On Changing Times 2008: It’s a (w)rap

David Henderson provides a glowing report of the just completed Changing Times conference on his blog. -gw

There is no corporate sponsor, no deep-pockets. Simply five visionary young adults – Ruha Reyhani, Clare O’Brien, Vahid Khamsi, Martin Kummel and Neysan Zölzer. They and the 230 young adult professionals from 40 nations who have attended this week-long conference on defining the future are, in my opinion, among the best and brightest of tomorrow’s leaders.

The five organizers all have “day jobs” yet have found the time to communicate and coordinate … mostly by email … a major conference that focuses on defining visionary leadership principles. In the process, they have attracted speakers from all over the world, ranging from actor Rainn Wilson and Italian business leader Giuseppe Robiati to Dr. Moshe Sharon, a distinguished scholar from Hebrew University.

It’s intense – daily lectures and workshops for eight to 12 hours.

I have never before seen, known or participated in such a meaningful conference. My wife, Kit Bigelow, who is one of the speakers, has described the event simply as, “humorously soul uplifting.” I look at the faces of the young adults, and see the world’s future.

http://www.davidhenderson.com/2008/12/30/young-adult-leaders-changing-times/

Photos: Rainn Wilson (top)  and Ian Semple (bottom) by DH

The Changing Times blog carries an Animoto slide show of photos from the conference with a great audio track. On its Vimeo channel Changing Times has two videos up, one  a moving retrospective of the year 2008, and the other  a fun advertisement created at Changing Times 2008 for the Snack Bar with Andy Grammer.