Tickets

BIL is 62% Paid For! BIL is 62% Paid For *Extremely important information: This is not a ticket, this is a donation! You can fill in any amount you wish in the $50 box! Our ‘suggested donation’ is to make sure we cover the costs, however our goal is to have participants! Giving what you can will help us cover costs, especially if you invite a friend! Thank you for spreading this amazing opportunity! Giving the suggested amount or more makes us breathe a bit easier. Thank you to those that can! BIL costs the same amount as one TED ticket, plus a nice dinner.

Tickets on Eventbrite If you have a volunteer, sponsor, or partner code, you may enter it at the end of the ticketing process. Please see our Sponsor Page for the added benefits of being a BILder, Philanthropist or Sponsor! The ticket tiers are as follows: $500.00 Sponsor $250.00 Philanthropist $100.00 BILder $50.00 SUGGESTED PRICE $25.00 Students and Starving Artists An extra note: We want you to come at any amount. There is no top down structure, we are all equal volunteers. It is vital that each person understands that this is an “unconference” with full ownership of BIL. Collaboration and creativity makes BIL come alive! The pre-org team works very hard to keep costs down by depending on many people to donate their useful items, time, and talent. This page is about direct financial donation. Money gives us unencumbered freedom to work on BIL’s behalf. Make no mistake, an artist, speaker, active listener, interested curious mind, maker or game facilitator that gives far less money, but far more personal touch is vitally important. Direct financial contribution is a necessity, as some items simply cost. On behalf of the pre- org team as well as BIL Collaborative, thank you! Give what you can!! If we’re short, we’ll make it up in the auction! ;) If we have a profit, it supports BIL Collaborative, the non profit, to grow all BIL’s everywhere (team goal)! BIL LA is the official fundraiser for BIL Collaborative, the non profit for BIL.

Donate

Donate BIL Conference is an all-volunteer donation-run event. We thank you for your tax-deductible contribution!

Sponsor

Donate Increase your exposure to motivated people spreading great ideas! We expect 400 attendees this year and have had anywhere from 200 to 800 attendees with less than a months notice – every year. Attendance is open to everyone. This openness makes BIL a wonderful interdisciplinary resource that aids in a cross pollination of ideas. There are several ways to be a sponsor of BIL. Donate your time, physical resources or money. BIL greatly appreciates those donations! Right now, BIL needs more money to cover basic costs in order to keep low ticket prices and foster an inclusive atmosphere for a range of attendees. SPONSOR WITH:please click the links to gather your information for each contribution. - Monetary Contribution: via PayPal, cash or credit card - Tangible Items: tables, chairs, sofas, rentals, audiovisual equipment - Food: lunch, breakfast, coffee, drinks, other foodstuffs - Memorabilia: BIL T-shirts, stickers, trinkets - Sponsor a Table: Set up your own area at BIL to tell us who you are and what you do! ($250) Sign up to submit In-Kind (physical items) donations here! The four sponsorship levels are:

• Bronze: $100 donation
• Silver: $250 donation or Sponsored Interactive Table
• Gold: $500 or Items that make the space function
• Platinum: $1000 or Invaluable Operations Sponsor SPONSOR BENEFITS Expose your products, services and ideas to a worldwide community. Your donation above $75 is tax deductible. Our fiscal sponsor, Home & Community, will provide you with a letter of acknowledgement in the week following the conference. A letter of acknowledgement will not declare the retail amount, you declare that on your tax forms yourself. When you sponsor BIL LA 2016, you will receive the immediate satisfaction of: BRONZE SPONSORSHIP ($100) We will provideOne Free Ticketto attend the event on April 2nd & 3rd. A square BIL Pin created by Cabany & Co. designating you as a sponsor. As a VIP attendee you will also receive a* Free BIL Tee.* SILVER SPONSORSHIP ($250) Bronze package plus… A round BIL Pin created by Cabany & Co. designating you as a sponsor. We will provideTwo Free Ticketsto attend the event on April 2nd & 3rd. As a VIP attendee you will also receive a* Two Free BIL Tee’s.* Embedding your website on our BIL website. Your Logodispersed on BIL media and on our conference posters. Andyour contribution is tax deductibleas BIL LA 2016 is 501(c)(3) accredited.

GOLD SPONSORSHIP ($500) Bronze & Silver plus… Your Cards/Media displayed throughout conference venue. Your Recognition on stage by our MC’s, and recorded for dispersal through YouTube We will provideFour Free Ticketsto attend the event on April 2nd & 3rd. As a VIP attendee you will also receive* Four Free BIL Tee’s.* PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP ($1000) Bronze, Silver & Gold plus… We will provide Four Free Drink Tickets for our Saturday Night Formal at Elevate Lounge! We will also work with you to tailor a sponsor package that meets your specific requirements! As this is an unconference, we are open to unique ideas you may have for getting your company’s name out there to our audience. Below are guidelines regarding what is tax deductible: -Donation of money/Financial sponsorship -“Donated property may generally be deducted at the fair market value of the property at the time of the contribution. However, there are special rules for the donation of cars and other vehicles.” For more info, see Give.org Below are guidelines regarding what is NOT tax deductible: -Donation of time -Lending of property Monies given to BIL are considered a donation and are tax-deductible. BIL is able to work its non-profit magic through Home & Community Inc, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which serves as the fiscal sponsor for BIL Conference: LA. Their tax ID # is 52-2257551. Home & Community Inc receives donations and makes payments on behalf of BIL Conference: LA. Click here to donate directly, or submit in-kind donations here! Your financial sponsorship of BIL Conference:LA is tax-deductible through Home&Community Inc to the fullest extent of the law in the U.S. Individual donors may take a tax deduction up to $500 on their U.S. income taxes. No forms are required by the government. They may deduct up to $5,000 if they fill out IRS Form 8283 Noncash Charitable Deductions. An appraisal is not required; the donor may list any amount. However, donated items over $5000 in value must be appraised to qualify for a tax deduction. Home&Community Inc will provide an acknowledgement for donations over $75. WHERE THE MONEY GOES Anything someone does not volunteer to do. Currently our budget is going to:

• Venue, security, insurance, permits $4,500
• Tee-Shirts $1000
• Bagel Brunch $400
• Saturday Party Budget $500
• Equipment Rental $1500
• Tables and Chairs $500
• Other Expenses $750 If you wish to sponsor something else, like an open bar for two hours Friday, Saturday or Sunday evening, where everybody knows YOUR COMPANY’S NAME . . . please contact Christy Fair directly at christy@bilconference.com. At one BIL, Joyent sponsored lunch via pizza delivery for the entire conference. That was awesome. CURRENT SPONSORS This year our sponsors include:

OMGespresso.co

PREVIOUS SPONSORS

Volunteering

If you would like to volunteer at BIL, please fill out the form using the button below! Sign Up to Volunteer A few of the roles we are looking to fill: Pre-Planning Committee: Be involved from the ground up! WE have monthly, and eventually weekly calls discussing the progress of BIL. Sponsorhip Coordination: Find sponsors for BIL! Be the point person for Sponsor Relations and follow up. Do you know people who’d be interested in supporting an unconference? Auction Curator: help garner items for the auction and create description cards for the MC’s on the day of the event. Help keep the auction items organized and collect donor and winner information for follow up. Speaker Wrangler: These people work in conjunction with the MC’s to find speakers, make sure they’ve submitted their materials to AV and that they are on deck on time. It is a bustling conference, and this is an important job to keep things running smoothly! Social Media Team: Do you love posting on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Periscope? Do you have website building experience and want to help maintain our information flow? Join our Social Media Team and help us get the word out about BIL! Registration Maven: These people reign over the registration table; checking people in, handling money, answering questions, guarding equipment, and being the first point of contact for all BILders! We can’t run without them! Time Lord: If the talks are your favorite part of BIL, this job is for you! Watch the talks, and let speakers know when their time is up. Another important job to help things keep on track. MC: We have several stages and need MC’s to help keep them organized and moving along. Videographer: Help us document BIL and create content for our YouTube page! General Volunteer: Things always need to be moved around, found, handed off, gotten, organized and done. Help us do the things! Photographer: We always have a host of talented photographers attend BIL every year. Join the team! BIL Youth Coordinator: Spearhead the BIL Youth Suite! Last year they created and edited their own content. It was awesome. We’re open to suggestions of what to do this year! Host an Activity: We’ve had speed friending, The College of Lockpicking, Raw Science and robots and kettle ball instruction! Got an idea for an interactive activity? Go for it. VIP Coordinator: Sometimes people will donate generously to BIL, money or products. Or we may have high profile guests or speakers. Work alongside the Sponsorship Coordinator to make our VIP’s know how grateful we are!

Interactives

As we have interactives sign up, we will post them here. If you have an interactive experience that you would like to host, please sign up on the volunteer form with the button below! Sign up an Interactive — Create:Fixate, the LA-based non-profit for emerging artists, will be running a “Kreativity Zone” for adults, allowing participants to flex their creative muscles with childlike arts and crafts. Best known for their large-scale art exhibitions and Young Creatives program for at-risk youth, Create:Fixate strives to elevate creativity and provide a community around artistic expression. — We are so excited to have Bulletproof butter coffee at BIL again this year! — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ceZFpvVVU0 Hollywood Curling is a volunteer-run non-profit organization made up of amateur athletes who are passionate about the sport of curling, and strive to bring exposure to our community. Our goal is to offer the game of curling to the local community, foster the social and competitive spirit of curling, and teach and develop curlers to compete at a local, national and international level. — The much-beloved tea table, with exotic teas and a more intimate, lounge-like atmosphere, is back again this year, curated by Purple Widow. Ms. Widow was an apprentice last year under Barnaby Gallagher. This year, she will be on her own, pulling out all the stops to “refresh not only your body, but your mind and soul as well,” At her table, BIL’ders will be able to quench their thirst, and - thanks to another of Purple Widow’s many skills - they will be able to learn lock-picking, too. — Game Box Monthly is a subscription box that sends new and different awesome board games to our subscribers each month. There has been a renaissance in board game publishing in the last few years, mostly thanks to the invention of crowdsourcing. A multitude of games have been published in the last few years, many of them by small independent publishers working out of their garage without the benefit of the kinds of advertising available to big companies. At Game Box Monthly, we find the best and rescue them from obscurity. Game Box Monthly is unique in that it guarantees it won’t send you a game you already have and offers the option of customizing your subscription towards the kind of games you like. — Sound Bath With Sonorous Cello and Otherworldly Chanting, by Mystic Pete Performing Saturday, April 2nd, at 12:00PM A beautiful sonic journey will take participants into states of deep relaxation and meditation. Quiet is requested of those attending this event. Mystic Pete is an author, radio host, cellist, music and video producer, and meditation guide. He hosts a popular radio show, “In A Dream,” one of the only broadcast shows on the West Coast featuring the DJ community, on KXLU, 88.9 fm, Los Angeles, Saturday nights at midnight PT. Learn more at MysticPete.com — The Sex Nerd is in! Sex Nerd Sandra will answer your questions. Endlessly Curious. Always Sex Positive. — Producer, maker, creative catalyst, startup guide & author Evo Heyning invites people to do a Lovemapping: a unique drawing tool Evo created as an exercise for communicating with people. 10 minute exercise. —

Auction

Every year we host an auction to help raise funds for our event! We are grateful for all of our donors for providing us a fun way to fund our event! To become a donor, fill out the Auction Form HERE! BIL Collaborative is a 501(c)(3) organization. EIN # 52-2257551. In the past, generous donors have included: Bulletproof Coffee (gift basket) Martin Horowitz (large scale museum quality print of your choice) EarthDrop Designs (jewelry) OnSiteMac (computer services) Two Bit Circus (tour & ticket package) Mainline Water Filtration (water filter) Steve Payne Photography (portrait session) KitHub (gift certificate) … just to name a few!

Kids

Last year we had a BIL Youth Suite where kids recorded and edited their own content. If you would like to sign up to volunteer for BIL Youth, please do so on our volunteer form here. Let us know your ideas and what you’d like to contribute! This year, LA Makerspace will host a KIDS @ BIL CORNER!

Things We Need

If you want to help out, please see our google doc for things we need that you might be able to bring! Things We Need

F.A.Q. & Logistics

BIL LA 2016 FAQ WHAT IS BIL?WHAT DOES BIL STAND FOR? WHERE CAN I WATCH BIL TALKSWHEN IS BIL LA 2016?WHERE IS BIL LA 2016?HOTELSPARKING & PUBLIC TRANSITWHO IS IN CHARGE OF BIL LA?WHAT HAPPENS AT BIL LA?IS BIL LA KID FRIENDLY?WHO IS BIL?HOW MUCH IS BIL? WHO SPEAKS AT BIL? DO SPEAKERS HAVE TO BUY A TICKET?SPEAKER SCHEDULINGSHARING ROOMS AND RIDESSPEAKING AT BILBIL 2016 AV Presentation GuidelinesDay of Event Guidelines for SpeakersVOLUNTEERINGBEFORE AND AFTER CONFERENCE ACTIVITIESSPONSORING BILSOCIAL MEDIATHANK YOU! —

### WHAT IS BIL? BIL is an ad-hoc conference for people looking to change the world in big ways. It’s a place for passionate people to come together to energize, brainstorm, and take action. BIL brings together inspiring talks, world-changing people, amazing ideas. Yes, the naming & unconference spirit was a play off of the formal & elite approach that TED employed to share ideas. BIL was born out of a play off of TED in an Excellent Adventure sort of way.

WHAT DOES BIL STAND FOR? BIL doesn’t necessarily stand for anything. BIL is purposefully not a fixed acronym, because BIL creates the open space, like a blank canvas, for you to have a say in what goes on and what gets talked about. Instead of one small group deciding what’s important, BIL creates your space to take charge of the future that is unfolding right now! There are many that feel like they can’t make a difference on there own, but at BIL we can truly be more than the sum of our parts. It is often said that the magic of BIL is found in the conversations, new friendships, and world-changing collaborations. Do you want it to stand for something? Create the BIL you want to see! There are infinite possibilities… Beautiful. Intellectuals. Learning. Brilliant. Ideas. Lurking. What’s your definition? B______. I______. L________ —

WHERE CAN I WATCH BIL TALKS? On our Youtube Page! You can also find talks here on our website. Browse the eventsand you can find that event’s speakers and talks!

WHEN IS BIL LA 2016? Friday, April 1 Friday Set-Up Volunteers will help set up the venue during the day. To be part of the team, sign up here! Friday Night Meet & Greet from 7:30-10:30 at Library Bar after Organizers have set up the venue. LIBRARY BAR 630 W 6th St #116A Los Angeles, CA 90017 We like to welcome those from out of town, reacquaint with old friends and introduce new BILders to each other.

Saturday, April 2 Volunteers are up early in the morning, doors open at 9am on Saturday, and then we unconference until 5pm. People then have the opportunity to eat, rest and put on something swanky for our Saturday Night Party. The evening starts around 8pm and we’ll be partying until midnight or so. Sunday, April 3 On Sunday this year, we will resume, doors open at 10 am, with a relaxed coffee and bagel brunch. Talks will begin at 11:30 on Sunday and go until 6pm. Everyone is welcome to help us break down. We’d like to be out of the venue by 7pm so we can all go eat!

WHERE IS BIL LA 2016? A community of creative professionals co-working in beautifully designed workspaces located throughout Los Angeles, Cross Campus is the office reimagined. We are proud to be the inaugural event at their new DTLA location. Cross Campus 800 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 Library Bar: Friday Night Meet & Greet 630 W 6th St #116A Los Angeles, CA 90017 We are still actively crowdsourcing locations for our Saturday Night Party(TBD). If you have contacts and ideas, submit your proposals on our Facebook Group page

HOTELS The Mayfair Hotel 1256 W 7th St Los Angeles, CA 90017 Tel: (213) 632-1200 Fax: (213) 484-2769 Email: info@mayfairla.com City Center Hotel 1135 W 7th Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 Telephone:213 627 2581 Toll Free:800 457 6889 FAX:213 627 8748 E-mail:citycenterhotella@yahoo.com — Stay on Main 640 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90014 Telephone: 213.213.7829 —

### PARKING & PUBLIC TRANSIT We are strongly encouraging people to take the metro or other public transportation as parking is scarce and expensive. There are park and ride lots around town and Cross Campus is across street from 7th Street Metro Station. But if you do decide to drive, aside from street parking, here are a few options. Some places have Early Bird rates before 9am. — 800 Wilshire Blvd Subterranean Lot Parking Concepts, Inc. 800 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 623-2661 Mon-Fri 6am-8pm 15 Mins: $ 2.50 1 Hour: $ 10.00 Until Closing: $ 30.00 — Standard Parking Garage 811 Wilshire 616 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 327-0499 Mon-Fri 6am-9pm 12 Mins: $ 2.50 Early Bird: $13.00 (in by 9am) Max: $27.50 Evening: $ 6.00 (in after 4pm) — LAZ Parking 915 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 362-9044 Mon-Fri 24 hours 12 Mins: $ 3.00 24 Hours: $ 30.00 Early Bird: $ 18.00 (in by 9:30am) — Ace Parking Management, Inc. Roosevelt Garage 727 West 7th Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 (310) 693-0362 Mon-Fri 7:30am-6pm 15 Mins: $ 2.50 Max: $12.50

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF BIL LA? There are a few dedicated uber volunteers that could loosely be described as being in charge. (And we’re all grateful for their hard work.) But everyone coming is expected to chip in in whatever way they see fit. If you see something that you think ought to be done, do it. Part of the magic, and what people come to love about BIL, is in the active participation. Draw a sign, move a chair, take out the trash, give a talk or become a Speaker Wrangler! Participation is the experience. Kinda like life, BIL happens because you make it happen. Volunteer!

WHAT HAPPENS AT BIL LA? In addition to talks, there will also be Interactive happenings, live painting, parties, dances, or any other social activities that you choose to make happen. People who have something to share give talks. Different communities mash-up and find new perspectives.

IS BIL LA KID FRIENDLY? Yes! BIL is kid friendly. Its probably not the best place for a newborn as they’ll never get to take a nap, but if you have anyone from 5 up you’re probably in the clear. We are still looking for a BIL Youth coordinator this year! if you have ideas or would like to lead, fill out our volunteer form and let us know! Please remember kids are ticketed, as BIL is all donation run. We have a capacity limit and all ticket donations contribute to paying for the conference. You may pay the lower ticket price from “Students and Starving Artists” for children if you prefer. We do want to warn you however, that some talks can be of adult nature at BIL. If a particular talk is offensive to you or your children, we provide many alternatives within the venue during the short talks for you to find something else to do!

WHO IS BIL? BIL is YOU! BIL is a participant-powered counterpart to the TED conference. (Insert BIL & TED quotes & dialogue here.) The talks are really secondary to the people. Tons of incredibly interesting and brilliant people attend BIL, and most of them are open to chatting with any other BIL attendee about any topic that suits their fancy. You will probably spend much more time in conversations with fascinating people than you will listening to talks. BIL is run by its attendees so as you register, don’t forget to volunteer. Volunteer Sign up: Volunteer!

HOW MUCH IS BIL? Fun fact. Each year BIL on average takes about the same value as 1-2 TED tickets to run the event properly. Take that in for just a second. One single attendee at TED could possibly pay for most of our entire event with his or her single ticket value. The BIL community crowdsources organizers and then entrusts its pre-event organizers to assess the financial cost of the event. We then ask for a suggested donation from each participant (volunteers, speakers, listeners, artists, performers) so that we can pay for this year as well as support the sustainability and growth of BIL. You are not buying a normal ticket. Your donation pays for the venue, some structure, and a few services. Some participants can give more of their talent, some can give more of their time, and some can give more money. We are all valuable. A ticket to BIL can run as low as $25 for starving artists and students. The suggested ticket/donation price is $50. We always appreciate those who sponsor BIL with buying a larger ‘ticket’ donation. It subsidizes those who have financial constraints and allows us to create an inclusive event. Buying your ticket now helps organizers start paying for things! We thank you! Get your tickets! Get your friend one too!

WHO SPEAKS AT BIL? You should! Seriously, if you’re not ready to formally submit a talk ahead of time, sign up for an open slot while you are there. Like TED, our speakers spread interesting, useful, and cutting edge ideas. But at BIL, anyone and everyone is welcome to speak. There will be several stages and speakers talking simultaneously, plus other activities going on throughout the weekend. Main Stage Speakers will be selected from the list of those that apply on our website. You can find pervious BIL Talks here! Main Speaker application – Due 3/14/16 11:59pm PST Speaker Form

DO SPEAKERS HAVE TO BUY A TICKET? Yes. BIL is an all volunteer and donation run non-profit conference. All participants pitch in to share the cost of putting on the event. Anyone can attend and anyone can be a speaker. BIL only happens because you make it happen.

SPEAKER SCHEDULING 1. Main Stage- 15 minute talks, curated by the Benevolent Dictatorship, you will be informed if you are a Main Stage Speaker via email on Monday, March 15th. 2. Mobius Stage- 5-25 minute talks (10 minute blocks with 5 minute buffer) You can sign up for either day, the morning of or on “virtual whiteboards” after March 15th if you signed up to speak ahead of time. Science and Tech themed talks. 3. Meliorist Stage- 5-25 minute talks (10 minute blocks with 5 minute buffer) You can sign up for either day, the morning of or on “virtual whiteboards” after March 15th if you signed up to speak ahead of time. Humanities themed talks. 4. Roundtable Discussions- there will be a designated area for roundtable discussion. Sign up on the whiteboard to schedule day of.

### SHARING ROOMS AND RIDES Crowdsource ride and room sharing on our BIL LA Facebook Group or on the BIL LA 2016 Event Page

SPEAKING AT BIL

BIL 2016 AV Presentation Guidelines Submit Your Presentation, this is all about how we (Team BIL) get your presentation’s files prior to the event so AV goes smoothly! For ALL speakers, please submit your presentation (powerpoint, PDF, Slideshare, etc) to Dune Harman at dune@bilconference.com - First Draft: by Sunday, March 19, 2016 - FINAL DRAFT: by Wednesday, March 29, 2016 1. Ensure presentation is in one of the following formats: Microsoft Powerpoint PDF (Non-interactive, Text/Images Only) Slideshare or similar 2. Commit your first slide as the Title to include the following information: - The TITLE of your Talk - The Subtitle or Description of your talk (Optional) - Your Name - Your Title (Optional) - Your Company or Employer (Optional) - Your Contact Information (Optional, but ensure that BIL has it!) 3. Leave a 5% margin around the edge of your slides - some projectors can cut the edges off! 4. If you wish to present your slides from your own device: Ensure you bring the appropriate display adaptors: Most projectors have HDMI and VGA inputs 5. If you are not presenting your slides on your own laptop, you will be relying on a VOLUNTEER AV OPERATOR who will advance slides at your cue. If this makes you uncomfortable, see Section 4 above and bring your own device to present on! Considerations: Do not expect or rely on BIL Volunteers to install software to accommodate your presentation! We do our best, but hiccups happen. Follow the guidelines above and your presentation will be a success! SLIDESHARE / INTERNET PRESENTATION SOFTWARE USERS: Have an alternate form of your presentation available: In the event of internet problems, make sure your talk still happens!

Day of Event Guidelines for Speakers 1. Be prepared to meet with AV 45 minutes before your talk to make sure your presentation is set to go. This gives the team time to problem solve if there are any kinks. 2. Please be 15 minutes early to your scheduled talk to go over your bio with the MC and ensure your talk starts on time. 3. A “time lord” will give 10, 5, and 2 minute warnings and alert the audience when to clap. 4. Q&A after your talk may be permissible if we are running on time. As a courtesy to the other speakers, please keep your presentations within the 5, 15, or 25 minute allotted time slot, depending on your designated stage. 5. Please see our Consent Release Form below to be filled out the day of the event. If you are going to talk, here are some guidelines. Other recommendations, watch Garr Reynolds talk on giving good talks. A 10 minute talk by Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen provides another good over view. Nancy Duarte, author of Slide:ology, has some good tips in the video here. You don’t have to follow everything they say, but they provide some good ideas . . . like do not bombard your audience with too many words on your slide. If they can read your slide, why do they need you?

VOLUNTEERING BIL happens because BILders make it happen. Every single BIL has been run solely by volunteers. We need your help, because you make BIL go. Every year we need people to help with A/V, speaker wrangling (Ie, once the schedule is set, we need someone to cue up the speakers and help them with the technology to make their slides go), live-streaming/video, information spreading, and anything else you like to see at a conference - you want morning coffee? Arrange it! We believe in you. For example, if you are the type that likes pretty name tags at a conference, you make it happen by taking the attendee list and combining it with your favorite way to make names, with some blanks for the many people that show up the day of. Sign up on the Volunteer form: here. Think of something we haven’t added? Add it. Additionally if you want to help with media or sponsorship pre-conference contact Fedje (fedje@bilconference.com) and she’ll direct you to the people who can help you help BIL.

BEFORE AND AFTER CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES Friday Day Set Up the Venue: to volunteer, sign up here! Friday Night Meet & Greet Reception: We like to welcome those from out of town, reacquaint with old friends and introduce new BILders to each other. Where: Library Bar 630 W 6th St #116A, Los Angeles, CA 90017 When: Friday, April 1, 2016. 7:30-10:30pm Food: Menu here Saturday Night Formal Cocktail Party: We are thrilled to announce our Saturday night Formal at Elevate Lounge! Sleek… Stylish… Unique… Encounter an Ultra-Lounge where indoor and outdoor become one. We will mingle at this 21st Floor penthouse and view the sights from above DTLA. Make sure to get swanky and meet us for cocktails from 8pm-9:30pm for our cash-bar private event. After 9:30 we will mix with the public at this extraordinary venue. Where: Elevate Lounge, 811 Wilshire Blvd, 21st Floor, LA, CA 90017 When: Saturday, April 2, 2016. 8pm-12am Dress Code:Upscale casual – collared shirt / well fitting jeans (no tears) / dress shoes for guys. Avoid anything that can be considered sportswear (track jackets, jerseys, sneakers, hats, etc). We’re calling it a formal and would love to see you decked to the nines! Cost: No Cover. Drinks $$ Valet: $8 Valet Service is available after 4pm on‎ Lebanon Street. Enter from Wilshire Boulevard between Figueroa and Flower Streets. Food: N/A but Takami Sushi is on the same floor. Info: http://www.discotech.me/los-angeles/elevate-lounge/ Sunday Night Wrap Up:the volunteers who stuck it out through the conference breakdown usually get some grub together somewhere close by. All are welcome, though TBD probably til that night.

SPONSORING BIL This is probably one of the most important tasks at BIL. In addition to the fact that no one is paid for putting over 500 hours of time, it is what keeps BIL affordable. To read about our Sponsorship options ($250 - $10k), follow this link. Without sponsors, you are on your own for things like coffee, lunch, snacks etc. Here is a break down of what the money is for:

Tangible Items - Venue ($4,000 for Cross Campus) Tables ($250 for 12-20 tables) Chairs ($350 for chairs plus delivery) A/V equipment ($$$) Tee Shirts ($1500) Pipe and Drape to cordon off each room and act as a sound barrier ($800)

Food - (IF YOU DON’T SPONSOR IT, IT WON’T HAPPEN) Hosted Drinks for BIL Organizers and Volunteers on Friday Night ($1500) (no sponsorship, everyone buys their own drinks) Lunch for Saturday ($2000) Lunch for Sunday ($2000) Sponsoring a Food Truck to come out either day ($1500 Deposit) Saturday 2 hour open Bar Party ($1500)

SOCIAL MEDIA BIL has historically used Twitter as a communication channel during the conference, sometimes we luck out and someone donates the use of walkie talkies for the weekend. For many people that like to live blog or tweet, this year’s hashtag is #billa2016. To see BIL’s current twitter feed using hashtags you can search for #billa2016 or click here. For a look at Flickr photos from past BILs, you can search under “bilconference” or bil, or bil20 where represents the last 2 digits of the year the photo was taken. You can do the same thing with youtube or vimeo videos. You also have the option of joining the conversation in the BIL LA 2016 Event Page.

THANK YOU! Your commitment to helping our community is sincerely appreciated. We would like to thank the many individuals that make BIL possible. We would like to give a special thanks to Cross Campus. We deeply appreciate how amazing the venue is, and the staff has been in making our event awesome! We would also like to thank this year’s sponsors:

BIL can’t happen without the help of our amazing sponsors. (to ask more questions you’d like to see in the FAQ send Fedje an email to: fedje@bilconference.com)

Why should I come to BIL?

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Speakers

Alex Lightman United Nations Alex Wormuth CEO, HexCare Alexander McCobin Ashley Tomasino Aubrey de Grey SENS Research Foundation Belle Phénomène Chris Vasquez Christine Peterson Co-Founder & Past President, Foresight Institute Christopher Spalding Clinton Mielke Cody Marx Bailey BIL Conference Cofounder D. Cotter Darren Fujimoto Devin O'Neill Founder, The Armageddon Club Dr. Kevin Peter Hickerson Eden Harman Bernardy Writer, Acting Coach Emmett Furey Evo Heyning Gary Stuart Gayle Karen Young Glenn Sagon Hamed Mirzaei Heather VanCura Isa Gordon SIGGRAPH CyberFashion Show Jason Bowers Jeffrey Szilagyi John Bates John Smart Josh Whiton Founder of TransLoc Judy Frankel Julia Bossmann Foresight Institute Julien Emile-Geay Justin Dudek Speaker Katherine Valentine Kenneth Hughes Kevin Lew Kevin Russell Linda Maepa Speaker Maria Entraigues-Abramson Global Outreach Coordinator, SENS Research Foundation Mary Lansing Mike "Pez" Pesavento Miryam Strautkalns Mya Stark Mystic Pete Radio Host, In a Dream Nathan Miller Neal Anderberg Noramay Cadena Pamela Hawley Paul A. Spiegel Paul Hynek & Gregg Katano Rahul Sonand Raj Singh Ralf-Rainer von Albedyhll Simmone Park Snohomish Brown Sonya Lee Stuart Sherman Suleiman Bakhit Tami Reiss Taylore Bonn Todd White Tom W. Bell Troy Gardner Speaker Veronica Flores Gardening Consultant

Talks

• 10 Simple Ways for Better Coffee (aka. you are probably brewing coffee all wrong...) — Troy Gardner ▶ video
• A Real Man — Jason Bowers ▶ video
• A Shamanic Nexus for Cancer Treatment — Paul A. Spiegel ▶ video
• And Along Comes Another Blog: How to Make Your Efforts Stand Out — Mary Lansing
• Art Monks and Remarriage to Science — Kenneth Hughes ▶ video
• Autonomous Cars and the Coming Transportation Cloud — Rahul Sonand ▶ video
• B2H: Brands' Path To Success In Social Media: Finding and Becoming One With Your Tribe - The Value In Humanizing Your Brand Online — D. Cotter ▶ video
• Be a Scientist — Tami Reiss ▶ video
• Biohacked Wine : Kill Your Hangover — Todd White ▶ video
• Communicating with Human Beings is Not Logical (It's Biological) — John Bates ▶ video
• Creating a hardware ecosystem in Los Angeles & the hallmarks of a great leader Darren Fujimoto — Noramay Cadena
• Creating abstract art as a medium for subconscious communication — Taylore Bonn
• Curing Death with Data — Clinton Mielke ▶ video
• Data Saves Lives — Alex Wormuth ▶ video
• Empty heavens: societies, beliefs, and droughts — Julien Emile-Geay ▶ video
• Forecasting or How I stopped worrying about the future and starting thinking about the future — Julia Bossmann ▶ video
• Freewill Act Indeed — Nathan Miller ▶ video
• From Rocks to Humans: What it really means to be alive! — Hamed Mirzaei ▶ video
• Future of VR — Paul Hynek & Gregg Katano ▶ video
• Helping the body heal itself: applications of Qi gong and Chinese medicine — Snohomish Brown ▶ video
• How Emotional Marketing Is Impacting Business — Glenn Sagon ▶ video
• How to Be A Fucking Boss — Miryam Strautkalns
• How to Build a Better 'You' Using Photographs — Justin Dudek ▶ video
• How to Use Your Difference to Make a Difference — Pamela Hawley
• Hyperloop: 21st Century Transportation — Chris Vasquez ▶ video
• Interpersonal Relationships, Communication, Personal Growth — Evo Heyning ▶ video
• Keynote: Fighting Extremism with Comic Book Heroes — Suleiman Bakhit
• Long-term Relationships & Hookup Culture: Maximizing Human Happiness — Christine Peterson ▶ video
• Marriage evolved: High-income women seek caregiving husbands — Katherine Valentine
• Medical VR is VR's Killer App — Alex Lightman ▶ video
• Millennials: The Libertarian Generation — Alexander McCobin
• Minding the Invisible: Paying Attention to the Dark Matter of Organizations Linda Maepa - The Future of Energy is Cybersecurity — Gayle Karen Young
• Neurophysiology and Point Zero, How we can Access Higher Levels of Consciousness with Sound and Acupuncture Simmone Park - Trust your intuition and face your fear — Ashley Tomasino
• New Dimensions in Visualizing Biology — Mike "Pez" Pesavento ▶ video
• Non-Profit Sustainability — Neal Anderberg ▶ video
• Optimism is our Responsibility — Kevin Russell ▶ video
• Powering Tomorrow — Kevin Peter Hickerson ▶ video
• Sexual objectification of the female nipple — Belle Phénomène ▶ video
• Social Media Storytelling — Emmett Furey ▶ video
• Sound Bath with Sonorous Cello & Otherworldly Chanting — Mystic Pete ▶ video
• Stress Intelligence — Jeffrey Szilagyi ▶ video
• Successful Dating for Introverts and Intellectuals in the Technocentric era — Darren Fujimoto ▶ video
• Technology & The Fight Against Climate Change — Josh Whiton
• The Age of Distraction & the Future of Wearable Tech — Isa Gordon ▶ video
• The Fountain Of Youth - Come on in, the water's fine! — Maria Entraigues-Abramson ▶ video
• The Future of BIL — Cody Marx Bailey & Michael Cummings ▶ video
• The Future of Energy is Cybersecurity — Linda Maepa ▶ video
• The Future of Food: How to Secure a Healthier Agricultural Food System — Judy Frankel ▶ video
• The Unlikely Story — Ralf-Rainer von Albedyhll ▶ video
• The need to dispel longevity sticker shock — Aubrey de Grey ▶ video
• Tinkering with Education: Teaching Kids How to Learn Like a Maker — Mya Stark ▶ video
• Top Ten Ways to Ally for Women in Tech — Heather VanCura ▶ video
• Trump and Miley: Creating Cultural Conversations — Devin O'Neill ▶ video
• Trust your intuition and face your fear — Simmone Park ▶ video
• UX Your Life — Sonya Lee ▶ video
• Ulex: An Open Source Legal System — Tom W. Bell ▶ video
• Upside-down, inside-out Solar Systems — Christopher Spalding ▶ video
• What AI Actually Means For You — Raj Singh ▶ video
• What Are You Afraid Of? — Eden Harman Bernardy ▶ video
• What are you doing with your life? — Veronica Flores ▶ video
• Whose MOVIE are you LIVING in? — Gary Stuart ▶ video
• Why Software Sucks — Stuart Sherman ▶ video
• Your Bleeding Heart is Not Enough: The Purpose and Pragmatics of Social Impact — Kevin Lew ▶ video
• Your Personal Sim: The Brave New World of Smart Agents — John Smart ▶ video

Organizers

• Christy Fair Spearhead
• Fedje Lang Spearhead
• Cody Marx Bailey Web Stuff/ BIL Global
• Michael Cummings Web Stuff/ BIL Global
• Sabrina Williams Fiscal Sponsor
• Reichart Von Wolfsheild Advisor
• Alex Rochestie Webcast & Content Producer
• Alexis Bright Organizer
• Arianna Armstrong Interactives Coordinator/ Social Media
• Avens O'Brien Organizer
• Candice Achenbach Organizer
• Cat Herder/ Stacey McHugh Volunteer Coordinator/ Auction Coordinator
• Dune Harman Speaker Coordinator
• Elizabeth Reynolds Cross Campus Liaison
• Byron Go Volunteer
• Isa Gordon Auction Coordinator
• Jae Zee Organizer
• Jeff Luman Volunteer Coordinator/ Data Management
• Josh Harman AV
• Judd Weiss Photographer
• Justin Dudek Organizer
• Kenneth Hughes Organizer
• Martin Horowitz Organizer/ Printer
• Meg Strout Luman Social Media/ Photography Organization
• Scott De Roy Advisor
• Scott Reynolds Artistic Development
• Stephen Frost Organizer
• Steve Payne-Paynie Photographer
• Tamara Chacon Organizer
• Tim Taylor A/V Director

Sponsors

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Press

• A BIL and TED Excellent Adventure — Huffington Post
• BIL And TED Conferences = Excellent Adventure — Six Pixels of Separation
• BIL Returns to Vancouver March 21 and 22 [2015] — Vancity Buzz
• On the Road, There Will Be Robots — NPR
• TED’s Upstart Sibling, BIL, Gets Underway in L.A. — Fast Company