Trina DasGupta is the founder and CEO of Single Palm Tree Productions, a media company dedicated to using entertainment as a vehicle to help build global understanding. When I spoke with Trina about this panel—“America Meet World: How Global Satirists See Us”—the passion she has for her work was undeniable. Rather than trying (and inevitably failing) to […]
Based on the most recent statistics of the National Golf Foundation, there were approximately 25.3 million golfers in the U.S. in 2012, which is a three percent decrease of the total number of golfers just two years prior. The panel Old Game, New Tricks: What’s the Future of Golf? will be conducted by a group […]
Since its invention, the Internet has played a huge role in our daily lives. It has affected both our professional and personal lives, and many people cannot imagine a world without it. However, not everyone shares the same opinions about the digital revolution and its impact on society. Clive Thompson is a journalist who writes […]
“My motivation was to change the world.” Dr. Paul Bunje has studied the life in the planet’s great oceans for many years. He has also done work on arguably the greatest challenge of our time, the issue of climate change. Now at XPRIZE he is heading up the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health Competition, geared towards […]
So what is social TV? Mashable defines social TV as “technologies surrounding television that promote communication and social interaction related to program content.” I’m sure that most of us have live tweeted during a television show or a sporting event, or at least followed the twitter timeline to get the reactions and thoughts of a […]
Long gone are the days where our only opportunities for meeting our significant others came at the local watering hole. Even online dating has entered an era of complete normality. Now, people are as apt to meet through an app as through a dating website, and those options put together may end in more relationships […]
“When I was in college I would talk a lot about Mars.” When talking to Michael Solana about science fiction and human progress, it becomes quickly apparent that one article about his views on the future are simply not enough to cover everything. Fortunately, he is presenting Science Fiction IRL and Our Road Map to […]