Rives designs interactive narratives for grown-ups. Part poet, part storyteller, Rives offers audiences uniquely intelligent and creative entertainment. In this lecture, Rives touches on job opportunities on blogs and an algorithmic sonnet.

Presenters at the conference are brilliant speakers ranging from poets, philosophers and economists, to scientists, artists and futurists. Their insights on emerging trends and cultural paradigm shifts provide actionable roadmaps to the future. Through a systems-thinking approach, speakers and attendees engage in Socratic problem solving exercises providing solutions for our complex, interconnected world. Applied Brilliance informs, inspires, confounds, provokes and transform.