Turning Vision into Value
Have you been working on something exciting and innovative recently? Come share it with us at this event!
New Developments and Improvisational Music:
An evening of celebration
Join us to get an early peek at new developments from Steve Tiell, Cynthia Heyer, Jim Armstrong, Jitendra Mudhol, Kimberly Wiefling, and more. Bring your own new developments, and if you wish, a favorite holiday treat to share.
What do you know of Pandora Radio? Do you have questions about this innovative radio’s creation or functionality? Then come ask Tim Westergren founder of Pandora Radio at this event.
Tim Westergren, Founder
Meet, hear and speak openly with Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora – “a new kind of radio — stations that play only music you like.” Pandora celebrates “insatiable curiosity” by helping you find and discover new music you will love. Pandora is powered by the Music Genome Project — “a crazy project to capture the complex musical DNA of songs”. Pandora is hugely popular at 8 million listeners and counting. Still, like many innovations, Pandora struggles to hit upon just the right business model to sustain its mission.
Tim’s inviting style is a great fit for our interactive gatherings: “Ask any questions you have about the company. The more we can talk to each other, the better.” So bring your thoughts, questions, ideas — and also your best wishes for Pandora, for “at the bottom of Pandora’s Box was Hope”.
Join us for a discussion on innovative and functional designs for the workplace. Bring your own views on the topic and be ready for discussion.
Panel Discussion
Barbara Lang, Dr. James Caldwell, Heather Ferguson
moderated by Sue Lebeck
Barbara Lang, Jim Caldwell and Heather Ferguson offer their insights and perspectives on modern facilities design, focusing on progressive and innovative practices for private and commercial spaces. Bring your own insights and perspectives, and join us for stimulating conversation.
Barbara is founder and CEO of Glass Paradigm, an innovative laminated glass company; Barbara’s firm extends the power of glass to better manage heat, light and sound, and to create aestethically effective social spaces.
Jim is founder and CEO of E3Regenesis, an innovative waste/energy management firm; Jim is an advocate of holistic design, integrating facilities with broader ecosystems to better serve their users and owners. Heather is an interiors designer working with the Hawley Peterson and Snyder architectural firm; Heather is also an expert consultant in facilitating LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) certification.
Howard Lieberman, Laura Mappin, and Tom Bewley discuss what drives their artistic pursuits and their innovation forward.
Panel Discussion
Tom Bewley, Laura Mappin, Howard Lieberman
moderated by Sue Lebeck
Program Description:
Tom Bewley, Laura Mappin and Howard Lieberman will offer multi-sensory presentations, woven together with stimulating conversation.
Tom, a painter, sculptor, and jewelry maker, is also Staff Scientist at Genentech (www.gene.com). Laura, an evocative textile artist and teacher, left high-tech to focus on the medium of her art (www.bauboroars.com). Howard, a multi-instrument improvisational jazz musician, is also a serial inventor/entrepreneur, a physicist/acoustician, an educator, and the CEO of SVII (www.svii.org).
Each of these artist / inventors will share with us the core principles which guide their art, and guide their innovation.