Texas Institute for Creativity & Innovation - TICI
Creativity Summit:  Solutions for Business, Government and Education
A National Conference for Business, Government and Education Leaders

FEBRUARY 4TH - 6TH, 2009

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Keynote Speakers

Karen Gagnon
"Cool Cities Initiative"
Director of Michigan "Cool Cities" Initiative

Dr. Sharon L. Nichols
"Stifling Students' Creativity: The Academic, Social, and Motivational Costs of High-Stakes Testing"
Co-Author of "Collateral Damage:  How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools"
University of Texas - San Antonio

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP - FEBRUARY 4TH
"Applied Critical and Creative Thinking as a Learning Skill"

Dr. Darlene Boyd
Director, University of California Gifted Students Academy
University of California - Irvine

Additional Speakers

John Lepiarz & Trent Arterberry
Super Scientific Circus

Dr. Victor Perotti
"Web Business Innovation:
The New Revenue Models"
Rochester Institute of Technology

Dr. Marsha Bayless
"Developing Team Interaction"
SFASU

Dr. Dan Bruton
"Cooperative Learning Exercise"
SFASU

Dr. Wynter Chauvin
"Preparing Teachers to Teach
in a Global Community"
SFASU

M.E. McWilliams
"Bucket of Chicken: Creative Ideas
for Motivating Millennial Students to Learn"
SFASU

Jenna Paul-Urena
"Voces Inocentes:
Contextualizing Language Film"
SFASU

Dr. Adam Peck
"Harnessing the Power to Create"
SFASU

Dr. Amanda Rudolph
"The Value of Creativity
in the Development of Creative Thinking"
SFASU

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Copyright  © 2008 Texas Institute for Creativity and Innovation

Dave Ivan
"Can Small Cities be Cool?"
Michigan State University Extension
for Community and Economic Development

Dr. Mario Ajero
"Podcasting to Motivate Students"
SFASU

Dr. Ron Anderson
"Creativity and Innovation:
The Global Context"
SFASU

Dr. Ken Austin
"The Value of Creativity
in the Development of Critical Thinking"
SFASU

Jan Cobb
"Beyond Standardized Testing"
Nacogdoches ISD

Wilma Cordova
"Mask-Making in Social Work Education:
Linking Creativity and Experiences"
SFASU

Melane McCuller
"Is Your Teacher a Ladybug or a Vampire?:
Using Virtual Reality Worlds as a Creative Venue
for Classroom Instruction"
SFASU

Dr. Judy Lauter
"The Brain at Your Fingertips: Making Human
Neuroscience Accessible to Students at All Levels"
SFASU

Dr. Matt McBroom
"Water Resources Management - Innovative
Strategies to Meet Dynamic Challenges"
SFASU

Dr. Sue Whatley
"Role-Playing Games"
SFASU

Derinda Sloan
"Beyond Standardized Testing"
Nacogdoches ISD

Dr. Mark E. Turner
"An Aesthetic Eye for Creative Thinking:
Arts as Context
SFASU

Dr. John Lienhard
"How Our Culture is Formed by Creativity"
Author and voice of "The Engines of Our Ingenuity"
M.D. Anderson Professor Emeritus of Technology and Culture