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Pop!Tech is an extraordinary three-day summit bringing together 550 visionary thinkers in the sciences, technology, business, design, the arts, education, social development, government, and culture to explore the cutting-edge ideas, emerging technologies and new forces of change that are shaping our collective future. Now you can take the energy and inspiration that is Pop!Tech with you anywhere, with these video and audio podcasts. Pop!Casts let you join the conversation and engage in the extraordinary work that had its start in Camden , Maine . Are you ready to accept the challenges issued by the thinkers and innovators who move Pop!Tech audiences, year after year?
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PopTech Videos: PopCasts Episodes - | Alec Ross on Statecraft 3.0 | Play in Popup. | Senior Advisor on Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Alec Ross, says it's time to reboot US diplomatic efforts abroad. Ross calls for 21st century statecraft based on the innovative use of new media. Previously, Ross co-founded One Economy, a nonprofit devoted to closing the digital divide, and brought his expertise to then Senator Obama?s presidential campaign. |
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| Frans deWaal - PopTech 2004 | Play in Popup. | Renowned primatologist, psychologist and ethologist Frans de Waal wants to convince us we?re all basically apes, saying we?d be much happier if we paid attention to some of the basic principals of cooperative social behavior that even primates are sensitive to. Watching monkeys engage in peace-making, power relationships and reciprocity is a potent reminder of just how alike we are. |
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| Pamela Ronald - PopTech 2008 | Play in Popup. | You might think that genetically engineered agriculture and organic farming are diametrically opposed, but Pamela Ronald - chair of the Plant Genomics Program at UC Davis - argues the two go together like peanut butter and chocolate. In this informative Pop!Tech talk, Ronald describes how marrying organic farming techniques with G.E. crops holds the potential to help solve the impending global food crisis. |
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| Matt Mason - PopTech 2008 | Play in Popup. | Journalist, author and former pirate radio DJ Matt Mason argues that if you can?t stop the pirates ? and you can?t ? you should figure out how to out-compete them (like Apple did). Mason is an ardent believer that where there?s piracy, there?s market failure ? and a big opportunity for organizations smart enough to understand that ?you should talk to marketing before you talk to legal.? |
to send to friends | Download Matt Mason - PopTech 2008
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| Jay Keasling - PopTech 2007 | Play in Popup. | Through a series of chemical reactions and a re-imagining of intellectual property practices, Jay Keasling and his partners at One World Health expect to have effective, affordable malaria pills in the hands of African children in a few years. Inspired? There?s more. Watch as Keasling describes the boundless possibilities of metabolic engineering and non-profit biotechnology. |
to send to friends | Download Jay Keasling - PopTech 2007
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| Bob Freling - PopTech 2007 | Play in Popup. | Robert Freling has set his sights on the ambitious goal of providing clean, sustainable solar energy to the world's two billion people who currently go without. As the executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), he works toward his goal with projects that range from powering schools and health clinics to providing access to clean water through solar-powered pumps. |
to send to friends | Download Bob Freling - PopTech 2007
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| Stefano Merlin - PopTech 2007 | Play in Popup. | Renewable bamboo, coconut waste and sawdust aren?t usually used as fuels for factories, but in the northeast Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, ecological expert Stefano Merlin is pushing local factories to do just that. Leading a major fuel-switching initiative that blends social and environmental responsibilities with emission reductions, Merlin hopes that his most recent work will create what he calls in this address ?a long-term biomass supply for the future.? |
to send to friends | Download Stefano Merlin - PopTech 2007
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| Paul Polak - PopTech 2007 | Play in Popup. | From his extensive experiences working with the poor of the developing world, Paul Polak has learned a lot about effective market-based approaches to alleviating poverty. He argues that in order to be successful, solutions must be simple, inexpensive, easy to reproduce, and most important, respond to the expressed needs of the people they are meant to benefit. |
to send to friends | Download Paul Polak - PopTech 2007
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| Christian Nold - PopTech 2007 | Play in Popup. | Christian Nold thinks we should pay more attention to how our environment shapes our emotional and physiological states. His work with Bio Mapping?which measures people?s responses to their environment and connects those feelings to their physical location?suggests that a map of emotional landscapes represents a powerful tool for analyzing the relationship between place and broader social issues. |
to send to friends | Download Christian Nold - PopTech 2007
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| Tony Hey: Citizen Science | Play in Popup. | As Corporate Vice President of External Research for Microsoft, Tony Hey is responsible for public-private partnerships with scientific and engineering communities, government agencies, and industry partners worldwide. At PopTech 2009, Hey discussed the critical role of citizen scientists in understanding complex data-intensive problems like climate change and galaxy formation. |
to send to friends | Download Tony Hey: Citizen Science
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