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Antony
With the band Antony and the Johnsons, Antony tears at the heart with his astonishing
Musician,
voice. A busy musical collaborator, he's also an accomplished visual artist.
visual artist
Session 3:
Mindblowing
antonyandthejohnsons.com
Tues Mar 1,
(http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/)
2011
5:00 – 6:45
A
Anthony
Atala
Surgeon
Session 9:
Threads of
Discovery
Thurs Mar
3, 2011
2:15 –
4:00
Anthony Atala asks, "Can we grow organs
instead of transplanting them?" His lab at
the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative
Medicine is doing just that -- engineering
over 30 tissues and whole organs.
Bruce Aylward is a Canadian physician and
Bruce
epidemiologist who heads the polio
Aylward
eradication programme at WHO, the Global
Epidemiologist
Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
Session 6:
Knowledge
Revolution
Wed Mar
2, 2011
2:15 –
4:00
Amina Az-Zubair is National Coordinator for
Education for All, at Nigeria's ministry of
education. She's taking a hard look at a
failed system, and investing global funds to
make it work.
Session 6:
Knowledge
Revolution
news.bbc.co.uk
Wed Mar
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6908754.stm)
2, 2011
2:15 –
4:00
Amina AzZubair
Development
worker
B
Maya Beiser commissions
and performs radical new work
for the cello. The founding
cellist of the Bang on a Can
Maya Beiser
All Stars, she's also
Cellist
collaborated with Shirin
Neshat and others to produce
groundbreaking multimedia
concerts.
At the MIT Media Lab, Ed
Boyden leads the Synthetic
Neurobiology Group, which
invents new technologies to
Ed Boyden reveal how cognition and
Neuroengineer emotion arise from brain
networks -- and to enable
systematic repair of brain
disorders such as epilepsy,
Parkinson's and PTSD.
New York Times columnist
David Brooks is the author of
“Bobos In Paradise: The New
David Brooks Upper Class and How They
Columnist
Got There” and “On Paradise
Drive: How We Live Now (and
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mayabeiser.com (http://mayabeiser.com/)
Session 5:
Deep
Mystery
Wed Mar 2,
2011
11:00 –
12:45
syntheticneurobiology.org (http://syntheticneurobiology.org/)
Session 9:
Threads of
Discovery
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
2:15 – 4:00
Session 1:
Monumental
Tues Mar 1,
nytimes.com
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/davidbrooks/index.html) 2011
11:00 –
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Always Have) in the Future
Tense.”
In her book "Gamestorming,"
Sunni Brown
Sunni Brown shows how using
Visualizer and
art and games can empower
gamestorming
serious problem-solving.
12:45
Session 10:
Beauty,
Imagination,
Enchantment
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
sunnibrown.com (http://sunnibrown.com/)
@sunnibrown (http://twitter.com/sunnibrown/)
C
Homaro
Cantu
Chef
The executive chef at Chicago's Moto restaurant, Homaro Cantu creates
postmodern cuisine and futuristic food delivery systems.
Session 3:
Mindblowing
Tues Mar 1,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
motorestaurant.com
(http://www.motorestaurant.com/)
David Christian teaches an ambitious world history course at Macquarie
University in Sydney, Australia. The course tells the tale of the entire
universe -- from the Big Bang 13 billion years ago to present day.
Session 6:
Knowledge
Revolution
modhist.mq.edu.au
(http://www.modhist.mq.edu.au/staff/davidchristian.html) Wed Mar 2,
2011
2:15 – 4:00
Beatrice
Beatrice Coron has developed a language of storytelling by papercutting
Coron
Papercutter multi-layered stories.
artist
Session 4:
Worlds
Imagined
Wed Mar 2,
2011
8:30 –
10:15
David
Christian
Historian
beatricecoron.com (http://www.beatricecoron.com/)
D
At his lab at Children's Hospital Boston, George Daley studies cellular reprogramming,
George
disease processes, and therapeutics, with an emphasis on leukemia and genetic blood
Daley
Hematologist disorders. These projects build upon basic studies of pluripotent stem cells.
Antonio Damasio's research in neuroscience has shown that emotions play a central role
Antonio
in social cognition and decision-making. His work has also had a major influence on
Damasio
current understanding of the neural systems, which underlie memory, language and
Neuroscientist
consciousness. He directs the USC Brain and Creativity Institute.
daley.med.harvard.edu
(http://daley.med.harvard.edu/)
Session
9:
Threads
of
Discovery
Thurs
Mar 3,
2011
2:15 –
4:00
Session
5: Deep
Mystery
usc.edu/bci/
Wed Mar
(http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/bci/)
2, 2011
11:00 –
12:45
E
Roger
Ebert
When legendary film critic Roger Ebert lost his voice, he found another on Twitter and his blog,
Film critic
where he writes about creativity, race, politics and culture -- and as brilliantly as ever about film.
and
blogger
Janet
American artist Janet Echelman reshapes urban airspace with monumental, fluidly moving
Echelman
sculpture that responds to environmental forces including wind, water, and sunlight.
Artist
Juan
Juan Enriquez thinks and writes about the profound changes that genomics and other life sciences
Enriquez
will cause in business, technology, politics and society.
Futurist
Session 12:
Only If. If
Only.
rogerebert.suntimes.com
Fri Mar 4,
(http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/)
2011
11:00 –
12:45
echelman.com
(http://www.echelman.com/)
excelvm.com
(http://www.excelvm.com/)
Session 9:
Threads of
Discovery
Thurs Mar
3, 2011
2:15 – 4:00
Session 9:
Threads of
Discovery
Thurs Mar
3, 2011
2:15 – 4:00
F
Harvey V.
Harvey V. Fineberg studies medical decisionmaking -- from how we
Fineberg
Health policy roll out new medical technology, to how we cope with new illnesses
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iom.edu
(http://www.iom.edu/Global/Directory/Combo.aspx?
staffid={E9714D98-F8EB-435D-B6D8-
Session 11:
The Echo of
Time
Fri Mar 4, 2011
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expert
Bill Ford
Executive
chair, Ford
Motor Co.
and threatened epidemics.
As executive chair of the Ford Motor Company, William Clay Ford,
Jr., is leading the company that put the world on wheels into the 21st
century.
753A320585A7}&memberid=0000055767)
ford.com (http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?
article_id=93)
8:30 – 10:15
Session 8:
Invention +
Consequence
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
11:00 – 12:45
G
Bill Gates' annual letter, 2010
A passionate techie and a shrewd businessman, Bill Gates changed the world once,
Bill Gates
while leading Microsoft to dizzying success. Now he's set to do it again with his own
Philanthropist
style of philanthropy and passion for innovation.
(http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annualletter/2010/Pages/bill-gates-annualletter.aspx)
gatesfoundation.org
(http://www.gatesfoundation.org)
Session 6:
Knowledge
Revolution
Wed Mar 2,
2011
2:15 – 4:00
H
Basil Jones and
Adrian Kohler,
of Handspring
Puppet
Company, bring
the emotional
Handspring
complexity of
Puppeteers
animals to the
stage with their
life-size
puppets. Their
latest triumph:
"War Horse."
Kate Hartman
creates devices
and interfaces
for humans,
houseplants,
Kate
and glaciers.
Hartman
Artist and Her work
technologist playfully
questions the
ways in which
we relate and
communicate.
Shea
Hembrey
Artist and
curator
Shea Hembrey
explores
patterns from
nature and
myth. A
childhood love
of nature, and
especially
birdlife, informs
his vision.
Dennis
Hong
Roboticist
Dennis Hong is
the founder and
director of
RoMeLa -- a
Virginia Tech
robotics lab that
has pioneered
several
breakthroughs
in robot design
and
engineering.
Jack
Horner
Jack Horner and
his dig teams
have discovered
the first
evidence of
parental care in
dinosaurs,
extensive
nesting
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handspringpuppet.co.za (http://www.handspringpuppet.co.za)
Session 1:
Monumental
Tues Mar 1,
2011
11:00 – 12:45
katehartman.com (http://www.katehartman.com/index.php)
Session 10:
Beauty,
Imagination,
Enchantment
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
sheahembrey.com (http://www.sheahembrey.com/)
Session 10:
Beauty,
Imagination,
Enchantment
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
romela.org (http://www.romela.org/main/Robotics_and_Mechanisms_Laboratory)
Session 8:
Invention +
Consequence
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
11:00 – 12:45
museumoftherockies.org
Session 11:
The Echo of
Time
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Dinosaur
digger
John
Hunter
Educator
grounds,
evidence of
dinosaur herds,
and the world’s
first dinosaur
embryos. He's
now exploring
how to build a
dinosaur.
Teacher and
musician John
Hunter is the
inventor of the
World Peace
Game (and the
star of the new
doc "World
Peace and
Other 4th-Grade
Achievements").
(http://www.museumoftherockies.org/Home/EXPLORE/Dinosaurs/PeopleinPaleo/JackHorner/tabid/389/Default.aspx) Fri Mar 4,
"How to Build a Dinosaur" (http://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Dinosaur-Extinction-Forever/dp/1400111412)
2011
8:30 – 10:15
Session 12:
Only If. If
Only.
Fri Mar 4,
2011
11:00 – 12:45
theworldpeacegame.com (http://theworldpeacegame.com/)
J
JR
With a camera, a dedicated wheatpasting crew and the help of whole villages and
Street
favelas, 2011 TED Prize winner JR shows the world its true face.
artist
blog.ted.com
(http://blog.ted.com/2010/10/19/announcingthe-2011-ted-prize-winner-jr/)
Session 7:
Radical
Collaboration
Wed Mar 2, 2011
5:00 – 6:45
K
Sarah
Kay
Poet
A performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project V.O.I.C.E,
teaching poetry and self-expression at schools across the United States.
Salman In 2004, Salman Khan, a hedge fund analyst, began posting math tutorials on YouTube. Six years
later, he has posted more than 2.000 tutorials, which are viewed nearly 100,000 times around the
Khan
Educator world each day.
Aaron
Koblin
Data
artist
Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data and digital technologies. His work takes real world and
community-generated data and uses it to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship
between humans and technology.
project-voice.net
(http://www.projectvoice.net/about-us/)
Session 10:
Beauty,
Imagination,
Enchantment
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
Session 6:
Knowledge
Revolution
khanacademy.org
(http://www.khanacademy.org/) Wed Mar 2,
2011
2:15 – 4:00
Session 3:
Mindblowing
Tues Mar 1,
(http://www.aaronkoblin.com/)
2011
5:00 – 6:45
aaronkoblin.com
L
Christina
Christina Lampe-Onnerud is a pioneer in the use of lithium-ion and other materials to deliver more
Lampepowerful, longer-lasting, safer batteries for laptops, electric vehicles, utility energy storage and more.
Onnerud
Energy expert
boston-power.com
(http://www.bostonpower.com/)
Session 9:
Threads of
Discovery
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
2:15 – 4:00
M
Sarah
Marquis
Explorer
Sarah Marquis rediscovers the
link between humans and
nature, one step at a time.
She's been walking for the past
20 years (or 30,000km). Alone,
she has survived in the most
desertic places on Earth. Her
latest expedition: Siberia to
Australia.
General Stanley McChrystal is
the former commander of U.S.
and International forces in
Stanley
McChrystal Afghanistan. A four-star
general, he is credited for
Military
creating a revolution in warfare
leader
that fuses intelligence and
operations.
conferences.ted.com/…/speakers.php
sarahmarquis.ch (http://www.sarahmarquis.ch/)
@sarah_marquis (http://twitter.com/#!/sarah_marquis)
Session 2:
Majestic
Tues Mar 1,
2011
2:15 – 4:00
Session 11:
The Echo of
Time
topics.nytimes.com...stanley_a_mcchrystal/
(http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/m/stanley_a_mcchrystal/index.html) Fri Mar 4,
2011
8:30 – 10:15
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Bobby
McFerrin
Musician
Jason
Mraz
Musician
10-time Grammy winner Bobby
McFerrin gave us "Don’t Worry,
Be Happy," one of the most
popular songs of the 20th
century, but his “greatest gift to
audiences may be changing
them from spectators into
celebrants and transforming a
concert hall into a playground,
a village center, a joyous
space.” (LA Times)
Singer/songwriter Jason Mraz
wraps moments of selfreflection inside clever lyrics
and pop melodies.
Session 2:
Majestic
Tues Mar 1,
2011
2:15 – 4:00
Session 10:
Beauty,
Imagination,
Enchantment
Thurs Mar 3,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
jasonmraz.com (http://www.jasonmraz.com/)
Session 7:
Radical
Collaboration
Wed Mar 2,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
The
Musician
Musician
N
Paul
Paul Nicklen photographs the creatures of the Arctic and Antarctic, generating global awareness
Nicklen
Polar
about wildlife in these isolated and endangered environments.
photographer
Indra Nooyi
Chair +
Indra Nooyi is the chief architect of PepsiCo's multi-year growth strategy, Performance with
CEO,
Purpose, with the goal of sustainable growth and a healthier future for both people and planet.
PepsiCo
Session 2:
Majestic
paulnicklen.com
Tues Mar 1,
(http://www.paulnicklen.com/)
2011
2:15 – 4:00
pepsico.com
(http://www.pepsico.com/)
Session 1:
Monumental
Tues Mar 1,
2011
11:00 –
12:45
O
Fiorenzo
Fiorenzo G. Omenetto's research spans nonlinear optics, nanostructured materials
Omenetto
(such as photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers), biomaterials and biopolymerBiomedical
based photonics. Most recently, he's working on high-tech applications for silk.
engineer
Session
9:
Threads
of
Discovery
ase.tufts.edu/biomedical/unolab/
(http://ase.tufts.edu/biomedical/unolab/home.html) Thurs
Mar 3,
2011
2:15 –
4:00
R
Rajesh Rao Rajesh Rao seeks to understand the human brain through computational
Computational modeling, on two fronts: developing computer models of our minds, and using
neuroscientist tech to decipher the 4,000-year-old script of the Indus valley civilization.
Carlo Ratti directs the MIT SENSEable City Lab, which explores the "real-time
Carlo Ratti
city" by studying the way sensors and electronics relate to the built environment.
Architect and
He's opening a research center in Singapore as part of an MIT-led initiative on the
engineer
Future of Urban Mobility.
Deb Roy
Cognitive
scientist
Deb Roy studies how children learn language, and designs machines that learn to
communicate in human-like ways. Currently on sabbatical from MIT Media Lab,
he's working with the AI company Bluefin Labs.
cs.washington.edu/homes/rao
(http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/rao/)
carloratti.com (http://www.carloratti.com/)
Session 11:
The Echo of
Time
Fri Mar 4,
2011
8:30 –
10:15
Session 3:
Mindblowing
Tues Mar 1,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
Session 5:
Deep
Mystery
media.mit.edu/cogmac/
Wed Mar 2,
(http://www.media.mit.edu/cogmac/index.html)
2011
11:00 –
12:45
S
Session
12: Only
If. If
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Kathryn Schulz is the author of "Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error," and writes "The
Kathryn
Wrong Stuff," a Slate series featuring interviews with high-profile people about how they think and feel
Schulz
Wrongologist about being wrong.
Morgan
Spurlock
Filmmaker
Morgan Spurlock makes documentary film and TV that is personal, political -- and, above all, deeply
empathetic.
beingwrongbook.com
Only.
(http://beingwrongbook.com/) Fri Mar
4, 2011
11:00 –
12:45
Session
4:
Worlds
Imagined
morganspurlock.com
Wed
(http://morganspurlock.com/)
Mar 2,
2011
8:30 –
10:15
T
Julie Taymor Julie Taymor is a film, theater and opera director. Her latest film is "The Tempest," with Helen
Director,
Mirren. She's recently produced "The Magic Flute" at the Met, and created "The Lion King" and the
designer
new "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" on Broadway.
Edward
Tenner
Historian of
technology
and culture
Edward Tenner is an independent writer, speaker, and editor analyzing the cultural aspects of
technological change.
Session 4:
Worlds
Imagined
Wed Mar 2,
2011
8:30 – 10:15
Session 8:
Invention +
Consequence
edwardtenner.com
(http://edwardtenner.com/) Thurs Mar 3,
2011
11:00 – 12:45
W
Eric Whitacre
Composer,
conductor
Despite receiving no formal training until age 18, Eric Whitacre is one of the most performed
composers of his generation.
Edith Widder
Biologist,
Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a
commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment.
conservationist,
deep-sea explorer
Felisa WolfeSimon
Geobiochemist
With a background in molecular biology, biochemistry and phytoplankton physiology, Felisa
Wolfe-Simon seeks to uncover the sequence of events that shaped the evolution of the modern
oceans' phytoplankton and life itself.
Session 1:
Monumental
Tues Mar 1,
2011
11:00 –
12:45
Session 7:
Radical
Collaboration
teamorca.org
(http://www.teamorca.org/) Wed Mar 2,
2011
5:00 – 6:45
Session 5:
Deep
Mystery
ironlisa.com
Wed Mar 2,
(http://www.ironlisa.com/)
2011
11:00 –
12:45
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