pop!tech

Every year, Pop!Tech gathers 600 of the world's finest thinkers and doers from many different disciplines including business, science, technology, social innovation, media, arts and humanities. Participants include future Nobel Prize winners, MacArthur "genius" award winners, venture capitalists, corporate and NGO leaders, social entrepreneurs, artists and uncategorizable thought leaders. We come together to explore the deep forces shaping our collective future, the social impact of emerging technologies and new approaches to tackling humanity's toughest challenges. It's a unique opportunity to meet, engage and collaborate with the next generation of thought leaders and social change agents who are shaping the future.

But the conference isn't a "talking heads" festival; in between mind-bending presentations are live musical performances, short films and other one-of-a-kind entertainment experiences. This mix of science, art and surprise has made Pop!Tech one the highest-rated such events in the United States; many people consider it to be the finest conference they ever attend.

At this year's gathering, we will pay particular attention to the 21st century dynamics of Scarcity and Abundance in domains ranging from digital social networks to environmentalism, from biology to business, from peacemaking to politics. We'll chart the core scarcities that humanity will face in this century and how a wealth of new innovations, new bottom-up approaches to collaboration and new insights into collective wisdom might hold the key to addressing them.

Tickets to Pop!Tech 2008 are $3500 and while there is tremendous demand for them, a very small allocation has been set aside for purchase at the discounted rate of $2500 -- a full $1000 of the regular price! I am writing today to offer you one of these extremely special seats.

To secure your seat for Pop!Tech 2008 at the special 'private invitation' rate of $2500



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