16 labs were conducted, with partners the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the Silk Road Theatre Project, World Sport Chicago, the League of Chicago Theatres, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Genesis at the Crossroads, Jewish Child & Family Services, Union League Boys & Girls Clubs, the School of Visual Arts, Cannon Design, Akina, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Generation Generosity, the West Collection, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the University of Illinois Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership. 2010 2010 saw the labs partner with the Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago Public Media, the American Parkinson Disease Association's Young Onset Center, the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, 826 Chicago, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Professional Convention Management Association, midVentures, the North South Foundation, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, and the Illinois Commerce Commission 2009 In 2009, the Labs conducted their first two sessions in their current format, the first with One D, a confederation of Detroit non-profits, to address the gap between local jobs programs and corporate HR interests. Among the conclusions were ""Detroit has a rich, exploitable asset: thousands of men and women who grew up in Detroit and might very well return. Proof: HR professionals say their best odds of hiring out-of-towners come when they report Detroit expatriates." The second lab of the year was held in partnership with Executive Breakfast Club, with a goal of developing ideas to make the topic of business ethics affirmative and appealing, rather than a focus on "what not to do". Notable participants Past participants include: Carol Coletta, Manuel Flores, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Bill Moggridge, Amy Wilson. Ryan Blitstein, Susan Crown, Alison Cuddy, Lee Fisher, Ryan Frietas, the co-founder of about.me, Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, Cheryl Heller, Anya Kamenetz, Steven Kaplan, Raghava KK, Amanda Lannert of Jellyvision, PJ Loughran, Eric Lunt, co-founder of Feedburner, Stephanie Pace Marshall, Bruce Mau, Toby Moffett, Maria Popova, Ryan Spencer Reed, Dan Rothenberg of the Pig Iron Theatre Company, Lincoln Schatz, Matthew Segal, Yosi Sergant, Michael Slaby, deputy director and CTO of New Media in the 2008 Obama Presidential Campaign, Gary Slutkin, Jacob Soboroff, Emerson Spartz, Millions of Us CEO Reuben Steiger, Eric Weinstein, Marco Werman, Illinois Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Doug Whitley, Amy Wilson, and OkCupid co-founder Sam Yagan. External projects Some labs have resulted in the creation of outside projects to pursue and implement ideas developed in the labs: The New Architect In 2010, Insight Labs collaborated with