Set in the foothills of the majestic Cascade Mountains,
the 1Ø 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.
SEPTEMBER 26 - 28, 2012
Leavenworth, Washington
Behind the headlines and cover stories proclaiming that we live in a world of massive, transformational, ever-accelerating change, is a simple (often-ignored) fact: Not All Change is Created Equal.
The tension between the fast flame of science and technology breakthroughs and the often lurching, uneven progress of social change is the theme for our 2012 conference: Cracking the Change Code. Read more....
// News //
2012 Speakers!
Meet a few of the extraordinary innovators that will take the stage at this year's 1Ø Conference.
See the full program here.
// Milton Garces //
Director, Infrasound Library
University of Hawai'i
Milton Garces is geophysicist and ‘sound hunter’ who spends his days listening to the deep hums of planet Earth. As Director of the Infrasound Laboratory at University of Hawaii, Milton tracks and records the inaudible, low-frequency sounds of tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes and other geophysical phenomenon in an effort to provide a worldwide early warning system for the impending danger of natural events. READ MORE...
// Nurit Bar-Shai //
Artist
Nurit Bar-Shai is a Brooklyn-based multimedia artist working at the interface between art, science and technology. Her latest exhibit, Soundscapes, explores the social life of bacteria by using sound waves to visualize the “chemical tweets” of microorganisms as exceptionally beautiful and rare images. A dedicated citizen scientist, she is the co-founder and Art and Culture Director at Genspace NYC.READ MORE...
// Mike Merrill //
Publicly Traded Person
kmikeym.com
Mike Merrill is the world’s only publicly traded person. Since 2008, his life has been directed by his shareholders, who have purchased stock in him and vote on his future at http://kmikeym.com/. Complex personal decisions about issues such as procreation, professional affiliations, volunteer work, politics, and even his dating life are decided by his shareholders, which include co-workers, ex-girlfriends, friends and strangers.READ MORE...
// Rane Johnson //
Principal Research Director
Microsoft Research
A Principal Research Director at Microsoft Research, Rane Johnson leads ChronoZoom, an open-source community project dedicated to visualizing the history of everything. Drawing upon the latest discoveries from science and the humanities, ChronoZoom serves as a “master timeline” that visualizes the temporal relationships between events, trends, and themes in a range of disciplines including biology, geology, climatology, economics and natural history, among others. READ MORE...
// Ann Marie Healy //
Author
Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back
Ann Marie Healy is the co-author of the hit new book, Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back, which explores how people, communities and systems respond to unforeseen shocks and surprises. Reporting firsthand from the coral reefs of Palau to the back streets of Palestine, this provocative book relates breakthrough scientific discoveries, pioneering social and ecological innovations for constructing a more resilient world.READ MORE...
// Eric Boyd //
Hacker
Hacklab.io & sensebridge.com
Eric Boyd is an engineer, hacker and transhumanist. He the President of Hacklab.to, a Toronto-based hackerspace and the co-founder of sensebridge, which makes sensory augmentation devices and wearable electronics, including the popular North Paw, a compass anklet that vibrates to tell wearer which way is North and the Heart Spark, a pendant that flashes lights in time with your heart beat. READ MORE...
// Katie Salen //
Executive Director
Institute of Play
Katie Salen is a renowned game designer who is leveraging the power of games to radically transform education and learning. As Executive Director of Institute of Play, Katie led the launch of innovative public schools in New York and Chicago whose game-based curriculum are pioneering new models of education and social development.. READ MORE...
// Roger Thurow //
Senior Fellow
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
For over 30 years, Roger Thurow has provided a front row seat to the major changes affecting the world. His coverage of global affairs for the Wall Street Journal spanned the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of apartheid, civil wars, humanitarian crises - and ten Olympic Games. Currently a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, his latest book, The Last Hunger Season provides a provocatively personal perspective of the challenges facing African farmers and the growing global food crisis.READ MORE...
// 1Ø Community //
In Memory of
Lee Dirks
On August 28, 2012 Lee Dirks and his wife Judy Lew were killed in a tragic car accident in Peru, where they were celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary. They left behind their beautiful young daughters, Esme and Lila. His death has created a crater-sized hole of grief and loss for his family, friends and colleagues from around the world.
The director Portfolio Strategy at Microsoft Research, Lee was a great personal friend as well as a trusted partner and collaborator of 1Ø, where he held the honorary title of "chief idea geek". Our 2012 conference is dedicated... READ MORE
UNLIMITED INSIGHTS.
// Partners //
2 days. 1Ø Ideas.Unlimited Insights.
Our conference program is built around a series of 10 interconnected conversations, each a deep dive into one big idea explored through a series of short, dynamic presentations with speakers from multiple perspectives and experiences. Here are a few of the ideas we'll be exploring in 2012:
