ideacity 2014: Ninth Speaker Announcement

02/06/2014


With the clock winding down to the first day of ideacity 2014, the conference’s list of presenters is only growing more impressive by the week. If you needed any proof of it, look no further – this week’s boundary-pushing individuals come from very different backgrounds and professions, but are united in their desire to shed light on truths, be they scientific, human, or cultural. Whether delving into the past, exploring the present, or working for the future, they’ve achieved and recorded everything from genetic breakthroughs, to the breakdowns of both entire societies and social norms. Their stories have already engaged countless audiences around the world, and are sure to incite debate and inspire action in Toronto this June.

Hendrik Poinar_210HENDRIK POINAR – Time-Traveling with Ancient DNA

Hendrik Poinar is an evolutionary geneticist who develops and employs novel enrichment and sequencing strategies to access ancient genomes from fossil remains, in order to reconstruct their evolutionary history. He completed his PhD at the University of Munich, was an EMBO fellow at Cancer Research UK, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oregon and a Junior Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, before becoming a Canada Research Chair in Paleogenetics at McMaster University in 2003. MORE…

 

Robert_Young_Pelton_210ROBERT YOUNG PELTON – Dangerous Places Revisited

Robert Young Pelton, 58, is known for being in the right place at the wrong time and usually in the center of the world’s conflicts. He experiences war with terrorists, warlords, mercenaries, Special Forces, rebel groups and paramilitary organizations. He recently witnessed the ethnic slaughter in South Sudan with the rebels, the siege of Grozny with the jihadis, the battle of Qala-I-Jangi with US Special Forces, the rebel campaign to take Monrovia in Liberia, the the LURD, insurgents during the war in Iraq and running Baghdad’s RPG Alley every day for a month with Blackwater. Pelton is currently writing about his hunt for warlord Joseph Kony and the new scramble for Africe for Penguin.MORE…

 

Steve DeAngelo_210STEVE DEANGELO – Wellness, Not Intoxication

Steve DeAngelo is an undisputed national leader and provocative visionary in the cannabis industry, with four decades of activism and advocacy in the cannabis reform movement. News teams from around the globe have featured Steve, including major media outlets in the United States, Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Steve’s landmark Harborside Health Center in California has also been covered extensively as a model for the emerging cannabis industry nationwide. His creation of a model medical cannabis dispensary that sets the best practices for an entire industry, along with his lifelong cannabis activism and encyclopedic knowledge in this arena, has made Steve one of the world’s foremost cannabis experts and respected speakers on this controversial issue. MORE…

 

Rosanne_McCollum_210ROSANNE MCCOLLUM – Shameless Belieber and Yogi

If you still think that the ideal soundtrack to a yoga session means the sound of a whispering breeze through tall grass, or gentle waves rolling to the shore, Rosanne McCollum will try to convince you otherwise. Based in Toronto, the mother of two and active yoga instructor is one of the first people to combine the health benefits of the ancient practice and the allure of the modern pop star in a novel and buzzed-about new program: yogaBiebs. As the posters dotting the city’s west end read, the class is set to the distinct vocals and hip beats of Canada’s most controversial and, in many cases, adored pop export – one that has Beliebers young and old unrolling their mats and striking poses to tunes you won’t find in any other yoga studio.MORE…

 

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: CARP

Like any great event, ideacity wouldn’t be possible without the vision and support of our sponsors.

CARP is recognized as Canada’s largest and most powerful national, non-partisan, non-profit organization committed to advocating for a New Vision of Aging for Canada. CARP enhances the quality of life for Canadians As We Age by promoting social change that will bring financial security, equitable access to health care and freedom from discrimination. MORE…

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