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Area of Expertise: Environment, Adventure, and Film Making
Keynote Title: If We Are Not Part of the Solution We Are Part of the Problem
Description:
Bill Lishman reviews how colour blindness and a learning disability led him to becoming a renown wildlife sculptor pioneer ultralight aviator and an innovative architect giving new insight into problem solving team building and creative thinking. Included are inspirational visuals and stories taking us through many of his career highlights.
An autobiographic Journey from a farm boy in southern Ontario to an Honorary doctorate.
Biography:
William (Bill) Lishman M.S.M., L,L,D. (hon) is a world renowned artist in many media. His works include award-winning ducumentry films and numerous works of public art, and his best selling autobiography inspired the Columbia Pictures hit film Fly Away Home. He was a pioneer in ultralight aviation and initiated the use of ultralight aircraft in establishing new migration routes for precocial birds. He is cofounder and chair emeritus of Operation Migration which has played the key role in establishing a back up flock of endangered Whooping cranes. Bills current passion is Air First Aid a unique plan for a first response supply system for victims of natural disasters. Bill has received numerous awards including the Odyssey of the Mind's prestigious Creativity Award, The Canadian Meritorious Service Medal and the US National Wildlife Federation Conservation award. In Juneof 2008 he recieved an honorary doctorate from the University of Ontario.
