On July 7th, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell will host FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn for a town hall discussion moderated by Michael Schultzer, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association, on how rolling back net neutrality protections will hurt internet users and Washington’s tech industry. The pair will answer questions about net neutrality and related issues […]
Ignite Seattle is the largest open submission public speaking event in the Pacific Northwest. 3 to 4 times a year more than 800 people gather at Town Hall Seattle to hear interesting people tell interesting stories. Each person gets 20 slides, for 15 seconds each, to share a passion for 5 minutes – it’s an […]
Imagine. Printing personal implants from a patient’s own stem cells. Or reproducing organ functions on laboratories the size of credit cards. 3D printing has the potential to revolutionize medicine. Sitting at the intersection of materials science, chemistry,and bio- and mechanical engineering, biomedical 3D printing takes a new technology beyond traditional manufacturing and design applications. Simplified […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee returns to Town Hall to discuss his newest book The Gene: An Intimate History. Mukherjee weaves together exhaustive scientific research with intimate biographical stories to explore human heredity. Using the story of his family’s history of mental illness, Mukherjee translates the science of genetics from the laboratory to the real […]
The crowdfunding industry has generated several billions of dollars in funding in recent years. But the harsh reality is that around 60 percent of Kickstarter campaigns fail. In The Crowdsourceress: Get Smart, Get Funded, and Kickstart Your Next Big Idea, Alex Daly, a crowdfunding expert who has raised over $20 million for her clients’ campaigns, […]
Jordan Ritter is an accomplished software architect and technical entrepreneur. He currently serves as founder and CEO of Atlas Informatics in Seattle. The company recently raised $20.7 million from a group of investors including Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold and Aspect Ventures. In 1999, Jordan became one of the original members of Napster, developing the technology with […]
Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; and we spend an average of three hours each day using our smartphones. In Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, Adam Alter, a […]
Imagine a robotic stuffed animal that responds to a child’s emotional state or an electronic ad that changes based on the facial expression of the viewer. In Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence, futurist Richard Yonck explores technological advancements that could give computers the ability to recognize, respond […]
Is DNA testing a triumph of modern medicine or a Pandora’s box of complications? In The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing The Way We Have Kids—And The Kids We Have, award-winning local journalist Bonnie Rochman explores the new frontiers of gene technology and how it has forever changed medicine, bioethics, and the factors […]
After several wildly successful seasons at Town Hall, the popular series returns with its simple premise: Enlighten us, but make it quick. Presenters are asked: If you had five minutes on stage, what would you say? What if you got only 20 slides, and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Offering a variety of topics […]
