2013 PROGRAM

WELCOME!

We are delighted to have you join us for TEDxEmory 2013.

Thousands of TEDx events are taking place in the world around us. Today, we are all part of the promise of the global TED and TEDx phenomenon. From the slums of Kibera to the summit of Mount Everest, from the Great Wall of China to the Tower of London, people around the globe are coming together to experience the power of ideas.

This year, once again, TEDxEmory is set to be one of the largest TEDx events in North America. Our speakers come from every walk of life, as do all of you here today. We are excited to continue this tradition of bringing together the Atlanta and Emory communities and dedicate a day in our lives to ideas worth spreading. TED’s curator Chris Anderson once said, “TED does not have a map, but it does have a compass.” We hope the ideas you hear today act as inspirations and guide you in your future.

We are extremely grateful for the incredible enthusiasm and support with which this event has been met from every faction here at Emory. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Frans de Waal, Dr. Benn Konsynski, and all of our advisors and sponsors for their incredible support and advice throughout the year.

Finally, I must thank all of you present here today. Your participation is an inspiration to our future speakers, organizing teams, and sponsors to continue the TEDxEmory tradition for years to come.

Be curious. Share ideas. Welcome to TEDxEmory.

Ishaan JalanFounder & President

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ABOUT TED

TEDTED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which o�ers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

X = INDEPENDENTLY ORGANIZED EVENTIn the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection with an audience. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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REGISTRATION: 10:00AM

SESSION 1: 10:30AM - 12:05PM

SESSION 2: 1:15PM - 2:55PM

OPENING REMARKS

JAMIE D. GRANT

TEDTALK

LYNN GARSON

LARRY YOUNG

TEDTALK

JAAP DE ROODE

HENRIK CHRISTENSEN

HARUN MEHMEDINOVIĆ

DAVID WOLPE

SESSION 3: 3:20PM - 4:55PM

NAT TURNER

CARLOS MORENO

SARAH JOHNSON

POEM BY RUBEN DIAZ

TEDTALK

SESSION 4: 5:20PM - 6:45PM

CLOSING REMARKS

MOLLY FLETCHER

HUGH GREEN

STEVEN ILARDI

SCHEDULE

LUNCH BREAK12:05PM - 1:15PM

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4:55PM - 5:20PM

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OUR SPEAKERS

Named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek, David Wolpe is the Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, California. He has taught at various colleges and universities, and has appeared on Face the Nation, the TODAY Show, CNN and CBS This Morning. Wolpe is the author of national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Di�cult Times.

HENRIK CHRISTENSENAs the KUKA Chair of Robotics at the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology and director of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. Dr. Henrik Christensen researches systems integration, human-robot interaction, mapping and robot vision. He received the 2011 Engelberger Award, the highest honor granted by the robotics industry, and the Boeing Supplier of the Year 2011.

CARLOS MORENOUpon his appointment to the Supreme Court of California, Justice Moreno became only the third judge of Hispanic heritage to serve in the Court’s 150-year history. Moreno was a leading candidate to replace Justice Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. Since retiring from the Supreme Court of California, Moreno is of counsel with the California-based law firm Irell & Manella.

As assistant director of The Carter Center’s Democracy Program, Sarah Johnson implements democracy-strengthening programs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Johnson was previously a resident country director for the International Republican Institute. Johnson holds MAs in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and European Sciences from the Humboldt and Frei universities in Berlin.

Larry Young is the Department of Psychiatry’s William P. Timmie Professor, Director of Emory’s Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, and Chief of the Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatric Disorders at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Young is an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow and researches the mechanisms underlying how people interact.

For Nat Turner, garden rakes are tools for transformation. He transformed a store in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward into a school and urban farm run by youth who have dropped out of mainstream education. Turner was a high school teacher in Manhattan and drove busloads of kids to pitch in with cleanup work in New Orleans.

DAVID WOLPE

SARAH JOHNSON

LARRY YOUNG

NAT TURNER

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Hugh Green is a senior at Emory and a first year at the Rollins School of Public Health. This past summer he worked for AECOM, Hong Kong, in the Urban Design Department. During this internship, Hugh became familiar with the idea of Smart Cities, which will be the subject of his talk. He plans on pursuing a career in design informed by Public Health and Environmental Studies.

HUGH GREEN

STEVEN ILARDI

LYNN GARSONLynn Garson graduated from Tulane University and Emory University School of Law. She is a practicing healthcare attorney with a prominent national law firm. In her earlier incarnation as a retailer, she owned Garson Goodman, the first store in the Southeast to import a number of luxury lines from Europe. This sense of style informs the author’s first book, Southern Vapors.

Jamie D. Grant is a master magician from Vancouver, Canada. Featured in Ripley's Believe It Or Not for his "Anything Is Possible" bottle, Grant has achieved fame for his Send Wonder Campaign, wherein he leaves works of art at random locations around the world for people to find and keep. Grant also teaches MAGIC 101 at the University of British Columbia.

Harun Mehmedinovic spent his childhood in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and moved to the US in 1996. He attended UCLA before receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Directing from the American Film Institute. His thesis film, In the Name of the Son, premiered at Telluride Film Festival and won over 30 international awards.

Nicknamed “the female Jerry Maguire” by CNN, Molly Fletcher has worked with hundreds of top athletes, and media personalities as a sports agent. An entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker, Molly heads up her own business, MWF Enterprises, LLC. She is also the founder of The Betterment Institute, an online learning portal that brings to life topics related to leadership and relationships.

JAMIE D. GRANT

HARUN MEHMEDINOVIĆ

MOLLY FLETCHER

Jaap de Roode, assistant professor of biology at Emory, is interested in the evolution of parasite virulence and experimentally tests the theories that virulence can evolve as a byproduct of evolution optimizing between-host parasite transmission. Although some of de Roode’s work focuses on malaria parasites in laboratory mice, most involves monarch butterflies and their protozoan parasites.

JAAP DE ROODE

Steve Ilardi earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University in 1995 and has served on the faculties of the University of Colorado and, presently, the University of Kansas. Dr. Ilardi’s work has been honored by the American Psychological Association's prestigious Blau Award, and he has also received several major teaching awards and maintains an active clinical practice.

ABOUT US

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PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS TEAMSTEVE CRISTISABELLA COPELLOANNIKA BRAUERDAVID FINKKIMBERLY DAVIDJAE WON HYUNMARVEL MYRTILE

SPONSORSHIPS AND FINANCEALEX KIMJOEY TURNERLUANNE SEAMANNEHA PRAKASH

DESIGN, FILM, AND MEDIA TEAMLUKAS OLSONBEN CHERIYANKIMBERLY BECKTAYLOR ZHANG

SPEAKERS TEAMAARON COVENLEIGH SOLOMONSASHA CUKIER

ONLINE MEDIA AND MARKETING TEAMABBY HOLSTSUSHMITHA RADHAKRISHNAN RYAN KRISTENSENIRINA LUCACIUSHRAYA SHARMACHANDLER WALD

NEW VENTURESHANNAH GROSMANREBECCA LEFFGLENN FELDERJESSICA MOOREDHANAJAY SOMANI

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TEDXEMORY 2013 EXECUTIVE BOARDISHAAN JALAN - Founder & PresidentNIKHIL RAGHUVEERA - Director of ProgrammingJONATHAN KATZNER - Director of OperationsMATTHEW MUENZER - Director of DesignDANA SAND - Director of Online MediaSCOTT SMITH - Director of MarketingYUNJING (JOYCE) LI - Director of MembershipJANE SINGER - Director of Communications & Speakers Co-LeaderARIELLA IANCU - Director of SponsorshipsRAGHAV RUNGTA - Director of FinancePHILIP WINKLE - Director of Social MediaNAYANTARA DAYAL - Director of Public RelationsJOSH WEINSTOCK - Director of New VenturesANNIKA BRAUER - Programming AssociateDEAN QUARANTA - Junior RepresentativeLUKAS OLSON - Freshman Representative

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