IdeaFest 2008 Schedule
Sept. 23
Main Course @ IdeaFestival • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM • Humana Building & Main Street (between 4th and 5th Streets) • (Separate Registration Required)
Sept. 24
Idea Kentucky Conference — Separate Registration Required • 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Ali Center)
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness • 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Speed Art Museum)
IF Onsite Registration • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (KICC)
Sept. 25
The Big Jam • Suketu Bhavsar, Nickole Brown, Howard Dubrovsky, Sanford Goldberg, Wayne Hall, Jr., Philipp Kraemer, Everett McCorvey, Lopa Mehrotra, Brad Riddell, Mark Shepherd • 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM (KICC) • Pass Required: Free
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe • Katrina Firlik • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (KICC) • Pass Required: $15.00
Creative Space (Lunch Event) • Mark Beasley • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $18.00
Puzzled? • Will Shortz • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $20.00
The Rise and Fall of Hyperpowers • Amy Chua • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $15.00
IF Launch: Curry Stone Design Prize • Curry Stone Design Prize, Emiliano Gandolfi • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: Free
Taste of Innovation • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $20.00
IF After Dark: At The Movies with screenwriter Jack Epps Jr. • Jack Epps Jr. • 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: Free
Sept. 26
Idling Technology: Solutions for “Greener” Air - FREE • Robert Hupfer • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM (KICC)
The Black Swan • Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM (KICC) • Pass Required: $20.00
IF Kids (for students only) • IF Kids • 9:30 AM - 1:15 PM (KICC)
Studio Arne Quinze • Arne Quinze • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (KICC) • Pass Required: Free
The Science and Wonder of Magic • Teller • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $20.00
Proust Was A Neuroscientist • Jonah Lehrer • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $15.00
BIG: Designs on the Future City • Bjarke Ingels • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $15.00
Surviving Rwanda • Immaculee Ilibagiza • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $15.00
A Question of Freedom • Suketu Bhavsar, Sanford Goldberg, Lori Hartmann-Mahmud, Tiffany Shlain • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (The Kentucky Center) • Pass Required: Free
Ninjutsu: The Art of Success • Peter King • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: Free
The “X Factor”: Who’s Buying What and Why GLI’s technology network Awards Dinner • Bridget Brennan • 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $65.00
IF After Dark: Vova’s World • Vova Galchenko • 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: Free
IF After Dark: Movies That Changed Your Life — FREE • 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM • (Brown-Forman Amphitheater)
Sept. 27
Serious Play • Jane McGonigal • 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM (KICC) • Pass Required: $15.00
The World in your Pocket • John Gauntt • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM (KICC) • Pass Required: $15.00
The Physics of NASCAR • Diandra Leslie-Pelecky • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM (KICC) • Pass Required: $15.00
Who Helps Who ... and Why? The Nature of Goodness (Lunch Event) • Lee Dugatkin • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: $18.00
The Space Colonization Imperative • J. Richard Gott • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: Free
*CANCELLED* Sex, Time and Power • Leonard Shlain • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (KICC)
Where’s The Big Idea? • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (KICC) • Pass Required: Free
Mozart: An Exploration of Genius with the Kentucky Center • Richard Kogan • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (The Kentucky Center) • Pass Required: $15.00
DIAVOLO DANCE THEATER • 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (Brown Theatre) • Pass Required: $30.00
IF After Dark: Diavolo Post Performance Party • 9:45 PM - 12:00 AM (PRIME Lounge)
Streaming Events All Days
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness • 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Speed Art Museum)
Hauck Installation • Hauck Installation • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (KICC)
FutureLab • FutureLab • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (KICC)
Filmmakers Studio (separate registration required) • Michael Dougan, Soozie Eastman, Jason Epperson, Jack Epps Jr., Mindy Faber, Marc Gurevitch, Stuart Pollard, Mark Poole, Anna Richardson, Brad Riddell, Arthur Rouse, Mark Shepherd, Ed Smith, Filmmakers Studio • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (KICC)
