IdeaFestival

Dirk Brockmann on "money circulation science" - IF Conversations

How might the spread of human influenza be modeled? By tracking the movement of dollar bills in the United States, of course! In this IF Conversation, Dirk Brockmann, a physicist at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Germany talks briefly about “Money-Circulation Science.”

Like the study of the spread of infection diseases, the application of physics concepts to biology and biological systems is the focus of wide inquiry. One book written for a mass audience that touches on biophysical concepts - as well as quite a number of others - is Robert Frenay's, Pulse.

See this clip and other brief video of IdeaFestival participants at IFTV.

Wayne

IF Conversations - Ruby Lerner

President of the Creative Capital Foundation, Ruby Lerner describes how the IdeaFestival helps her business. Creative Capital is an arts foundation modeled on venture capital concepts.

The IdeaFestival Conversations series, featuring such people as Michio Kaku and Nicholas Kristof speaking on issues of interest to them, may also be found at IFTV.

Wayne

IF Conversations - Mindy Faber

Here, the founder of Open Youth Networks and Peabody Award winner, Mindy Faber, briefly comments on "Creativity, Democracy and the Media."

The entire series of "IF Conversations," which has included individuals like Nicholas Kristof and Michio Kaku talking about their favorite topics, may be found here as well as on YouTube.

Wayne

Nicholas Kristof: Why care about Darfur?

Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, answers the question, "Why care about Darfur?" in the latest IF Conversation. You may find this video along with other archived conversations on the YouTube IFTV channel, as well as the main IdeaFestival web site.

Wayne

IF Conversations - Karen Walker

What's the number one job demand of the fashion designer? Karen Walker explains in this IF Conversation.

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IF Conversations, Tiffany Shlain

The first in a series of video called "IF Conversations," filmmaker and entrepreneur Tiffany Shlain very briefly discusses her creative process and latest film, "A Declaration of Interdependance." In addition to its location on YouTube, the video is available, here, on the IF Web site. Regular and frequent releases in this series are planned.

Wayne

Announcing "IF Conversations"

IF has kicked off a new series of very brief films called "IF Conversations," which were shot during the IdeaFestival in September. This first conversation is with filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards, Tiffany Shlain and may be seen here. You will need Flash 9.0.

IF will regularly release these brief conversations with diverse and creative people over the coming months.

As she points out on her site, Evgeny Morozov and Ethan Zuckerman reported on her IF presentation, "A Declaration of Interdependence," which I can also tell you was, indeed, very fast paced.

Wayne