The copy for the event says, "See what happens when the right brain meets the left brain at the first New Yorker Conference, a dynamic day and two nights of new ideas and eye-opening innovation."
Tickets are $1200 and include all programs, meals, receptions, and entertainment.
The event is presented by Microsoft.
This is a Feb 23, 2007 press release from Business Wire on MarketWatch -
"For the first time, the creative minds at The New Yorker will come together for "The New Yorker Conference: 2012: Stories From The Near Future."
The one-day, two-night conference will be held at the new, Frank Ghery designed IAC building in Manhattan over May 6th & 7th and will host over 25 speakers, including leaders in the fields of ethics, culture, science, technology, health, medicine, politics and entertainment to discuss the future of their current work and how it will impact our lives in the next five years.
The Conference will reflect the character that has come to define the magazine - a dynamic and informed collection of eclectic voices speaking to the issues most relevant to us today. According to New Yorker editor David Remnick, "The Conference is about breaking the mold, about confronting a world in the midst of incredibly rapid change. We hope that our writers, in conversation with innovators in various realms of endeavor, will generate ideas that can be shared and even used by everyone in the room."
New Yorker editors and writers, David Remnick, Ken Auletta, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Specter, James Surowiecki, Jeffrey Toobin and Judith Thurman among them, will lead in-depth discussions with such leaders as: Craig Newmark, of Craigslist, who will discuss the internet; Mike McCready, entrepreneur and music executive who will talk about what makes a hit song; Dr. Anthony Atala, who has grown human organs in the lab, will discuss regenerative medicine; Zaha Hadid, a Pritzker prize winning architect, will discuss the future of architecture; Yves Behar, designer of the $100 laptop, will discuss emerging trends in design; Kari Stefansson, a leading Icelandic geneticist who has identified 15 genes associated with diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and osteoarthritis will explore what cures may exist in the recent future; Will Wright, designer of the video games Sims and Spore, will discuss gaming; as well as many other world leaders from art to industry.
The Conference will begin in the evening of Sunday, May 6th, with a cocktail reception and program, and continue through Monday evening with a full day of one-on-one interviews, Q&As and vivid presentations. A concluding program will be held at MILK studios."
Not surprisingly the tickets are sold out, but you can be put on a waiting list - or I imagine, watch videos of the discussions after the event.
