Speakers

Tom Williams
Former Apple Whiz Kid and the youngest person ever hired in Silicon Valley Tom today spends his time as founder and CEO of GiveMeaning.

David Young
Artist, designer and regular attendee of the early days of TED David recently moved to Vancouver to open his studio on Salt Spring Island.

James Sherrett
Web guru and founded of open source advertising pioneer AdHack.com.  James' love of food can be discovered in this months Vancouver Magazine which covers his urban foraging endeavors.

Darren Barefoot
Technologist, writer and raconteur, Darren is a respected leader in the world of online and tech marketing. 

James Glave
Former Outside Magazine senior editor and one time editor of Wired.com James recently returned to Canada and released his first book Almost Green and writes from his Bowen Island home for the likes of the Huffington Post and others.

James Chutter
A modern renaissance man, NYU Film School alum James has worked as a professional actor, photographer and currently works as a Digital Cultivator for Radar DDB when he's not working on his masters thesis at Emily Carr discussing the evolution of the tradition of storytelling in a digital world.

Naomi Devine
An active member of the Premier's British Columbia's Climate Action Team, and recently joined the office of Campus Planning and Sustainability at the University of Victoria.

Shannon LaBelle
Librarian and author of The City Diorama, a blog about museums and related attractions in Metro Vancouver. Prior to becoming a librarian, Shannon dabbled in Public History courses at the University of Western Ontario and worked for and volunteered at museums in Vancouver.  .

Cheryl Stephens
An expert in using plain language in law and business, Cheryl's recent work focuses on literacy as an issue challenging full participation in democracy. You will be surprised to learn  about the varied challenges that go beyond problems with reading to experiencing different perspectives that arise from the visual or oral cultures.

Colin Keddie
Engineer at Ballard, will speak about the Buckeye Bullet.

Irwin Oostindie
An artist born and raised in Vancouver, and working on the frontlines of economic and cultural development of the Downtown Eastside. Over the past 20 years, he's founded festivals, publications, art centres, and is now behind W2, a media arts centre landing at Woodward's in 2009.

Roy Yen

A Producer, Consultant and one time Cultural Planner for the City of Vancouver, Live Entertainment, Concerts and Specialty Television Programming occupy most of his time these days: considering the current state of human connectedness occupies most of his mind.  Closing in on the answer to all that ails the world, he looks forward to being a Bon Vivant all of the time very, very soon…which would be very, very…interesting.

Just Added

Jeff from Cloudscape Comics
Dr. David Ng - Advanced Molecular Biology Lab at UBC and science comic afficianado
Joe Solomon - social media guru and host of Net Tuesdays