Opening Experience: Compose Your World
Program Description
Help us honor three of our exceptional volunteer leaders who have made a positive impact on CalSAE and the association community as a whole as we announce the winners of Association Executive of the Year, Industry Partner of the Year, and the Geri Hayes McDonald Staff Achievement Award.
Why do some people just play notes they're handed while others write new music in the world? Tackle this question head-on as keynote speaker and violinist Kai Kight performs original music at the Opening Experience and shares the incredibly moving, thought-provoking, and inspiring story of how he became an innovative composer in a field of conformity. Leave feeling inspired to take the future into your own hands and bring your unique ideas forward as you Compose Your World.
Music license by SolaMusic and distributed by Audiojungle.net/22916941
Additional video clips - TEDx Talks, Eagles Talent, Gotham Artists
Production & Editing by Steve Pate-Newberry, SPN Photography & Videography
Content Leaders
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Kai Kight
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Keynote Speaker & Composer
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Bio
As a classical violinist turned innovative composer, Kai Kight uses music as a metaphor to inspire individuals and organizations across the world to compose paths of imagination and fulfillment. Inspired by his own mother who, when diagnosed with cancer, revealed regrets of not bringing her ideas to the world, Kai is on a mission to spark a global mindset shift in which ingenuity is the norm, not the exception. In his emotionally powerful presentations, Kai performs mesmerizing original music and vulnerably shares stories from his own transformation as an artist. Kai translates these insights into takeaways that audiences can easily infuse into their own lives and work environments.
A product of Stanford University’s design and engineering program, the d. School, Kai remains fascinated by the leaders, artists, and companies who dare to be different. As both a Mayfield Fellow and Kleiner Perkins Design Fellow, Kai has proven himself as a leader of the next generation of innovative and entrepreneurial talent. As a musician, Kai has performed his original music for thousands in venues across the world, from the White House to the Great Wall of China. As a speaker, he has created impactful experiences for audiences at conferences, companies, and universities internationally. Some of his clients include The Walt Disney Company, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the Super Bowl-winning Seattle Seahawks. His mesmerizing and original violin performance beautifully becomes a sonic metaphor for the core of his message: to inspire people to compose unique ideas in a world that celebrates conformity.
Learn more about Kai Kight at www.gothamartists.com/kai_kight or via Kate DesRosier at kate@gotham-artists.com.