TEDxBoston

TEDxBoston 2010 Speakers

Susan Avery The Ocean and Us: Understanding the secret world beneath the sea

Susan Avery
President and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Ann Christensen A Lesson Learned

Ann Christensen
Senior Associate Huntsman Gay Global Capital

Alexander T. Bok Batteries: Making the Promise of Renewable Energy and Electric Cars Real

Alexander T. Bok
Senior Director, Business Development & Government Affairs, Corporate Counsel
Boston-Power, Inc.
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Felice Frankel More than Pretty Pictures: How visually representing science can be a powerful way to clarify, communicate, and inspire

Felice Frankel
Author, Visual Science, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mary Gunn One Solution for Two Significant Social Problems: How bringing older and younger generations together can improve both the health of senior citizens and the literacy skills of children

Mary Gunn
Executive Director, Generations Inc.
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John Harthorne Catalyzing a Startup Renaissance in Boston

John Harthorne
Founder and CEO, MassChallenge
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César A. Hidalgo The Product Space and the Evolution of The Wealth of Nations

César A. Hidalgo
Faculty Associate, Center for International Development, Harvard University
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Scott Kirsner What We Need is a Cultural Revolution: How to engage Boston's largest untapped resource for innovation

Scott Kirsner
Journalist and Author,
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Larry Lessig By the People, For the People: How campaign funding should be redefined so that citizens, not corporations, elect our leaders

Larry Lessig
Author, Activist, Professor, Director, Harvard Law School and Harvard Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
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Dave McLaughlin Connector Experiments: How Boston is the first city in the world to drive economic growth through crowd-sourcing

Dave McLaughlin
Executive Director, Boston World Partnerships
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Eric Mongeon What Illustrating Poe Really Taught Me About Fear

Eric Mongeon
Artist and Principal, Mongeon Projects
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Sapir Ng Transforming the Past into the 21st Century: How the abandoned tunnel of America's first subway can become a theatrical interactive social environment

Sapir Ng
Architect, The Tremont Underground Theater Space
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Static Noyze

Static Noyze Offbeat stories told by cutting edge dance moves

Static Noyze
MTV's Americas Best Dance Crew
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Vibha Pingle Beyond Microfinance: Helping female micro-entrepreneurs learn business skills, gain access to global markets, and escape poverty

Vibha Pingle
Founder and President, Ubuntu@Work
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Seth Priebatsch The Game Layer on Top of the World

Seth Priebatsch
Founder and CEO, SCVNGR
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Frank Reynolds Changing the Face of Neuroscience: Are stem cells really required to heal a spinal cord injury?

Frank Reynolds
Chairman and CEO, InVivo Therapeutics
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Susan Rodgerson Love, Creativity, and Community: How entrepreneurial endeavors in the arts give underserved youth meaningful opportunities on their path to adulthood

Susan Rodgerson
Executive/Artistic Director, Artists for Humanity
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Marcus Santos' Group New Concepts in Percussion

Marcus Santos' Group
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Members:
Ben Paulding; Fabio Rojas; Anna Fann; Cheryl Lefman; Kyle Dupstadt; Min Jim; Grazi Oliveira; Henry Castro; Jake Gabriszeski; Bhrigu Sahni; Brianna Perez; Cristina Napoli; Marcus Santos

Bill Staby Water, Water Everywhere: How to Harvest Energy from Ocean Waves

Bill Staby
Founder/CEO, Resolute Marine Energy
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Chad Stokes

Chad Stokes

Chad Stokes
State Radio / Calling All Crows
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Bill Walczak What We Can Learn From Codman Square: How a new model for urban health care and education can change a culture of despair into a community of opportunity

Bill Walczak
CEO and co-founder, Codman Square Health Center
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Lynwood Walker Digital Fabrication of Homes

Omar Wasow How a $10 Computer Changed My Life

Omar Wasow
Ph.D Candidate in African American Studies and Government, Harvard University
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Bill Warner How to Build a Startup Company from the Heart

Bill Warner
President, Warner Research
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John Werner Learning Out of the Box

  • John Werner
    Managing Director & Chief Mobilizing Officer, Citizen Schools
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  • MacCalvin Romain
    President of Swag Media, Boston College ‘11

Conor White-Sullivan The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: How citizen engagement in local issues, elections, and community activism is being redefined for the 21st Century

Conor White-Sullivan
Founder and CEO, Localocracy
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Muhan ZhangA Musical Evolution of the Erhu, an Ancient Instrument of Uncommon Beauty

  • Muhan Zhang
    Student, Boston Latin High School
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  • Po-Nung Lin
    Student, Berklee
  • Kimberly Huang
    Student, Berklee

About TEDxBoston

What happens when a group of people rally around a radical idea and set in motion unlimited possibilities for a brighter future? A Revolution.

More than 230 years ago, ordinary citizens in Boston dreamed of a democracy and launched a revolution that changed the course of human history. That innovative spirit still thrives in our local students, educators, scientists, artists, leaders, and entrepreneurs. At TEDx Boston, we celebrate their ideas and their passion for improving the way citizens of the world learn, live, give, work, and play.

What is TEDx?

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxBoston, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxBoston event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.