- October 15-16, 2008
 - Providence, RI
 
BIF-4 took place on October 15-16, 2008 at Trinity Rep in Providence, R.I. and was co-hosted by BusinessWeek Contributing Editor, Bruce Nussbaum and "Mavericks at Work" author Bill Taylor.
Speakers
| John Abele |  
								
																												Founder and Chairman, Boston Scientific
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| Steve Bendt |  
								
																												Senior Marketing Manager, Social Media at Microsoft
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| Deborah Brooks |  
								
																												Co-Founder, Michael J. Fox Foundation
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| Curt Columus |  
								
																												Artistic Director, Trinity Rep
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| Matt Cottam |  
								
																												Co-Founder, Tellart
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| Joseph Coughlin |  
								
																												Founder and Director, MIT AgeLab
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| Marc Ecko |  
								
																												Founder, Marc Ecko Enterprises
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| Jason Fried |  
								
																												Co-founder, 37signals
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| Lewis Gordon |  
								
																												First person to swim at the North Pole 
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| Jeffrey Hollender |  
								
																												President, Seventh Generation
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| Tony Hsieh |  
								
																												Founder, Zappos
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| Frans Johansson |  
								
																												Author 
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| Joshua Klein |  
								
																												Hacker and writer 
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| Gary Koelling |  
								
																												Director Emerging Platforms, Best Buy
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| Josh Koppel |  
								
																												Founder, ScrollMotion
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| David Kusek |  
								
																												Co-developer, Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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| Cat Laine |  
								
																												Deputy Director, Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group
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| Dennis Littky |  
								
																												Co-founder & Co-Director, Big Picture Learning
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| James Ludwig |  
								
																												Vice President of Global Design, Steelcase
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| Jacqueline Novogratz |  
								
																												Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund
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| Terry Pierce |  
								
																												Special Advisor for Disruptive Innovations, Department of Homeland Security S&T
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| David Rockwell |  
								
																												Architect and designer 
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| Deb Roy |  
								
																												Director, Cognitive Machines group, MIT Media Lab
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| Richard Satava |  
								
																												Senior Science Advisor, US ARMY Medical Research
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| Alexander Tsiaras |  
								
																												Founder & CEO, Anatomical Travelogue
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| John Wolpert |  
								
																												Innovation Consultant, TheThreePercent
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| Richard Saul Wurman |  
								
																												Founder, TED conferences 
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| David Yaun |  
								
																												Vice President, Corporate Communications IBM
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