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Blaise Agüera y Arcas Software architect |
Blaise Agüera y Arcas works on machine learning at Google. Previously a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, he has worked on augmented reality, mapping, wearable computing and natural user interfaces. |
Session 6: Invention Thurs Feb 11, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Omar Ahmad Technologist, city councilman |
An internet infrastructure maven and activist, Omar Ahmad was the mayor of San Carlos, California. |
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TED University, Session 2 Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:30 – 10:30 |
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Chris Anderson Drone maker |
Chris Anderson is an authority on emerging technologies and the cultures that surround them. |
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Session 9: Imagination Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Rachel Armstrong Applied scientist, innovator |
TED Fellow Rachel Armstrong is a sustainability innovator who creates new materials that possess some of the properties of living systems, and can be manipulated to "grow" architecture. |
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Session 7: Breakthrough Thurs Feb 11, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Frederick Balagadde Inventor |
TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde invented the micro-chemostat, a first-of-its-kind, dime-sized piece of transparent plastic that can orchestrate the behavior of living cells. |
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TED University, Session 1 Tues Feb 9, 2010 4:00 – 5:30 |
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Kevin Bales Anti-slavery activist |
Kevin Bales is the co-founder of Free the Slaves, whose mission is to end all forms of human slavery within the next 25 years. He's the author of "Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves." |
Session 5: Provocation Thurs Feb 11, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Marian Bantjes Designer, illustrator, typographer |
At the intersection of word and form, Marian Bantjes makes her art. |
Session 9: Imagination Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Dan Barber Chef |
Dan Barber is a chef and a scholar -- relentlessly pursuing the stories and reasons behind the foods we grow and eat. |
Session 2: Discovery Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Seth Berkley Vaccine visionary |
Epidemiologist Seth Berkley is leading the charge to make sure vaccines are available to everyone, including those living in the developing world. |
Session 7: Breakthrough Thurs Feb 11, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Tim Berners-Lee Inventor |
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. He leads the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), overseeing the Web's standards and development. |
TED University, Session 3 Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Andrew Bird Musician |
Andrew Bird is a virtual one-man band -- he’s a singer and songwriter and plays the violin, guitar, glockenspiel. |
Session 7: Breakthrough Thurs Feb 11, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Stewart Brand Environmentalist, futurist |
Since the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ... |
Session 5: Provocation Thurs Feb 11, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Sergey Brin Computer scientist, entrepreneur and philanthropist |
Sergey Brin is half of the team that founded Google. |
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Session 8: Boldness Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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David Byrne Musician, artist, writer |
David Byrne builds an idiosyncratic world of music, art, writing and film. |
Session 6: Invention Thurs Feb 11, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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David Byrne Musician, artist, writer |
David Byrne builds an idiosyncratic world of music, art, writing and film. |
Session 6: Invention Thurs Feb 11, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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David Cameron Politician |
David Cameron is the prime minister of the UK and the leader of the UK's Conservative Party. |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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James Cameron Director |
James Cameron is the director of Avatar, Titanic, Terminator, The Abyss and many other blockbusters. While his outsize films push the bounds of technology, they're always anchored in human stories with heart and soul. |
Session 12: Wisdom Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Nicholas Christakis Physician, social scientist |
Nicholas Christakis explores how the large-scale, face-to-face social networks in which we are embedded affect our lives, and what we can do to take advantage of this fact. |
Session 4: Reason Thurs Feb 11, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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George Church Molecular technologist |
A pioneer in genome sequencing and genome engineering (reading and writing DNA), George Church invented some of the engineering methods that created the era of the personal genome. |
Session 8: Boldness Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Kirk Citron Media expert |
Kirk Citron began his career as a fast-rising advertising executive, but now writes and provides media consultation for select non-profits. |
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Session 4: Reason Thurs Feb 11, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Chip Conley Hospitality entrepreneur, author |
Chip Conley disrupted the hospitality industry -- twice. |
Session 11: Simplicity Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Hillel Cooperman Entrepreneur, Lego enthusiast |
When Hillel Cooperman isn't running his startup or seeking out the world's best food, he's investigating the secret underground world of Lego toys. |
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TED University, Session 3 Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Sheryl Crow Singer/songwriter, activist |
Sheryl Crow's confessional, personal music has become the soundtrack to a generation. |
Session 3: Action. The 2010 TED Prize Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Mike Feinberg Dave Levin Educators |
Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin are the founders of KIPP, a network of revolutionary schools with life-changing results for underserved kids across the country. |
Session 8: Boldness Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thomas Dolby Electronic music pioneer |
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Frank Drake Astronomer |
Frank Drake looks for signals of intelligent origin from elsewhere in the universe. A founder of SETI, he conducted the first modern SETI experiment, in 1960. |
Session 3: Action. The 2010 TED Prize Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Jonathan Drori Educator |
Jonathan Drori commissioned the BBC's very first websites, one highlight in a long career devoted to online culture and educational media -- and understanding how we learn. |
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TED University, Session 1 Tues Feb 9, 2010 4:00 – 5:30 |
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Esther Duflo Development economist |
Esther Duflo takes economics out of the lab and into the field to discover the causes of poverty and means to eradicate it. |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Denis Dutton Philosopher |
Denis Dutton was a philosophy professor and the editor of Arts & Letters Daily. In his book The Art Instinct, he suggested that humans are hard-wired to seek beauty. |
Session 9: Imagination Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Carter Emmart Scientist, Artist |
Carter Emmart uses astronomy and computational modeling to create scientifically accurate, three-dimensional tours of our universe. |
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Session 2: Discovery Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Eve Ensler Playwright, activist |
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere. |
Session 10: Play Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ethel String quartet |
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. |
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Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Juliana Machado Ferreira Biologist |
Brazilian-born biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira wants, simply, to save the world one bird at a time. She is a TED Senior Fellow. |
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TED University, Session 1 Tues Feb 9, 2010 4:00 – 5:30 |
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Gary Flake Technologist |
Gary Flake is a Technical Fellow at Microsoft, and the founder and director of Live Labs. |
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Session 7: Breakthrough Thurs Feb 11, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Ze Frank Humorist, web artist |
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since. |
Session 12: Wisdom Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Bill Gates Philanthropist |
A passionate techie and a shrewd businessman, Bill Gates changed the world while leading Microsoft to dizzying success. Now he's doing it again with his own style of philanthropy and passion for innovation. |
Session 8: Boldness Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Temple Grandin Livestock handling designer, autism activist |
Through groundbreaking research and the lens of her own autism, Temple Grandin brings startling insight into two worlds. |
Session 9: Imagination Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Robert Gupta Violinist |
Violinist Robert Gupta joined the LA Philharmonic at the age of 19 -- and maintains a passionate parallel interest in neurobiology and mental health issues. He's a TED Senior Fellow. |
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TED University, Session 2 Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:30 – 10:30 |
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Sam Harris Neuroscientist, philosopher |
Sam Harris's work focuses on how our growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. |
Session 4: Reason Thurs Feb 11, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Cheryl Hayashi Spider silk scientist |
Cheryl Hayashi studies the delicate but terrifically strong silk threads that make up a spider's web, finding startling applications for human use. |
Session 2: Discovery Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Graham Hill Journalist |
Graham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill. |
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Session 4: Reason Thurs Feb 11, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Philip K. Howard Legal activist |
Philip K. Howard is the founder of Common Good, a drive to overhaul the US legal system. His new book is 'The Rule of Nobody.' |
Session 11: Simplicity Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Susie Ibarra composer + improviser + percussionist educator |
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Session 5: Provocation Thurs Feb 11, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Mark Z. Jacobson Civil and environmental engineer |
At Stanford, Mark Z. Jacobson uses numerical models to study the effects of energy systems and vehicles on climate and air pollution, and to analyze renewable energy resources. |
Session 5: Provocation Thurs Feb 11, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Mitchell Joachim Architect, designer |
Soft cars, jet packs and houses made of meat are all in a day's work for urban designer, architect and TED Fellow Mitchell Joachim. |
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Session 9: Imagination Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Raghava KK Artist |
Raghava KK's paintings and drawings use cartoonish shapes and colors to examine the body, society, our world. |
Session 9: Imagination Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Daniel Kahneman Behavioral economics founder |
Widely regarded as the world's most influential living psychologist, Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel in Economics for his pioneering work in behavioral economics -- exploring the irrational ways we make decisions about risk. |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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John Kasaona Conservationist |
John Kasaona is a pioneer of community-based conservation -- working with the people who use and live on fragile land to enlist them in protecting it. |
Session 12: Wisdom Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Jonathan Klein Executive |
Jonathan Klein runs Getty Images, a stock photo agency whose vast archive of still photography and illustrations is a mainstay of the creative class. |
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TED University, Session 1 Tues Feb 9, 2010 4:00 – 5:30 |
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Stacey Kramer Brand strategist |
Stacey Kramer has traveled the United States and the world helping to create names and brands for growing companies. |
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Session 2: Discovery Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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The LXD Dance adventurers |
The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) are building an interactive web series that represents the next evolution of dance. |
Session 6: Invention Thurs Feb 11, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Gary Lauder Venture capitalist |
Gary Lauder is the managing partner of Lauder Partners, a VC firm, and the co-creator of the Socrates Society at the Aspen Institute. |
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Session 6: Invention Thurs Feb 11, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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William Li Cancer researcher |
William Li heads the Angiogenesis Foundation, a nonprofit that is re-conceptualizing global disease fighting. |
Session 2: Discovery Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Benoit Mandelbrot Mathematician |
Benoit Mandelbrot's work led the world to a deeper understanding of fractals, a broad and powerful tool in the study of roughness, both in nature and in humanity's works. |
Session 11: Simplicity Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Jane McGonigal Game Designer |
Reality is broken, says Jane McGonigal, and we need to make it work more like a game. Her work shows us how. |
Session 6: Invention Thurs Feb 11, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Natalie Merchant Singer/songwriter |
Natalie Merchant's career spans three decades -- as the leader of 10,000 Maniacs and in her own solo work -- of making warmly personal music. |
Session 10: Play Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Catherine Mohr Roboticist |
Catherine Mohr loves what she does -- she's just not ever sure what it will be next. |
TED University, Session 1 Tues Feb 9, 2010 4:00 – 5:30 |
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Nathan Myhrvold Polymath |
Nathan Myhrvold is a professional jack-of-all-trades. After leaving Microsoft in 1999, he's been a world barbecue champion, a wildlife photographer, a chef, a contributor to SETI, and a volcano explorer. |
Session 6: Invention Thurs Feb 11, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Nalini Nadkarni Tree researcher |
Called "the queen of canopy research," Nalini Nadkarni explores the rich, vital world found in the tops of trees. She communicates what she finds to non-scientists -- with the help of poets, preachers and prisoners. |
TED University, Session 3 Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Filmmaker, storyteller |
Director and journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinmoy seeks to push people to have difficult conversations about inequality and injustice. |
TED University, Session 2 Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:30 – 10:30 |
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Jamie Oliver Chef, activist |
Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our children. The winner of the 2010 TED Prize, he's on a mission to teach every family about eating better and living healthier lives. |
Session 3: Action. The 2010 TED Prize Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Ozomatli Latin/hip-hop/funk/salsa band |
Ozomatli's music will take you around the world by taking you around LA -- blending the world's cultures into a danceable mix. |
Pine Street Block Party Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:00 – 10:30 |
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Elizabeth Pisani Author |
In Elizabeth Pisani's latest book, she explores the "improbable nation" of Indonesia. |
Session 4: Reason Thurs Feb 11, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Christopher "moot" Poole Founder, 4chan |
Christopher "moot" Poole is founder of 4chan, an online imageboard whose anonymous denizens have spawned the web's most bewildering -- and influential -- subculture. |
Session 5: Provocation Thurs Feb 11, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Rives Performance poet, multimedia artist |
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life. |
Session 2: Discovery Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Sir Ken Robinson Author, educator |
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. |
Session 12: Wisdom Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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David Rockwell Architect, experience designer |
Architect David Rockwell draws on his love of drama and spectacle to create fantastic, high-impact restaurants, cultural facilities, airline terminals, theater sets -- and playgrounds. |
Session 10: Play Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Mark Roth Biochemist, cell biologist |
Mark Roth's research has reawakened an unusual notion from the annals of science: reversible metabolic hibernation. Yes, putting living organisms into suspended animation -- and bringing them back safely. |
Session 7: Breakthrough Thurs Feb 11, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Michael Sandel Political philosopher |
Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard, exploring some of the most hotly contested moral and political issues of our time. |
Session 5: Provocation Thurs Feb 11, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Shyam Sankar Data Intelligence Agent |
An advocate of human-computer symbiosis, Shyam Sankar looks for clues in big and disparate data sets. |
Session 8: Boldness Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Richard Sears Geophysicist |
Richard Sears thinks hard about the post-oil world. He's a visiting scientist at MIT, after a long career as a VP at Shell. |
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TED University, Session 3 Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Michael Shermer Skeptic |
Michael Shermer debunks myths, superstitions and urban legends -- and explains why we believe them. Along with publishing Skeptic Magazine, he's author of Why People Believe Weird Things and The Mind of the Market. |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Jake Shimabukuro Ukulele virtuoso |
To Jake Shimabukuro, the ukulele means more than grass skirts and loud shirts. He's on a mission to revolutionize our perception of the four-string, two-octave instrument. |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Jake Shimabukuro Ukulele virtuoso |
To Jake Shimabukuro, the ukulele means more than grass skirts and loud shirts. He's on a mission to revolutionize our perception of the four-string, two-octave instrument. |
Session 1: Mindshift Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Alan Siegel Executive, simplicity guru |
A branding expert and one of the leading authorities on business communication, Alan Siegel wants to put plain English into legal documents for government and business. |
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Session 11: Simplicity Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Sarah Silverman Comedian |
Brilliant, funny, political and always inappropriate, ladies and gentlemen, it's Sarah Silverman. |
Session 10: Play Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Derek Sivers Entrepreneur |
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people. |
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TED University, Session 2 Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:30 – 10:30 |
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Michael Specter Writer |
Michael Specter is a staff writer for the New Yorker. His new book, Denialism, asks why we have increasingly begun to fear scientific advances instead of embracing them. |
Session 4: Reason Thurs Feb 11, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Margaret Gould Stewart User experience master |
At Facebook (and previously at YouTube), Margaret Gould Stewart designs experiences that touch the lives of a large percentage of the world's population. |
TED University, Session 2 Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:30 – 10:30 |
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Kelly Stoetzel Experience creator |
As TED's Head of Conferences, Kelly works with her team to create an experience that connects participants deeply to ideas and to each other. |
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Session 2: Discovery Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Kevin Stone Surgeon, inventor |
Kevin Stone's clinic treats joint injury using the latest in bio-medicine: reconstructing damaged tissue, even replacing whole joint parts, with lab-grown cartilage and ligament. |
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TED University, Session 1 Tues Feb 9, 2010 4:00 – 5:30 |
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Adora Svitak Child prodigy |
A prolific short story writer and blogger since age seven, Adora Svitak (now 12) speaks around the United States to adults and children as an advocate for literacy. |
Session 12: Wisdom Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Julia Sweeney Actor, comedian, playwright |
Julia Sweeney creates comedic works that tackle deep issues: cancer, family, faith. |
Session 10: Play Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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The TED Prize Winner Wishmaker |
Announcing the 2014 TED Prize winner and a bold wish, funded by $1 million from the TED community. |
Session 3: Action. The 2010 TED Prize Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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John Underkoffler Interface designer |
Remember the data interface from Minority Report? Well, it's real, John Underkoffler invented it -- as a point-and-touch interface called g-speak -- and it's about to change the way we interact with data. |
Session 8: Boldness Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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George Whitesides Chemist |
In his legendary career in chemistry, George Whitesides has been a pioneer in microfabrication and nanoscale self-assembly. Now, he's fabbing a diagnostic lab on a chip. |
Session 11: Simplicity Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Valerie Plame Wilson Former CIA covert operations officer |
Valerie Plame Wilson is a former CIA operative whose covert identity was revealed in 2003. During her CIA career, she ran counter-proliferation task forces, ultimately focusing on Iraq and the hunt for WMDs. |
Session 5: Provocation Thurs Feb 11, 2010 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Stephen Wolfram Scientist, inventor |
Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha, the author of A New Kind of Science, and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. |
Session 7: Breakthrough Thurs Feb 11, 2010 5:00 – 6:45 |
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Tom Wujec Designer |
Tom Wujec studies how we share and absorb information. He's an innovative practitioner of business visualization -- using design and technology to help groups solve problems and understand ideas. He is a Fellow at Autodesk. |
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TED University, Session 2 Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:30 – 10:30 |