Inspire and Empower Your Inner Einstein when Mobilized News presented TRANSFORMED: WHAT CHANGE LOOKS LIKE.
We’re bringing together a peerless group of social entrepreneurs, artists and scientists, media makers and earth shakers, social entrepreneurs and cutting edge shape-shifters to encourage and inspire communities to take back control of public services. From reimagining education as a life-long journey to smarter cities, healthier food and energy systems, to interconnected, interdependent and innovative media networks, we are presenting not just the ideas—but what you can do where you are now when you see our world as it is and what it can become.
Some of the people you will experience include:
James Arbib, Rethink X
James Arbib is a London-based investor in technology. He is the founder of Tellus Mater, an independent philanthropic foundation dedicated to exploring the impacts of disruptive technology, and its potential for solving some of the world’s most challenging problems. In addition, Jamie oversees a London-based family office with a diversified portfolio, across all asset classes and a focus on the risks and opportunities of technology disruption. A graduate in history from Trinity College, Cambridge, he has a Masters in Sustainability Leadership, also from Cambridge. He is a qualified chartered accountant and worked as an investment analyst covering utilities.
Corey Gray, Smart Cities Council
A qualified scientist, engineer and artist, Corey has a diverse 30+ year career in industries ranging from professional sports, through technology, advanced manufacturing, entertainment, fine arts, charity and philanthropy.
Currently Corey holds several professional positions including: Global President of Washington DC headquartered Smart Cities Council, the world’s peak industry group Smart Cities, Buildings and Technologies ; Co-founder and chair of multi-international award-winning feature film production company, Switch Productions; Global board member of New York based EB Research Partnership, a charity dedicated to finding a cure for the rare genetic disorder. Corey is also a recent director and treasurer of Silcon Valley based technology interoperability group, LonMark, and professional Australian Football franchise, Sturt Football Club.
Chris Mancini, Esq. Former U.S. DOJ Prosecutor
Chris is a criminal defense attorney with 45 years of extensive federal and state trial and grand jury practice in Miami, Palm Beach, Orlando and other courts across the nation and internationally. Born and raised in Rochester, New York and later to earn his juris doctor degree at Marquette U. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chris Mancini arrived in Miami, Florida on assignment to the U.S. Attorney’s Office during the infamous period of the “Mariel Boat Lift” during which tens of thousands of Cubans fled their country to seek a new life in the U.S. As a U.S. prosecutor, Chris discovered that some of the most violent and dangerous men and women were allowed to immigrate during the boatlift. By 1986, he had been given many awards for his service and held the post of Deputy Chief of the Major Crimes Division, U.S. Attorney for the Miami office for the U.S. Department of Justice.
In the late 1990s, Chris began gathering original artefacts and materials about the history of crime in Miami and especially corruption within the Miami Police Department. He interviewed past and present police officers and those most deeply involved in the investigation. Using what he had gathered, Chris conducted a series of lectures every three to four months for members of the Miami-Dade Historical Society and that has led to his deep understanding of the organization and effects of the extensive history of crime in South Florida.
Chris Mancini is the author of two books, Pirates in Blue: The True Story of the Miami River Cops and Deliberate Indifference and has represented many famous clients.
Fanni Melles, Architect, Host of “Whats the future for smart cities” podcast
Fanni Melles, PhD, is a future of cities researcher, an architect by profession and a project manager by experience. Once involved with Hungary’s largest urban project in 150 years (911,412.13 m², across 10 design teams), she now holds a 2023 PhD from Swinburne University, diving deep into smart cities, future of cities, and innovation. Host of the “What is The Future for Cities?” podcast with more than 300 episodes, she thrives on turning chaos into cutting-edge urban systems. Passionate and dynamic, Fanni crafts bespoke city futures, rallying stakeholders to transform urban landscapes—because cities, she says, are the people who live in them.
Stuart Cowan, Buckminster Fuller Institute
Dr. Stuart Cowan is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, which is dedicated to the realization of Fuller’s vision of a world that works for 100% of humanity in the shortest time possible through spontaneous cooperation. In this role, he launched the BFI Design Lab to develop critical infrastructure for resilience and regeneration at local to bioregional to planetary scales. He brings 25 years of experience in regenerative design, finance, and systems and is a planetary strategist, ecological designer, systems scientist, and regenerative economist. He is the Co-Founder of Autopoiesis LLC, which works to regenerate communities, ecosystems, and organizations.
He was the founding convener of the Regenerative Communities Network from 2018-20, supporting 15 bioregions on their journeys of regeneration. He brings a diverse range of experiences including Chief Scientist at the Smart Cities Council, Transaction Manager for the sustainable investment fund Portland Family of Funds, and Conservation Economy Research Director at the non-profit Ecotrust. He is the co-author with Sim Van der Ryn of Ecological Design, and received his doctorate in Applied Mathematics from U.C. Berkeley with a focus on Complex Systems and Ecological Economics. He has taught and facilitated internationally for academic institutions, cities, companies, indigenous groups, government agencies, and NGOs. He serves on the Board of Regenerosity, University for International Cooperation, and the Global Solutions Alliance.
Chiara Marletto, Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
Chiara’s research interests are at the foundations of physics. Her research has focused on issues in Quantum Information Theory, Condensed-Matter Physics, Quantum Biology and Thermodynamics.
Some of her recent work has utilised a recently proposed generalisation of the quantum theory of information – constructor theory – to address issues at the foundations of the theory of control and causation in physics.
These include applications to defining general principles encompassing classical, quantum and post-quantum theories of information; and to assessing the compatibility of essential features of living systems, such as the ability to self-reproduce and evolve, with fundamental laws of physics, in particular with quantum theory.
They also include the definition of a new class of witnesses of non-classicality in systems that need not obey quantum theory, such as gravity; and a scale-independent definition of irreversibility, work and heat, based on constructor-theoretic ideas.
Tom Bosschaert, Director, Except.eco
Tom is the founder and director of Except, and the visionary force behind its development. He is also the chairman of the Environment Committee of the World Institute for Change Management and Innovation (WICMI) in Switzerland.
Tom founded Except at the age of 19 in 1999 with a mission to find systemic solutions for our societal challenges by combining science, business, design, and communication. In the past decades, he has developed several hundred projects globally, for groundbreaking sustainable cities, buildings, business, policy, and industry. Tom’s vision shows that we can flourish globally when we simultaneously integrate environmental, societal, economical, and technical aspects in our society. He is a frequent keynote speaker, and author of the Symbiosis in Development (SiD) framework and books.
Thomas Linzey, Center for Democratic Environmental Rights
Howard Bloom, The Howard Bloom Institute
How can a new and improved perspective on the Cosmos increase our productivity? What can we learn from the scientist who was a key architect of the promotional campaigns of Prince, The Jacksons, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Joan Jet and the Blackhearts, John Mellencamp and Peter Gabriel? What can we learn about the importance of putting “soul in the machine?”
During the late 1970’s and 1980’s, the Howard Bloom Organization was the world’s leading public relations firm for performing artists. Discover how Bloom used his science to tune the souls of his stars to the souls of the culture, nurturing the resonance that made artists iconic. Special Guest: Howard Bloom.
Matthew Green, Resonant World, DeSmog.com
Matthew is a husband, father, journalist and student of trauma healing. He began his journey as a reporter in conflict zones for Reuters and the Financial Times, and is the author of two books: on warlord Joseph Kony, and on the trauma journeys of British soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Three years ago, he quit his role at Reuters out of frustration over the company’s response to the climate crisis and joined DeSmog, a nonprofit dedicated to exposing the role of the fossil fuel industry in blocking climate action.
Building on years of exploring spiritual and healing modalities, Matthew has spent the past four years studying the psychological and mystical principles of integrating individual, ancestral and collective trauma with the international facilitator Thomas Hübl. Matthew is creator of the Resonant World newsletter and podcast serving the global trauma healing movement, and is co-founder of the Resonant Man initiative, a visionary men’s group.
Michael Masucci, EZTV Media and EZTV Museum, DNA Festival, Santa Monica
Michael J. Masucci is an award-winning experimental media producer, video-artist, writer, curator, educator and musician.
Currently, Masucci serves as a Commissioner on the Santa Monica Arts Commission, on the Board of Directors of the Santa Monica Arts Foundation and as a Committee Member of the Santa Monica Public Art Committee.
Masucci, was a founding member of the video art group and alternative theater/gallery space EZTV, and along with computer art historian Patric Prince, created CyberSpace Gallery, one of the world’s first art galleries dedicated to digital art.
Collaborations for which Masucci has served in a principal role have been exhibited internationally, at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Institute of Contemporary Art (London), and the American Film Institute (Los Angeles), on commercial television as well as in festivals, galleries conferences and universities.
In 2011, Masucci’s early video art work “Standing Waves” was included in the Getty Museum and Research Center’s massive 60-venue exhibition “Pacific Standard Time” (PST). Additionally, he moderated a panel of leading Feminist Performance Artists, and organized a five-part series of live events, screenings and panel discussions, “Hacking the Timeline v2.0”, as part of PST. The intent of PST is to present in a scholarly manner, the pivotal role that key Los Angeles artists played, post-WW2, in the development of today’s worldwide contemporary art movements.
As a curator, Masucci has staged many dozens of exhibitions and has shown literally hundreds of artists, including many of the pioneers of digital art. His work with noted philosopher/psychologist Dr. Timothy Leary, included a series of live EZTV multimedia performance events- “How to Operate Your Brain”. His other exhibitions include a wide range of artists, filmmakers and thinkers, including Jean Luc-Goddard, Robert Altman, gay activist Michael Kearns and performance artist Johanna Went.
Fostering “Artist-run Philanthropy”, he has given free use of his exhibition space to a variety of activities ranging from the Los Angeles Psychological Association, to numerous young independent artists.
His work with California Lawyers for the Arts resulted in his film work being awarded a prestigious Cine Golden Eagle, for his production/direction of the PSA “Art Makes Us Human”. He was named twice to A/V Video Producers Magazine’s “Top 100 Producers”, as well as other awards. Grants for which Masucci was a principal collaborator include awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the California Arts Council. Commissions include the Durfee Foundation and the Cultural Affairs Departments of the County as well as the City of Los Angeles and the City of Santa Monica. He and EZTV are currently commissioned by the City of Los Angeles to create a series of video art documentaries on international artists in Los Angeles. He recently completed his role as producer and photographer on the documentary “LA Woman”, as well as completed his role as co-director (with Kate Johnson) and co-writer (with Esther Kiss) of the video art project “Double Take”.
Earlier in his career, Masucci served as a cinematographer for the Lannon Literary Series, a 32-part series of historical one-hour interview documentaries, directed by Lewis Macadams and John Dorr, on many of the leading living writers and poets of the time, including Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize literary giants . This series is in the collection of many university libraries and appeared on television in Chicago and LA. Masucci also served as Associate producer and Film Editor for the critically acclaimed documentary on filmmaker Robert Altman- “Luck, Trust & Ketchup”, which appeared on the BBC, as well as on BRAVO.
His directorial stage work in the 1990’s, include an authorized production of the play version of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. More recently, he was asked to direct one of the finalists in the Promenade Playhouse’s New Plays Festival.
His recent musical efforts include guest performances on stages with legendary performance artist Barbara T. Smith, pop artist Kate Crash , and multimedia artist Kate Johnson, Over the years he has composed original scores for Donna Sternberg & Dancers, Zina Bethune & Dancers, and throughout the 1980’s in the performance art/media duo Vertical Blanking.
Masucci’s work has been profiledin a variety of media, including on PBS and the Discovery Channel, as well as in a variety of print media, including the Los Angeles Times, Variety, Artweek and the Hollywood Reporter. His original video art work has been critically acclaimed in a variety of print media, including the LA Weekly, and is in collections including the Institute of Contemporary Art, London.
Masucci’s writings have appeared in the SIGGRAPH Journal, Computer Graphics Magazine, the Independent Film & Video Monthly, and in several books, including the seminal “CyberArts-Exploring Art & Technology” (edited by Linda Jacobsen) as well as writing the foreword to “Going Digital”.
Massuci’s earliest professional career (in the mid-late 1970’s) was in the New York photographic industry, where he served most notably, as a photo-muralist at Modernage Photographics, working on museum-level projects for photographers, such as Richard Avedon’s historical “Southwest Project”.
Masucci has a long-standing history as a social activist and over the years has served on the boards of directors of a number of community-oriented cultural institutions, including Fringe Festival/Los Angeles, Avaz International Dance Theater, Highways Performance Space, as well as on the arts advisory board of the LA Free Clinic. He collaborated with the Emmy-award winning group of environmental filmmakers Earth Alert.
He has served as a judge and/or judging panelist to a number of grants and awards, including the American Film Institute, SONY, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, National/State/County Partnership, 18th Street Arts Center, and for over a decade, as a judge for the Roy Dean Film Awards.
He has taught Digital Media at the Otis College of Art & Design, as well as having guest lectured at CalTech, UCLA, University of Helsinki (Finland), Changchun Film Studios (China), Parsons School of Design, University of Southern California, the Institute of Contemporary Art (London), University of Arizona, the American Film Institute, Claremont College, School of Visual Arts (New York), Santa Monica College as well as the major conferences in the field of digital art, including SIGGRAPH, DV Expo, Internet World, ShowBiz Expo, and the Global Entertainment & Media Summit.
Masucci’s earliest career achievements include his tenure at Modernage Photographics, working a a master exhibition mural printer for numerous world-class photographic projects, including the printing of the mural version of Richard Avedon’s Dimona with Elephants, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Masucci is also trained as a mediator and is a member of the Southern California Mediation Association, and has a J.D., receiving four CALI Awards in the legal fields of Environmental Law, Professional Responsibility, Remedies, and Business Organizations.
Rick Raddatz, Meetn.com, Goldilocks.org
Rick decided to take action. He put his employees in charge of his small business and went out full time searching for a solution to our political divide.
His approach was simple, Rick simply talked to people — thousands and thousands of people from all points of view.
Two-and-a-half years in, Rick had the first breakthrough. Five years in, Rick had the big breakthrough. Rick then spent seven years consulting with hundreds of PhDs to refine the breakthrough. Then he spent six years consulting with marketing professionals to simplify the breakthrough.
And now, the breakthrough is as simple as the story of Goldilocks.
Alan Enzo, Permaculture Education
Alan Enzo (known as “Enzo”) is an ecologist, economist, management consultant, and Permaculture Design teacher and consultant. He graduated from Ohio State University and holds a Ph.D. in Ecological Economics and an M.B.A. in Sustainable Business.
Enzo began his career as an Emergency Management Officer, leading and directing first responders on oil spills, train wrecks, chemical disasters, natural disasters, and environmental remediation projects around the US. He was intimately involved in responding to Hurricane Katrina and many other state and federal emergencies.
Enzo received his Permaculture Design Certificate from the Mollison Permaculture Research Institute (the original Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) in Australia founded by Bill Mollison). He has received advanced training in natural building, agroforestry, food forest design, ecological economics, and ecovillage/intentional community design. He is passionate about alternative local economic systems, appropriate technology, agroforestry, and helping students and clients start their businesses.
Enzo has over 30 years of experience in Permaculture Design, Ecological Restoration, Local Economic Design, and related disciplines.
Steven Jay, Co-Founder, Mobilized News
Steven is a committed “born-again scientist” and former producer of music, movies, television and social change events.
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