Creative ideas are not always solo strokes of genius, argues Ed Catmull, the computer-scientist president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, in the current issue of the Harvard Business Review. Frequently, he says, the best ideas emerge when talented people from different disciplines work together. This week, Nature begins a series of six Essays that illustrate Catmull's case. Each recalls a conference in which a creative outcome emerged from scientists pooling ideas, expertise and time with others - especially policy-makers, non-governmental organizations and the media. Each is written by someone who was there, usually an organizer or the meeting chair. Because the conferences were chosen for their societal consequences, we've called our series 'Meetings that Changed the World'.
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机译：皮克斯（Pixar）和迪斯尼动画工作室（Disney Animation Studios）的计算机科学家总裁埃德·卡特穆尔（Ed Catmull）在本期《哈佛商业评论》（Harvard Business Review）中指出，创意并非总是天才的独到之处。他说，通常，最好的想法是来自不同学科的人才一起工作时出现的。本周，《自然》开始了一系列六篇散文，阐述了卡特穆尔的案子。每个人都回想起一个会议，在会议中，科学家们与其他人（尤其是决策者，非政府组织和媒体）共同收集想法，专业知识和时间，从而产生了创造性的成果。每个人都是由在场的人（通常是组织者或会议主席）撰写的。由于选择这些会议是出于其社会后果，因此我们将系列称为“改变世界的会议”。
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