Applied Brilliance is one of the most original and influential thought leadership events, designed to raise the level of creativity, innovation and applied intelligence for creative, marketing and design professionals. Applied Brilliance is unlike any other executive-level conference. This annual two-day event presents an original interdisciplinary approach that reveals critical shifts in cultural trends. It is designed as a non-commercial, powerful collaboration among attendees and world-class thought leaders in identifying the most important emerging trends and issues that affect us professionally and personally. Applied Brilliance has earned a reputation for providing ahead-of-the-curve information and inspiration and has already proven itself to be the event for professionals interested in thinking more expansively and creatively as they design how we work, live and play. It is supported by leading industry brands of products and services, which work alongside attendees and speakers exploring innovative approaches to solving problems.

Presenters are 19 brilliant speakers ranging from poets, philosophers and economists, to scientists, artists and futurists. Their insights on emerging trends and cultural paradigm shifts provide actionable roadmaps to the future. Through a systems-thinking approach, speakers and attendees engage in Socratic problem solving exercises providing solutions for our complex, interconnected world. Applied Brilliance informs, inspires, confounds, provokes and transforms.