Gel 2011 was Thur-Sat, Apr 28-30, 2011 in New York.

Read the recap. Or watch the videos.

Gel 2011 speaker list:

• Perry Chen
  Founder, Kickstarter
• Anil Dash
  Co-founder, Activate
  Director, Expert Labs
• Nicola Twilley
  Author, Edible Geography
• Tom Lee
  Founder and CEO, One Medical Group
• Kirby Ferguson
  Creator, Everything Is A Remix
• Jace Clayton
  aka DJ /rupture
  Musician, writer, and radio host
• Nell Minow
  Film critic, Movie Mom; corporate governance expert
• Daniel & Ken Trush
  Co-founders, Daniel's Music Foundation
• Brooke Bryant
  Educator, Daniel's Music Foundation
• Howard Warren
  Educator and explorer of Dead Horse Bay
• Michelle Barwell
  Street-medicine physician, Operation Safety Net
• James Chan
  Venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Singapore
• Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano Ramirez
  Johnnyswim
• Marc Abrahams
  Co-founder, Annals of Improbable Research
  Founder, Ig Nobel Prize
• Vi Hart
  Inventor, artist, mathemusician
  vihart.com
• Alicia Hansen
  Founder, NYC Salt
• Diffee, Dernavich, & Kanin
  New Yorker cartoonists
• John Reynolds
  Founder, twirlr
• Risa Morimoto
  Special appearance about her new documentary on China
• ...and hosted by...
  Mark Hurst
  Gel founder (Bio)

Day 1 experiences (Thursday, April 28):

• Word Lover's Boot Camp with Erin McKean
• Improv workshop with Performance of a Lifetime
• Juggling with the Flying Karamazov Brothers
• Zentangle workshop with artists Rick and Maria
• Dance/movement workshop with choreographer Henning Rübsam
• Food and wine tasting at Union Square Cafe
• Trip to the mysterious beach at Dead Horse Bay
• Retail experience tour with Rachel Shechtman
• Greenwich Village photowalk with Jennifer König
• Mapmaking workshop with Connie Brown and Wendy Brawer
• Interactive adventure with City Hunt
• Trekking with walker Matt Green
• Creativity workshop at Etsy with Noah Scalin
• Central Park Sound Walk with Doug Quin
• Brooklyn culinary tour with Urban Oyster
• Brooklyn Winery tour and tasting
• Public art in lower Manhattan walking tour with Justin Ferate
• Scanning electron microsope workshop with Dee Breger
• Exit Art gallery tour

Gel Saturday experiences (optional) - Saturday, April 30:

• High Line walk and Chelsea galleries tour with Liz Kiehner
• Gel recap session with Allison Hemming at The Hired Guns
• Infoviz of social networks with David Jimison at Eyebeam

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