Dr. Bray carries out research to solve big, real-world problems using technology. It’s not just big problems that Bray is interested in solving; it’s the near-impossible ones. “You tell me it’s never been done before, you tell me it’s impossible and I’m like, ‘okay, that’s what I want!’’ Like preventing pandemics? As Principal at LeadDoAdapt Ventures, Dr. Bray’s passions include shaping the Future of Data, Bio, and Space and providing strategic direction, advice, and leadership to organizations confronting turbulent environments. He accepted a role of Co-Chair for 2016-2017 with an IEEE Committee focused on Artificial Intelligence, automated systems, and innovative policies globally and has been serving as a Visiting Executive In-Residence at Harvard University since 2015 and as a Faculty Member giving talks on Impact and Disruption at Singularity University since 2017. He has been an invited keynote speaker to CEOs, world leaders, and crowds of more than 3,000 participants at events in India, Vietnam, Australia, Taiwan, Dubai, South Africa, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Talking about her exhibit of environmentally themed work in the Littleton Museum in Littleton, Colorado. Kalliopi Monoyios seeks to reach people by embracing the complexity of our relationship with plastics and speaking openly about it. By subverting the recognized functions of various everyday plastic materials, she encourages us to look at it anew, as a material that is beautiful and surprising. Featuring a combination of framed works, free-standing sculptures, large quilts, and installation, the exhibit combines single-use plastic food wrappers, PTFE (aka Teflon) dental floss, silicone contact lenses, discarded phone and computer cords, and other surprising plastics (spoiler alert: chewing gum is plastic!) as fine art media. We will explore a place where people can honestly assess their own patterns of consumption and imagine a world where our plastic pollution problems are behind us.