Speaker: James Krousse, Artistic Director, Ingenuity

This lab focuses on highly creative individuals bringing to life projects online and off talking about their strategies for creating, communicating, and igniting imaginations. This series of unlikely conversations reveal more than the sum of their parts. Attendees gain new perspectives on marketing, communication, and new media strategies from some very non-traditional sources.

Topics include:

• How people and technology are connecting in new ways
• Connecting experiences; not just people
• What is the new definition of interactivity?
• The new paradigm of tailored manufacturing

The session will be led by James Krouse, artistic director of Ingenuity Cleveland. Krouse has an eclectic background that ranges from B2B communications to theatrical production. He is an author, director, and playwright who has worked with technology companies as a new media consultant and is a passionate advocate for changing the world by making and doing. Having graduated from the Yale School of Drama, his interest in the larger field of how things are made led him to work as a communications consultant with international companies such as Bosch, Eastman Chemical, Georgia-Pacific, and Crown Holdings as well as a host of small startups. His own internally unlikely conversation led him to discover the often hidden ingenuity where two disconnected points almost meet.

Panelists include:

Interacting with Space

Brian Peters, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design

Jason Tilk, Designer, Nottingham-Spirk Design

People and Sound

Lyn Goeringer, Intermedia Artist and Experimental Musician/Composer

Joel Corelitz, Composer

Technology and the Body

Will Morris, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Erica Mott, Choreographer and Sculpter

The New Gadgets

Lean Dog, Collection of Craftsmen

Ken Burns, Computer Programmer and Digital Expert