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Pop!Tech 2004: The Next Renaissance Camden, Maine : October 21-24, 2004
Graphic Facilitation by Peter Durand
Rethinking Human Nature N ew disciplines are changing the very way we understand ourselves, our minds, and our judgments. What does the next human nature look like?

Introduction	Malcolm Gladwell author	Frans de Waal primatologist	Joel Garreau	Human Nature
The Global Creative Is the next economy the creative economy? What will it take to creatively compete and solve the world's problems? How does Design (in the 'big D' sense of the world) influence the terrain?

Richard Florida author	Jim Rygiel special effects artist	Bruce Mau designer	Global Creativity
Emerging Worldviews After Iraq, what next? Where are the world's next wars going to be fought? What do global trends in declining birth rates and aging populations mean for security, resources and developing nations?

Joseph Chamie UN demographer	Thomas Barnett defense analyst	Phillip Longman journalist	Emerging Worldviews
Happiness What is the happiest culture in the world, and how did it inspire the world's largest book? Who can combine the dicipline of disco moves with entering the Department of Homeland Security logo context?

Alex-Steffan	Ze-Frank	Mike-Hawley
The New Naturalism Nature can be an extraordinary source of wisdom and invention, and now we've got the tools to listen and learn.

Jeanine Benyus	Tom Daniel	New Naturalism
New Explorers Who's pushing the limits of human potential through endurance exhibitions to the North Pole, Greenland and Antarctica? Why? What is the true genetic path of our ancestors? What can we learn from genetic sampling of the world's "indigenous" populations.

Ben Saunders	Spencer Wells
Big Weather We've heard a lot about the climate and climate change these days - we'll get an objective look at the science, challenges, and implications of Big Weather.

Brian Fagan	Alexis Rockman	Richard Alley	Big Weather
Less-is-More-is-Less What is it about humans that drives us to seek more variation, more wealth, more selection, yet fills us with regret and remorse?

Grant-McCracken	Barry-Schwartz	Less-is-More-is-Less
New Solutions In a world as connected as ours, what are the world's most important developmental challenges? Poverty? Education? AIDS? We'll get a to-do list from those in-the-know.

Ethan Zuckermen	David Bornstein
Connected Politics Pop!Tech 2004 is just 10 days before the election. We'll take an in-depth look at how new technologies have reshaped the process and experience of politics and democracy.

Joe Trippi	Adrian Wooldridge	Andrew Rasiej	Connected Politics
Renaissance Prospects What can a critique of our age's media teach us about the creative rebirth that we are striving for?

Zero Boy	Doug Rushkoff
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