— the entertainment gathering.
— the entertainment gathering. http://the-eg.com
December 2-4, 2007
The Getty Center, Los Angeles
The premiere event for innovators in media, entertainment and technology — the most intriguing, eclectic and mind-opening annual gathering in Los Angeles. Founded by Richard Saul Wurman (creator of TED). Former MIT Media Lab Professor (and pianist) Michael Hawley directs eg (RSW continues as founder emeritus & advisor). eg is an event of quality. The format:
50+ presenters: extraordinary talents from a wide range of fields.
500 attendees: comparable in caliber to the presenters.
3 days in a stunning, splendid campus: The Getty Center.
brisk presentations (15-20 mins = mind candy):
great explanations; inspired personal journeys; better futures.
luxurious breaks: ample and as interesting as the talks.
fabulous food.
Confirmed Presenters [55]:
| John | Abele | Founder/Chairman, Boston Scientific; Leader of the Grunion expedition | |
| Faith | d'Aluisio | Photographers, Material World, Hungry Planet, ... | |
| & Peter | Menzel | ... | |
| Paola | Antonelli | MoMA Curator of Design & Architecture | |
| Yves | Béhar | Industrial Designer ("leaf" lamp, OLPC laptop, ...) | |
| Mark | Bittman | Culinary Author, New York Times "minimalist" columnist | |
| Keith | Black | Neurosurgeon, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | |
| Angelin | Chang | Grammy-winning pianist | |
| Caleb | Chung | toy inventor (Furby, Pleo, etc) | |
| Jim | Citrin | Spencer Stuart senior director, author | |
| Miguel Angel | Corzo | President, The Colburn School | |
| Jim | Cox | CEO, Ring Tales | |
| Jared | Diamond | Author, Professor of Geology and Physiology at UCLA | |
| Liz | Diller | Architect | |
| Ian | Dunbar | Animal Behaviorist | |
| Leon | Fleisher | Concert Pianist | |
| Michael | Fry | Founder, Ring Tales, Syndicated Cartoonist (Over the Hedge, etc) | |
| Peter | Gelb | General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera | |
| Rob | Glaser | CEO, Real Networks, Inc. | |
| Jonathan | Gold | Pulitzer-winning food critic for LA Weekly | |
| Brian | Greene | Professor of Physics, Columbia University | |
| Jonathan | Harris | Web Artisan & Designer | |
| Peter | Hirshberg | Serial Entrepreneur, Chairman, Technorati | |
| Pablos | Holman | Hacker | |
| Paul | Horowitz | Harvard Professor, electronics nerd, SETI pioneer | |
| Donald | Jackson | Royal Calligrapher to Queen Elizabeth II | |
| AJ | Jacobs | Journalist, Humorist, Author, Know-it-all, Bible thumper | |
| Joe | Jacobson | MIT Professor, Inventor of e-ink | |
| Brewster | Kahle | Founder, Internet Archive | |
| Nathaniel | Kahn | Documentary Filmmaker (My Private Architect, Two Hands, ...) | |
| Donald | Katz | Founder and CEO, Audible.com | |
| Andrew | Keen | Internet Entrepreneur/Author (Cult of the Amateur) | |
| Kevin | Kelly | Whole Earth / WIRED / Cool Tools Author, Philosopher | |
| Ken | Knowlton | Computer Art Pioneer and mosaic innovator | |
| Tim & Lisa | Kring | HEROES... | |
| Frans | Lanting | Naturalist and Photographer | |
| Golan | Levin | Professor, CMU; Software Artist | |
| Emily | Levine | Philosopher-Comic | |
| Ken | Libbrecht | Professor of Physics, CalTech; authority on snowflakes | |
| Andrew | Lippman | Media Scientist, MIT | |
| John | Markoff | Technology Reporter, New York Times | |
| Marvin | Minsky | Professor, MIT; Artificial Intelligence Pioneer | |
| Nathan | Myhrvold | scientist, geologist, photographer | |
| Nicholas | Negroponte | MIT Professor, Digital Media Architect, OLPC Founder | |
| Carolyn | Porco | Astronomer; Imaging Team Leader, Cassini Saturn mission | |
| Adam | Savage | Myth Busters (and more) | |
| Keith | Schwab | Professor of Physics, Cornell; quantum technologist | |
| Rick | Smolan | Photographer (A Day in the Life...) | |
| Jill | Sobule | Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist | |
| Jamy Ian | Swiss | Magician, Mentalist and Sleight-of-Hand Master | |
| Amy | Tan | Writer (Novelist, Librettist, Essayist, Screenwriter, ...) | |
| Bruce | Vilanch | Comedian, Writer (The Oscars...) | |
| Jonathan | Winters | Actor, Comedian, Painter | |
| Richard Saul | Wurman | himself | |
| and: | Ring Tales | animated cartoons |
Likely / In Discussion / Possibilities [22]:
| * Laurie | Anderson | ||
| & Lou | Reed | musicians | |
| [ Jeff | Baxter | Musician/Founder Steely Dan etc; National Defense Advisor ] | |
| [ Berkeley | Breathed | cartoonist (Opus, Bloom County, ...) ] | |
| Marshall | Brickman | An author | |
| Norman | Corwin | radio pioneer, author | |
| [ Roger | Kennedy | Director Emeritus, National Park Service ] | |
| John | Lasseter | Pixar animator | |
| Hugh | Laurie | actor, author, musician | |
| [ David | Macaulay | author, illustrator ] | |
| Charles | Mann | author | |
| Nigel | Marven | animal expert | |
| Eric | Mead | magician | |
| Richard | Meier | Architect | |
| * Mark | Moffett | entomologist | |
| [ Van Dyke | Parks | Composer-Arranger-Musician (Beach Boys, ...) ] | |
| Debbie | Reynolds | mother | |
| & Carrie | Fisher | & daughter | |
| [ Bob | Shaye | Founder, NewLine Cinema; film maker/producer (Lord of the Rings, ...) ] | |
| Jeff | Skoll | eBay (former) president, film producer (Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck, ...), philanthropist | |
| [ Neal | Stephenson | science fiction author ] | |
| Julie | Taymor | director |
In addition, the prior eg'06 speakers are invited to attend emeritus. Half or more probably will.
eg06 Presenters [49]:
| J | Allard | Corporate Vice President, Microsoft | |
| Chris | Anderson | Editor-in-Chief, WIRED Magazine | |
| Ken | Auletta | Journalist | |
| Chris | Blackwell | Founder, Island Records | |
| David | Blaine | Magician | |
| William | Bratton | Los Angeles Chief of Police | |
| Rikki | Klieman | Anchor, Court TV | |
| Lloyd | Braun | Head of Yahoo! Media Group | |
| James | Cameron | Producer, Writer, Director | |
| Sky | Dayton | Founder, EarthLink, Boingo; CEO Helio | |
| Dan | Dubno | CBS News Producer and Technologist | |
| Bran | Ferren | Founding Partners, Applied Minds | |
| & Danny | Hillis | ... | |
| Tom | Fontana | Executive Producer & Creator, OZ | |
| Frank | Gehry | Architect | |
| Bing | Gordon | Chief Creative Officer, EA | |
| James | Korris | Creative Director, ICT | |
| Will | Wright | Game Creator: Spore, The Sims, ... | |
| Matt | Groening | Creator & Executive Producer, The Simpsons | |
| Donald J. | Hall Jr. | President & CEO, Hallmark Cards | |
| Herbie | Hancock | Pianist Extraordinaire | |
| Michael | Hawley | Director of Special Projects MIT Media Lab, 2002 Van Cliburn Amateur Prize winner | |
| Peter | Hirshberg | Serial Technology Entrepreneur | |
| Michael | Markman | Creative Director, Interface of Moxi Media Center | |
| Quincy | Jones | Musician, Producer & Humanitarian | |
| Naomi | Judd | ... | |
| & Dwight | Yoakam | Entertainers | |
| Dean | Kamen | President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation | |
| Jeffrey | Katzenberg | Co-Founder, DreamWorks SKG | |
| Susan | Lacy | Creator & Executive Producer, American Masters, | |
| Yo-Yo | Ma | Cellist | |
| Walter | Mossberg | Personal Technology Columnist, Wall Street Journal | |
| Nicholas | Negroponte | MIT Media Lab Founder & Director; Founder, OLPC | |
| Bill | Nye | The Science Guy | |
| Adam Clayton | Powell III | Director, USC Integrated Media Systems Center | |
| Jim | Phillips | CEO, Luminetx | |
| David | Rockwell | Architect | |
| Clifford | Ross | Artist, Photographer, Inventor | |
| Moshe | Safdie | Architect | |
| Steve | Schklair | President, Cobalt Entertainment | |
| Jill | Sobule | Performer & Songwriter | |
| Greg & Evan | Spiridellis | Co-Founders, JibJab Media | |
| Jon | Stewart | The Daily Show (special taping) | |
| John | Underkoffler | Chief Scientist, Treadle & Loam, Provisioners | |
| J. Craig | Venter | President, J. Craig Venter Institute | |
| Rick | Warren | Pastor, Global Strategist, Theologian, Saddleback Church | |
| Chris | Wedge | Co-Founder & VP of Creative Development, Blue Sky Studios, FOX | |
| Spencer | Wells | Director, The Genographic Project | |
| Dick | Wolf | Creator & Executive Producer, Law & Order series |