A collaborative and interactive seven-hour program of debate,
performances, dance, and music featuring top thinkers from San
Francisco and beyond. Be part of an international event happening in
more than 150 cities in the world. This seven-hour marathon of
philosophical debate, keynotes, panels, performances, and interactive
experiences is designed to spur dialogue and creative participation on
the theme "Living on the Edge." with each floor devoted to a separate
theme including: Chaos + Creation - How do we cope with disorder and
disruption to fashion new ways to think and be? Wonder + Worry - What
anxieties about the future weigh on us most, and what fascinations
will transform the way we live? Exclusion + Belonging - How do we find
belonging and identity while making space for differences of lived
experience? Truth + Doubt - With consensus about history and facts
increasingly fractured, what narratives should we affirm? Circulation
+ Borders - How do we transcend limits on movement for a healthy
economy and a just society? Sights + Sounds The full schedule will be
published soon... stay tuned! Register Now ! Join thought-leaders,
creators, storytellers, dreamers, and change-makers as they address
these topics in keynote talks and discussion sessions. See a special
live broadcast of KQED's Forum with host Mina Kim. Share your own
creative voice and exchange ideas in a range of participatory
workshops, activities, or open mics. Enjoy spectacular performances
and music by local artists shaping the culture of the Bay Area.
Featuring diverse voices and talent from community organizations:
ACLU, Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, America Magazine, Asian
Art Museum, Art in Action, Aurora Performers Bay Area Theater Cypher,
Black Benatar (aka Mx. Beatrice Thomas), Burning Man, CAAM, California
Humanities, Capoeira Ijexá, Circus Bella, Cultural Odyssey, Destiny
Arts, Duniya Dance and Drum Company, Equal Justice Society, French
Tech San Francisco, Friends of SFPL, Goethe-Institut San Francisco,
Institute of Arts and Science at UC Santa Cruz, Institute for the
Future, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, Italian Cultural
Institute of San Francisco, KQED, L'Obs, Litquake, Loco Bloco,
LoudSpring, Lycée Français de San Francisco, New Voices Bay Area
TIGQ Chorus, Noise Pop, Open Austria, Paul K. Longmore Institute on
Disability, Presidio Trust, Qigong Rebecca Grossbard, SETI Institute,
The Stud Collective, Townsend Center for the Humanities at UC
Berkeley, UC Davis Department of History, World Economic Forum, and
more! Click here for more information and the full list of speakers,
panelists, and performers.
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