Category Archives: Event Alive

Louie Schwartzberg Founder of BlackLight Films Louie’s Talk: A Love Story That Feeds The Earth Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer whose notable career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, … Continue reading →

Amanda Boxtel Inspirational Speaker and Cofounder of Challenge Aspen Amanda’s Talk (with Eythor Bender): Merging Technology and the Human Body Since sustaining a permanent spinal-cord injury nineteen years ago, Amanda Boxtel has evolved into a passionate and dynamic inspirational speaker. … Continue reading →

Reckless Sons A brand new school of American Rockn’roll Reckless Sons: Musical Guest Brainchild of Manhattan based writer/musician Matt Butler, Reckless Sons thrive on being one of New York’s most versatile and interesting up and coming acts. Inspired by a … Continue reading →

Mel Robbins Author, Relationship Expert, Syndicated Radio Host and America’s Life Coach Mel’s Talk: F— YOU – How To Stop Screwing Yourself Over Mel Robbins is a married working mother of three, an ivy-educated criminal lawyer, and one of the … Continue reading →

Vicki Virk & Non Stop Bhangra Genre-busting elixir of North Indian Bhangra music and dance, mixed with hip-hop, reggae, and electronica Vicki Virk & Non Stop Bhangra: Move to the Rhythm of Your Soul and You’ll Never Miss a Beat! … Continue reading →

Jesse Houk DJ, Remixer, Producer, Artist Jesse Houk: Event DJ Jesse Houk (born 1971) is a DJ/remixer/producer/artist from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is better known by his pseudonym, The Scumfrog, under which he has remixed songs by artists as varied … Continue reading →

Wendy Northcutt Scientist and founder of DarwinAwards.com Wendy’s Talk: Darwin Awards Countdown to Extinction Wendy Northcutt is a scientist and graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in molecular biology. She began collecting the stories that make up the Darwin … Continue reading →

Jonathan Good Cofounder of 1000memories.com Jonathan’s Talk: Now our memories can live forever Jonathan is a founder of 1000memories, a website that is creating a new way for everyone to save and share memories. Jonathan grew up in New Zealand … Continue reading →

Photo Credit: Rick Friedman Rosalind Picard Founder and Director of the Affective Computing research group at the MIT Media Lab Rosalind’s Talk: Emotion Technology at Home, School, Work, Play Professor Rosalind W. Picard, ScD is founder and director of the … Continue reading →

James Mollison Photographer James’ Talk: Typologies James Mollison was born in Kenya, and grew up in England. After studying art and design at Oxford Brookes University, and later film and photography at Newport School of Art and Design, he moved … Continue reading →

Eythor Bender Chief Executive Officer – Berkeley Bionics Eythor’s Talk (with Amanda Boxtel): Merging Technology and the Human Body More than anything else, Eythor Bender is a team builder. You want to be on his team. And that’s good news … Continue reading →

Simon Mainwaring Branding Consultant, Author, Blogger and International Speaker Simon’s Talk: From Me First to We First Living Simon Mainwaring is an award-winning branding consultant, respected author, influential blogger and international speaker. He is the founder of We First, a … Continue reading →

Arlene Samen President and Founder, One Heart World-wide Arlene’s Talk: Dying to Give Birth Arlene Samen, has been a Nurse Practitioner in Maternal Fetal Medicine for 31 years. In 2004, she left behind her University of Utah clinical practice to … Continue reading →

Scott Hess Vice President of Insights for TRU Scott’s Talk: TBD Scott Hess is the Vice President of Insights for TRU, a global youth research firm, and is considered one of the foremost authorities on American youth. In this role, … Continue reading →

Dave Kim Multi-instrumentalist, DJ and Professional Violinist Dave’s Talk: One Man Band Dave Kim is a night life innovator based out of San Francisco, CA and is tasked with playing the electric violin alongside high caliber DJs and musicians at … Continue reading →

Nina Wise Performance Artist Nina’s Talk: Middle Muddle, a performance by Nina Wise Nina Wise, performance artist, writer, director and educator, is known for her provocative and original performance works which have been produced in the United States, Europe, South … Continue reading →

Carey Perloff ACT Artistic Director Carey’s Talk: How Live Theater Keeps Us Human A vigorous proponent of unusual classical literature and a passionate advocate of new work and new theatrical forms, Carey Perloff has been artistic director of acclaimed American … Continue reading →

Shereef Bishay Resident Nerd, BetterMeans.com Shereef’s Talk: Open Enterprise Shereef’s first business was building the first online company in Egypt called careeregypt.com. After two years, Shereef and his partners sold Career Egypt to Microsoft where Shereef then went to work … Continue reading →

Dr. William Thomas Award Winning Doctor and Author William’s Talk: Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age William H. Thomas, M.D. is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. A graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1986, … Continue reading →

Nicole Daedone Speaker, Author and Educator Nicole’s Talk: The Cure for Hunger in the Western Woman Nicole Daedone is a sought-after speaker, author, and educator focusing on the intersection between orgasm, intimacy, and life. She is the founder of OneTaste, … Continue reading →

Chusy Jardine Filmmaker Chusy’s Talk: TBD Born and raised in Venezuela, Chusy has lived in Europe, Latin America and the USA. He has put his febrile imagination to work as a bag boy, translator, video clerk, “marketing representative,” copywriter, art … Continue reading →

Joe Betts LaCroix TEDster and core team member of Halcyon Molecular Joe’s Talk: Stayin’ Alive: Don’t Go Gentle into that Good Night Joe Betts-LaCroix is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur in biophysics, geochemistry and electronics. Joe began professionally as an … Continue reading →