Mark Brand

Mark Brand on Food and Community

Mark Brand went from the street to the kitchen, and brought street smarts with him, along with many people who’d otherwise have nowhere to go. He’ll tell us about his efforts and preview what he’ll...

An Unconventional Urban Activist on Food, Employment, and Upward Mobility

Mark Brand is a new kind of leader. He was once homeless and addicted to drugs. Now, he’s an entrepreneurial chef who runs a series of successful Vancouver-based businesses and projects that use food to...

Techonomy 19

The theme for Techonomy 2019 in Half Moon Bay, California was “Reset and Restore: Governing Tech, Retrieving Ethics, and Acting on Climate.” We are in a unique period when corporate responsibility and big-picture thinking is...

NYC 19

The world is in sad shape, which means, among other challenging realities, that all of us need to ensure our work contributes to larger solutions. Tech changes everything, which we love, but it can’t just...