Joshua Shane Vance is a self taught artist with a degree in psychology who uses his knowledge of behavior to create art that evokes a response. 

Sean Carroll speaks on his theories of time travel, the Big Bang and the arrow of time at Idea Festival 2010. Video of one of his seminars is included.

Creative Capital Ruby Lerner spoke at IdeaFestival 2010 and brought four of their artists with her to display some of their work...video included of interview with sculptor/filmmaker Brent Green.

Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols spoke at IdeaFestival 2010 about how she received the role of Uhura, the trials and discrimination she faced, and the importance of her role in the civil rights movement.

Scientist, music industry PR executive and thinker extraordinaire Howard Bloom has been called the Einstein of our time and spoke at IdeaFestival 2010 about the human need to connect.

Sean Carroll will be presenting Wild Time about the concept of time in all of its many manifestations. Saturday, 1:30 p.m. at Idea Festival.

Creative Capital has committed more than $20 million dollars in financial and advisory support to 325 projects while representing 406 artists in its first decade. Their executive director will share their story at Idea Festival on Saturay.

According to IdeaFestival speaker Peter W. Singer, we are living through a robot revolution and within 25 years, there may be tens of thousands of robots that are 1 billion times more powerful than those already changing the face of war today, which brings up many powerful benefits, problems and ethical dilemmas.

Peter W. Singer will be offering a seminar on the future of war on Thursday at Idea Festival. He was named one of the top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009 and has an impressive collection of awards in addition to his three published books. 

Thrivals is a festival within the Idea Festival with an impressive line up of speakers and performers, including Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame and Janelle Monae on Wednesday, September 29.