thumbnail
hover

Crypto’ Pioneers Charlie Shrem...

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...

thumbnail
hover

OPEN Invites Thought Leaders...

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 201...

thumbnail
hover

Futurist Roxanne Meadows Shares...

The Venus Project – a remarkable vision for a world beyond politics, poverty and war – has been the life work of Jacques Fresco  (https://www....

thumbnail
hover

OPEN and EtC Disrupt...

Introduced at the 2017 Et Cultura Festival, the RAD SCHOOLS JAM challenged the community to view K-12 education in a radically new way – from a schoo...

thumbnail
hover

Civility Theme Kicks Off...

OPEN continues to grow conversations about topics that matter in St. Petersburg and beyond. The 2018 year brings two more themes to OPEN – Civility a...

thumbnail
hover

OPEN and Et Cultura...

FUTURE CITY, a program that tapped into visions for resilient, compassionate, prosperous city life, was one of four themes presented as part of OPEN’...

thumbnail
hover

Ambassador Thomas Pickering the...

Thomas Pickering, Career Ambassador with over forty years of service to the U.S., headlined the St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs annual gathering...

thumbnail
hover

Will Allen, founder of...

Will Allen has simple goals: to grow food, to grow minds, and to grow community. And he is changing lives in the process. Mr. Allen – the author of ...

thumbnail
hover

OPEN Featured on WMNF’s...

OPEN  leaders Walter Balser (director) and Jenny Fessler (associate director) gave Tampa Bay its first glimpse of USF St. Pete’s Open Partnership Ed...

thumbnail
hover

Jeff Goodell Keynotes iCAR...

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 th...

thumbnail
hover

Michael Sturtz of Stanford...

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 d...

thumbnail
hover

Dr. T. Colin Campbell...

The Campbells – father T. Colin, scientist and writer and son Nelson, social entrepreneur executive and documentarian –  lead a lineup of dist...