David McConville, President of the Buckminster Fuller Institute since 2011, is: an Asheville, NC-based media artist and researcher; co-founder of The Elumenati, a design and engineering firm specializing in immersive visualization environments inspired by Fuller’s Geoscope; founder of the Media Arts Project; and on the advisory board of Black Mountain College’s Museum and Arts Center. David also collaborates with numerous community initiatives to develop systems-oriented solutions to energy, environmental and educational challenges. (www.bfi.org, www.elumenati.com)