Keynote by Tiffany Shlain The Teen Brain
Tiffany has a new film coming out, The Teen Brain (executive produced by Goldie Hawn), on the latest neuroscience on the adolescent years. In this new talk, Emmy-Nominated director Tiffany Shlain brings these ideas to life by exploring what’s happening in the teenage brain, illuminating that teenagers are emotionally brilliant, super-learners with brains that are undergoing rapid and significant remodeling and development. Based on the latest research on adolescence, and showcasing both teens and doctors and psychologists, the talk offers tools for teens and the adults in their lives who support them to help them stay balanced and navigate the powerful adolescent years.
Keynote by Tiffany Shlain The Human Nature Art Experience
Tiffany walks us through her new art exhibit that looks at what happens when we step back to view ourselves within the expansiveness of nature and time through the lens of feminism, neuroscience, ecology, and philosophy. In her time-based media, light boxes and sculptures, she explores how this scale realignment can change our perspective, offer context, reveal absurdities, and evoke humility, insights, and awe.
Keynote by Tiffany Shlain Art & AI
Actively experimenting with ChatGPT for her upcoming film and art exhibition, Tiffany shares what she has learned as she investigates the ways we can think about AI as an exciting new tool that sharpens our ability to ask and refine questions, and to discern what’s real and what isn’t. Finding humanity at a similar moment to when she founded the Webby Awards in the early days of the web, in this talk she explores the good, the bad, and the potential of this huge technological advancement.
Keynote by Tiffany Shlain Getting to a Gender Balanced World That's Better For Everyone
Tiffany gives a rousing reframing of women and power, highlighting the importance of shifting from a perspective of scarcity to one of abundance, and exploring ways to create a gender equitable world – one that works better for everyone: all races, all classes, all ages. She brings her film 50/50: The 10,000 Year History of Women + Power to life with this talk.
Keynote by Tiffany Shlain The Future of Work & Wellbeing: Creating the New Work/ Life Balance in Our New Hybrid World
A dynamic presentation with interactive components for employees and employers, together. As we reemerge from the pandemic, companies everywhere are asking: How do we work smarter? How do we maximize the benefits of technology (including remote work) while maintaining quality in-person office time? How do we create a work culture where both employers and employees can prosper? This talk offers effective answers for the new workplace.
Keynote by Tiffany Shlain Reset, Reflect, Recharge: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
Tiffany Shlain will explore in her inspiring talk how turning off screens one day a week can work wonders on your brain, body, and soul. By doing this practice for over a decade, Internet pioneer and renowned filmmaker Tiffany Shlain and her family have gained more time, productivity, connection, and presence. Drawn from the ancient ritual of Shabbat, living 24/6 can work for anyone from any background. With humor and wisdom, Shlain shares her story, offers lessons she has learned, and provides a blueprint for how to do it yourself.
Keynote by Tiffany Shlain Making Things Happen: Turning an Idea into a Reality
From creating the Webby Awards, to making award-winning films and books, to her recent show at MoMA in NYC, Tiffany illuminates her process for taking an idea into action. In this riveting and highly visual talk, Tiffany shares creating space to have new ideas, developing projects with advisory boards, fundraising and marketing projects to produce supersonic launches into the world.
Keynote by Tiffany Shlain American Jewish Identity in the 21st Century
Known for updating Jewish ideas in creative and innovative ways, Tiffany will share through her projects (Sundance Film Festival hit film The Tribe, to Making of a Mensch and her Tech Shabbats) the ways in which Jewish wisdom and practice (including rethinking rituals for the 21st century) have transformed her life.
Keynote by Tiffany Shlain The Science of Character: How to Flourish in Today's World
Building off a decade of making films that explore the science of character and hosting a global day on this topic, this talk explores in a highly entertaining and visual way the neuroscience and social science that shows how we can develop – in ourselves and in others – strengths like grit, gratitude, creativity, optimism, resilience, bravery, and self-control.