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Complete video at: fora.tv Palestinian Representative to the US Maen Areikat told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor that Palestinians had "no immediate plans" to take Israel to the International Criminal Court -- but noted that Palestine's government reserves the right "to defend the rights of the Palestinian people" nonetheless. ----- On Monday, September 13, 2011, UN Ambassador Susan Rice joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters. Maen Rashid Areikat is a Palestinian diplomat and present chief of the PLO Delegation in Washington DC. He was born in Jericho and obtained a B.Sc. in finance from Arizona State University in 1983 and MBA from Western International University in 1987. In 1993-1998 he worked as spokesman of the Orient House, then unofficial PLO headquarters in East Jerusalem. He started working for the Palestinian National Authority in 1998, first at the Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) while serving as its Director-General until March 2008. In 2008-2009 he served as Coordinator-General of NAD. In 2009 he was appointed chief of the PLO Delegation to the United States.

Complete video at: fora.tv Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, Palestinian Representative to the US Maen Areikat explained Palestine's recent move for improved status at the United Nations as one designed to "keep hope alive" for the Palestinian people, and as a renewed opportunity for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. ----- On Monday, September 13, 2011, UN Ambassador Susan Rice joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters. Maen Rashid Areikat is a Palestinian diplomat and present chief of the PLO Delegation in Washington DC. He was born in Jericho and obtained a B.Sc. in finance from Arizona State University in 1983 and MBA from Western International University in 1987. In 1993-1998 he worked as spokesman of the Orient House, then unofficial PLO headquarters in East Jerusalem. He started working for the Palestinian National Authority in 1998, first at the Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) while serving as its Director-General until March 2008. In 2008-2009 he served as Coordinator-General of NAD. In 2009 he was appointed chief of the PLO Delegation to the United States.

Complete video at: fora.tv On "the day after" a United Nations measure elevating the status of Palestinian representatives at the United Nations, US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor that the impact on common Palestinians will be "nothing" but a bigger gap between expectations and reality. ----- On Monday, September 12, 2011, UN Ambassador Susan Rice joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters. Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American diplomat, former think tank fellow, and civil servant. She is an American foreign policy advisor and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice served on the staff of the National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's second term. Rice was confirmed as UN Ambassador by the US Senate by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009.

Complete video at: fora.tv Chef Anthony Bourdain and food critic AA Gill debate the varied benefits and detriments of organic farming. While Bourdain argues that organic products inflate prices, Gill expresses his belief that organic is just a marketing ploy. "What it does have to do with, is people who don't farm, telling farmers how to farm," argues Gill. ----- Devilishly-naughty restaurant critic AA Gill goes 50 minutes with "No Reservations" tv show host Anthony Bourdain upending the tables on food pretensions, culinary icons and vegans in what can be only described as a restaurant-lovers' "food fight". Their topics range from the pretension of chefs, dining versus eating, to the selection of last meals and eating human flesh...from Japanese food fetishes and mafia run "lard markets" in Eastern Europe to the importance of communal eating in the development of human civilisation. Prepare to be very amused. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain is an American chef, author and television personality. He is well known for his 2000 book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. Adrian Anthony Gill is a British writer who uses the byline AA Gill. He is currently employed by the Sunday Times as their restaurant reviewer and television critic and Vanity Fair magazine as a restaurant reviewer.

Complete video at: fora.tv House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Obama has not been an unwavering supporter of Israel, where "some of the outward signs and signals" from the Obama administration have been "confusing." ----- On Thursday, September 8, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters. Eric Ivan Cantor is the US Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district, serving since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011. He previously served as House Minority Whip from 2009 to 2011. His district includes most of the northern and western sections of Richmond, along with most of Richmond's western suburbs and portions of the Shenandoah Valley.

Complete video at: fora.tv House Majority Leader Eric Cantor derided a proposal that has long been affiliated with President Barack Obama, a federal bank for infrastructure spending, as akin to the now-beleaguered federally-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ----- On Thursday, September 8, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters. Eric Ivan Cantor is the US Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district, serving since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011. He previously served as House Minority Whip from 2009 to 2011. His district includes most of the northern and western sections of Richmond, along with most of Richmond's western suburbs and portions of the Shenandoah Valley.

Complete video at: fora.tv Eric Cantor, the House Republican leadership's second-in-command, said he prefers incremental progress toward fixing the economy. ----- On Thursday, September 8, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters. Eric Ivan Cantor is the US Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district, serving since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011. He previously served as House Minority Whip from 2009 to 2011. His district includes most of the northern and western sections of Richmond, along with most of Richmond's western suburbs and portions of the Shenandoah Valley.

Complete video at: fora.tv Responding to a question about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's remarks on Social Security as a "monstrous lie," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told reporters at a Monitor Breakfast that "math" of Social Security system "doesn't add up." ----- On Thursday, September 8, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters. Eric Ivan Cantor is the US Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district, serving since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011. He previously served as House Minority Whip from 2009 to 2011. His district includes most of the northern and western sections of Richmond, along with most of Richmond's western suburbs and portions of the Shenandoah Valley.

Complete video at: fora.tv Saying "there''s been enough rancor, and, you know what, the stakes are high," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said the time is now to get above political differences and repair the economy. ----- On Thursday, September 8, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor joined the Monitor Lunch for a conversation with reporters. Eric Ivan Cantor is the US Representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district, serving since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011. He previously served as House Minority Whip from 2009 to 2011. His district includes most of the northern and western sections of Richmond, along with most of Richmond's western suburbs and portions of the Shenandoah Valley.

Complete video at: fora.tv US Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan discussed information obtained from former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan including that bin Laden was looking to "rebrand" or move the group's headquarters. Brennan also said he "hasn't seen" anything indicating Pakistani official "complicity" in bin Laden's operations. ----- On Thursday, September 8, 2011, US Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters. John O. Brennan is chief counterterrorism advisor to US President Barack Obama; officially his title is Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President. His responsibilities include overseeing plans to protect the country from terrorism and respond to natural disasters, and he meets with the President daily. Previously, he advised Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 presidential campaign and transition.

Complete video at: fora.tv John Brennan, President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, told reporters at a Monitor Breakfast this morning that some terrorist elements looked at Libya as an "arms bazaar" and the US was working with the new Libyan government to secure weapon stockpiles. ----- On Thursday, September 8, 2011, US Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters. John O. Brennan is chief counterterrorism advisor to US President Barack Obama; officially his title is Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President. His responsibilities include overseeing plans to protect the country from terrorism and respond to natural disasters, and he meets with the President daily. Previously, he advised Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 presidential campaign and transition.

Complete video at: fora.tv Stanley Fish, professor of law and humanities at Florida International University, rebuts arguments against the value of arts and humanities instruction in post-secondary educational institutions. "The demand for justification is always the demand that something be justified in terms not its own," he says, contending that the arts cannot be adequately explained in any terms but their own. ----- Each morning this week, we will hear from people representing and supporting the arts, particularly those art forms represented at Chautauqua -- literature, visual arts, orchestra, theater, opera, dance -- discussing the role of the arts in civil society -- education, economic recovery, healing, and cross-cultural understanding. Afternoon lectures will examine the role of the arts in worship. This week will highlight Chautauqua's four-pillar mix of arts, education, religion, and recreation. - Chautauqua Institution Stanley Fish is the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law at Florida International University in Miami. A well-known public intellectual, he writes frequently on the politics of the university and maintains a New York Times blog where he comments regularly on the humanities, education, law and society. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including How Milton Works; Is There a Text in This Class? Interpretive Communities and the Sources of Authority; The Trouble With Principle; Professional ...

Complete video at: fora.tv Jan Gehl, architect, urban planner, and author of Cities for People, discusses what he calls "bird shit architecture," a trend in urban planning that originated in the 1950's and persists to the present day. This type of architecture, he explains, is designed to look good from a plane, but not practical for the actual residents of a city. ----- An important paradigm change happened around 1960. City planning, as a concept, took off on a huge scale in response to the challenge of fast-growing cities. At the same time, traffic planning took over the planning at eye level to address the rapid influx of cars. In the rough and tumble of all this, caring for the people who use cities was completely left behind. By 1961, people like Jane Jacobs raised her voice about this new situation in her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. But, not much happened for three or four decades. The idea of "Cities for People" became an overlooked and forgotten dimension. This is the story told by Jan Gehl in his new book. He describes why looking after people is crucial for the quality of cities in the 21st century, how it can be accomplished and how it is actually done by now in more and more projects in more and more cities. The transformations carried out in such cities as Copenhagen, Melbourne, Sydney, Amman and New York will serve as examples of this new people-oriented direction in planning. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Jan Gehl is a ...

Complete video at: fora.tv Stanford's d.school co-founder George Kembel delivers an update on former student projects, including an inexpensive incubator and a solar powered lamp. The Embrace incubator, a low-cost infant warmer, will save an estimated 100000 lives and improve the quality of life for 800000 children in the next 3 years. ----- Sparking a Culture of Creativity and Innovation Co-founder and director of the Stanford d.school, George Kembel explains how empathy, innovation, and unconventional continued learning can lead to sustained success for a business or company. New ideas and new ways of looking may provide the answers to challenges to US competitiveness in business, education, government, and health care. In this week, our guests will reveal how they have created cultures of creativity that foster innovation. We'll define "design thinking" and learn about collaborations that extend knowledge across disparate fields and add value to society, products and services. We will discover how creativity can be taught and learned, and how to inspire creative confidence in ourselves and others. - Chautauqua Institution George Kembel is a co-founder and currently the executive director of the Stanford d. school, also known as the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. He has led the conceptualization, design, and development of new products and technologies for over ten years in both research and industry environments.

Complete video at: fora.tv Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Gordon Wood explains that while the end of the international slave trade is commonly viewed as the first step towards abolition, it actually served to bolster the domestic slave trade. Wood argues that the Confederacy included an embargo against international slave trading in its constitution, perhaps in a political move to pressure states into joining them. ----- In collaboration with Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture The sesquicentennial of the Civil War in 2011 offers an opportunity to rethink its significance with regard to the evolution of US society, American identity, and race. Focusing on the path to the Civil War, what issues, confronted but unsolved by our nation's founders, led within less than a century to war between the states and challenged the young country's very survival? Character-interpreters, storytellers, historians, and present-day experts will illumine the controversies and tensions that led to the Civil War and will reflect on how these issues continue to shape our society today. - Chautauqua Institution Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. He taught at Harvard University and the University of Michigan before joining the faculty at Brown in 1969. Wood is the author of The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787, which won the ...

Complete video at: fora.tv Most cabinet secretaries arrive at official functions in massive black SUVs. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, however, picked out a Chevy Equinox -- and discussed American automobile manufacturing this morning at a Monitor breakfast. ----- On Tuesday, August 31, 2011, US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters. Secretary Hilda L. Solis was confirmed as Secretary of Labor on February 24, 2009. Prior to confirmation as Secretary of Labor, Secretary Solis represented the 32nd Congressional District in California, a position she held from 2001 -- 2009. In the Congress, Solis' priorities included expanding access to affordable health care, protecting the environment, and improving the lives of working families. A recognized leader on clean energy jobs, she authored the Green Jobs Act which provided funding for "green" collar job training for veterans, displaced workers, at risk youth, and individuals in families under 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

Complete video at: fora.tv Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cautioned critics of severe warnings about Hurricane Irene as "overhyped" that the storm caused widespread and large-scale damage. ----- On Tuesday, August 30, 2011, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters. Janet Napolitano is the third and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security. She is the fourth person (including an acting Secretary) to hold the position, which was created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the 21st Governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009. She was Arizona's third female governor, and the first woman to win re-election. Prior to her election as governor, she served as Attorney General of Arizona from 1999 to 2002. She is the first woman and the 23rd person to serve in that office. Napolitano is the 1977 Truman Scholar from New Mexico. Forbes ranked her as the 51st most powerful woman in 2009.

Complete video at: fora.tv In this highlight from December 2008, Tim Ferriss, author of The Four Hour Work Week, recalls his experience as a foreign exchange student in Japan and reveals the difficulty he had learning the language. Ferriss, who offers tips on overcoming language barriers, says, "It's often times what you do -- not how you do it -- that is the determining factor." ----- Ferriss embraced the principle that "fear is your friend" while overcoming his trepidation of swimming, dancing and learning new languages. Learn his methods to rethink "false constructs and untested assumptions." - The Entertainment Gathering 2008 EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is a rich extension of these ideas - a conference that explores the attitude of understanding in music, film, television, radio, technology, advertising, gaming, interactivity and the web. Timothy Ferriss is an American author, public speaker, and productivity guru. Tim received his BA from Princeton University in 2000, where he studied in the Neuroscience and East Asian Studies departments. In 2007, he published The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich which was a New York Times,Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. His latest book is The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman.

Complete video at: fora.tv In this highlight from May 2007, noted atheist Christopher Hitchens compares monotheistic belief to a despotic dictatorship -- similar to his observations of North Korea under Kim Jong Il. The key difference, he argues? "You can get out of North Korea - you can die, and it's over. You can't do that with monotheism." ----- Christopher Hitchens speaks about his new book God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Hitchens, an always colorful and sometimes outrageous commentator, now takes aim at God. Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have tried, but that hard-to-hit Fellow keeps popping back up. Worse still are the violent ways of his flock: waging religious warfare, keeping women enslaved, fomenting universal hatreds. Hitchens makes a powerful case for atheism - Politics and Prose Christopher Hitchens is an author and journalist whose books, essays, and journalistic career span more than four decades. He has been a columnist and literary critic at The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Slate, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry, and became a media fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2008.

Complete video at: fora.tv Dev Patnaik, CEO of Jump Associates and author of Wired to Care, examines how a company like Microsoft can be highly successful with one business venture (ie, the Xbox) and a complete failure with another (ie, the Zune). ----- Sparking a Culture of Creativity and Innovation New ideas and new ways of looking may provide the answers to challenges to US competitiveness in business, education, government, and health care. In this week, our guests will reveal how they have created cultures of creativity that foster innovation. We'll define "design thinking" and learn about collaborations that extend knowledge across disparate fields and add value to society, products and services. We will discover how creativity can be taught and learned, and how to inspire creative confidence in ourselves and others. - Chautauqua Institution Dev Patnaik is the CEO of Jump Associates, a hybrid strategy firm focused on growth. Together with his teammates, he works with companies to create new businesses and reinvent existing ones. In recent years, Jump has become particularly well known for its pioneering culture, and was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best places to work in America.

AFL-CIO's Trumka Calls Rick Perry's "Texas Miracle" a "Dismal Model" for America Complete video at: fora.tv The president of the US' largest labor union federation called out Texas Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry's economic record in Texas, saying informed observers don't see it as a miracle. ----- On Thursday, August 25, 2011, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters. "If you want to help workers, you first need to help people," said On September 16, 2009, Richard L. Trumka was elected President of the AFL-CIO by acclamation at the Federation's 26th convention in Pittsburgh, Pa. His election, following 15 years of service as the AFL-CIO's Secretary Treasurer, capped Trumka's rise to leadership of the nation's largest labor federation from humble beginnings in the small coal mining communities of southwest Pennsylvania.

Complete video at: fora.tv Col. Casey Haskins, an accomplished military officer and professor at West Point Academy, argues that one of the biggest obstacles to creativity is a reliance on the status quo. "We do lots of stuff that we have no idea why we do it, and we don't even bother to examine it, and in some instances, that does harm," explains Haskins. ----- Sparking a Culture of Creativity and Innovation Col. Casey Haskins, an extremely accomplished military officer and professor at West Point Academy, uses psychology, philosophy, and "out of the box thinking" to create a new train of thought for successful problem solving. New ideas and new ways of looking may provide the answers to challenges to US competitiveness in business, education, government, and health care. In this week, our guests will reveal how they have created cultures of creativity that foster innovation. We'll define "design thinking" and learn about collaborations that extend knowledge across disparate fields and add value to society, products and services. We will discover how creativity can be taught and learned, and how to inspire creative confidence in ourselves and others. - Chautauqua Institution Col. Casey Haskins is director of the Department of Military Instruction at the US Military Academy at West Point, responsible for adapting military instruction to demands for more limber, creative operating methods. As profiled in the book Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small ...

Complete video at: fora.tv In this highlight from May 2007, author and atheist Christopher Hitchens notes an increasing audience for "resistance to clerical bullying." He cites examples of society's widespread frustration with outdated religious traditions and champions the perseverance of scientific thought. ----- Christopher Hitchens speaks about his new book God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Hitchens, an always colorful and sometimes outrageous commentator, now takes aim at God. Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have tried, but that hard-to-hit Fellow keeps popping back up. Worse still are the violent ways of his flock: waging religious warfare, keeping women enslaved, fomenting universal hatreds. Hitchens makes a powerful case for atheism - Politics and Prose Christopher Hitchens is an author and journalist whose books, essays, and journalistic career span more than four decades. He has been a columnist and literary critic at The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Slate, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry, and became a media fellow at the Hoover Institution in 2008.

Complete video at: fora.tv Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO Gary Shapiro argues that the current business environment in the United States does not encourage companies to create jobs in America. ----- Sparking a Culture of Creativity and Innovation New ideas and new ways of looking may provide the answers to challenges to US competitiveness in business, education, government, and health care. In this week, our guests will reveal how they have created cultures of creativity that foster innovation. We'll define "design thinking" and learn about collaborations that extend knowledge across disparate fields and add value to society, products and services. We will discover how creativity can be taught and learned, and how to inspire creative confidence in ourselves and others. - Chautauqua Institution Gary Shapiro is president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, the US trade association representing over 2000 consumer electronics companies and owning and producing the continent's largest annual tradeshow, the International CES. He also is the author of the 2011 best-selling book The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream.

Complete video at: fora.tv Vincent Bugliosi, author of Reclaiming History, discusses what he believes may have been the motive that drove Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate John F. Kennedy. Rather than acting out a personal attack against the former president, Bugliosi speculates Oswald may have viewed JFK as the "quintessential representative of a society for which he had a grinding contempt." ----- Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor of the Manson family and best-selling author of Helter Skelter, reexamines the assassination of President Kennedy in his newest book Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Evan Thomas, editor at large of Newsweek magazine, interviews Bugliosi on the stage of The Great Hall. Polls reveal that more than 75 percent of Americans believe there was a conspiracy behind Lee Harvey Oswald; some even believe Oswald was entirely innocent. Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor of Charles Manson and the author of the number one bestseller "Helter Skelter" has spent 20 years investigating the assassination and its aftermath. "Reclaiming History," Bugliosi's absorbing and historic book - the first ever to cover the entire case - shows how we have come to believe such lies about the tragic event. Using the skills that made him one of the most successful prosecutors in legal history, Bugliosi has examined every conspiracy theory from every angle. "Reclaiming History" strips the paranoia away from an event that changed the history of America and ...

Complete video at: fora.tv Steven Perlman, founder and CEO of OnLive, demonstrates the company's latest service, which allows users to remotely run a top-of-the-line computer on any device (laptop, tablet, etc.) in real time over the internet. ----- Flash Mobs Moderated by Jason Tanz, WIRED Funded by Everyone Yancey Strickler, Kickstarter Design by Committee Bre Pettis, MakerBot Industries Making Remote Feel Local Steve Perlman, OnLive NExTWORK is a one-day, interdisciplinary conference that will feature world-renowned business leaders, technologists, and thinkers exploring the promise and peril of the network's future, as well as the most pressing digital issues and opportunities today. Steve Perlman founded OnLive, a cloud-based gaming service that launched in 2009. An entrepreneur and inventor with over 100 patents to his credit, and another 100 pending, Perlman's innovations can be found in a vast number of personal technology products.

Complete video at: fora.tv Will Sansom, a writer for Contagious Magazine, discusses innovative advertising in the "post-digital" world. He describes StickyBits, an app that allows users to interact with comments left by other users of any barcode they scan. "The best brands and advertisers now are the ones who make sure, even if their work is really beautifully integrated across all these multiple digital touch points, that at the middle of all of it is a human truth." ----- NEXT -- Nordic EXceptional Trendshop -- is a unique chance to get close to some of today's greatest minds. NEXT is a vessel bound for the new, the odd angled and the unpredictable. A home ground for exceptional minds and their inventions. The first NEXT was held in 2004 and since then NEXT had grown to be an international -- and acclaimed -- landmark for forward thinking, the new and the next within technology and business oriented innovation. - Innovation Lab Will Sansom is a writer and consultant for Contagious Communications -- a complete intelligence resource which focuses on the most innovative future-facing marketing strategies. He divides his time between writing for the award winning Contagious Magazine and the company's bespoke intelligence feed service, delivering insight and analysis to a number of global agencies including Publicis, JWT, Ogilvy, and Havas. As part of Contagious' rapidly-expanding 'Insider' consultancy arm, he speaks regularly at conferences and award shows across the world ...

Complete video at: fora.tv Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West discusses his work developing a model to formulate predictions about a city based solely on its size. His equations can predict "mundane" properties like the number of gas stations in any given urban system, but can also be used to predict everything from wages to crime rates. ----- Why Cities Keep on Growing, Corporations Always Die, and Life Gets Faster As organisms, cities, and companies scale up, they all gain in efficiency, but then they vary. The bigger an organism, the slower. Yet the bigger a city is, the faster it runs. And cities are structurally immortal, while corporations are structurally doomed. Scaling up always creates new problems; cities can innovate faster than the problems indefinitely, while corporations cannot. These revolutionary findings come from Geoffrey West's examination of vast quantities of data on the metabolic/economic behavior of organisms and organizations. A theoretical physicist, West was president of Santa Fe Institute from 2005 to 2009 and founded the high energy physics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. - The Long Now Foundation Geoffrey West (b. 1940) is a physicist. He was born in a rural town in western England and moved to London when he was 13. He received a bachelor's degree in physics from Cambridge and pursued graduate studies in California at Stanford. He eventually became a Stanford faculty member before he joined the particle theory group at New ...

Complete video at: fora.tv Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson argues Earth is not as an ideal environment for the existence of life as most people commonly think. "99 percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct," says Tyson. "That is not the signature of a planet that is in love with life." ----- Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses Death by Black Hole. This program was recorded in collaboration with City Arts and Lectures, on February 19, 2008. Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. Tyson's professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. In addition to dozens of professional publications, Dr. Tyson has written, and continues to write for the public. Tyson's latest two books are the playful and informative Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, which was a New York Times bestseller, and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, chronicling his experience at the center of the controversy over Pluto's planetary status. The PBS/NOVA documentary "The Pluto Files", based on the book, premiered in March 2010. Tyson is the recipient of twelve honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award ...

Complete video at: fora.tv Shelley Leibowitz, chief information officer of the World Bank Group, explains that while the World Bank has historically been viewed as an exclusive, opaque organization, they are continuously working to be more open and cooperative. ----- Market Forces: Can Technology Bring Free Enterprise to Everyone? Shelley Leibowitz, World Bank Group Steven Rubinow, NYSE Euronext Moderated by Matthew Bishop, The Economist NExTWORK is a one-day, interdisciplinary conference that will feature world-renowned business leaders, technologists, and thinkers exploring the promise and peril of the network's future, as well as the most pressing digital issues and opportunities today. Shelley Leibowitz is Chief Information Officer of the World Bank Group and Vice President, where she's responsible for strategic leadership of the information management and information technology services that support the World Bank's work of delivering knowledge and financing products to developing countries around the world. Since her appointment in 2009, she has established technology innovation as a key part of the bank's modernization agenda and has made the bank's tech services more open and agile.