IdeaFestival

The Festival Founded in 2000, the IdeaFestival (IF) is a world-class event that attracts leading and highly diverse thinkers from across the nation and around the globe to explore and celebrate innovation, imagination and cutting-edge ideas. The IdeaFestival is a unique non-linear program designed to stretch people's horizon's and promote breakthrough thinking... utilizing multiple venues to showcase, discuss and "connect" important ideas in science, the arts, design, business, film, technology, education, etc. The Festival is designed to appeal to a broad cross-section of people - with presenters selected for their ideas, achievements, and their ability to communicate to a wide-ranging audience. An important value of the IF is its accessibility. Strong support from sponsors allows the event to be priced at a level (with many events free) that provides for participation by a large diverse audience including students and young people. New "Space" We create the future with ideas, imagination and breakthrough thinking, which often emerge from and at the intersections of different fields ("convergence"). Because the answers are everywhere...IF promotes out-of-the-box thinking and cross-fertilization of knowledge as a means toward the development of innovative ideas, products and creative endeavors. Bottom Line The IdeaFestival is all about the bottom line. Creative people, organizations and companies understand that breakthroughs and transformational innovation require a mix of ideas and perspectives as well as the ability to successfully integrate and translate diverse knowledge. The IdeaFestival occupies a unique space by providing a stage on which to explore innovation, and cutting-edge ideas across a range of fields... as well as the strategic tools needed to "see", synthesize and apply this knowledge in dynamic new ways. http://www.ideafestival.com/