Ideas at the edges
Imagine Solutions: A nationally recognized Thought Leader Conference & 3 deep-dive Seminars driven by a profound respect for learning
An experience that awes and inspires. Events that compel you to think and think again. Speakers and presentations that leave you wanting more because the ideas and endorphins racing through your brain are sending you a message: what you’ve just learned is important and exhilarating.
Ideas at the edges—breakthroughs, cutting-edge concepts—still fuzzy in most minds—will be brought into sharp focus by some of the most visionary thinkers in the world at the Imagine Solutions Conference in February and three Imagine Solutions Seminars: November, January & March.
Conference
Thought Leaders Conference
Held in Naples, Florida
March 2, 2026
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
For one exciting day, speakers will share groundbreaking breakthroughs in science and technology, social innovations impacting millions, and the efforts of explorers and conservationists making a significant difference. Leaders of great institutions will reveal major developments, while voices in ethics, civics, education, and news will discuss their influence on society. And that’s just the beginning.
If you have attended our conferences before, you know to expect a blend of learning, amazement, and networking with fascinating individuals. If this is your first time, you will wonder why you haven’t joined us sooner. We promise to leave you inspired.
Seminars
the Rules of Superpower Warfare
November 4, 2025
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
How $1,000 Drones Are Rewriting the Rules of Superpower Warfare
Featuring Tom Hamilton, Senior Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation. Inexpensive, mass-produced drones are revamping the strategies of global military powers.
Dr. Tom Hamilton
Senior Physical Scientist at the RAND CorporationTicket Pricing
$70 per person
Event Details
Featuring Tom Hamilton, Senior Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation
Inexpensive, mass-produced drones are revamping the strategies of global military powers. In this timely and mind-boggling seminar, national security expert Dr. Tom Hamilton reveals how these low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are forcing superpowers to rethink everything—from aircraft carriers to tank formations to war games — potentially leveling the battlefield in ways that reward innovation over sheer spending.
Drawing on his decades of experience consulting to the U.S. Air Force and his co-authorship of the landmark RAND report “Armed and Dangerous? UAVs and U.S. Security,” Dr. Hamilton will reveal the tactical, strategic, and geopolitical shifts drones are driving right now.
What you’ll learn:
- How drones are disrupting billion-dollar defense systems
- The Ukraine War and Middle East as live case studies
- The global drone race—who’s winning, and why it matters
- Future trends in drone warfare and U.S. defense strategy
Why it matters:
Because the next global threat may come from a drone bought at the price of a smartphone—and we need to be ready.
If you want to understand the future of conflict—and what it means for national security, global stability, and American leadership—this is the seminar to attend.
Dr. Tom Hamilton is a Senior Physical Scientist at the RAND Corporation, he is RAND’s top expert in the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) division where he consults to the U.S. Air Force and other defense agencies since 1996. His research focuses on the intersection of advanced technology and military operations, with expertise in drone warfare, air vehicle survivability, space operations, and force structure cost.
Before joining RAND, Dr. Hamilton was a research astrophysicist at Harvard, Columbia, and Caltech. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University and an A.B. in physics from Harvard.
Imagine Solutions and the 501(c)(3) Searching for Solutions Institute were founded in 2008 with the mission to bring leading-edge speakers and thinkers to engaged audiences of change-makers, addressing matters of societal importance related to science, medicine and healthcare, business, social entrepreneurship, nonprofit, social sciences, the arts, conservation and the environment, exploration and discovery, and more, and the vision of generating real conversations and the space for impact, influence, and connection.