Jun 04 2010
Bran Ferren
Co-founder, Co-Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds, Inc. & Former President, Walt Disney Imagineering
Bran Ferren is one of the world’s preeminent artist / designers & scientist / engineers. He is a nationally recognized, award-winning speaker who has worked in theater, film special effects, product design, architecture and the sciences. Bran’s current clients include GM, Lockheed Martin, NASA, the National Security Agency and government agencies that value his unique combination of strengths: equal measures of genius in science and technology, art and design, creative ideas and successful innovation leadership.
“Bran speaks from unique experience on the art & science of the imagination, & how to organize for innovation”
Bran Ferren is the former president of research and development of Walt Disney Imagineering, as well as the co-founder of Associates and Ferren, a visual effects company who supplied visual effects for Star Trek V. A popular guest lecturer, Bran has addressed over 100 professional groups in the entertainment, business and scientific communities. He serves on several federally funded science, technology and management advisory boards.[/expand]
Having won many awards, including three Academy Awards for technical achievement, Bran Ferren is a highly inspiring speaker with unparalleled knowledge and insight into the ways invention, creativity and technology interact for business success. He is an incredible resource whose impact on daily operations can be measured by the passage of time. He fills his presentations with ideas gleaned from his vision of design and technology’s future, and he offers concrete ways to redesign innovation processes that come from his experience as one of our finest innovation practitioners.[/expand]
Bran Ferren is an energetic speaker, at once inspiring and articulate, knowledgeable and insightful. He really makes you think longer and broader.[/expand]
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Topics
How to Organize for Innovation: The Art and Science of the Imagination
Vision
Creativity
Education
Technology
Credentials
New York Drama Desk Award
Los Angeles Critics Circle Award
Maharam Foundation Annual Theater Design Award
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Ferren its Technical Achievement Award (1983), Scientific and Engineering award (1987)
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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