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David Bornstein
David Bornstein specializes in writing about social entrepreneurship. He is the author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas (Oxford University Press) which was described by The New York Times as "must reading" for "anyone who cares about building a more equitable and stable world." The book, which has been published in 16 languages, chronicles and analyzes the work of social innovators who are successfully addressing social problems at scale in several countries. Bornstein's first book, The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank, traces the history of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Grameen Bank during its first 20 years and describes the global emergence of the now-famous anti-poverty strategy known as "micro-finance." David Bornstein will deliver the opening night keynote address at 7:30pm on Wednesday, March 18.

>> http://www.howtochangetheworld.org

>> Click here for the New York Times Review of How to Change the World and here for further praise of the book and its continued impact.

Student Interaction:
David Bornstein Meets with Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, March 18, 3 - 4pm, Location TBA

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Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk,is a 21st century “renaissance artist” living in New York, NY. A pioneer in interdisciplinary performance for over 40 years, Monk has been a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant and was recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ms. Monk will present a concert performance of original compositions for voice and piano as part of the Secrest Artists Series on Thursday, March 19, 7:30 pm in the Brendle Recital Hall of the Scales Fine Arts Center on the campus of Wake Forest University. Click here for more information on the Secrest Artists Series. Individual tickets for the concert performance can be purchased by calling the University Box Office at 336-758-5295. Ms. Monk will also deliver the closing keynote address at 3:30pm on Friday, March 20.

>> http://www.meredithmonk.org

>> Click here to listen to an NPR Interview with Monk.

Student Interaction:
Meredith Monk Masterclass
Wednesday, March 18, 3 - 4:30pm, Location TBA

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David Edwards
David Edwards is a scientist, writer, entrepreneur, and Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering, Harvard University where he is teaching his students creative learning models. Edwards has started two companies, patented nanoparticles designed to deliver drugs through the lungs, and continues to explore new social entrepreneurship opportunities. He credits his artistic pursuits with enabling him to approach problems in novel ways. His well reviewed Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation has recently been published by Harvard Press, as well as Niche (Idea Translation Lab Series), a creative writing project born out of Le Laboratoire in Paris, founded by Edwards in 2007. Dr. Edwards will deliver the morning keynote address at 9am on Thursday, March 19.

>> http://people.seas.harvard.edu/%7Ededwards

>> Click here for the Science Magazine review of Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation.

Student Interaction:
Lecture co-sponsored by Departments of Biology & Chemistry: Inhaled Aerosols for Treatment and Prevention of Airborne Infectious Diseases
Wednesday, March 18, 4pm, Winston Hall, Room 126

Community Encounter:
Address at the Piedmont Triad Research Park
Wednesday, March 18, 10 - 11:30am

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Abigail Child
Abigail Child is an award winning film and video maker whose films explore mixed genres and strategies for rewriting narrative, as well as investigating public space through memory and history. Child is also the author of several books of poetry and a book, This Is Called Moving: A Critical Poetics of Film. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her outstanding works, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, among others. Child is a professor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her artistic production extends to installation and collage formats. She will open "Mirror Worlds," a film installation in the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Gallery in the Scales Fine Arts Center on campus to run concurrently with the symposium. Abigail Child with give a Keynote Dialogue with Josh Frieman at 9am on Friday, March 20.

>> http://abigailchild.com

Student Interaction
Lecture: Department of Art
Wednesday, March 18: 4:30 - 5:30pm, Scales, Room 102

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Josh Frieman
Josh Frieman's primary research is in cosmology – the study of the Universe as a whole and its history since the beginning – especially the formation of large-scale structure and the interplay between cosmology, particle physics, and astrophysics. Current research interests include the analysis of large-scale structure in galaxy surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.  Frieman is a member of the Theoretical Astrophysics group at Fermilab, which has close connections with the cosmologists and theoretical astrophysicists at the University of Chicago where he is Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Josh Frieman will give a Keynote Dialogue with Abigail Child at 9am on Friday, March 20.

>> http://astro.uchicago.edu/people/joshua-a-frieman.shtml

>> Click here to visit the Fermilab website.

Student Interaction:
Lecture: Department of Physics
Thursday, March 19: 4 - 5pm, Location TBA

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Emil Kang
Emil Kang is Executive Director of the Arts at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill after serving as President and Executive Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) as well as positions with the Seattle Symphony, and the American Symphony Orchestra League (ASOL).  In leading Carolina as a ‘creative campus’, he is also known as a national leader and advocate for the arts and their crucial importance in today’s world.  Kang is also Professor of the Practice of Music and co-teaches courses in artistic entrepreneurship and the creative process. Emil Kang will give a Keynote Address at 12:30pm on Thursday, March 19.

>> http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org

>> Click here to read about Emil Kang's nomination to join the Board of Directors of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.