Michael Sturtz of Stanford Keynotes the Launch of OPEN’s Future City Theme at Et Cultura
Michael Sturtz is not your ordinary architect of the future. His unconventional and successful career path has put him at the forefront of innovation for decades – past and future. Michael is a sculptor, teacher, designer and facilitator of creative...
Jeff Goodell Keynotes iCAR Conference: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, Planning for Community Resilience
Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone contributing editor and acclaimed author of the Water Will Come, Cool the Planet, and Big Coal is the Aresty Speaker at the 3rd Annual iCAR Conference. ICAR – Initiative on Coastal Adaptation and Resilience – t...
OPEN and Et Cultura Invite Leaders to Talk Cities, Transportation, Justice, and More
FUTURE CITY, a program that tapped into visions for resilient, compassionate, prosperous city life, was one of four themes presented as part of OPEN’s inaugural 2017 year during the Et Cultura Festival. (https://www.facebook.com/etcultura/). Des...
Futurist Roxanne Meadows Shares a Path to “A Better Way”
The Venus Project – a remarkable vision for a world beyond politics, poverty and war – has been the life work of Jacques Fresco (https://www.thevenusproject.com/the-venus-project/). And for over 40 years, Roxanne Meadows worked alongside M...
OPEN Invites Thought Leaders to Envision a Season of Enlightenment
The OPEN community across St. Petersburg came together on February 21st at Green Bench Brewery to highlight and thank the many people connected to the 2017 launch of the OPEN thought leader community platform and the 2017 Et Cultura Festival. With frie...
Crypto’ Pioneers Charlie Shrem and Jimmy Song Headline Aresty Event on the Future of Finance
This story was originally published on the USFSP blog. (March 9, 2018) –Lynn Pippenger Hall auditorium was packed to capacity on March 1, for a hot topic community discussion called Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Future of Finance. Hosted by the Kate Tiede...
Urban Designer & Author Jeff Speck shares ideas on preservation and city uniqueness
Aresty Presenter, Jeff Speck, an internationally recognized urban designer, author and city planner, continues to shine his work on cities of the future as he shared to a sold out OPEN (need live link) event at the Palladium Theatre in St. Petersburg, Flo...