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Anthropologist and Tibetan studies expert Losang Rabgey shows how technology is being used to open up Tibet to the world, as well as connect lives across the region, in ways true to their various experiences.

Expert on race, ethics and philosophy, Kwame Anthony Appiah takes to task the myths of Western culture and civilization, explaining the "Golden Nugget" theory and its five major errors. Get ready for his deconstruction of a monolith.

Many consider Jason Moran, 32, the foremost jazz pianist of his generation, with seven albums under the Blue Note label since 1999. Here's a sample of how he experiments with new methods and ideas to cook up his own flavor of jazz.

Artist, photographer and inventor Clifford Ross demonstrates some of the magnificent images from his invention, the R2. It's the highest-resolution 360-degree high-definition camera array ever built. He's using it to shoot his current project-the vast, undisturbed wetlands ecosystem of Brazil's famed Pantanal.

Five educators, demonstrating leadership in technology and education, were awarded Pop!Tech Fellowships presented by Sun Microsystems and Curriki, a new open-source-focused educational foundation. Check out their discussion about the future of technology and education.

Dr. Craig Venter's contributions to human genome research have made him one of the 21st century's leading biologists. He introduces potential opportunities for using recombinant DNA and synthesized cells to help solve the world's energy problems.

Neema Mgana is a social entrepreneur, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Pop!Tech Fellow. She gives us an insider's view into work she started last year with Architecture for Humanity in a Pop!Tech match-up. Together, they're creating a community-based health center in the rural Singida region of Tanzania.

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As co-founder and editor of WorldChanging.com, Alex Steffen sees the biggest barriers to building a sustainable planet as political, not technological. Here, he offers an actionable task list of challenges, ideas, products and services to help dematerialize the world.

Author, journalist and contributing editor at Wired magazine Bruce Sterling understands why people get confused about new technology concepts. In what he sees as a culture war of web semantics, Bruce gets the audience's attention with a unique call for a new vocabulary to better describe experiences with technology.

For many, vocalist Yungchen Lhamo has become the voice of Tibet. Yungchen's powerful a cappella vocals fill the Camden Opera House as she weaves rich narrative with spirit to share her life's journey.

Wired editor-at-large Kevin Kelly explores the nature of technology through technology's eyes. And, watch out!-Kevin thinks we'll soon be dwarfed by the collective intelligence of all the technology we're creating.

Follow explorer Ben Saunders' solo, unsupported journey across the frozen Arctic Ocean and grasp the true limits of human potential. At 26, he's the youngest person to ski to the North Pole and only the fourth in history to accomplish the feat. He's also witness to climate change at work.

You say you want a revolution? Ivan Marovic's got one for you-a nonviolent one, that is. This Serbian activist is connecting the virtual world to the real world with a video game to promote nonviolent strategies. It's an interactive approach that teaches in a way books and films can't.

With a voice that could move a mountain, orator Eloma Simpson Barnes practically channels Martin Luther King, Jr., as she performs one of his speeches. She emulates King's cadence, intonation and enunciation in this inspirational reminder to stand up for what you believe in.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is not afraid to say "I don't know." In fact, he's proud of his ignorance. A mathematician, philosopher and hedge-fund manager all in one iconoclastic package, Taleb demonstrates the wisdom in admitting the limitations of our knowledge.

Malcolm Gladwell takes the lessons of psychology and sociology and applies them to business in ways we've never thought of before. Here, he deep-dives into the world of office chair invention and soft drink taste tests to answer the question, "Can we believe what people tell us?"

Get inspired by Richard Alley's optimistic view on global warming. This world-renowned paleoclimatologist does have some bad news about climate change, although he'll convince you that we not only have the tools to solve the problem, but we can make money doing it too.

If you think this is the first time humans have grappled with climate change, you weren't paying attention in archeology class. Join world-famous archeologist Brian Fagan as he travels back in time to teach us a lesson that ancient civilizations learned the hard way: adapt or die.

Since being detained and interrogated by the FBI as a suspected terrorist, Hasan Elahi has documented his every move in maps and images on the web. He walks us through his "little" self-surveillance experiment, where he's found that the more public his personal information, the more protected he is.

Blaine Brownell is an architect obsessed with sustainable building materials. He introduces a wonderful world of products made from repurposed materials and provides a glimpse of what a post-fossil fuel world might look like.

A foremost interpreter of religion and culture says we're missing a rest-of-world perspective about faith. Martin Marty invites a broader definition of religion as well as a closer look at its meaning for the majority of the world.

Prepare to be moved ... "Sinikithemba" is Zulu for "give us hope" or "we give hope." This group of HIV-positive Zulu men and women who provide support to persons with HIV/AIDS at McCord Hospital in Durban shake down the house.

Zinhle Thabethe has faced the prospect of her own death. Her personal stories about survival and family loss reflect a nation's epidemic in a sobering and inspirational wake-up call.

Hop on board. Writer, composer, musician and comedian extraordinaire Reggie Watts leads a musical trip that'll get (and keep) you movin'.

The stars and stripes forever? Futurist and author Juan Enriquez isn't sure of that. He cites a long history of borders, countries and flags that have changed, and warns the United States isn't immune.

Don't miss the "it" moment from Pop!Tech 2005, as the world's first non-fictional bionic man maneuvers his prosthetic arm using only his mind. Jesse Sullivan and his doctor, Todd Kuiken, move every heart in the room with indomitable spirit and astonishing bionics.

Strategist and expert on national security affairs Tom Barnett takes command and focuses in on the role of the United States in a geopolitical world of "core" and "gap" states. As you were, soldier.

Dr. Serena Koenig, director of Haiti programs for Partners in Health, isn't afraid to ask the searing questions, especially about global inequalities in health care. With a simple philosophy-equal lives deserve equal treatment-she addresses the dilemma head-on.

Twenty minutes may not really be enough time to fully understand the implications of the so-called Fab Lab, invented by the director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms. But it’s a mind-blowing place to start!

The creative force behind The Sims series believes a complex way of understanding the world can be gained through very simple rules. Will Wright unveils his next game, Spore, where players are creators who build-and react to-ever-more complexity within their environments.

Richard Dawkins believes science's ability to admit ignorance is one of its greatest strengths. On the flip side, he proposes that faith remains arrogant and all too certain of its validity without any rational set of proofs.

Don't miss the "it" moment from Pop!Tech 2005, as the world's first non-fictional bionic man maneuvers his prosthetic arm using only his mind. Jesse Sullivan and his doctor, Todd Kuiken, move every heart in the room with indomitable spirit and astonishing bionics.

Part mad scientist, part artist, chef Homaro Cantu pushes the traditional limits of known taste, texture and technique in a stunning futuristic fashion. With lab partner Ben Roche, Homaro slices and dices technology to reinvent the way people eat.

Lester Brown, preeminent environmentalist and head of the Earth Policy Institute, warns that society is too dependent on fossil fuels, and consumption habits must change to maintain a healthy social, economic and environmental balance in the world.

Zinhle Thabethe has faced the prospect of her own death. Her personal stories about survival and family loss reflect a nation's epidemic in a sobering and inspirational wake-up call.

What happens when material things become free? Long Tail author and Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson examines new models of wealth distribution and claims we're moving from economies of scarcity to an age of abundance.

The stars and stripes forever? Futurist and author Juan Enriquez isn't sure of that. He cites a long history of borders, countries and flags that have changed, and warns the United States isn't immune.

As leader of the Imaging Science Team on the Cassini mission to Saturn, Carolyn Porco brings to the Pop!Tech stage breathtaking images and stories of exploration and discovery that, by her own admission, make grown men cry.

Self-proclaimed word geek Erin McKean, editor-in-chief of U.S. Dictionaries for Oxford University Press, is on a mission to debunk common misconceptions and elevate the use-and cool factor-of dictionaries. And what's this about dictionaries being "the vodka of literature"?

Code Monkey get up. Code Monkey go to job. Code Monkey have boring meeting. With boring manager Rob. Want more from singer/songwriter and Pop!Tech balladeer Jonathan Coulton? Download podcast, Monkey.

Prepare to be moved ... "Sinikithemba" is Zulu for "give us hope" or "we give hope." This group of HIV-positive Zulu men and women who provide support to persons with HIV/AIDS at McCord Hospital in Durban shake down the house.

As artistic director of the New York-based performance and media ensemble The Builders Association, Marianne Weems shows us how she puts technology at center stage to extend the boundaries of contemporary theater.

The Mexican acoustic guitar duo sensation Rodrigo y Gabriela put fast fingers to strings for a performance that will put you on your feet and keep you moving. There's no better way to say it: they rock!

Hear how executive director of SELF, Robert Freling, is lighting up the developing world and empowering self-sufficiency by delivering solar power to more than 2 billion people on the planet living without electricity.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute director Marcia McNutt takes us on an amazing, otherworldly tour of the deep seas, the incomprehensible life still undiscovered there, and the full power and potential of our oceans.

Blending the line between art and engineering, this Dutch visual artist creates "life" in the form of "animals" that walk the beach in the Netherlands, and, to the delight of Pop!Techers, the stage and streets of Camden, Maine

Strategist and expert on national security affairs Tom Barnett takes command and focuses in on the role of the United States in a geopolitical world of "core" and "gap" states. As you were, soldier.

Dr. Serena Koenig, director of Haiti programs for Partners in Health, isn't afraid to ask the searing questions, especially about global inequalities in health care. With a simple philosophy-equal lives deserve equal treatment-she addresses the dilemma head-on.

A foremost interpreter of religion and culture says we're missing a rest-of-world perspective about faith. Martin Marty invites a broader definition of religion as well as a closer look at its meaning for the majority of the world.