Plexus Summit 2010

November 5-7, 2010, El Paso, Texas

The annual gathering of the Plexus Institute community co-hosted by Plexus Institute and the Social Justice Initiative of the Department of Communication, University of Texas – El Paso.

Join us for:

Catalyzing input from scholars and practitioners
Engaging conversations for collaborative sense-making
Opportunities to share learning from each others’ work
Self-organized groups to turn ideas into action

Sample Topics:

Diffusion of Innovation – what does it take to get new ideas spread and adopted?
Engagement – what does it take to get stakeholders, staff, collaborators engaged in ways that make it possible to create together?
Innovation – what does it take to bring diverse people and ideas together to create something new?

Borders separate people and places; bridges re-connect them. Both borders and bridges invoke creative responses and interactions among humans. El Paso has witnessed the drawing and re-drawing of national borders for over a century. Residents of the region have been inspired to adapt to the lines drawn around their lives by crossing bridges, both metaphorical and physical. Few places inspire us to probe our responses to borders and boundaries more deeply than the ancient mountain pass at El Paso. This conference will bring diverse border-crossers together to discuss how we transform constraints into opportunities for human interaction. Standing on campus, you will see Mexico, and in its reflection, inspiration for our complex world.