University Lecture Series

Thursday, March 27^th

4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall

Scott Berkun, Author

THE MYTHS OF INNOVATION

Much of what we know about innovation is wrong. That's the bet this talk takes, as it romps through the history of innovation and creative thinking, dispelling the mythologies we've constructed about how we got here. This fun, interactive talk, loosely based on the best selling book, will help you recognize the myths, understand their popularity (even if you don't believe in them), and explore how to apply lessons from true innovation history in your own work today.

BIO: Scott Berkun (H&SS '94) worked at Microsoft from 1994-2003, mostly as a program manager on Internet Explorer versions 1.0 to 5.0. He works now as a writer and public speaker, teaches creative thinking at the University of Washington, runs an architecture tour in NYC for the GEL conference, and is the author of the two bestsellers, Making Things Happen and the Myths of Innovation. He blogs about creative thinking and technology at www.scottberkun.com.

Thursday, March 27^th

LOCAL ECONOMY AND URBAN FARMING LECTURE

5:00pm – McConomy Auditorium, UC (PLEASE NOTE TIME AND LOCATION OF LECTURE)

Kenneth Warren, Director, Lakewood Public Library System, Cleveland, and Community Activist/Member of LEAF

HOW GREEN DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW: ASSESSING COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND ALIGNING LOCAL INSTIGATIONS

Warren has authored a practical report in Lakewood, Ohio on grassroots alignment efforts of artists, citizen journalists, farmers, local food system activists and public librarians to enact the community and place-making vision of LEAF – the Lakewood Earth and Food Community. He is a student and teacher of the psychographic tool, Spiral Dynamics, as it relates to local economies and food systems. Warren uses Spiral Dynamics to enable assessment and insight concerning the community’s capacity and interest in developing local agricultural, cultural and economic circuits of exchange. (See www.spiraldynamics.org/)

Monday, March 31^st

4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall

Elizabeth W. Jones, Department Head, Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon

MAKING IT UP AS I (WE) WENT ALONG

I joined the faculty ranks just before the movement to include women in faculties was initiated. This meant that I was often the only woman in the room at various functions. It also meant that when the movement began, units like NIH study sections were desperate to find women to appoint, providing me with the opportunity for lots of service at the national level and a wide scientific acquaintanceship early in my career. When I left the faculty at Case Western Reserve University and came to Carnegie Mellon, I joined a department that was in its infancy. Thus in both my personal/scientific life and my professional life I had few models and had to make it up as I went along. Fortunately, Carnegie Mellon proved to be a fairly forgiving environment for learning on the job.

Wednesday, April 2^nd, - Thursday, April 3^rd

Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - University Center

The Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University presents:

THE FUTURE OF INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACE (REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED)

On behalf of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, it is with great pleasure that we invite you to The Future of Interactive Technology for Peace Conference on April 2 & 3, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information regarding the conference and to register, please go to: http://www.etc.cmu.edu/peace2008/

The theme of the conference is exploration of the impact that interactive technology has on peace, peacemaking, and diplomacy. The conference will bring together professionals from the entertainment industry, academia (faculty and students), and government and foundation personnel.

This conference will provide an opportunity for participants to learn, share and discuss what the future holds for the use of interactive technology in peace and peacemaking. Key aims of the conference it to hear from researchers and professionals in the field on the opportunities for how interactive technology can impact education and training in the areas of diplomacy and peace and increase participants'

awareness of the role that technology has for peacemaking.

Conference speakers and workshop leaders include:

Lucas Welch, President and Founder, Soliya Luis Von Ahn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Mary Flanagan, Professor, Department of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College Jesse Schell, Faculty, Entertainment Technology Center and Founder and CEO, Schell Games Robert Cavalier, Ph.D., Teaching Professor, Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon Cleotilde (Coty) Gonzalez, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon Eric Brown, Chief Executive Officer, & Asi Burak, Chief Product Officer, Impact Games Robert Creo, Board Member, and Sandi DiMola, Board Member, Mediators Beyond Borders

As you can see, we have a wonderful line-up of speakers and workshop leaders! Please join us April 2 & 3, 2008. For additional questions and comments, please send email to Anne Humphreys at ah34@andrew.cmu.edu.