption; ours is an age of continual surprise and changing rule sets.
What can emerging science teach us about adapting and thriving amidst turbulence and uncertainty?
We live in an age of desktop fabricators, DIY biohacking, and crowdsourced funding.
What will it mean to live lives of perpetual, accelerating experimentation, revision, and mashup?
The movement of the stars, the flow of rivers, and the migration of animals all contained key insights by which our ancestors found their way through the world.
What new tools will reveal the cues we need to navigate the rapidly evolving landscapes of the 21st century?
Meet a few of the extraordinary innovators featured at 10
curtis
wong
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
One of the world's most renowned information technology experts and creator of the WorldWide Telescope, Curtis heads up the Next Media Research group at Microsoft Research which is creating game-changing interaction, media and visualization technologies that will transform how we think about information and the physical world.
tim
hwang
Chief Scientist, Pacific Social
Co-Founder, Awesome Foundation
As Chief Scientist at the Pacific Social, Tim focuses on designing swarms of social bots aimed at reconstructing the social architecture of online communities. He's also the co-founder of the Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, a global philanthropic organization founded to provide lightweight grants to projects that forward the interest of awesomeness in the universe.
leonardo
bonanni
CEO, Sourcemap.org
CEO and Co-Founder of Sourcemap.org, a crowd-sourced directory of product supply chains that visualizes where products come from and calculates their social and environmental impact.
na'alehu
anthony
Documentary Filmmaker
Award-winning filmmaker, master storyteller and celestial navigator, Na'alehu's work explores how the rediscovery of the ancient tradition of Wayfinding helped save a culture on the brink of extinction.
jacob
colker
CEO, Sparked.com
CEO and Co-Founder of Sparked.com (formerly The Extraordinaries), the innovative 'micro-volunteering' platform that's transforming activism by harnessing human time and energy on a mass scale.
timothy
lu
Synthetic Biologist, MIT
Assistant professor in the Synthetic Biology Group at MIT, Tim was named a Technology Review 2010 "Top Innovator Under 35" for his ground-breaking work creating biological solutions to industrial infrastructure problems.
bart
weetjens
Founder, heroRAT
Extraordinary humanitarian and designer whose ground-breaking organization has revolutionaized the concept of appropriate technology in developing countries by training rats to detect landmines and screen for tuberculosis.
helen
cheng
Biomimicry Lab, San Diego Zoo
Emerging leader in a new natural revolution who is helping to create the worlds first biomimicry hub at the San Diego Zoo.
laura
stachel
Co-Founders, WE CARE Solar
hal
aronson
Global health innovators who are revolutionizing health care delivery in the developing world by designing innovative solar power solutions for off-grid medical clinics in the most remote regions of the world, including the award-winning Solar Suitcase, a low-cost, portable power unit that provides health workers with reliable lighting, mobile communication, and blood bank refrigeration using solar electricity.
The Innovation Showcase is a special component of the 10 Conference that focuses on entrepreneurship, shifting the focus from the big-picture, catalytic ideas of the main session speakers to specific, real-world applications being pursued by actual start-up companies.
Interested in showcasing your idea? Let's talk! info_tenconference.org
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Extraordinary speakers Music Film Food
...and did we mention award-winning wine?
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
2:00 Registration Opens
4:00 Cocktail Reception
5:30 Opening Session
7:00 Dinner
FRIDAY, MAY 20
8:30 Morning Sessions
12:00 Lunch
2:00 Afternoon Sessions
6:00 Closing Party
THURSDAY, MAY 19
4:00 Innovation Showcase
5:00 Dinner
7:00 Evening Session
10 is held at the world-class Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort located 90 miles north east of Seattle, Washington.
Getting to 10
BY AIR:
Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport (SEA) is located south of Seattle and is a 2-hour drive from Sleeping Lady. Sea-Tac is served by all major domestic and international airlines.
Pangborn Memorial Airport in East Wenatchee is located 34 miles from Sleeping Lady. Alaska Air and Horizon Airlines provide four direct flights per day from Seattle.
BY CAR:
From Seattle via Interstate 90:
Travel east on Interstate-90 past Cle Elum. Take Exit 85 towards Wenatchee. Go east on State Rt. 970 for 12 miles to US-97. Follow Highway 97 north over Blewett Pass for 35 miles to the junction of Highway 2. Turn left and travel west on Highway 2 for 5.5 miles through downtown Leavenworth to the west edge of town. Turn left on Icicle Road (just before milepost 99) and travel approximately 2.5 miles past the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery. Turn left into Sleeping Lady. Do not follow the major curve to the right which leads into Icicle Canyon.
From Seattle via Highway 2:
Travel north on Interstate 405 from Seattle/Bellevue to Bothell where it meets Highway 522 east to Monroe. Head east on Highway 2 for 85 miles over Stevens Pass to the west boundary of Leavenworth. Turn right on Icicle Road. Follow directions above.
From Spokane via Interstate 90:
Travel west on Interstate 90 to the junction of Highway 281 near George. Travel north on Highway 281 to Quincy. Turn left on Highway 28 and travel west to Wenatchee to Highway 2. Travel on Highway 2 to the west boundary of Leavenworth. Turn left on Icicle Road. Follow directions above.
From Portland, Oregon:
Take I-5 north to Seattle. Go east on I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass. Past Cle-Elum, follow signs to US-97 and Wenatchee over Blewett Pass (Exit 85). Turn left on Highway 2 and travel 5 miles to Leavenworth. At the west end of town turn left on Icicle Road. Follow directions above. An alternative is Highway 2 over Stevens Pass.
Join us!
Our goal is provide each and every participant of 10 with an unforgettable, world-changing and utterly unique experience. We believe key to that experience is convening a community of leading edge innovators, visionaries, mavericks and idea champions.
Towards that end, there are a limited number of registrations available. Our aim is not to be exclusive, but rather to ensure an exceptional and diverse exchange of ideas.
Standard registration for 10 is $950.
Nonprofit and Government registration: $650
Registration includes admission to all 10 events as well as all meals.
Room reservations for Sleeping Lady resort can be made by faxing in the 10 Conference reservation form.
Room Reservations.pdf
Questions? info_tenconference.org
