JANUARY 18th 2010

Jim Bell / Cornell Astronomy Professor & President of the Planetary Society
Mars Exploration Rover: Postcards from Mars

Sasha Strauss / founder of Innovation Protocol & prof. in USC's school of communications
Social Cachet and the Perils of Celebrity Endorsement

Tino Schaedler
The Flexibility of Reality

We also showcased the talents of:

Gabriela Garcia Medina / Spoken Word Artist & Award Winning Poet

Ben Morrison / Humorist

DECEMBER 17th 2009

Dan Busby / Physicist and Freelance Tinkerer
Electric Cars: 19th Century Technology Today!

Jamie Zigelbaum / Oblong Industries
Digital Dactyls (Post-Interface Prosthetics)

Vanessa Van Petten / Youthologist & CEO Radical Teenagers, Inc
Virtual Dating, Friends and Sex: How .Com is Changing Next Generation's Relationships

Doug Campbell / Founder, Mindshare.LA
Santa Flash Mobs and Other Bizarre Christmas Traditions

ALSO, Tim Nordwind, Bassist for the band OK Go, will be DJ’ing!

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NOVEMBER 18th 2009

Alex Lightman / Executive Director of Humanity Plus
The Ten Minute Transhumanist

Todd Huffman / Freelance Technologist
The Frontlines of Geek Imperialism

Alexandra Hall / CEO, Airship Ventures
Zeppelin Tourism Takes Off

Dr. Tristan Ursell / Adventurer & Biophysicist, Stanford
Off Silk Roadin': A Rally Across Eurasia!

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OCTOBER 15th 2009

Mark Milian / Technology Writer, Los Angeles Times
How Google Wave Could Change The Way We Work
Justine Limpus Parish / Fashion Illustrator, Art Director, Designer, Educator and Published Author
My Life in Fashion & Costume...in 10 Minutes
Brett Levine / President, LiveSpark, Inc.
New Technology as the Medium
Max Baptist / Founder & CEO, D-Dub Software
Entrepreneurship with as Much Balls as Talent

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SEPTEMBER 17th 2009

Steen Strand / COO & VP Design, ICON Aircraft
The Next Powersport
Julie Lacouture / Director West Region, DonorsChoose.org
Connecting you to Classrooms in Need
Bob Krone / Ph.D., Colonel, USAF (Ret), USC emeritus Professor, ASQ Fellow Member
Provost, Kepler Space University
The Future of Humans in Space
Chris Lindstrom / Expert, Complementary Currencies and New Economics
Why We Create Complimentary Currencies
Greg Ferenstein / Psychology Researcher, UCI
The Neo-Conservative Mind: They're not Evil, They're Paranoid
Charu / Founder, Embody Tantra
Tantra: Exploring the Realms of Sexual Fulfillment

Matt Davis and Pete Sistrom also showcased their new music visualizer: "Name the Machine" and work from sculptor Ben Parkes was on the patio.

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AUGUST 20th 2009

Dr. John La Puma / Practicing Internist and Author, ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine
A Food Lover's Road Map to Achieving Optimal Health
Michael Woods / Advanced Technology Consultant, Undisclosed Employer
The Artisan Future: Why Moore's Law is Bringing Back the Middle Ages
Andrea Montes / Senior Product Designer, Uncle Milton Industries
Beta Waves & The Force Trainer
Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers/ Founders, Mike and Maaike Design Studio
The End of Driving
Agent A / Ringmaster, GuerilLA (LA's version of Improv Everywhere)
The World is Our Stage
Lara Terstenjak / Head or LA, Go Topless Organization
Women's Right to Go Topless

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JULY 16th 2009

Marc Barasch / Author & CEO, the Green World Campaign
Green Compassion
Eileen Luders / Post Doctoral Neurology Researcher, UCLA
How to Build a Bigger Brain
Paul Carey / Pres, Marketing Specialists, Inc.
Stereographics 101: You CAN Try This in the Home
Rob Spruijt / Artist & Neurologist, Art Center
Where Dreams and Movies Intersect
Tyler Emmett / Cinematographer, 180 South
Conquering the Useless: the Journey to Make 180 South

And of course, there will be some interactive installations on display from the great brains from Mindshare Labs!

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JUNE 18th 2009

Jessica Jackley / Founder, KIVA
Microloans to Change the World
Geoffrey Sommer / Aviator & Risk Analyst
Keeping Calm When The Killer Comet Cometh
Ariel Blumenthal / Composer, Founder Sentient Music for Media
Music Environment as a Design Element
Dr. Alex Benzer / Author, Tao of Dating for Women, Tao of Dating For Men
Why Do Smart People Have a Difficult Time Dating?
Jason Porath / DreamWorks Animation
A Short History of Hollywood's Genitalia Coverups

And of course, there will be some interactive installations on display from the great brains from Mindshare Labs!

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MAY 21st 2009

William Pomerantz / Senior Director of Space Projects, The X PRIZE Foundation
Winning Our Way to the Moon
Heather Knight / Roboticist, MIT Media Lab
Social Robotics - Exploring the Human-Robot Relationships
David de Rothschild / Founder, Adventure Ecology
The Plastiki - Rethinking Plastic as a Resource!
Daniel Yoder / Hacker, Zeraweb Labs
Flash Fundraising for The Abruzzo Earthquake
Unnamed Military Source / US Air Force
Apocalypse Survival (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Breakdown of Society)
Evonne Heyning & Matt Davis / Lightning Temple Artists
INTERACTIVATION: Collaborative Visions of Human Evolution

After the talks, VJ Strangeloop will be showcasing some crazy visuals to the tunes of DJ Dirty Dave and installations on display from the great brains from Mindshare Labs!

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APRIL 16th 2009

Ravi Rao / President, Rao Leadership
Herd Neuroadvantage: How Humans Bind Together for Success
Justin Natoli / Lawyer, Bingham McCutchen
Your Personality Is A Drag: Using Drag Queens to Explore the Fluidity of Personality
Professor JoAnn Kuchera-Morin / Director, AlloSphere Research Facility
Exploring the Intersection of Arts and Sciences
Adrian Salamunovic / Co-Founder, DNA11
Your DNA as Artwork on Canvas
Erik Tait / Delightfully Dark Comedy Magic
The Castle Act: Fun with Pasteboards

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MARCH 19th 2009

Neville Page / Character Designer (Watchmen, Star Trek, Cloverfield)
Designing Alien Genitalia
Jose Caballer / CEO and Executive Creative Director, The Groop
Rebranding the Republican Party: Bringing ‘Cool’ to the Right Wing
Lindsey Richardson / Marketing Specialist, S Factor
Fitness through Poledancing
David Markoff / World Renowned “Memory Man”
Hacking Your Memory: Unleashing Memory Reserves in Daily Life
Gregory Ferenstein / Organizational Psychology Researcher, UCI
Decentralizing Organization: From Economics to Capoeira

Thanks also to the fantastic talents of Bob Reynolds and his jazz duo!

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FEBRUARY 19th 2009

Jason Jacobs / Director of PR, Los Angeles Zoo
Mating in Public and Other Social Peculiarities
Sena Koleva / Psychology Scholar, UC Irvine
Laws of Attraction
Patrick Randolph / PhD Candidate, Gender Sexuality, UC Riverside
Return of the 'Bromance': Victorian intimacy in the 21st Century
Moran Cerf / PhD Candidate, Computational Neuroscience, Caltech
Visual Consciousness and Emotional Attention
David Wexler / VJ StrangeLoop
The Reach for Shamanic Media

There will be some beautiful light sculptures from Sean Sobczak of Sandman Creations. And of course there will be a number of installations on display from the great brains from Mindshare Labs!

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JANUARY 15th 2009

Christof Koch / Koch Laboratory, Caltech
Machine Consciousness from a Biological Perspective
Dave Muyres / VP Educational Initiatives, Art Center
A Vision into the Future of Transportation
Nick Baggarly / Fellow, the Royal Geographical Society
Drive Around the World & The Zero South Expedition
Roz Savage / Eco-Adventurer
First Women to Row Solo Across the Atlantic
Jenny Jen Star / Activist, Miss August
Pinups for Pitbulls
Erik Reckase / Fractal Artist & Software Engineer, Spotworks
Creating Dreams in Hi Fidelity

There will also be an energized and exotic performance from the girls of Leela Bellydancing! And of course there will be a number of installations on display from the great brains from Mindshare Labs!

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DECEMBER 18th 2008

Douglas Campbell / Freshmaker, Mindshare
The Physics of Santa Claus
M. A. Greenstein / Chief Brainiac, BodiesInSpace.com
Best Practices in NeuroLeadership
Eric Gradman & Brent Bushnell / Digital Pranksters, Mindshare Labs
Creating the ArtFall Installation
Kjerstin 'KJ' Williams, Ph.D. / Jazz Singer & Robot Diva, Applied Minds
Swarm Intelligence: From Bugs to Robots
Errol Gerson / Consultant, Professor, Humanist
What 40 Years of Teaching Has Taught Me!
Tony di Zinno / Photographer & Producer
Photojournalism in Afghanistan
Adam Mefford / Co-Founder, Mindshare
Mindshare 2008 Wrap Up

There will be games on display from uWink interactive restaurant, the ArtFall installation from Eric Gradman and Brent Bushnell

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NOVEMBER 20th 2008

Dr. Amir Give'on / Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Terrestrial Planet Finder: NASA's Search for Earth-like Planets
Michael Berman / Independent Technology Consultant
3D Printing: The Virtual Made Real
Andrea Choe / Biology Grad Student, Caltech
Risky Defecation, Useful Cannibalism and other Animal Oddities
Shama Helena / Life, Love and Sex Coach and Media Hostess
Tantra - Ancient Secrets of Sexual Energy Activation
Aaron Krinsky / Producer, VisionLogic
Going Viral: Remixing Michael Jackson's Thriller

There will be games on display from uWink interactive restaurant and 'acoustic painting' visualizations from David Guttman.

We are also pleased to announce that we'll have a live Jazz duo, including the saxophone talents of Bob Reynolds, and as usual, our resident DJ's Android Cartel will be offering up some ambient and energizing tunes.

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OCTOBER 16th 2008

William Kohnen / CEO, SEAmagine Hydrospace Corporation
Submersibles in the 21st Century
Eric Gradman / Roboticist, Applied Minds & Circus Monkey, Cirque Berzerk
The Perils of Robotics!
Brent Bushnell / The Big Cheese, uWink Restaurant
Playing with your Food
Lynn Langit / Ringleader, SmartCare/Zambia
Sharing Brains and Saving Lives
Will Watkins / The Creator, FreakFurz
Creating a Species of Hedonistic Sodomites

The FINALE was a surprise sppearance from Cirque Berzerk: trippy marionettes, fire eating, juggling and more! ! As usual, our resident DJ's, Android Cartel will be offering up the freshest ambient tunes.

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SEPTEMBER 18th 2008

John Marlow / Writer, journalist, futurist.
Visions on the Nano Scale
Android Cartel & Harb Sidhu / DJ's & Tabla
The Chinese Opening Ceremony Improv Performance
Chris Jacobs / Creative Director, United Future
Growing the Vertical Farm
Dr. Ali Binazir / Chief Evangelist, Elite Communications LLC
Hypnosis - For Fun AND Profit!
Doug Campbell / Experience Junkie, Freshmaker
A Tale from Black Rock City, NV

Proton Radio will also be showcasing the music of Android Cartel and Joy Song, the Cellist of the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, will return for another warm up before the Strada Trio's appearance next week at Zipper Hall.

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AUGUST 21st 2008

BRAINOLOGIES: NEURO, PSYCHO AND COGNO VISIONS
Tristan Ursell / Biophysicist, Caltech
In Your Eye's Mind
John Pyles / Cognitive Neuroscientist, UC Irvine
Reality: It's All In Your Head
Travis Savo / Evil Genius (and CTO, Neogence)
Damn Your Eyes: Hacking Your Vision With Augmented Reality
Chris Hughes / Mathematician and Hardware Hacker
Neuro-Feedback: The Future of Gaming?

THE POTENTIALITY OF BICYCLES
Adrian Van Anz / Founder and Designer, Derringer Cycles
Resurrecting the Historic Motorcyle
Andrea White / Executive Director, BikeStation
Making Clean Transportation A Reality
Rudy Roy / Founder, Intelligent Mobility International (IMI)
2 Bikes Can Change a Life
John Canning / Executive Producer, Green Living Project
Its all about the coffee and the bike

With a special appearance by the Android Cartel of Proton Radio and a special appearance from the Cellist of the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Joy Song.

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JULY 17th 2008

John Smart / Futurist & Founder, Acceleration Studies Foundation
AI and IA: The Singularity, the Valuecosm, and the Digital Twin
Chuck Esterbrook / Developer & Creator, Cobra Language
Immortality or Bust! Age Reversal in Your Lifetime
Scott Pagano / Creative Director, Equilibrium Entertainment.
Constructive Interference: Where Image and Sound Collide
Sissy St. John / Wellness Yogini
Navigating the Whirlwinds of Life
Sena Koleva / Psychology Grad Student: UC Irvine
The Chemistry of Love

With a special appearance by the Android Cartel of Proton Radio

Tech experiments on display around the space by Chris Hughes and Chris Nelson.

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JUNE 19th 2008

Genya Frankel / Bio-Physicist, CalTech
~ Benjamin Franklin Stilled the Waves
Gully Burns / Neuroinformatics Research Scientist, USC / ISI
~ Ars Veritatis: The Art of Truth
Anna Agapiou / Designer, The Groop
~ Branding the Live Earth global concert series
Adam Mefford / Co-founder, Mindshare
~ Axis and the Future of Mobility at Art Center
Satine Phoenix / Fetish Model, Adult Film Star, & Artist
~ Sex: Video vs. Reality

With a special appearance by the Android Cartel of Proton Radio

Laser Graffiti on display around the space by Chris Hughes and Chris Nelson.

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MAY 22nd 2008

Jeanette Paredes / Photographer & Philanthropist
Alex Farley / Neuroscientist
Tony Di Zinno / Professor & Producer
Joel Juarez /Filmmaker

In addition to our fine line up of speakers we also had short intros from people involved with Mindshare, our SMS wiffiti board was once again a running commentary for the night and a summery fresh shmorgasboard of fresh fruits...

And special video projections by Tiff Graham

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APRIL 30th 2008

Jenka Gurfinkel / The Do Lab: Creating Culture.
Josh Berka / The Heart Speaks: Coherence, Light and Resonance.
Doug Campbell / Northern Vietnam Tribe Hopping - In a Tuxedo.
Carlo Quinonez / LuzLab: Illuminating the X-Prize.
Amely Greeven / Vedic Meditation and The Art of Conscious Living.

And a Special Appearance by Multi-Talented Musician TLark

We has an unbelievable April Mindshare! Our Mixologist created a fully custom bar and the full Thai catering was delicious. Our tech team had experiments through the LED lit spot (thanks LuzLab!). the speakers were engaging and Tlark sang us into party mode!

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MARCH 27th 2008

Travis Savo: The Skynet Syndrome: How I Taught My Computer To Think For Itself
Mike Nowak: Mind Your Carbon Manners, Dear!
Chris Hughes: HCI: Making Your Computer Your Bitch
Caitlyn Carradine: Dancing with Paints
Michael Lambie: Neuro-Research and The Future of Content
Tony DI Zinno: Adventure Raising in Borneo

And an appearance by UK Musician Freddie Stevenson

We had a great relaunch! The Wiffiti Message Board was a big hit with people sending it SMSes from their cell phones throughout the night. The name badge game was a success - congratulations to the raffle winners! The talks were diverse and inspiring and the elixers were delicious - THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED!

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