IF 2008 Speakers / Events


To-date, the following speakers have been confirmed for IF "08". Watch this site for updates.

Mark Beasley
A Curator at Creative Time

Creative Space (includes lunch)

Suketu Bhavsar
Physicist
The Big Jam

A Question of Freedom

The Big Jam

Bridget Brennan
Leading marketing and business strategist

The "X Factor": Who's Buying What and Why \ GLI’s technology network Awards Dinner

Nickole Brown
The Big Jam


The Big Jam

Amy Chua
Author, global politics and economics analyst

The Rise and Fall of Hyperpowers

 Curry Stone Design Prize
Global Design Prize

IF Launch: Curry Stone Design Prize

Michael Feit  Dougan
Screenwriter, Director, Educator

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Lee Dugatkin
Professor, researcher

Who Helps Who…and Why? The Nature of Goodness (Lunch Event)

Soozie Eastman
Filmmaker and Producer

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Jason Epperson
Kentucky Filmmaker

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Jack Epps Jr.
Screenwriter

IF After Dark: At The Movies with screenwriter Jack Epps Jr.

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Mindy Faber
Producer, Director, Educator

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Katrina S.  Firlik
Neurosurgeon, author

Another Day in the Frontal Lobe

 FutureLab
Unique traveling expo on science and technology

FutureLab

Vova Galchenko
World Champion Juggler

IF After Dark - Vova's World

Emiliano Gandolfi
Architect

IF Launch: Curry Stone Design Prize

John Gauntt
International mobile marketing leader

The World in your Pocket

Sanford Goldberg
Author, philosophy professor Northwestern University
The Big Jam

A Question of Freedom

The Big Jam

J. Richard  Gott
Astrophysicist Princeton University, author

The Space Colonization Imperative

Marc Gurevitch
Lighting Director, DP, Grip

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Wayne W.  Hall, Jr.
The Big Jam

The Big Jam

Lori Hartmann-Mahmud
Author, professor, International politics/affairs

A Question of Freedom

 Hauck Installation
Video installation of images of the Berlin Wall by artist Christopher Hauck


Hauck Installation

 IF Kids
(For students only)

IF Kids (for students only)

Immaculee Ilibagiza
Author, Rwanda survivor, peace activist

Surviving Rwanda

Bjarke Ingels
Danish Architect/Designer

BIG: Designs on the Future City

Peter King
Ninjutsu Master

Ninjutsu: The Art of Success

Richard Kogan
Psychiatrist, world-class concert pianist

Mozart: An Exploration of Genius with the Kentucky Center

Philipp J.  Kraemer
The Big Jam

The Big Jam

Jonah Lehrer
Author, editor

Proust Was A Neuroscientist

Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
Author The Physics of NASCAR

The Physics of NASCAR

Everett D.  McCorvey
The Big Jam

The Big Jam

Jane McGonigal
Game designer, future forecaster

Serious Play

Lopa Mehrotra
The Big Jam

The Big Jam

Stuart B.  Pollard
Writer, Producer, Director

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Mark E.  Poole
Producer, director

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Arne Quinze
Belgian Artist/Designer

Studio Arne Quinze

Anna Richardson
Filmmaker and producer

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Brad Riddell
The Big Jam/Filmmakers Studio

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

The Big Jam

Arthur Rouse
Filmmaker, Educator, Musician

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Mark Shepherd
The Big Jam/Filmmakers Studio

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

The Big Jam

Leonard Shlain
Laparoscopic Surgeon, author, concept thinker

Sex, Time and Power

Tiffany Shlain
Filmmaker, founder of The Webby Awards

A Question of Freedom

Will Shortz
Crossword creator, puzzle master

Puzzled?

Ed Smith
Educator

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Filmmakers Studio
Separate Registration Required

Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Philosopher, scholar of randomness

The Black Swan

 Teller
Illusionist, comedian, author, history of magic expert

The Science and Wonder of Magic