Richard P. Hughes was incarcerated for twelve years. While in prison, he was active in his
American Indian faith. Additionally, Richard completed numerous education programs,
including an Associate of Arts in Horticulture, Associate of Arts in Human Relations, AAS in
Industrial/Construction Electricity, and the Pathfinders program.

Richard was a member of the Shakespeare Behind Bars program from 2002 until his release in
2009. As a core member of the SBB program, Richard’s greatest epiphanies were to take
personal responsibility for his actions (ownership) and to stop living his life to satisfy others.

Upon his release from prison, Richard’s first job was delivering the Yellowbook for a nickel a
piece and fifteen cents a stop. Currently, Richard is in the final six months of an apprenticeship
in the Sheet Metal Workers trade. Additionally, he is an instructor teaching HVAC service and
construction mathematics for his union local’s training center.

Richard is looking toward becoming a union mechanical contractor with his own business called
‘Freedom Service Company’. Richard credits his wife Julie’s love and support, while he was
incarcerated and when he was freed, in assisting him to surmount past, present, and future
obstacles.

Panel: Liz Cohen, Joel Pett, Jason Pinton

Saturday, September 22
8:00 am - 8:45 am
(Kentucky Center)
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Coming up with really good ideas is hard work.  They just don't just mysteriously float into your head.  Join a diverse group of creative thinkers, including Liz Cohen, Joel Pett and Jason Pontin, for a discussion of their process and thoughts on generating ideas.

Liz Cohen Bio	Joel Pett Bio	Jason Pontin Bio

Speaker: Lisa Randall

Saturday, September 22
9:00 am - 10:00 am
(Kentucky Center)

The Harvard theoretical particle physicist, cosmologist and best-selling author will take the audience on an amazing journey through some of the most perplexing  aspects of our universe including  extra dimensions in space, cosmological inflation, dark matter and black holes.

Lisa Randall studies theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University.  Her research connects theoretical insights to puzzles in our current understanding of the properties and interactions of matter. She has developed and studied a wide variety of models to address these questions, the most prominent involving extra dimensions of space. Her work has involved improving our understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics, supersymmetry, baryogenesis, cosmological inflation, and dark matter. Randall’s research also explores ways to experimentally test and verify ideas and her current research focuses in large part on the Large Hadron Collider and dark matter searches and models.

Speakers: Steve Berry, Michelle Bombe, Larry Chandler, Richard Hughes, Larry Lucas, LaDonna Thompson and
Curt Tofteland

Saturday, September 22
10:30 am - 11:30 am
(Kentucky Center)

This unique theater troupe, led by Curt Tofteland,  marries the creative process with the transformative power of art to heal and redeem…where the very act of participation in theater is a human triumph and a means of personal liberation. Curt is joined by former actors and corrections officials to discuss this novel project involving America’s prisons.

Shakespeare Behind Bars offers participants the ability to hope and the courage to act despite their fear and the odds against them. By immersing participants in the nine-month process of producing a Shakespeare play, Shakespeare Behind Bars uses the healing power of the arts, transforming inmate offenders from who they were when they committed their crimes, to who they are in the present moment, to who they wish to become. 

Saturday, September 22
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
(Kentucky Center)

Entrepreneur, Echoing Green Fellow and CEO of Tanzania-based Global Cycle Solutions, Inc.   Wu transforms the bicycle into a vehicle that adds important value to smallholder farmers around the world.  Jodie, who was named one of Forbes, top 30 under 30, will discuss the start-up, growth and future of her company and her broader vision.

Jodie Wu is founder and CEO of Global Cycle Solutions, a social enterprise developing bicycle attachments that improve the lives of smallholder farmers. In May 2009, as an undergraduate in mechanical engineering at MIT, she led her team to win the MIT 100K Business Plan Competition, and in August 2009, she moved to Arusha, Tanzania, to launch her company. She is a 2010 Echoing Green Fellow and 2011 TEDGlobal Fellow.  She was listed as Bloomberg BusinessWeek's America's Most Promising Entrepreneurs in 2010.

Saturday, September 22
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
(Kentucky Center)

Dr. Barker now heads a new regenerative medicine institute in Frankfurt, Germany that is on a path to develop novel and perhaps breakthrough ways to help the body regenerate and restore hand and facial tissue. The author of numerous publications Dr. Barker will explore the vision and science behind this game-changing treatment.

John H. Barker began his academic career at the University of Louisville in Kentucky where he was an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor in the Departments of Surgery, Anatomy and Immunology.  In Louisville, he built and led several multidisciplinary teams that laid the scientific and clinical foundation for several landmark surgical treatments such as hand and facial tissue transplantation.  In 2010, Dr. Barker moved to Frankfurt, Germany where he is Professor of Experimental Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität. In Frankfurt he has established an institute of regenerative medicine that focuses on developing new treatments to restore hand a facial tissues. 

A Charmingly Moderated, Slightly Eccentric, Almost Too-Fun Panel of Pretty Genius Thinkers

Panelists: Sejal Vallabh, Tristan Perich, Dr. Pat McGovern
Moderators: Mangesh Hattikudur, Will Pearson

Saturday, September 22
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
(Kentucky Center)

With only a handful of Nobels to go around, mental_floss created the Golden Lobes to salute unrecognized brilliance-- thinkers, philanthropists and inventors who make us smile while making the world a little more amazing. Join us at IdeaFestival as the magazine's founders celebrate a teenager who imported the sport of blind tennis to the United States, a musician who packs tiny electronic orchestras into CD cases (it's weirder than we're describing!), and an archaeologist who's hunted for King Midas' pottery on his quest to recreate ancient, delicious booze. Featuring interviews, music, and prizes, this is one panel you won't want to miss.

Sajel Vallabh Bio	Tristan Perich Bio	Dr. Pat McGovern Bio	Will Pearson & Mangesh Hattikudu Bio

Saturday, September 22
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
(Kentucky Center)

A co-founder of Community Enterprise Solutions and Social Entrepreneur Corps and a Ashoka Lemelson Fellow, will discuss his important and highly successful work involving his award-winning  MicroConsignment Model for global development.

Greg Van Kirk is the co founder Community Enterprise Solutions and Social Entrepreneur Corps. He is an Ashoka Lemelson Fellow, Ashoka Globalizer, Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2012) and a member of the Clinton Global Initiative and the Ashoka Siemens Foundation “Community Impact Development Group”.  He and his team are focused on expanding the reach and impact of their award winning “MicroConsignment Model” globally. He has served as an economic development consultant for organizations such as USAID, Chemonics, VisionSpring, Soros Foundation, Church World Service, IDB, Water For People and Fundacion Paraguaya. Greg also contributes time as “Social Entrepreneur in Residence” for universities and has recently worked with Columbia University, New York University, Indiana University, University of San Diego and Arizona State University. He is a senior advisor for AshokaU. He is as well the co founder of The Center for MicroConsignment at Miami University. Greg began working in rural small business development as a Guatemala Peace Corps volunteer in 2001. Greg worked in investment banking for five years before arriving in Guatemala. Two deals he led at UBS during this time won "Deal of the Year" honors from "Structured Finance International" magazine. Greg is a graduate of Miami University and currently lives with his family in New York City.

Saturday, September 22
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
(Kentucky Center)

Classically trained pianist and New York psychiatrist Richard Kogan returns to the IF stage to delve into the life, deafness, psychological struggles,  and creative genius of Ludwig von Beethoven. The New York Times has praised Kogan for his “eloquent, compelling and exquisite playing”.

Richard Kogan has a distinguished career both as a concert pianist and as a psychiatrist. The Boston Globe wrote that "Kogan has somehow managed to excel at the world's two most demanding professions." He has gained renown for his lectures and recitals that explore the role of music in healing and the influence of psychological factors on the creative output of composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, George Gershwin, and Leonard Bernstein.