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Tuesday, April 10SESSION 1 | 5:00 – 7:00 pm
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
TRACESUrban Acrobats
““How many fingers doesyour hand have?”
BRYAN STEVENSONExecutive Director, Equal JusticeInitiative
““Is it healthy for America’sidentity to keep our eyesclosed?”
TERESA MONACHINOAuthor and Founder, StudioMonachino
““If healthcare is reallysick care, do I needa ‘sicktionary’?”
REBECCA ONIECo-Founder & CEO, Health Leads
““Can we rewrite theDNA of the healthcaresystem?”
JILL SOBULESinger, Songwriter
““Take three songs and callme in the morning, OK?”
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WPAS CHILDREN OFTHE GOSPEL CHOIRChoir
& STEP AFRIKA!Percussive Dance Group
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TEDMED2012PROGRAM
JILL SOBULESinger, Songwriter
““Take three songs and callme in the morning, OK?”
FRANCIS COLLINSDirector of the National Institutesof Health
““From discovery to health:does it have to be a longand winding road?”
HOWARD-YANASHAPIROGlobal Staff Officer, Plant Science &External Research Mars, Incorporated
““What is the sourceof all life?”
SCOTT JUREKAuthor, Ultramarathon Champion
““What made me runfor my life?”
COOKIE MONSTER“Om nom nom nom,” Sesame Street
““Is ‘C’ for more thanjust cookie?”
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Wednesday, April 11SESSION 2 | 8:45 – 10:30 am
JUDITH SALERNOLeonard D. Schaeffer ExecutiveOfficer of the Institute of Medicineof the National Academies
& JOHN HOFFMANVice President, HBO DocumentaryFilms; Executive Producer, Weightof the Nation
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
RISA LAVIZZOMOUREYPresident and CEO, Robert WoodJohnson Foundation
““What have we learnedabout tackling ‘greatchallenges’?”
THOMAS FRIEDENDirector, The Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention
““What do you do whenyour best shot fallsshort?”
IVAN ORANSKYExecutive Editor of Reuters Health
““Is the ‘disease model’sick—or just exhausted?”
TODD PARKU.S. Chief Technology Officer
““Faster, higher, smarter:the Olympics?No, Uncle Sam.”
JACOB SCOTTRadiation Oncologist and CancerTheoretician, Moffit Cancer Center
““Can we stop theimaginectomies?
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Wednesday, April 11SESSION 3 | 10:30 – 1:00 pm
PEGGY HAMBURGCommissioner, U.S. Foodand Drug Administration
& LARRY BRILLIANTPresident and CEO, Skoll GlobalThreats Fund
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
MOMIXDancers-Illusionists
““Can we reshape yourperceptions withoutsaying a word?”
ALBERT-LÁSZLÓBARABÁSIDirector of the Center for ComplexNetwork Research, NortheasternUniversity
““Do your proteinshave their own socialnetwork?”
SETH COOPERCreative Director, Center for GameScience, University of Washington
““Why is my joysticksmarter than yourstethoscope?”
MARC TRIOLAAssociate Dean for EducationalInformatics at NYU Schoolof Medicine
& JOHN QUALTERCofounder, Director of Media,BioDigital Systems, ResearchAssistant Professor of EducationalInformatics, NYU School of Medicine
LISA NILSSONVisual Artist
““Are you ready fora new slice of reality?”
DAVID ICKEChief Executive Officer, MC10
““Can I wear my computerlike a second skin?”
DIANE KELLYSenior Research Fellow at theUniversity of Massachusetts,Amherst
““When is research anexercise in fertility?”
TRACESUrban Acrobats
““How many fingers doesyour hand have?”
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Wednesday, April 11SESSION 4 | 2:15 – 4:15 pm
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
STEVE CONNELLInternationally Acclaimed SpokenWord Artist, Playwright, Actor, Poet
& SEKOU ANDREWSInternationally Acclaimed SpokenWord Artist, Playwright, Actor, Poet
GREGORY PETSKOChair of the Department ofBiochemistry at Brandeis University
““How will the world handle�00 million Alzheimer’spatients?”
REISA SPERLINGDirector, The Center for AlzheimerResearch and Treatment, Brighamand Women’s Hospital
““Can we treat Alzheimers�0 years early?”
VIRGINIA BREEN ANDELIZABETH BONKERAuthor, Poet, Aspiring Doctor
““When you finally find yourvoice, what do you mostwant to say?”
ROBERT GUPTAFounder/Artistic Director,Street Symphony
““Does beauty havethe power to heal?”
TRACESUrban Acrobats
““How many fingers doesyour hand have?”
MIGUEL NICOLELISFounder, Duke’s Centerfor Neuroengineering
““Can we move beyond themachine-brain barrier?”
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Wednesday, April 11SESSION 5 | 5:00 – 6:45 pm
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
JONATHAN MANNSinger, Songwriter
““What are �0 waysto leave your doctor…stumped?”
FRANCES ARNOLDDick and Barbara DickinsonProfessor of Chemical Engineering,Bioengineering and Biochemistry,California Institute of Technology
“““How can we designnew DNA?”
ANDREW READDirector of the Center for InfectiousDisease Dynamics, Penn StateUniversity
““The bugs are gettingsmarter. Are we?”
E.O. WILSONHonorary Curator in Entomologyand University Research ProfessorEmeritus, Harvard University
““Was Einstein right aboutimagination?”
SANDEEP KISHOREM.D., Ph.D. Student, Co-chair,Young Professionals ChronicDisease Network
““You say you wanta revolution?”
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Thursday, April 12SESSION 6 | 8:45 – 10:15 am
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
HIEP NGUYENDirector, Robotic Surgery, Research,and Training Center and the PediatricTeleUrology Service at Children’sHospital Boston
““What if R�D� wasyour doctor?”
MARY “MISSY”CUMMINGSDirector, MIT Humansand Automation Laboratory
““Can a ‘computerco-pilot’ help anyonebe a surgeon?”
BASIL TWISTArtistic Director, Tandem OtterProductions
““If art imitates life,what does life imitate?”
ED GAVAGANCo-founder, Design Starts Here
““Does a stitch in timesave nine?”
ROBERT GUPTAFounder/Artistic Director,Street Symphony
““Does beauty havethe power to heal?”
BARBARA BASSDirector, Methodist Institute forTechnology, Innovation, and Education
““What is the surgeon’sflight simulator?”
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Thursday, April 12SESSION 7 | 11:00 – 12:45 pm
BUD FRAZIERChief, Center for Cardiac Support,Director, Cardiovascular SurgeryResearch, Texas Heart Institute
& BILLY COHNDirector, Minimally Invasive SurgicalTechnology, Texas Heart Institute
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
GAIL MCGOVERNPresident and CEO of theAmerican Red Cross
““What happens whenone person’s diseasebecomes everybody’sbusiness?”
STEPHEN PETRONIOFounder, Stephen PetronioCompany
““Can a daring dancereveal a daring truth?”
OTIS BRAWLEYChief Medical Officer,American Cancer Society
““War On Cancer, Year �0:who’s winning?”
JON COHENSenior Vice President, Chief MedicalOfficer and Director of HospitalServices, Quest Diagnostics
““Why don’t patientsbehave like consumers?”
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Thursday, April 12SESSION 8 | 2:15 – 4:15 pm
JONATHAN GLASSDirector of the Emory ALS Center,Department of Neurology, EmoryUniversity
& NICK BOULISFounder, Boulis Laboratory,Emory University School of Medicine
GABBY REECEProfessional Beach Volleyball Playerand Women’s Health Advocate
& LAIRD HAMILTONProfessional Big-Wave Surfer
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
BEN GOLDACREBest-Selling Author,Broadcaster, M.D.
““Where’s the restof the data iceberg?”
JONATHAN EISENEvolutionary Biologist, DOE JointGenome Institute
““Who are ‘Me, Myselfand Us’?”
JOEL SALATINBeyond Organic Farmer and Author
““Can real food from realfarms lead to real health?”
JILL SOBULESinger, Songwriter
““Take three songs and callme in the morning, OK?”
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Thursday, April 12SESSION 9 | 5:00 – 6:45 pm
BILLIE JEAN KINGFounder and Honorary Chair, Women’sSports Foundation, President’s Councilon Fitness, Sports and Nutrition,2009 Presidential Medal of FreedomRecipient
& KATIE COURICCo-Founder, Stand Up To Cancer andSpecial Correspondent, ABC News
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
FRED HERSCHJazz Pianist & Composer
What’s inspiring abouta coma?”
DAN PERRYPresident & CEO, Alliancefor Aging Research
Do cells havea mid-life crisis?”
FRANZISKA MICHORAssociate Professor ofComputational Biology, Departmentof Biostatistics & ComputationalBiology, Dana-Farber CancerInstitute
““When does �+� = life?”
LYNDA CHINScientific Director, Institute for AppliedCancer Science, UT MD AndersonCancer Center
““Can medical industryand medical research livehappily ever after?”
ATUL BUTTEChief of the Division of SystemsMedicine and Associate Professor ofPediatrics, Medicine, and ComputerScience, Stanford University
““What if you outsourcethree double-blind mice?”
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Friday, April 13SESSION 10 | 8:45 – 10:15 am
TEDMED2012PROGRAM
JAY LOMBARDChief Scientific Officer, Genomind
““What’s the new mapfor mental illness?”
LESLIE SAXONExecutive Director & Founder,USC Center for Body Computing
““Can we get �-billion heartbeats on speed dial?”
ALI ANSARYCo-Founder, SeventyK
““So technology is acrutch…you gota problem with that?”
MARK HYMANAuthor & Chairman, Institutefor Functional Medicine
““If we can’t cure thepatient, can thecommunity do it?”
JILL SOBULESinger, Songwriter
““Take three songs and callme in the morning, OK?”
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Friday, April 13SESSION 11 | 11:00 – 1:00 pm
STEVE CONNELLInternationally Acclaimed SpokenWord Artist, Playwright, Actor, Poet
& SEKOU ANDREWSInternationally Acclaimed SpokenWord Artist, Playwright, Actor, Poet
