Symposium 2020 Invitees
Individuals whose work, commitment and passion qualifies them as invitees to Symposium 2020
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This list is a work in progress. Click on each category to jump directly to each.
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Justin Bieber (popular with post-millennials; education charity)
Bono (social justice)
Richard Branson (grand adventure)
George Clooney (humanitarian; Not On Our Watch)
Stephen Colbert (comedian and social commentator)
Pope Francis (social justice activist)
Dalai Lama (spokesman for the oppressed)
Lady Gaga (unconventional and provocative)
Danny Glover (civil rights)
Mark Hamill (political activist, supports #TheResistance)
Bill Maher (political activist, supports #TheResistance)
Alyssa Milano (humanitarian and AIDS activist, supports #TheResistance)
Brad Pitt (humanitarian; One Campaign)
Mark Ruffalo (political activist, supports #TheResistance)
Sting (hope for the planet)
George Takei (humanitarian and gay activist, supports #TheResistance)
Oprah Winfrey (hope for the downtrodden; academy for girls)
Environment
Mike Townsend, Daniel Christian Wahl,
Culture
David Schweickart, Juliet Schor, Richard Wolff, David Korten, Michael Albert, Marta Harnecker, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Robin Hahnel, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Erik Olin Wright, Herman Daly, Joe Guinan, Pat Devine, Tim Jackson, Richard Heinberg, Joan Martinez-Alier, Richard Douthwaite, Andrew Cumbers, Stephanie Mills, Kirkpatrick Sale, Gus Speth, Fritjof Capra, Marjorie Kelly, Elinor Ostrom, J. Phillip Thompson, Anuradha Mittal, Daniel Ellsberg, Angela Glover Blackwell, Sushil Jacob, Noel Ortega, Camille Kerr, Norman Solomon, Saskia Sassen, Roberto Lovato, John Tirman, Medea Benjamin, Dayna Cunningham, Muhammad Yunus, Dylan Ratigan, Lorenzo Fioramonti, Rupert Sheldrake, Joe Brewer, Richard D. Bartlett, Diane Coyle, Julia Unwin, John Elkington, Paul Mason, Adam Lent, Bill McKibben, Dan Ariely, Margaret E. Atwood, Andy Revkin, Gar Alperovitz, Neil Wilson, Jennifer Heflin, Sarita Gupta, Aaron Tanaka, Nafeez Ahmed.
Technology
Thinkers who explore aspects of how new technologies shape and mediate society and lived experience include Sherry Turkle, Marshall McLuhan, Jaron Lanier, Natalie Smolenski, Vinay Gupta, Daniel Jeffries, Don Tapscott and Danah Boyd.
Kevin Kelly, Marshall Brain, Marshall Savage, Peter Diamandis, Jeremy Rifkin, Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Vivek Wadhwa.
Digital Catapult, Future Cities Catapult, Open Data Institute, Alan Turing Institute, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Distributed Ledger Group, Blockchain Research Institute
Future of Work
Ethical Groups Working for a Brighter Future
The Next System, Tellus Institute, Institute for Policy Studies, Social Science Research Institute, Club of Rome, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, The Pluralist Commonwealth, The Earth Charter Initiative, Regenesis Group, Earth Intelligence Network, Evolution Institute, Blockchain Futures Lab, Slow Money Institute, Global Alliance for Banking on Values, Integrative Design Collaborative, International Living Future Institute, STEM to STEAM, The Venus Project, New Economy Coalition, Work That Reconnects, World Social Forum, Tomorrow Makers, The Solutions Project, Global Justice Movement, The Simpler Way, Transition Network, Insurge Intelligence, Simplicity Institute, Cultural Evolution Society, Millennium Project, Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, Barrett Values Centre, Indivisible, Sea Shepherd, Scientific & Medical Network, Institute of Noetic Science, New Economics Foundation, Singularity University, Co-operatives UK, Grist, Schumacher Institute, The Climate Group, 350.org, made2bmadeagain, 10:10, Climate Desk, Worldwatch Institute, The Institute for New Economic Thinking, Open Society Foundations, Capital Institute, Economic Security Project, Forum for the Future, PolicyLink, B Lab, Imperative, Futures Centre.
