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Held every October, in the beautiful seaside village of Camden, Maine, the PopTech Conference brings together 700 influential participants for one of the world’s best thought leadership events: a shared exploration of the issues, trends and technologies that will shape the future of our businesses, economy, society and world. Since 2004, Peter Durand of Alphachimp has created on-site paintings live during each presentation. These are the results. Enjoy!
Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 10:44AM  |
Stephanie Coontz, an historian of the family, discusses how globalization has brought more women into the paid work force. Coontz urges us to redefine our notions of gender equality, arguing that every worker has a right to a family life. |
human rights, politics, women in Pop!Tech 2011 Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 11:57AM 
Silja Ómarsdóttir was one of 25 people tapped to rewrite Iceland’s constitution after the country’s financial meltdown in 2008. Ómarsdóttir explains the constitution creation process and what it meant to overhaul the constitution, with considerable public input, in four months.
Iceland, politics, resilience in Pop!Tech Iceland 2012 Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 6:56PM 
Anne-Marie Slaughter shares her insights on the transformation of state and non-state actors. Whereas we used to exist within a world of nation-states, billiard balls knocking against one another, we now live in a network of modular, ad hoc organizations—both governmental and non-governmental.
gender, politics in Pop!Tech 2011 Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 8:32AM 
Reihan Salam, a New America Foundation fellow, writes on politics, culture, and technology. At PopTech 2009, Salam argues that America’s growing diversity, divided by massive inequalities, will lead the country to increasing social conservatism. Salam also co-authored Grand New Party: How Conservatives Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream.
conservatism, economy, politics in Pop!Tech 2009 Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 4:29PM 
Robert Guest writes the Lexington column in the Economist. “I’m going to talk,” he says, “about America and why I think it is uniquely positioned to be not merely the current superpower but the next superpower. I’m going to focus on one very narrow aspect of this. America’s greatest strength, in my view, is that people want to live here. That’s something that the people who already do live here take for granted” — maybe because we haven’t visited the other countries of the world and seen how much they suck?
culture, immigration, politics, sociology in Pop!Tech 2009 Monday, November 23, 2009 at 9:26PM 
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.
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 2:29PM 
Erica Williams is a Washington DC-based activist who works to get under-represented communities to take part in the political process. She asked the PopTech crowd to put aside any pre-conceived notions about her generation (the Millennials, born in 1978-2000). Williams was raised by two pastors and defines her childhood by two things:faith and church.
activism, art, politics, poverty, social change in Pop!Tech 2009 Monday, August 10, 2009 at 10:57AM 
Practicing “identity correction” – the Yes Men target large corporations that put profits ahead of everything else. Getting inside the system, and impersonating business leaders, they smuggle stories out to the world to expose big business wrong-doing.
environment, humor, politics in Pop!Tech 2006 Monday, July 6, 2009 at 11:26AM 
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.
chimps, forgiveness, politics, reconciliation in Pop!Tech 2004 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 11:45AM
Updated on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7:18PM by
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Renowned global health expert Laurie Garrett gave a powerful and frightening talk at PopTech 2008 on how countries deal - both effectively and ineffectively - with pandemics. Examining China's response to SARS, she asked: what if this happened here?
health, pandemics, politics in Pop!Tech 2008 
