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start date and time: Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 9:00 AM

end date and time: Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 10:45 AM

categories:   science   technology   environment & nature   interactive discussion

event description:

video webcast - Saul Griffith's presentation archived -

View Carl Safina's presentation here:
http://tinyurl.com/75md3u

View Eric Dawson's presentation here:
http://tinyurl.com/d5c96n

This session from the Pop!Tech Conference in Camden, ME focuses on Scarcity & Abundance. The Pop!Tech Conference is a one-of-a-kind community of remarkable people discussing science, technology, and the future of ideas.

Submit a question to the speakers using the following:
email - questions@poptech.org
Twitter - “@poptech”

Speakers in this session are:

Andrew Zolli - Pop!Tech program curator. Mr. Zolli studies complex trends that intersect technology, sustainability, and global society and will impact our future. He is a Fellow of the National Geographic Society and his work has been featured in outlets such as PBS, the New York Times, National Public Radio, Fast Company, American Demographics, and Popular Science.

Dr. Saul Griffith - Co-founder of instructables.com, a website where users share how to do things. He is a proponent of open-source information and has co-founded other companies such as Squid Labs, Low Cost Eyeglasses, Potenco, and Makani Power. He also write for Craft and Make magazines, is a technical advisor to Popular Mechanics, co-writes a comic series called HowToons!, and holds multiple patents.

Carl Safina - Ecologist, writer, and fisherman. Mr. Safina is concerned about the impact of overfishing on the ocean's fish, their ecosystem, and the planet. He has led campaigns to reform U.S. fisheries law and has helped pass a United Nations global fisheries treaty. His books include "Song for the Blue Ocean" and "Voyage of the Turtle." In 1990, he founded the Living Oceans Program at the National Audubon Society. He also co-founded the Blue Ocean Institute in 2003 to encourage a compassionate, conservationist view of the ocean. He has received prestigious awards such as the John Burroughs Medal for literature and a MacArthur Fellowship.

Fellow: Eric Dawson - President of Peace Games. The mission of Peace Games is to "empower students to create their own safe classrooms and communities by forming partnerships with elementary schools, families and young adult volunteers."

Visit the Peace Games website at:
http://www.peacegames.org/

sponsor's website: http://www.poptech.org/