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Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business — June 16, 2010

Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business caffeinated-conference takes place at Comix – Wednesday, June 16.

1:00pm – 1:45pm – Registration

1:45pm – Open Remarks

2:00 – 2:45 Panel Discussion: Creative Risks
Moderated by Ellen McGirt, Senior Writer, Fast Company
- Chris Barbour, Head of Digital Marketing, Sports Style Division, Adidas
- Kimberly Davis, President, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
- Susan Smith Ellis, CEO, (RED)

2:45 – 3:00 Jumping Into the App Game
Igor Pusenjak, President and Founder, Lima Sky

3:00 – 3:45 Panel Discussion: New Media and Mad Men
Trends in cross-platform and new media and how they affect our identities, relationships and even our experiences of being human.
Moderated by Anya Kamenetz, Staff Writer, Fast Company
- Soraya Darabi, Product Lead, Drop.io
- Ray Kurzweil, Inventor and Cofounder, Singularity University
- Josh Sapan, CEO, Rainbow Media

3:45 – 4:00 Idea Playground
An exploration of the essential synergy in a creative company that must exist between—talent, workplace and projects
Mark Fuller, Chief Excellence Officer, WET Design

4:00 – 4:25 Solving an Identity Crisis
Companies, brands and individuals all struggle to creatively express who they are and what they do. Director Jesse Dylan explains his techniques for distilling an identity down to its core and shows how to convey that insight to the largest number of people through a multi-media approach. Examples will range from Bill Clinton to Desmond Tutu to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.
Mark Borden, Senior Editor, Fast Company
Jesse Dylan, Director, Form; Founder, FreeForm

4:25 – 4:40 Bridging A Visual Divide
Zachary Lieberman, Co-creator, open Frameworks; Professor, Parsons The New School for Design

4:40 – 4:55 The Untold Story
Franklin Leonard, Director of Development, Universal Pictures

Cocktail Reception to follow

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