On October 7-9, 2012, The Atlantic and the University of California, San Diego, again partnered to host the second annual The Atlantic Meets the Pacific. Building on its successful debut last fall, this year’s forum delved deeply into the topic of transformative innovations in technology, energy, and health. Additional details on our program and speaker details can be found here: www.atlanticmeetspacific.com.
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Select the player below to watch video from the 2012 Election Panel:
Featured Speakers
Alexis Madrigal
Senior Editor
The Atlantic
Ben Rattray
Chief Executive Officer, Change.org
Full Bio
Chris Cox
VP of Product at Facebook
Full Bio
Debi Brooks
Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman of The Michael J. Fox Foundation
Full Bio
Don Jones
Vice President, Global Strategy and Market Development Qualcomm Life
Full Bio
Eric Topol, MD
Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute
Full Bio
Gary Marcus
Author of Guitar Zero:The New Musician and the Science of Learning
Full bio
Greg Lucier
Chairman & CEO Life Technologies
Full Bio
Gretchen Rubin
#1 Bestselling Author of The Happiness Project
Full Bio
J. Craig Venter, PhD
Founder, President J. Craig Venter Institute
Full Bio
James Bennet
Editor-In-Chief at The Atlantic
Full Bio
James Fallows
National Correspondent for The Atlantic
Full Bio
James Fowler
Professor of Medical Genetics and Political Science, UCSD
Full Bio
Jane McGonigal, PhD
World-Renowned Designer of Alternate Reality Games
Full Bio
Jessica Jackley
Venture Partner, Collaborative Fund
Full Bio
Larry Smarr
Founding Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications
Full Bio
Mark Bowden
National correspondent for The Atlantic
Full Bio
Ronald Brownstein
Editorial Director for the National Journal
Full Bio
Samuel Popkin
Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego
Full Bio
Spencer Wells
Director of the Genographic Project, National Geographic
Full Bio
Stacey Snider
Co-Chairman and CEO of DreamWorks Studios
Full Bio
Steve Clemons
Editor-in-Chief, AtlanticLIVE, and Washington Editor-at-Large
The Atlantic
Tal Ben-Shahar
Author and lecturer
Full Bio
V.S. Ramachandran
Bestselling Author of The Tell Tale Brain
Full Bio
Presenting Underwriters
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