I feel smart
I recently discovered Pop! Tech and while I cannot attend the event in person I can listen to their PopCasts:
www.poptech.com/popcasts/popcasts.aspx
I strongly urge you to check it out, innovators, behaviorists, activists, the guests run the whole gamut. Spend a half an hour choose someone who interests you and expand your universe. I spent the last 1/2 hour listening to Malcolm Gladwell (I honestly chose him because of his hair) and it was amazing.
A side note: in 2006 one of the speakers was the kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen (www.strandbeest.com/)
It's like a magazine for your brain, sound bites of amazing technology, innovation and thoughts gathered into one place.
Enjoy!