Grade levels: Adult

Ray Kurzweil discusses the evolution of biotechnology and what it means for human longevity.

World Beat Big Band Manteca take to the ideaCity stage.

Google Lunar X Prize founder, Peter Diamandis, talks about how he turned his dream of going into space and bringing other people with him- into reality with the X PRIZE Foundation, Zero Gravity Corporation and Space Adventures.

Political cartoonist Terry Mosher (AKA Aislin).

Matthew Diffee, cartoonist at The New Yorker, explains the different techniques he uses to create his humorous cartoons.

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes.

Art and literary comics publisher Chris Oliveros.

Lawyer and bodybuilder Bill Friedman.

Deb Roy, Director of the Cognitive Machines group at MIT Media Lab.

Former Chairman & CEO of Playboy Enterprises Christie Hefner and clinical psychologist and newspaper columnist Susan Pinker discuss the sexual paradox: the challenges women face in business, Hefner’s experiences as a Forbes-ranked businesswoman, and Playboy’s philosophy of breaking conservative attitudes and values about sex.