IDEAS Boston at UMass Boston

IDEAS Boston is an annual conference where leading innovators present their latest – or sometimes their next – big ideas in a fast-paced format that combines succinct and lively presentations, artistic breaks, and time for networking and discussion.

Moderated by Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s "On Point" on WBUR, this cross-fertilization across sectors provides the ingredients for additional innovation and creative breakthroughs.

This year's speakers include:

•Leonardo Bonanni, Consumer/Supplier… Show more Advocate
•David Cancel, Startup ‘Doer’
•David DeSteno, Social Emotions Researcher
•Christopher Janney, Artist, Composer, Architect
•Simon Johnson, Global Economics Expert
•Janot Mendler de Suarez, Climate Change and Gaming Researcher
•Wesley Morris, Pulitzer Prize-winning Film Critic
•Anna Mracek Dietrich, Pilot and Inventor
•Judy Neufeld, Emerge Massachusetts Executive Director
•Neri Oxman, Architect and Designer
•Tracy Palandjian, Social Entrepreneur
•Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate
•Vijay Prashad, Expert on South Asia
•Lynnell L. Thomas, African-American Historian

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