Jon Newstrom, International Media Expert
Building Media After War: Jon Newstrom describes building and operating radio stations in war-torn Eastern Europe, Afghanistan, and Africa.
Profiles in Philanthropy/ Social Justice
Building Media After War: Jon Newstrom describes building and operating radio stations in war-torn Eastern Europe, Afghanistan, and Africa.
Climate Solutions for a Troubled Planet: KC Golden, Climate Solutions, describes what people and society can do to help preserve Earth.
Education/ Food/ GlobalWA 2014
Teaching Ghana’s Farmers: Cliff Schmidt, Literacy Bridge founder, describes how technology helps in some of the most remote regions of West Africa.
Renee Kaplan, Chief Strategy Officer at Skoll Foundation, describes the 2014 and beyond approach to curing the globe’s ills.
Food/ GlobalWA 2014/ Opportunity
Joe Whinney, head of the innovative Theo Chocolate company, describes how cocoa is sourced from dangerous countries.
Brian Baird, President of Antioch University, describes how higher education can serve students’ global interests.
Habitat and Microfinance: Ed Bland, global expert in microfinance, explains how Habitat for Humanity expands its work through small lending.
Global Health/ GlobalWA 2014/ Hunger
Mark Ferdig of Mercy Corps describes working in the most difficult challenges a nonprofit can have.
RainmakersTV host Stan Emert introduces the interviews from the 2014 Converge@Seattle Innovation Summit.
Bank innovator Kat Taylor, CEO of Beneficial State Bank, describes how banking for the community can really work.
David Ramsay, Minister of Tourism and Industry, Northwest Territories, Canada, and also President of Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER), discusses economic opportunities that can be achieved through working together.
Global Washington named Akhtar Badshah, PhD, as its 2014 honoree. Badshah, former Microsoft corporate social responsibility executive, discussed the changing role of social enterprise in society.
2014, Center for Accelerating Innovation
Innovation on the Fast Track: Egils Milbergs, Center for Accelerated Innovation, describes advances in IT, aviation, agriculture, and more industries in the Pacific Northwest Economic Region.
Premier Bob McLeod discusses economic progress and opportunities in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
2014, Washington Business Alliance
Plan 2025 for Washington State: David Giuliani, Washington state Business Alliance, describe the collaboration needed for comprehensive economic progress.
Calgary Bow Legislative Assembly member Alana DeLong discusses opportunities in this Canadian region.
Converge@Seattle/ Featured Videos/ Opportunity
What’s the surprise? They are girls! Watch the Atlantis ROV Team — Haley McConnaughey, Annika Hustad, and Hannah McConnaughey — fight age-old stereotypes as they challenge their Romanian hosts with their superior robotics’ knowledge.
Converge@Seattle/ Opportunity/ Women & Girls
2014, University of British Columbia
Dr. Anne Condon, Computer Science Department chief at the University of British Columbia, describes latest innovations in IT.
Brier Dudley, veteran technology and business reporter, discusses the resurgent IT industry in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Fledge helps entrepreneurs fly! Michael “Luni” Libes, serial entrepreneur, describes an innovative business incubator program for businesses to help the world.
The Honorable Pedro Acosta, Honorary Consul from Brazil, discusses the positives and negatives of his home country.
Converge@Seattle/ Opportunity/ Women & Girls
Scilla Andreen, Indieflix — the Netflix of Independent Films — addressed independent filmmaking, especially how women have great opportunities as filmmakers.
Converge@Seattle/ Opportunity/ Women & Girls
Kristiina Hiukka, Women in Innovation, discusses a collaborative environment where women and men can thrive in the workplace.
Converge@Seattle/ Opportunity/ Women & Girls
Jennifer Gilhool, former Ford executive, owner of Pink Streak Ink, on opportunities for women: the glass ceiling still exists.