
Don Tapscott at BIF-5
The leading business strategy authority brings fresh focus to Gen-Y through the story of one over-achieving millenial who doesn't read books (and it's ok).

Paola Antonelli at BIF-5
The MOMA senior curator gives her take on the design process and it's ability to understand the increasingly complex nuances of consumer preference.

Melissa Withers at BIF-5
Adding fresh thinking to the higher education debate, BIF's Executive Director shares the latest research from BIF's Student Experience Lab.

Bill Buxton at BIF-5
Leading designer and Microsoft principal researcher questions why the design of most technology doesn't incorporate important social, cultural and historical perspectives.

Patricia Seybold at BIF-5
Amazing social entrepreneurship story from the "Outside Innovation" author who shares insights from The Uganda Rural Development and Training Programme.

Bob Schwartz at BIF-5
GE Healthcare's GM of Global Design asks himself 'why does it have to be this way?' and shares inspiring examples of meaning making in the company's work.

Alice Wilder at BIF-5
Educational psychologist and Blue's Clues creator discusses her creative approach to getting kids excited about learning. (Hint: Ask a lot of questions.)

Per-Kristian (Kris) Halvorsen at BIF-5
Intuit's chief innovation officer sits down with BIF-5 co-host Bruce Nussbaum to talk about what it takes to drive innovation capability across a company.

Natalie Jeremijenko at BIF-5
Blending biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering, the artist shares some creative experiments from her environmental health clinic.

Neri Oxman at BIF-5
By letting materials tell their own stories, the form-finding (not form-making) artist, architect and material ecologist shares a few brilliant examples of her work.

John Maeda at BIF-5
In this onstage interview with co-host Bruce Nussbaum, the RISD president digs into his viewpoint that innovation has lost its appreciation of "thinking for thinking’s sake."

Bill Taylor, Alan Webber and Saul Kaplan at BIF-5
Fast Company co-founders take the stage to talk about the early days of publishing and the astounding changes that have taken place since they sold the magazine.

Alan Webber at BIF-5
What do you do? Author and co-founder of Fast Company magazine reflects on his career, what's next and the importance of doing meaningful work.

Practically Radical: Allan Tear at BIF-5
The Betaspring co-founder talks about the 12-week, mentorship-driven bootcamp he started last summer to help entrepreneurs build and launch their companies.

Max Geiger at BIF-5
The host of Spike TV's "Deadliest Warrior" talks about how the show determines hypothetical winners between historical warriors through simulations.

Bill Shannon at BIF-5
DaVita Chief Wisdom Officer delivers captivating story that gives new meaning to the famed Three Muskateers motto 'all for one and one for all.'
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September 15-16, 2010
Student Experience Lab
BIF recently launched a new laboratory to enable innovation in higher education. The lab will support the design of solutions that increase college attainment levels, enhance the college student experience and improve the quality and effectiveness of the U.S. higher education system.