We’ve partnered up again with Wisdom 2.0 this year as a Community Partner and couldn’t be more thrilled to be aligned with the folks are doing at this special event which is now in its ninth year. Having been absorbed in the technology industry for more than two decades, I love that their focus has been and continues to be about exploring the intersection of wisdom and technology.
Dan Siegel from Wisdom 2.0 last year (2017)
Wisdom goes deep in this case, so from tribe gatherings and yoga classes to sessions on mindfulness, consciousness and purposeful business models, they cover it.
Join us along with Byron Katie (The Work of Byron Katie); Jon Kabat-Zinn (Wherever You Go, There You Are); Rhonda Magee (UCSF Professor of Law), Alex Tew (Calm CEO) and countless others in San Francisco from February 22-24, 2018. Goldie Hawn is even showing up this year, who I was fortunate to meet at TED years ago and adore.
Mark Bertolini, Aetna, Byron Katie and Prince Ea
This year, they aim to bring together more than 3,500 people from 30+ countries to discuss, engage and experiment. In addition to a crowd-favorite People’s Stage, where there will be breakout sessions led and chosen by conference participants, you will hear from some of the greatest business and technology leaders of our age, including researchers, technology innovators, authors, wisdom teachers, healers and yogis, creators and like-minded contemporaries. Among other poignant and important questions, they’ll address presence, purpose and wisdom.
“How do we live with greater presence, purpose, and wisdom in the digital age?”
On the main stage, they’ll having presentations, Q&As and conversations with over 50 speakers.
In the ever so fun Embodiment room, you’ll be able to ‘get into your body’ and experiment activities to get you to that zen place or at a minimum, get you to think about the world and your role in it in a brand new way.
They also throw great networking gatherings and parties in the evenings as well as offer Community Dinners, where you can sign up one of their Birds of a Feather dinners. For those familiar with these, you know that they’re independently hosted dinners focusing on a core subject matter. Last year, I recall fascinating options like building conscious technology, robotics, the environment, creativity, meditation and work, women and business and a whole lot more.
Wisdom 2.0 addresses the great challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our own well-being, effective in our work, and useful to the world.
A must attend event, see ticket options and visit their website for more. See coverage of last year’s event.
Renee Blodgett is the Founder and Managing Editor of We Blog the World, a global travel, culture and lifestyle publication exploring the world through the lens of meaningful experiences, human connection and cultural depth. Having lived in 10 countries and traveled to 95, Renee has spent much of her life immersed in the people, traditions, landscapes and ideas that shape how we experience the world.
Since launching We Blog the World in 2007, she has written and produced extensive editorial coverage spanning boutique and luxury travel, culinary experiences, arts and culture, wellness, adventure, technology, spiritual traditions and transformative travel. Her work is rooted in the belief that travel is about more than where we go—it is also about what a place, culture or encounter awakens within us.
Renee brings more than three decades of experience across journalism, photography, media, brand strategy, technology, wellness and global storytelling. She has worked with companies and organizations around the world on brand positioning, communications, product launches, media strategy, speaker positioning and storytelling. Through Blue Soul Media, she works with authors, entrepreneurs, thought leaders and purpose-driven brands to clarify their message and expand their impact, which includes speaker coaching/training for high-profile stages such as TED and bringing authors’ work to market while retaining authors rights.
She is also the co-founder of Blue Soul Earth, an educational platform exploring consciousness, ancient wisdom, spirituality, healing and the intersection between science and the nature of reality. Renee is the producer and host of the award-winning Blue Soul CHATS, a conversational series bringing together leading voices in science, technology, consciousness, wellness and spirituality.
Her growing body of work also includes Blue Soul Living, which extends her interest in consciousness and well-being into the spaces we inhabit, exploring how intentional design, energy and environment can support greater harmony and connection.
Renee is the award-winning co-author of the bestselling Magdalene’s Journey and founder of the Magdalene Collection, inspired by women’s voices, stories and wisdom across cultures and generations.
A longtime photographer and storyteller, Renee has documented people, places and cultures around the world and produced photographic collections focused on destinations including the Galápagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome and Ecuador. She also co-founded Traveling Geeks, an international initiative that brought entrepreneurs, journalists, creators and technology leaders together with their counterparts in other countries to exchange ideas and explore innovation across cultures.
Renee’s work has been recognized by Forbes, the United Nations and others for her influence in media and social storytelling. Across her work in travel, media, consciousness and culture, a common thread remains: curiosity about the world, the stories that connect us and the ways meaningful experiences can change how we see ourselves and one another.
