The Big Thinkers are a multi-disciplinary group of stakeholders, experts and entrepreneurs that are engaged in the Big Think to look at the global challenge system in broad terms to understand the critical issues across a broad spectrum of sectors, from government to research to business. As a result of the varied and insightful perspectives voiced there, each Big Think is held to finalize the Challenge Statement in advance of its release.
LAUNCH: Systems Big Think, March 20, 2013, GSA Federal Building, San Francisco, CA
The topic was "Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Fabric & Material System" and a broad array of sectors and interests were represented, including: academia, chemistry, design, consumer advocates, manufacturing, and industry collaborators. LAUNCH: Systems Challenge 2013 focuses on materials of which fabrics are made with a focus on positive social and environmental impact; and the “making” or manufacturing of fabrics utilizing low or positive environmental impact approaches, with a bias toward inclusive business models that positively develop human capital, respect rights and deliver shared value.
LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Big Think, March 1, 2012, Microsoft Design Center, San Francisco, CA
A broad array of sectors and interests were represented, including: solid waste management, waste water, waste to energy systems, electronic waste, zero waste design and processes, and bioplastics. The LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Challenge focused on Converting Waste to Value, Designing for Zero Waste and Data Visualization and systems for waste management. Click here to hear "Words of Wisdom" from the LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Big Think.
LAUNCH: Energy Big Think, May 18, 2011, NASA HQ, Washington DC
A broad array of sectors and interests were represented, including: renewable energy, waste to energy, smart grid, energy efficiency, and energy access for the developing world. The LAUNCH: Energy Challenge focused on distributed energy systems for both the developed and developing world including energy generation, storage and efficiency.
LAUNCH: Health Big Think, July 7, 2010, US Dept of State, Washington DC
A broad array of sectors and interests were represented, including: global health, immunology and vaccine development, wellness, food and fitness. The LAUNCH: Health Challenge focused on mHealth and diagnostics, vaccine delivery systems and digital wellness systems and monitoring.
LAUNCH: Water Big Think, October 2009, NASA Ames, Mountain View, CA
The LAUNCH: Water Big Think was convened at NASA Ames with LAUNCH Council members Diana Yousef and Khosrow Farabakhsh to explore issues and technologies around water access, water supply and water demand from both national and global perspectives. The LAUNCH: Water Challenge focused on improved access, sanitation, efficient water use and sustainable water management.
Sustainability experts at the LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Big Think, in San Francisco, 1 March 2012
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LAUNCH: Systems 2013 Big Thinkers
Amanda Cattermole, Levi Strauss and Company
Celestine Johnson, Innovation Endeavors
David Levine, Haas School of Business, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Edward N. Thomas, NIKE
Dr. Geoff Duyk, TPG Biotechnology Group
Jay Nalbach, CRAiLAR
Jill Dumain, Patagonia
Lorrie Vogel, NIKE
Lynda Grose, California College of the Arts (CCA)
Dr. Lynn Rothschild, NASA
Mark Lee, SustainAbility
Paul Dillinger, Levi Strauss and Co.
Ryan Young, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Sam Baker, Just Business
Shashi Buluswar, LBNL Institute of Globally Transformative Technologies
Susan Ballati, Santa Clara University, Center for Science, Technology and Society
Thane Kreiner, Center for Science, Technology and Society
LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Big Thinkers
Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, Goodwill Industries San Francisco
Mitra Ardron, Natural Innovation
Jason Arambaru, Re-Char
Regan Bach, Irontree Consulting
John Balbach, CleanPath Ventures
Dave Blakley, IDEO
Felicity Carus, Journalist
Ed Church, Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship
Arthur Cimento, Recology
Patty Debenham, Trash Free Seas Alliance
John Duffy, Eleos Foundation
June Grant, AECOM
Lynda Grose, Goodwill
Alison Hill, Vestergaard Frandsen
Kiran Jethwa, Fumase
Monica Jain, Manta Consulting
Bruce Klafter, Applied Materials
Michael Kleeman, UCSD School of International Relations
Nick Lapis, Californians Against Waste
Peter Mulligan, EZ*PZ
George Obrelian, Project Kaisei
Jean-Louis Robadey, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Dennis Ross, Koar Energy Resources
Shally Shanker, Systemic Impact
Mark Tonkin, DTI-r
Jonathan Trent, NASA Ames
Marnie Webb, TechSoup Global
Gary Wolff, StopWaste
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LAUNCH: Energy Big Thinkers
Sonia Aggarwal, ClimateWorks Foundation
Mark Bernstein, USC Energy Institute
Felicity Carus, The Guardian
Michael Danaher, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Alex Dehgan, USAID
Steve Eichenlaub, Intel Capital
Carrie Freeman, Intel
Mark Grobmyer, SEAF Cleantech Deployment Fund
Jeff Haeni, USAID
Matthew Helm, NineSigma
Daniel Kammen, World Bank
Sanjeev Krishan, Global Environment Fund
Peter Lehner, National Resource Defense Council
Greg Loosvelt
Colin McCormick, Department of Energy
Laura Meadors, Director SK Telecom
Jacob Moss, US Dept of State
Vishal Patel, US Dept of State
Guy Pinjuv, Carbon War Room
Shaifali Puri, Scientists Without Borders
James Reuther, NASA
Adam Rogers, Wired Magazine
Kath Rowley, Climate Policy Initiative
Kim Schilling
Robbie Schingler, NASA
Jigar Shah, Carbon War Room
Rob Stoner, MIT Energy Initiative
Uday Varadarajan, Climate Policy Initiative
Mikkel Vestergaard, Vestergaard Frandsen
Cyrus Wadia, The White House, OSTP
Diana Yousef, Senior Advisor to LAUNCH
LAUNCH: Health Big Thinkers
Dr. Jeff Davis, NASA
Thomas Goetz, Wired
Annie Heremans, Johnson and Johnson
Michael Newton, Nike
Elizabeth Richard, NASA
Jessica Sims, US Dept of State
Mikkel Vestergaard, Vestergaard Frandsen
LAUNCH: Water Big Thinkers
Khosrow Farahbakhsh, University of Guelph, Engineering
Diana Yousef, Senior Advisor to LAUNCH
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