PopTech: Leetha Filderman
PopTech president Leetha Filderman sits down with John Maeda for a discussion about the history of PopTech, its mission and what’s next.
Pop Tech: Derek Lomas
2009 PopTech Fellow Derek Lomas is director of the Playpower Foundation, a global network of developers, designers, academics, NGOs and businesses. Playpower leverages the availability of ultra-low-cost computers to create […]
Pop Tech: Josh Nesbit
2009 PopTech Fellow Josh Nesbit co-founded Medic Mobile to bring the innovative use of mobile phones for healthcare to the developing world. A central clinic laptop runs FrontlineSMS software, enabling […]
PopTech: Carlo Ratti
Director of MIT’s SENSEable City Lab Carlo Ratti wondered if there was a way to create a small, inexpensive, scalable, self-organizing system to help remove the oil after the Gulf […]
PopTech: Jonah Lehrer
Author Jonah Lehrer explores the power of outsider intelligence. At PopTech 2009, the best-selling author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist, notes that, paradoxically, lacking expertise on […]
PopTech: Dan Ariely
MIT professor Dan Ariely believes that the starting point for making better decisions, particularly with financial matters, requires understanding the impulse to act irrationally. At PopTech 2009, Ariely discussed an […]
PopTech: Paula Kahumbu
As executive director of WildlifeDirect, 2009 PopTech Fellow Paula Kahumbu is building a global wildlife conservation community that connects conservationists and their supporters through blogs and direct funding. The goal: […]
PopTech: Chris Jordan
Photographer Chris Jordan specializes in large-scale works that depict the magnitude of our consumerism and its impact on our environment. In one of the most emotional presentations at PopTech 2009, […]
PopTech: Colin Rich
PopTech’s 2010 conference presents Colin Rich.Colin Rich captures fantastic images of the world from 24 miles in space. He creates his amazing videos and still photographs with simple system that […]
PopTech: Dr. Hayat Sindi
PopTech’s 2011 conference presents Dr. Hayat Sindi. A leader in both science and social innovation, Dr. Hayat Sindi launched i2, the Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity at PopTech 2011. Dr. […]