15–18 September 2011 13–17 September 2012
The aim is to spread the knowledge as much and as far as possible. My feeling is that knowledge needs to be shared. Ideas need oxygen. Good ideas spread quickly. Great ideas spread even faster. I believe in ideas.
David Hieatt Co-founder, The Do Lectures
SPEAKERS 2011 Alan Webber Co-founding editor of Fast Company
Chido Govera Farmer, campaigner & educator
Alison Lea-Wilson Co-founder of Halen Môn
Christiana Wyly Venture partner at Satori Capital
Alistair Smith Creator of Accelerated Learning Arthur Potts Dawson Founder of The People’s Supermarket Caroline Flint Midwife & birth activist
Colin Tudge Founder of the Campaign for Real Farming David Lea-Wilson Co-founder of Halen Môn Faisel Rahman Founder & Managing Director of Fair Finance
Frank Chimero Graphic designer, teacher & writer Glen Peters Founder of Western Solar Gunter Pauli Creator of Zeri & Blue Economy Gyanesh Pandey CEO of Husk Power Systems Heidi Adams Senior Director of Engagement for Livestrong
Indy Johar Architect & policy researcher
Liz Danzico Designer, educator & editor
Robert Poynton Founder of On Your Feet
Joe Casey CEO of Casey Careers
Michael Kelly Founder of GIY
Rod Hall Co-founder of Rod and Bens
John Kearon Founder of BrainJuicer
Mickey Smith Photographer, film maker & surfer
Tim Smit Chief Executive & co-founder of the Eden Project
Nigel ‘Potsy’ Davies Lobster fisherman in Cardigan Bay
Tom Fishburne Founder & cartoonist of Marketoonist
Perry Chen Co-founder & CEO of Kickstarter
Zach Smith Co-founder of MakerBot Industries
Kevin McCloud Author, broadcaster & designer Les McKeown President & CEO of Predictable Success
SPEAKERS 2008 Alastair McIntosh Author of Soil and Soul The importance of hope Andrew Whitley Author of Bread Matters Why the most important ingredient in bread is time Andy Cummins Campaigns Officer Surfers Against Sewage What can a bunch of surfers possibly change? Gerald Cooper A beekeeper Why we need bees
Andy Kirkpatrick A climber Find your mountain to climb
Dafydd Davies Trails builder Don’t be afraid to start with nothing
Aubrey Meyer Ex concert musician turned climate thinker How to do more of less
Gavin Pretor-Pinney Author of The Cloudspotter’s Guide What can we learn from the beauty of clouds?
Cary Fowler Global Crop Diversity Trust Why the world needs a Noah’s Ark for seeds Michael Fordham Created the September book Is the soul of surfing for sale?
Guy Watson Founder of the Riverford Organic Veg Box Scheme Why stubbornness matters
John Grant Author of The Green Manifesto Love versus greed. And who wins in the end Ken Yeang Author of Eco Skyscrapers Why we need to work with nature Matt Jones Designer, Creative Director, Web guru & blogger How to make the invisible visible
Michael Braungart Co-author of Cradle to Cradle Why less bad isn’t better
Tamsin Omond Campaigner & co-founder of Plane Stupid How you can apply pressure
Paul Chatterton Human Geographer Why everyday actions matter
Timothy Ferriss Author of The 4-Hour Workweek Why we aim too low. And why we need to think bigger
Russell Davies Strategist, futurist & blogger Why failing is important Yun Hider Forager Free food anyone?
Trevor Baylis Invented the wind up radio How to protect your brilliant ideas
SPEAKERS 2009 Adam Lowry Founder of Method Cleaning Products Why sacrifice doesn’t work. And why being better does
Alice Taylor Education Commissioner at Channel 4 & blogger How games are changing how kids learn
Alan Moore Founder of SMLXL Communications How to connect the dots of a networked society. And what those dots will mean
Andrew Reason Founder of Reason Washing Machines Why an inventor’s stubbornness is as important as his idea
Alastair Humphreys Adventurer What you can learn from a four-year bike ride
Ben Hammersley Editor-at-Large at Wired UK How to optimize yourself
David Rosenberg CEO of Hycrete Inc Is there a better way to make concrete?
Geoff McFetridge Graphic designer & illustrator Why designers need to answer common problems
Duke Stump Principal & Chief Architect of North Star Manifesto How to create a company that has a soul
Gerald Miles Organic farmer How he fought to keep Britain GM free
Gabriel Branby CEO of Gränsfors Bruks AB Why values are important to you and your business
Gregor MacLennan Amazon Watch How creating maps is protecting indigenous communities in Peru
Jane Davidson Minister for the Environment, Sustainability & Housing Can a small country like Wales really lead the way in terms of sustainability? Michael Pawlyn Sustainable architect Is man smart enough to learn from nature? Patrick Holden Director of The Soil Association Why growing local matters
Paul Deegan Mountaineer & Everest’s dustman The stories we tell ourselves that stop us from doing the things we really want to do Rolf Potts Author of Vagabonding Why time equals wealth Uffe ElbÌk The Kaos Pilots Can you hear the future?
Tim Birkhead Author of The Wisdom of Birds How do we know what we know about birds? Tom Taylor Post digital designer How to do your own newspaper Tony Davidson Wieden+Kennedy Learnings from his inventor dad
SPEAKERS 2010 Alasdair Harris Founder of Blue Ventures When will there be no more fish
Bill Drummond Artist & author of The 17 Has the iPod changed our relationship with music?
Alex Haw Artist, architect & Director of Atmos Can buildings become more intelligent?
Brian John Author & GM campaigner Dispelling the Stonehenge myth
Alice Holden Farmer & grower How to get young people to love the land
Craig Mod Writer, designer, publisher & developer What’s the future of the book in the iPad era?
Darina Allen Founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School The importance of finding your love David Allen Author of Getting Things Done The mind is for having ideas not holding them Phil Parker Therapist & osteopath Why the words you say to yourself matter
David Lloyd-Owen Founder of Envisager Water’s seven sorry clichés David Spiegelhalter Professor of risk If you can calculate risk you can make better judgments Ed Stafford Explorer & adventurer Why taking risks is important Euan Semple Social Media Consultant Why social network mess can benefit your business
Gerd Leonhard Author & CEO of The Futures Agency The journey from egosystem to ecosystem
Maggie Doyne Founder of the Blink Now Foundation How the human family can do better
James Lynch Owner of fforest Farm We are shaped by the things we can’t do
Mark Earls Writer/consultant on human behaviour Understanding the super social ape
Jay Rogers CEO & co-founder of Local Motors Can a community design a car?
Markus Brehler CEO & founder of Enocean Can innovation flourish in a conservative industry?
Matt Webb MD at BERG How fractional AI can be used to make nicer things
Steve Edge Founder of Edge Design Why you should have a party every day
Paula Le Dieu Director of digital at the British Film Institute Why copyright needs to change
Steve Glenn CEO & founder of Living Homes Lets make sustainable housing for everyone
Peter Segger Owner of Blaencamel Farm It’s all about the soil
Tim Berners-Lee Inventor of the WWW & Director of W3C How the World Wide Web just happened
Daniel Seddiqui Author of 50 Jobs in 50 States Finish what you start
FEEDBACK
Having people from different disciplines criss-crossing each other here can be inspiring. But what really stimulates me is being in this beautiful rural environment. Tim Berners-Lee
Rarely does a working adult get a chance to experience the community, excitement and fun of summer camp again, least of all combined with the open-minded, socially-focused content and conviviality of a community service trip. blog.trendero.com
It offers a suggestion of how you can be the change in your own life, and a bracing challenge to those of us who spend too much time in bed feeling inadequate. This year I leave feeling inspired. Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian
Some of us tapped away on iPads or iPhones taking notes. Others drew in notebooks. But, I’d wager, for the first time in a long time, an entire room — a tent — full of folks, folks brilliant and engaging, engaged speaker after speaker with their full, focused attention. Craig Mod craigmod.com/journal
I thought when I left London that this journey would change my life to some degree, but I never imagined it happening so profoundly in a teepee in a Welsh field. Mike Carter One Man and His Bike published by Ebury Press
This year’s event looks to build on the already stellar legacy Do have created spreading the environmentally responsible love as it goes. As an extra bonus their site is the largest responsively designed website on the Internet. itsnicethat.com
DO USA (BETA) 22–25 September 2011 usa@thedolectures.co.uk
We are going to try something over in America. Duke Stump, who spoke at Do Lectures 09, is curating a mini Do Lectures in Campovida, Hopland, California. Start small. Invite inspiring people. And see where that journey takes us. It’s exciting and scary. Those are things that make you feel alive.
Clare Hieatt Co-founder, The Do Lectures
DO WALES
The Do Lectures takes place at fforest, West Wales. fforest is its magical home for the four days.
15–18 September 2011 It is located between the spectacular Teifi Gorge and Teifi Marshes. 13–17 September 2012 There is no place quite like it. info@thedolectures.co.uk What it doesn’t have is as important as what it does have. No trouser press. No mini-bar. No TV. No internet. No room service. No dimmer switch for the stars. No wake-up call, unless you count the dawn chorus. Just a welcome return to simple stuff. Eating fish caught that day. Sleeping under canvas. Feeling the cold. Listening to the rainfall.
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