I'm at the PUSH conference in Minneapolis. You can read all about it online. There are a couple hundred people here all huddled in the Walker's small theater listening to inspiring speakers. The conference is described as exploring "the juicy intersection" of science, art, technology,and commerce. The attendees are from business, the media, academia, and marketing, design, and technology firms. It's an interesting mix of people and ideas. We just had a great presentation from Loretta Hidalgo who is the President of the Space Generation Foundation ("Young people using space to make a difference in the world.") She is a space enthusiast and is looking forward to going in to space some day herself.

The inspiration for PUSH comes from its founder, Cecily Sommers, who thinks that we ought to spend more time identifying the right questions, which we can do by first identifying "issues of consequence," and exploring them "with the greatest minds we can find." The result is the ability to "shape the questions that matter most." It's about inquiry, not answers. We're lucky it's in our very own town.

Yesterday evening, 89.3 had a lovely event at Solera to meet and greet volunteers. There was a good turnout and it's always fun to meet our listeners. If you want to volunteer there is a link on The Current's home page where you can sign up. Thanks to everyone who attended!