So many great ideas gatherings - inspiration vacations, as I like to call them - to schedule your travel around in 2008. Here's a list of some of the biggest and best multi-disciplinary idea conferences coming up in the next 12 months. (If you know of others, please let me know - drop me an email: creativegeneralist AT yahoo.ca.)
DLD08, January 20-22, Munich
LIFT, February 6-8, Geneva
Sesign Indaba Expo, February 23-26, Cape Town
TED, February 27 - March 1, Monterrey
The Medici Summit, March 2-4, Scottsdale
ETech, March 3-6, San Diego
Gel 08, April 24-25, New York City
Futuresonic, May 1-4, Manchester
Serious Play, May 7-9, Pasadena
Gravity Free, May 12-14, Chicago
HOW Design Conference, May 18-21, Boston
reboot, May?, Copenhagen
Interesting 2008, June 21, London
ideaCity, June 18-20, Toronto
Creative Problem Solving Institute Conference, June 22-27, Pine Mountain, GA
Tällberg Forum, June 26-29, Tällberg
Aspen Ideas Festival, June 30 - July 6, Aspen
iFest'08, July 10-11, Barcelona
PICNIC'08, September 24-26, Amsterdam
Idea Festival, September 25-27, Louisville
Gadgetoff, September?, New York City
BIF-4 Collaborative Innovation Summit, October 15-16, Providence
PopTech, October 22-25, Camden
Intersections, October?, Newcastle
DOTT, October?, London?
Interesting South, November?, Bondi Beach
Sime, November?, Stockholm
geeKyoto, TBD, London?
(Tip of the hat to Russell, who beat me to this post topic and lists a few other arts, food, and architecture events here.)
Updated 01/14/08. Thanks, Monique!
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Updated 05/12/08. Thanks, Erin!