
Bruce Kodish, Institute of General Semantics
"'Shoot Yourself!' Korzybski Said"
|

Tyler Volk, New York University
"Building Hope for Global Prosperity in 2050"
|

B.W. Powe, York University
"Visions of Marshall McLuhan and Northrup Frye: Alchemy and Synergy"
|

Robert Priest, Now Magazine
"Meme Splicing and Reversals: A Poetry Reading"
|

The morning audience reacts to Robert Priest's poetry
|

Michael Ben-Eli, Sustainability Laboratory
"The Cybernetics of Change, the Media and the Challenge of Sustainability"
|

Paul Levinson, Fordham University
"New New Media"
|

Many students of Paul Levinson attend his presentation
|

Denise Schmandt-Besserat, University of Texas, Austin
"The Human Form as Symbol in 7000 BC"
|

Alan Kay, Viewpoints Research Institute
"The World of Null-W"
|

Ben Hauck and Mary Purcell staff the registration table for the conference
|

"Minds and Meanings: A Panel Discussion"
(L to R) Thom Gencarelli, Manhattan College; Renee Hobbs, Temple University;
Jerome Bruner, New York University; Kenneth Gergen, Taos Institute
|

Attendees mingle after dinner just before the 57th Alfred Koryzybski Memorial Lecture
|

IGS Ambassador-at-Large Milton Dawes speaks with another attendee
|

Alan Hayakawa (up-center)
Katherine Liepe-Levinson (down-center)
|

Pam Miller and Pier Marton share a word at the book sales table
|

Suzannah Leseur, a student at Manhattan College, was most helpful in the administration of the conference
|

The audience is packed for the 57th AKML
|

Lance Strate, Executive Director of the Institute of General Semantics,
gives introductory remarks preceding the AKML
|

The audience listens intently ...
|

... and grins!
|

Martin H. Levinson, President of the Institute of General Semantics,
presents Laura E. Bertone the Inaugural Samuel I. Hayakawa Book Prize
for her book The Hidden Side of Babel: Unveiling Cognition, Intelligence and Sense
|

Laura Bertone accepts her award
|

Jacqueline J. Rudig, Vice President of the Institute of General Semantics,
presents Frank J. Scardilli the 2009 J. Talbot Winchell Award recognizing
his 55 years of indispensible contributions, accomplishments and
time-binding efforts in service to the Institute of General Semantics
|

Frank Scardilli accepts his award
|

Christine Nystrom accepts an award herself
|

John P. Harrington, Dean of Faculty, Fordham University,
introduces Mary Catherine Bateson, the 57th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecturer
|

The audience listens to Dean Harrington's introduction
|

Christine Nystrom shows her award for the camera
|

Mary Catherine Bateson, Institute of Intercultural Studies
"The Changing Shapes of Lives: Making Meaning Across Time"
The 57th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture
|

Mary Catherine Batesome spellbinds the audience for far longer than an hour
|